Ireland is set to enter a second lockdown from midnight with all non-essential retail outlets closing for six weeks.
This means that a lot of businesses across Dublin will either have to close or alter how they operate until the end of November.
The likes of Smyths, Penneys and other clothing shops will close with pubs, restaurants, barbers and hairdressers also closing their doors.
However there will still be essential retailers and services that will stay open for the next six weeks including the following:
- Outlets selling food and beverages on a takeaway basis.
- Markets that offer food for sale.
- Outlets selling products necessary for the essential upkeep and functioning of places of residence and businesses.
- Pharmacies, chemists and retailers or wholesalers providing pharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical or dispensing services.
- Outlets selling health, medical or orthopaedic goods in a specialised outlet.
- Fuel service stations and heating fuel providers
- Outlets selling essential items for the health and welfare of animals.
- Laundries and drycleaners
- Banks, post offices and credit unions
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- Outlets selling safety supplies (including work-wear apparel, footwear and personal protective equipment).
- Hardware shops that offer supplies for business construction or maintenance, sanitation and farming equipment as well as tools for essential agriculture purposes.
- Garages including tyre sales and repairs.
Shops that offer online or remote systems of ordering with collection from the shop, such as Argos, will be allowed to remain open.
Services such as opticians, shops that sell office products and those that offer technology repairs and sales will be allowed to stay open on an emergency basis only.
Under Level 5 restrictions, construction will continue, hotels will remain open for those who aren't there for a holiday as well as dentists and similar healthcare services.
