The two-metre social distancing rule for pubs and restaurants is set to be halved next month.
The move would mean that when outdoor dining resumes on June 7, most businesses will have increased capacity in their premises.
As previously reported, the controversial €9 meal rule will be scrapped for the grand reopening of outdoor hospitality.
The "two hours rule" imposed on bars and restaurants last summer will also be gone when businesses return. This was in place for all premises which wouldn't maintain the "two metre" social distancing regulation.
It meant customers could only book 105 minute slots in bars or restaurants, leaving 15 minutes for a deep clean before the next group arrived.
As expected, it will be a maximum of six persons allowed per group, while businesses will be allowed to operate table service only.
When indoor dining returns, hopefully in July, premises will have to have separate entrances and exits, the Irish Independent reports.
There are also expected to be new supports announced for "traditional pubs" to set up outside in the coming weeks.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin is expected to address the country on Friday to outline further easing of restrictions for June and July.
As it stands, hotels will return on June 2, while outdoor hospitality will be back five days later on June 7.
Friday's announcement is expected to include some plans for outdoor entertainment such as concerts, festivals and sporting events.
It is also hoped that Mr Martin will give some clarity to pubs which only have the capacity to serve indoors.
Separately, the country’s top doctor has warned the Indian variant is a “black cloud on the horizon” and has hinted it casts doubt on the further easing of restrictions.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said he is “genuinely concerned” about the strain, 72 cases of which have been detected here.
He added NPHET will keep a close eye on developments which will feed into the advice they give to the Government before any further easing of lockdown.
Dr Holohan said: “In broad terms... the sky is for the most part blue, but there is a black cloud on the horizon and that’s the Indian variant.”
