A slight pause has been put on Ireland’s scheduled reopening with vaccine certs and masks set to remain in our lives for months to come. However, the government will allow the return of full houses at sporting events and the return of normal trading hours in pubs and restaurants. Charlie McConalogue Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine joined Shane on the show this morning.

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