The Donegal hotel offers € 2 rooms to locals to get around the level 3 outdoor dining rules

A HOTEL in Donegal offered room reservations for € 2 to locals to get around the new level 3 outdoor dining rules.

Since the county is subject to more stringent restrictions, eating inside restaurants and cafes is not allowed. But hotels can still offer services only to residents.

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The Beach Hotel, in the town of Downings on the Rosguill Peninsula, told local residents that if they booked a room for € 2 per person they could dine inside, according to the Irish Times.

The Beach Hotel rooms were available for 1 hour and 45 minute spaces and would not be used by people making reservations.

Amid a storm of backlash, the Beach Hotel Downings last night provided a statement to the Irish Sun, apologizing for any offense and withdrew the offer.

RENT A ROOM

In a Facebook post on Friday, the hotel said: “Following government guidelines since Saturday, September 26, we are open to residents only and 15 non-residents outside.”

Why stay in the cold? Indulge yourself Dine indoors, rent one of our rooms, and take advantage of our food and beverage services.

“Our rooms are currently available to rent for an allotted time.

“€ 2 per person sharing the whole weekend. Don’t miss out on this unique offer, when they leave, they leave.”

In the comment section of the post, the hotel said the offer was a method to recoup the costs of lost inventory and would be aimed at the local population. He said the hotel would be closed until further notice starting Monday.

One comment read: “No one will use the rooms. It is simply a method of allowing people to become residents for a maximum period of 1 hour and 45 minutes so that they can use our food and beverage services.”

CASES OF SOCIAL ENCOUNTER

Donegal’s 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate is 148.2 per 100,000.

Meanwhile, two GPs have warned that the spike in Covid-19 cases in Donegal was caused by “social gatherings.”

Dr. Martin Coyne, Lifford GP. Co Donegal, said its practice has tripled in Covid-19 cases from the start of the spike until September 17.

In the first two weeks of September, he saw 17 cases, however, in the two weeks since he saw 54 Covid-19 patients in his office.

He told Newstalk Breakfast: “Unfortunately, they seem to be social gatherings.”

He continued: “Birthday parties, Leaving Cert outcome parties, communions, unfortunately a wake, where people have been gathering and probably without respecting the advice of social distancing.

Dr Mary Favier of the Irish College of GPs agreed with this, saying: “It is extraordinary that it is due to such simple things as communion parties, weddings, funerals, farewell certificates, but particularly the rush for communions in the last few weeks to do them all. “

He added: “And unfortunately the virus does not discriminate if it was a communion party or a house party.”