Hurrah! You can now bring your pets to restaurants with you

Finally!

Good news to all cat and dog lovers, new legislation released by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has announced that "the 1950s rules regarding domestic animals (dogs and cats) in food premises have been repealed". From now on, all cats and dogs can enter restaurants at the discretion of the food business operator and owner. We are already getting excited listing off places we could potentially visit with our pups. According to the FSAI website, they state: "Where allowed by law, the decision to permit access to animals ultimately rests with the food business operator. Where access is granted, however, the food business operator must be able to demonstrate that such access will not pose an undue risk of contamination of foodstuffs." They also noted that the exception to this limitation is of course, guide dogs and assistant dogs as noted below.

• Guide dogs to help people who are vision impaired
• Assistance dogs for families of children with autism
• Assistance dogs for adolescents with autism
• Companion dogs for persons with other disabilities
• Pups and dogs in training who will go on to qualify as the above categories of dog

Looks like human and animal brunching could now be on the cards. Ahh these endless opportunities are exciting us immensely.