He has called on the government to make a decision today as restaurants need to know what to do with their supply. The government are due to make a decision on Tuesday in a cabinet meeting.
“It’s not at all the Christmas present we were looking for. We were devastated to hear the news that came in that restrictions would be imposed on our industry,” Mr McGowan said.
“We are very much a highly regulated, controlled environment. The facts are there that this is being contracted in houses throughout the country and as a highly regulated environment, we are able to control this a bit better.