#LOKdown - Cross Border Pubs

Laois, Offaly and, most importantly here, Kildare have now entered a two week partial lockdown, a return to a mix of Phase 2 and 3; with shops and hairdressers allowed open as normal but pubs and restaurants closed; and a prohibition on leaving your county except for work and other essential reasons. This affects me, although as I have a few remaining posts for licences ticked off last weekend I should be able to ride it out without breaking the rules.

Leixlip is right on the border with Dublin - the Liffey forming the boundary here - and features two hotels and a pub which are actually in Dublin. All three of these are now in an odd situation of being allowed trade, but without their customer base.

N1958 Becketts Hotel (visited pre-blog) has not yet reopened, according to its website. N1218 Springfield Hotel has reopened, and its website is carrying a statement proudly stating that they pay their rates to South Dublin County Council - so will be trading through it.

1011787 Salmon Leap Inn is so close to Kildare that basically everywhere you see from the front door is in the county - but it itself is still in Dublin. It has been open and trading since the resumption of food pubs, and appears to still be open

Rather further away from a built up area, the remaining of the two pubs at Hazelhatch bridge, S1578 McEvoy's is within a few moments walk of the county boundary but I don't believe it has reopened yet. 

Finally, along the N7 there is S1574 Blackchurch Inn, but I'm totally unable to tell if this has reopened yet from their rather strange online presence; and out on the N81 there is Arp0667 Blue Gardenia, which I also can't tell - this is as close to Wicklow as to Kildare and indeed has a Wicklow licence number; but is actually in Dublin.