Bookmakers shops in Derry and across North still closed to public
Bookmakers were allowed to reopen in both England and the Republic as horse racing resumed.
“Like the rest of non-essential retail we thought we would be able to reopen on June 12,” Paul McClean of the NI Turf Guardians’ Association says.
“But then we were told bookmakers were not included in that opening date.”
He says bookmakers remain in the dark.
“We have been in touch with the executive, they are aware of our situation,” he says.
He’s watching the daily Stormont briefings every day, “hoping we are going to get mentioned”.
“I can’t understand why we haven’t been given a date like all other industries in the province,” he says.
Mr McClean says the longer the shops stay closed the more likely job losses and permanent shop closures become.
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