The Cabinet has agreed to let pubs that don't serve food to reopen from September 21st.
Ministers are meeting at the moment to discuss the impact of opening pubs in two weeks time.
It will be subject to any local restrictions or lockdowns that might be in place.
Around 3,500 of these pubs have been closed for nearly 6 months.
At the moment, bars are only allowed to open on the condition they serve a €9 substantial meal and limit the time people are allowed on their premises to 105 minutes.
Sinn Féin's Health Spokesman David Cullinane believes all pubs should be allowed to open:
"We need to ensure that people can live with the virus, and living means not just going to work, or going to school or going to college - we have to give people social outlets as well."
"I've always held the view that the pubs should be open on the same basis as the restaurants and pubs that serve food. In fact I don't see any sense for the requirement in serving food in the first place."
Meanwhile, the CEO of the Licensed Vinters Association Donal O’Keeffe says publicans are under ferocious financial pressure and are nervous ahead of reopening their doors.
