3,500 pubs had been due to reopen on August 31st.
The National Public Health Emergency Team has recommended that pubs that don't serve food should again remain closed.
Around 3,500 'wet' pubs were due to open on August 31st.
Proposals to give Gardaí the power to shut down a pub on the spot for breaching Covid-19 rules will be considered by Cabinet today.
Padraig Cribben, CEO of the Vintners Federation of Ireland thinks the Government should introduce a temporary prohibition.
''If we're in such a bind, if the numbers are increasing at such a rate, what we actually need to do is look at whether we should take a period of three weeks and actually stop the sale of alcohol in off licences'', he said.
Meanwhile, Cabinet is to discuss making gatherings of more than six people indoors a criminal offence with Gardaí to be given the power to shut a bar down on-the-spot for breaching Covid-19 rules.
