Possibly because the greatest number of cases came from a certain community that would be unlikely to use pubs.
There is no data to establish that pubs were a major source of transmission. Steps taken by publicans around the country made pubs very safe.
The 10 o'clock curfew and the substantial meal nonsense did nothing to curb transmission in already safe places.
They are simply an easy target.
The recent figures from Germany detailing the group in which cases are found was very revealing. I have little doubt that release of the figures here would disclose something similar.
