The Good Friday ban on the sale of alcohol could be coming to an end this year.
The Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 will come before the Dáil today and a final debate will determine whether or not the ban should be lifted.
For the last 90 years, only those who happen to be on a train, on a boat, in the theatre or staying in a hotel in Ireland have been able to buy alcohol on Good Friday.
That is likely to change with the ban being lifted.
Commenting on the change, Donal O’Keeffe, Chief Executive of the Licensed Vintners Association:
“We’ve been campaigning for several years now to have this amended, we think the law banning the sale of alcohol on Good Friday is completely out of date.
There is huge public support for it, there is huge tourism demand for it, and it’d be a terrific day for the pubs of Ireland if the ban is overturned so they are allowed to open this coming Good Friday.”
