As we all know, the ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday has been lifted in Ireland.
The Dáil introduced the amended Intoxicating liquor Act last month lifting the ban.
For the past 90 years, only those who happened 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.
Now, we’ll all be able to go down to our local that day for a few drinks. Well, everyone except those in Newmarket, Co Cork. The publicans in that town have come together and have decided to boycott the new ruling.
Speaking to The Mirror, one local publican John Scanlon has said:
“We have only two days off each year, Christmas Day and Good Friday and we want to hold onto that. It is a day publicans want to spend with their families.
The day off every Good Friday is a day that publicans look forward to.
It would be different for city publicans who would be giving up a lot of revenues by staying shut on a Friday night, but I don’t think there would be a lot around here on Good Friday.
It is going against the grain – but who knows? Other pubs around the country may follow.”
