Update 4.55pm: Good Friday is expected to generate over €40m in sales for pubs throughout the country. Today is the first time in over 90 years that pubs can sell alcohol after the ban was overturned earlier this year. Earlier: Lifting of 90-year ban sees Good Friday queues outside pubsQueues formed outside pubs as a 90-year ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday was lifted. #Cork #News #pubs are open for the first time ever on a #GoodFriday after the law was changed this year. Donall O'Keeffe, chief executive of the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), said the decision to allow pubs to open on Good Friday was long overdue.

Source: Evening echo March 30, 2018 13:18 UTC