Drumconrath pubs defy Good Friday drinking

All three pub owners in a Co Meath village have agreed to remain closed on Good Friday. They will ignore new legislation, which allows, for the first time in 90 years, publicans all over the country to serve alcohol that day.

In January, the Government’s lifting of the ban on selling alcohol on the Christian festival was widely welcomed by the majority of vintners.

Similar to the village of Newmarket in Co Cork, Drumconrath publicans Dermot Muldoon, Pauline Fay, and Pat Dempsey have decided to honour the time-old tradition.