'You can get a drink 200m from Vatican on Good Friday - why not here?'

Restaurants are calling for change "as soon as possible" to the Good Friday ban on alcohol sales.

'You can get a drink 200m from Vatican on Good Friday - why not here?'
Tue, 15 Apr, 2014 - 09:40

Restaurants are calling for change "as soon as possible" to the Good Friday ban on alcohol sales.

Legislation from 1927 says drink cannot be sold on Good Friday or Christmas Day, with just a few exemptions applying to the rules.

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