Significant restrictions on drinking during Holy Week in Northern Ireland [1] have been lifted.
Changes to the licensing laws meant pubs and bars could open as normal this Easter after decades of limitations.
Previously on Good Friday, alcohol was only able to be served between 5pm and 11pm in Northern Ireland.
Licensed premises also had to stop serving at midnight on Easter Thursday and Holy Saturday.
The ban on Good Friday pub openings in the Republic lifted in 2018.
Those curbs were lifted by the Licensing and Registration of Clubs Act passed in the Stormont Assembly last year.
While some churches have expressed concern at the move, it has been broadly welcomed by pubs and clubs.