Madam, – Let’s hope the weather will be as dry as the supporters. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – People who feel that it is inappropriate to schedule a rugby match on Good Friday should simply avoid watching that match, including attending pubs which may be allowed to open to show it.
If enough people follow their example, then they can be virtually guaranteed that match organisers will not have the temerity to schedule a match similarly next year. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – I have a simple suggestion for Hilda Geraghty and Tony Murphy (March 11th). Don’t go to the pub and don’t watch the match. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – The controversy about playing a rugby match and opening pubs on “Good Friday” in Limerick is laughable. We supposedly live in a modern and multi-cultural society, so the notion of a blanket ban on serving alcohol on any day purely for religious reasons is surely a throwback to times and practices best left in the past.
If someone wants to abstain from alcohol on Good Friday, or indeed from anything else on any given day, for religious reasons, surely it doesn’t take a law to make sure they do it? Is it not finally time to remove this archaic part of our licencing laws and at least try to let people act like adults? – Yours, etc,
Madam, – An atheist, a Buddhist and a Jew walk into a bar. Not on Good Friday in “modern” Ireland. What a joke. – Yours, etc,