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Opening hours in licensed premises of Easter continue to grate with punters and the hospitality industry across NI and this chalk board sign from one Belfast bar sums up how a lot of the latter feel.

In licensed premises, alcohol may only be served between 5pm and 11pm on Good Friday, while they have to stop serving at midnight on Easter Saturday.

The hospitality industry has made repeated calls for rules to be changed.

And with this chalk board sign, The Kitchen Bar in Belfast probably speak for a large chunk of traders in Belfast.

It reads: "We would like to apologise to all our punters about the ancient licensing laws dictating our trade this weekend."