Drinkers in Ireland are celebrating Good Friday with pints of Guinness in the pub for the first time in more than 90 years.

In January the Irish parliament passed new legislation that paved the way for pubs to open from 10.30 Friday morning until 00.30 on Saturday morning.

The change to the law means that Good Friday will now be treated as an ordinary working day under licensing legislation.

The amendment has been hailed as the dawn of a “new era” by the The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland, which represents more than 4,000 Irish pubs.

Chief Executive of the Vintners’ Federation Padraig Cribben said: “Pubs opening on Good Friday is good news, both for publicans and their customers but also for the many tourists who visit Ireland over the Easter weekend, who in the past would find the pubs closed during a major holiday.”