19/4/2019. Good Friday Pubs Opening. This is the second year that pubs have been allowed open on Good Friday after years of campaigning. Last year it was a rather subdued affair, but this year dubliners and tourists have taken to it wit zest as the first evening of a long Bank holiday. Photo shows early evening punters enjoying themselves in at the Dame Tavern Pub in Dame Lane in Dublin 2. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie