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Wed 09 Sep 2008Judge says Good Friday drink charges 'ludicrous'
PROSECUTING RESTAURANTS which offered wine to their customers with their meals on Good Friday is "ludicrous" and "ridiculous", according to a judge who decided not to record convictions against nine Galway city restaurants which did just that last March.
Judge Mary Fahy said at Galway District Court yesterday that people were entitled to have wine with their meals - even on Good Friday - and she branded the prosecutions brought by Galway gardaí as "ludicrous" and "ridiculous" in today's world.
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