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A PROMINENT Limerick priest has called for a public debate on how people should approach Good Friday, ahead of a bid by the city’s publicans to open for business on the holy day.

The vintners are due to meet Garda Chief Supt Dave Sheahan today to look for special permission to open because a decisive Magners League rugby match is scheduled to take place on April 2nd.