IN PICTURES: Pubs, restaurants and cafés reopen outdoors in Derry

Many local people enjoyed a bite to eat, a tea or coffee or a pint in the sun at the weekend as outdoor dining and drinking returned for the first time in 2021. Pictures by George Sweeney.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd May 2021, 13:22 BST

Updated 3rd May 2021, 13:57 BST

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Customers enjoy lunch in the sunshine as pubs with outdoor service reopened on Friday last. Photo: George Sweeney / Derry Journal. DER2117GS - 047

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Customers enjoy drink outdoors as lockdown restrictions were further eased on Friday last. Photo: George Sweeney / Derry Journal. DER2117GS - 055

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Cafes and pubs with outdoor service reopened on Friday last. Photo: George Sweeney / Derry Journal. DER2117GS - 048

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Pubs with an outdoor service were busy over the Bank Holiday weekend as lockdown restrictions were further eased. Photo: George Sweeney / Derry Journal. DER2117GS - 049

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