Should Northern Ireland's drink laws be relaxed ahead of the Open Golf championship in Portrush? #BBCNolan

A public consultation on relaxing Northern Ireland's drinking laws ahead of this summer's Open Golf Championship has been launched. The Department for Communities (DfC) has announced plans to designate certain occasions as 'special events' which would allow them to sell alcohol outside the normal licensing hours the Open being one of them?

Should the open receive special status?