Should Belfast be designated a 'holiday resort' to allow shops to open longer on Sundays?

Should shops open longer on Sundays? A Belfast City Council public consultation into extended opening hours closes at the end of this week. Currently larger shops are only allowed to open for a maximum of five hours between 1pm and 6pm. If permission was granted, those larger shops could extend opening hours on 18 Sundays in a calendar year between March 1 and September 30 - except for Easter Sunday. This would see Belfast designated as a 'holiday resort'. So is this a good thing for business and tourism? Stephen got the views of Retail NI Chief Executive Glyn Roberts and Travel writer Tim Hedgley.