PICTURES: This is what happened when Northern Ireland bars, cafes and hotels reopened today - punters couldn’t hide their happiness at sitting indoors

Business owners have hailed a “fantastic day” as customers were allowed to return indoors for the first time this year.

Restaurants, cafes, bars and other hospitality venues in Northern Ireland can operate indoors from Monday in another sign of a return to normality as Covid-19 restrictions ease further.

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A sign for a pub on University Road in south Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

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The New Linen Hall Cafe on the day Indoor hospitality resumes.

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Service at SD Bells Tea & Coffee house on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

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Jack and Margaret Larkin are served by Gemma Burns at SD Bells Tea & Coffee house on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

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