Restrictions on attending Mass a return to Penal Laws, it's claimed by OceanFM Ireland published on 2021-04-21T14:47:43Z The continued ban on people attending church services has been compared to the Penal Laws introduced in Ireland by the British. Paul Coughlan from Ballygawley in Sligo, a regular massgoer, says on this occasion, however, it's the Irish Government who are imposing such laws