good friday

macbarbie

does anyone know what the storey is with nightclubs and stuff, as far as i know there not open until 12 is that right but does that mean everywhere will be closed at 12 on the thursday? aka nightclubs?? thanks!:cool:

banderras

yep ,everything closed at 12 and not licenced to open until midniteon friday

big_show

no drinking on one day of the year, what ever shall we do?

halfinch

how many people got the day off for it, three out of four people in my house are off work!!

godtabh

There is some charity gig in the Laughter Lougne on Thursday night that has a late bar

Dragan

LoL

It's one day for **** sake.

Try a nice cup of tea.

Rb

Dragan wrote: »

LoL

It's one day for **** sake.

Try a nice cup of tea.

Exactly.

Wazdakka

If you reeeeeaaalllyyyy need to buy some booze on good friday, try a Chinese restaurant or takeaway

Ruu_Old

Dragan wrote: »

LoL

It's one day for **** sake.

Try a nice cup of tea.

That wouldn't be the Irish thing to do. Panic stations!

Terry

I'm working.
I'll probably just pick up a few cans tomorrow ahead of the day.

Wooooooo. I'm a rocket scientist.

Rb

Wazdakka wrote: »

If you reeeeeaaalllyyyy need to buy some booze on good friday, try a Chinese restaurant or takeaway

Anyone who reeaaaallllyyy can't go one day of the year without a drink should check themselves in to AA tbh.

faceman

good friday will be a nice contrast to paddy's day, well in dublin anyway.

martin84

Apparently theres some party on in Finglas. Might head up to that for a look

Dizzyblabla

I'll be in the pub on Good Friday, even if I am paying horribly high prices for alcohol

Mossy Monk

I don't see the OP mentioning alcohol. Why have all those on their high horses come in harping about alcohol?

Balmed Out

The non drinking on good friday is ridiculous, if u dont want to then dont but there shouldnt be a compulsory ban. All this 'its only one day is bull', were supposed to live in a free country. Regardless of anything else tourists on good friday night wandering around bored is unfair and doesnt help the countrys rep for tourism.

Balmed Out

Balmed Out wrote: »

The non drinking on good friday is ridiculous, if u dont want to then dont but there shouldnt be a compulsory ban.

There's not a ban on drinking, there's a ban on selling of alcohol.

All this 'its only one day is bull', were supposed to live in a free country.

/drop pants

I thought this was America!

calex71

well when i was in lands foreign towards the end of the year i discovered they the good friday thing for elections.

Guess they had a problem with people showing up to vote drunk

poukai

If the tourists are only here for the drink, then that doesn't say much for the rest of the city does it? I can think of plenty of things to do in Dublin as a tourist that doesn't involve alcohol and I'm sure most of them can too.

macbarbie

awe thats crap... i know its just one day but like most ppl are off friday so there gonna want to go out thursday but you cant go to any clubs if everywhere closes at 12, i was goin to go the playhouse in Tallaght coz they have a good old school night on a thursday but im guessin then its not on this week?!!:(

Mossy Monk

Go to one on Sunday instead. You will probably have Monday off aswell.

Balmed Out

poukai wrote: »

If the tourists are only here for the drink, then that doesn't say much for the rest of the city does it? I can think of plenty of things to do in Dublin as a tourist that doesn't involve alcohol and I'm sure most of them can too.

There plenty to do anywhere that doesnt involve drink but people who come to Ireland for a weekend come to drink so lets take the finger out not be a complete idiot.

LimerickCity

I'll be in Ballybunion cleaning out the mobile home for the start of the season.

Getting a nice goodfellas massive on meat pizza for midnight.

Gowanupourdat.

Ron DMC

faceman wrote: »

good friday will be a nice contrast to paddy's day, well in dublin anyway.

Yep, as opposed to boozing in the pubs/ streets, we'll all be boozing in gafs.

JethroC

If ya REALLY wanna drink in a pub on good friday...I'd suggest the Oslo bar in Connolly Station. It's open legally between 12-6...you just have to buy a train ticket to gain entrance!

ec18

Is it acutally illegal to sell alcohol on good friday?.....or is it just a tradition thats observed?

macbarbie

good thinking!!

AntiRip

Theres actually 2 days a year you can't buy alcohol, Good Friday and Christmas Day. In some of the Southern States in America theres no selling of Alcohol every Sunday! :eek: so 2 days a year isn't the end of the world:)

Preset No.3

Club 92 is open at 12:01, i think thats one of only clubs that opens.

MOH

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Club 92 is open at 12:01, i think thats one of only clubs that opens.

A fair few late bars in town started opening at midnight good friday a few years ago.

poukai wrote: »

If the tourists are only here for the drink, then that doesn't say much for the rest of the city does it? I can think of plenty of things to do in Dublin as a tourist that doesn't involve alcohol and I'm sure most of them can too.

I've met tourists around Christmas who were fairly stunned when I told them pubs in Dublin were closed Christmas day and most of them on Stephen's day. Same with good Friday.

It's all a bit daft - a lot of people (me included) end up drinking more on good Friday since they've all stocked up beforehand, than they would if the pubs were actually open. They said Sunday's would be ruined if we abolished holy hour, hasn't made that much of a difference that I can see.

cooperguy

ec18 wrote: »

Is it acutally illegal to sell alcohol on good friday?.....or is it just a tradition thats observed?

Its illegal

Ron DMC

MOH wrote: »

They said Sunday's would be ruined if we abolished holy hour, hasn't made that much of a difference that I can see.

What's 'holy hour'?

tolosenc

Why can't it be a Tuesday. I mean, a Friday is taking the piss...

That, and it's a law hanging over from when the country was run by the catholic church, like no gays or divorce and all that jazz...

tolosenc

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

What's 'holy hour'?

+1

Preset No.3

Oh yeah its a disgrace for one day!! Its the law so live with it. Id like to see you trying to survive Ramadan in an islamic country. How long is that? 5 weeks of no clubs or pubs being open!

Ronny Mitchell

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

What's 'holy hour'?

Holy Diver!

dlane99

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

What's 'holy hour'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_hour

apparently the pubs used to close for an hour on a sunday, from what ive herd it was less to do with the act of prayer and more to do with the act of geting the auld lads to stop drinking all day.

Wazdakka

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

What's 'holy hour'?

Twas sixty minute of compulsory bar closing, 14.30 - 15.30 on Sundays

Abolished in 2000..

Used to play havoc with a match

EDIT:

Damnit.. Outspeeded and outlinked.

LimerickCity

What did jesus say to his apostles when he was being nailed to the cross?

"Don't touch my fawkin easter eggs i'll be back on Monday"

RuailleBuaille

My aunty owns a pub down the country so we'll be in the pub, drinking and smoking with gay abandon! All the poor oulfellas will have their red noses pushed up against the glass, oh how we shall giggle!

JC 2K3

Myth wrote: »

Holy Diver!

Been down too long in the midnight sea!!!!!

gracehopper

poukai wrote: »

If the tourists are only here for the drink, then that doesn't say much for the rest of the city does it? I can think of plenty of things to do in Dublin as a tourist that doesn't involve alcohol and I'm sure most of them can too.

Like what?

djpbarry

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Oh yeah its a disgrace for one day!! Its the law so live with it.

Eh, this is a democracy - we can change the law if we want. Anyway, the only reason it's law is because the church said so, but we're supposed to be a secular republic.

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Id like to see you trying to survive Ramadan in an islamic country. How long is that? 5 weeks of no clubs or pubs being open!

Ah yes, the old "just be thankful you're not in a Muslim country" argument; you can justify anything the Catholic Church does with that one :rolleyes:.

Actually, I was in Pakistan during Ramadan a couple of years back, near this place. And guess what. I was drinking. During the day :eek:.

ec18

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Been down too long in the midnight sea!!!!!

Oh whats becoming of me!!! :pac::p

robinph

poukai wrote: »

If the tourists are only here for the drink, then that doesn't say much for the rest of the city does it? I can think of plenty of things to do in Dublin as a tourist that doesn't involve alcohol and I'm sure most of them can too.

Most of those other things are also likely to be closed on Good Friday, looks like the Zoo might be open though.

Agamemnon

LimerickCity wrote: »

What did jesus say to his apostles when he was being nailed to the cross?

"Don't touch my fawkin easter eggs i'll be back on Monday"

I'll be stocking up on drink this Thursday and going to a house party Friday. It's a day without pubs, not booze. When I worked in a supermarket, it was funny to see the panic buying of booze before Good Friday. Some people even filled trollies with bottles and cans.

Collie D

rb_ie wrote: »

Anyone who reeaaaallllyyy can't go one day of the year without a drink should check themselves in to AA tbh.

I think it's more a kinf of "Screw you, who are you to say I can't buy booze" attitude rather than an actual need of alcohol

Duggy747

Well, I'll be hitting the pub tomorrow. A well deserved pint of Guinness for a long hard week of work (3 days is enough to drive anyone postal!).

Gonna be stocking up on the ol' booze & fags Thursday and holding myself up in my mates flat until this religious stuff blows over............pretty much what I'd do in the event of a nuclear holocaust. It's why I call it "Atomic Friday"

mise_me_fein

Maybe some people should petition for a change in the law, but even if this went to a vote I think most of the country would leave things as they are for a number of reasons.

Duggy747

Actually Good Friday makes me feel like a teenager again:
There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, the Gardaì will watch you like a hawk if you're out on the streets after 8pm, and thus you end up drinking if you can get your mits on booze.

PauloMN

LimerickCity wrote: »

I'll be in Ballybunion cleaning out the mobile home for the start of the season.

Wow, how lucky can one guy get? :rolleyes: