Unenforced Laws of Ireland

Crania

I was in the shop there last night and saw a very clearly underage person buy a lottery ticket. The shop assitant didn't even look at the young boy sideways and just gave him the lottery ticket. Isn't there a law that says people under 18 can't buy lotto tickets? That got me thinking about other laws that are not being enforced in Ireland like buying cigarettes, I've hardly ever seen anyone not being allowed to buy cigarettes due to age. The provisional licence drivers being able to drive unaccompanied used to be the big one that wasn't enforced but it seems to be enforced now, or is it?

Can anyone else think of any others?

Mena

Blasphemy? jesus christ I hate that one.

Cookie_Monster

drinking/doing drugs in public places very rarely challenged.

tribulus

I haven't payed for a plastic bag in a while.

c - 13

Seatbelts on children in cars doesn't seem to be too heavily enforced (or at least not as enforced as it should be). See plenty of kids standing in the launch position in cars the whole time.

Cookie_Monster

speed restrictions on trucks and buses

JaneyMc

Yeah, I second the speed restricition on buses, some of the dublin bus drivers clearly speed at night and I have never seen one stopped over it.

J walking, I'm always doing it and have done it in front of guards and nothing was said.

pickarooney

Littering?

shenanigans1982

Already been mentioned but the Truck Driver one is a big one, always doing at least 100 on country roads and on motorways they very raely stick to the inside lane.

Also never seen a foreigner questioned when eating a swan.

Prof.Badass

JaneyMc wrote: »

J walking, I'm always doing it and have done it in front of guards and nothing was said.

Are you sure that's a crime?

neil_hosey

Bye Laws regarding fishing in Ireland and the unreal amount of Poaching that is happening on the lakes and rivers..

Some Garda are great though but in general, they couldnt give a sh*te

JaneyMc

vinylmesh wrote: »

Are you sure that's a crime?

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

Dinter

JaneyMc wrote: »

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

Yeah I remember some lad being fined for that when it was introduced! Probably the only person ever. Unlucky.

Prof.Badass

JaneyMc wrote: »

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

hope whoever brought it in died.

People are better off looking after them selves, otherwise they become reliant on others/technology and it actually increases the chances of something bad happening as they're not attentive enough.

Danbo!

pickarooney wrote: »

Littering?

JaneyMc wrote: »

J walking

I'm a guard and I always enforce these laws.

Nah, I'm not really. Is impersonating a police officer still enforced? Shit.

Turd Ferguson

Its illegal for ducks to wear pants, I doubt that is enforced.

Dunder Mifflin

Afaik jay-walking isn't illegal here. It isn't in the UK anyway.

Mark200

Crania wrote: »

I was in the shop there last night and saw a very clearly underage person buy a lottery ticket. The shop assitant didn't even look at the young boy sideways and just gave him the lottery ticket. Isn't there a law that says people under 18 can't buy lotto tickets? That got me thinking about other laws that are not being enforced in Ireland like buying cigarettes, I've hardly ever seen anyone not being allowed to buy cigarettes due to age. The provisional licence drivers being able to drive unaccompanied used to be the big one that wasn't enforced but it seems to be enforced now, or is it?

Can anyone else think of any others?

That might just be the lottery rules and not actually the law..? Well, it could be under gambling laws I don't actually know. But I think if you win a prize then the person who claims the prize has to be over 18.

And about cigarettes....I do see people who look youngish being asked for ID when they're buying cigarettes, but definitely not as often as they should be and I do see people that I know are under 18 getting away with it. I asked a shop owner once why he lets them (I get on well with the guy, it was just a question out of curiosity rather than accusing him) and he just said if he says no to them, they'll just go down the road and be able to get them in another shop

Dunder Mifflin wrote: »

Afaik jay-walking isn't illegal here. It isn't in the UK anyway.

On an episode of Naked Camera once the guy went into a Garda Station and confessed, in an American accent, to jay-walking. The policewoman replied saying that it isn't illegal in Ireland...

Cookie_Monster

Any person who shall pretend or exercise to use any type of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or pretend knowledge in any occult or or craft or science shall for any such offense suffer imprisonment at the time of one whole year and also shall be obliged to obscursion for his/her good behavior

doubt that is enforced, though at this time of year it might be:pac:. From here, pity there aren't more irish ones

oeb

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Any person who shall pretend or exercise to use any type of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or pretend knowledge in any occult or or craft or science shall for any such offense suffer imprisonment at the time of one whole year and also shall be obliged to obscursion for his/her good behavior

doubt that is enforced, though at this time of year it might be:pac:. From here, pity there aren't more irish ones

I am a magician :eek:

I better put away my cards and top hat.

Jay-walking is an offence in the US and in Northern Ireland it can be enforced at the officer's discretion, though it's usually only enforced in an accident situation. I'd say they're not the only two places though. In the Republic or the rest of the UK it's not illegal.

Cookie_Monster

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

pretend knowledge

I wonder what that even is?

It sounds kinda piraty, "Yarrr he be havin some pretend knowledge there, Matey"

monkey9

Littering absolutely wrecks my head. It seems to be that once you wear tracksuits as casual wear, bins then become invisible!

asdasd

The policewoman replied saying that it isn't illegal in Ireland...

I think that city streets are pedestrian priority of the driver beware type.

bins then become invisible!

ever notice that there is more dirt just around litter bins? Like the amount of chewing gum increases in the vicinty of the bins ( the rest has probably been clearerd up but gum is sticky). And the bins are not normally full. Far from it.

So our tracksuit boys are almost there. Just that little step further and we would have a clean and happy society.

either that or they are taking the piss.

Conor108

Isn't there a €1000 fine for detonating a nuclear device?

marcsignal

planning laws are a joke in Ireland. One of many examples is the presentation convent in Terenure which was illegally demolished early on sunday morning a while ago, by a developer.
Furious locals were pushing to have it rebuilt brick by brick, with an estimated cost of 30million Euro, and instead, the developer was fined the massive sum of 1000Euro.

Smart Bug

All of them?

Prof.Badass

Domo230 wrote: »

Murder, Rape, Manufacturing heroin in your basement.

But god help you if your caught littering

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/environment/environmental-protection/litter_law

Who makes heroin these days?

Carfentanil is where it's at!

All you need to do is make 1 measly gram of the stuff, and you've got enough for a million doses!

yes, 1 gram = 1 million doses!

If the producers only have to make a fraction of a gram to set them up for life, i don't see how you could ever catch them.

G Luxel

having sex in public.

Acacia

I heard that a law still exists in Ireland that states that you must carry a bale of hay with you to feed your method of transportation (i.e. your horse!). I'm not sure how true that is, but I doubt that's enforced. :pac:

irish_bob

nuisance laws with regard dogs barking incessantly

TriciaDelicia

Its illegal to urinate on the street but not to crap!! Supposedly if a gaurd sees you sitting ****ting he has to take off his hat and block the view. (Prob urban legend)
Any volunteers

MOH

TriciaDelicia wrote: »

Its illegal to urinate on the street but not to crap!! Supposedly if a gaurd sees you sitting ****ting he has to take off his hat and block the view. (Prob urban legend)
Any volunteers

Think that's an English one, has to allow a pregnant woman to urinate in his helmet. Or something like that.

gurramok

The newish fines from the fireworks laws, never enforced and have never heard anyone prosecuted yet for letting a firework off.(only prosections being those smugglers who smuggle tonnes of the stuff in)

oztots

Loightering? Scumbags? suprised scumbags hasn't come up already.

Run_to_da_hills

gurramok wrote: »

The newish fines from the fireworks laws, never enforced and have never heard anyone prosecuted yet for letting a firework off.(only prosections being those smugglers who smuggle tonnes of the stuff in)

They are hardly going to fine an 18Yo e10,000 with 5 years jail for setting off a banger, The NWO hasn't kicked in yet. :eek:

Its just scaremongering on behalf of the government.

ShooterSF

oztots wrote: »

Loightering? Scumbags? suprised scumbags hasn't come up already.

Ah loitering... The law that makes it illegal to be doing nothing Creating by paranoid freak

Run_to_da_hills

ShooterSF wrote: »

Ah loitering... The law that makes it illegal to be doing nothing Creating by paranoid freak

It could be worse, in America you can be done for been broke under certain vagrancy laws.

seanybiker

Was looking around some crap site last night, full of useless information. Cant remember what site it was but according to the strange facts part of the site it said that it is ilegal in Ireland to lie to your parents lol.

getz

how do you walk like a jay ? if you have a horse and cart in the uk-you can piss next to one of the wheels-the idea is that you dont leave the horse by itself on the road i hate people throwing lit cigarettes out of moving car windows-it always blows into your car must be a law against it

Dord

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

speed restrictions on trucks and buses

Buses and trucks should have a limiter installed at the factory. Whether the Dublin Bus ones do is debateable. :rolleyes:

Trucks and single deckers are supposed to be limited to 80km/h and double deckers to 65km/h.

AckwelFoley

I find They say the age of consent is rarely if ever enforced.

There are plenty of 15 yr old boys buried balls deep in young girls around the country, i dont see much jail time being handed out.

oztots

snyper wrote: »

I find They say the age of consent is rarely if ever enforced.

There are plenty of 15 yr old boys buried balls deep in young girls around the country, i dont see much jail time being handed out.

Fair play to the lads, you would if you could but you cant. Hold on how young is young?

ast

A drunken person shall not seek entry to the bar of licensed premises.

That one comes courtesy of Michael McDowell Minister of Fun; walk into a bar when you are drunk ….. €300 please

SEPT 23 1989

It is illegal to smoke any form of tobacco on Grafton St. in Dublin

dumbyearbook

illegal to cycle across a railway crossing you have to get off you're bike and walk. No signs at dart stations for this but you'll see it at other crossings around the country.

Loitering was never used afaik, its too vague to determine if the crime has been committed.

KnifeWRENCH

"It is illegal for a student to walk through Trinity College without a sword. "

"In Trinity college students can demand a glass of wine at any time during an exam, provided they are wearing their sword. "

From this site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/shaunlaws.htm (may not be 100% accurate)

We don't have many, but some of the American, Australian and British ones are brilliant!

giggsy664

Domo230 wrote: »

Murder, Rape, Manufacturing heroin in your basement.

But god help you if your caught littering

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/environment/environmental-protection/litter_law

John. John, john, john gilligan. What did I tell you about leaving shell casings on the ground?

Shacklebolt

ast wrote: »

A drunken person shall not seek entry to the bar of licensed premises.

That one comes courtesy of Michael McDowell Minister of Fun; walk into a bar when you are drunk ….. €300 please

Anyone agree he single-handedly destroyed the PDs? The slide in popularity began under his watch.

EamonnKeane

square_igloo wrote: »

"It is illegal for a student to walk through Trinity College without a sword. "

"In Trinity college students can demand a glass of wine at any time during an exam, provided they are wearing their sword. "

From this site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/shaunlaws.htm (may not be 100% accurate)

We don't have many, but some of the American, Australian and British ones are brilliant!

That's entirely invented, has also been applied to Oxford, Cambridge, etc.

What about that law stating that every citizen must pay 25c annually to Pat Kenny? Now that one's crazy

dumbyearbook

square_igloo wrote: »

"It is illegal for a student to walk through Trinity College without a sword. "

"In Trinity college students can demand a glass of wine at any time during an exam, provided they are wearing their sword. "

From this site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/shaunlaws.htm (may not be 100% accurate)

We don't have many, but some of the American, Australian and British ones are brilliant!

Don't think its invented but its that they could ask for a brandy or maybe sherry in an exam i think it was.