the whole country in a standstill?

electron

any place anywhere open tonight? (restaurants, petrol stations, anything?)

Holsten

It's christmas... it's been like this for years.. what did you expect.

I don't think anything is opened on Christmas night.

AlmightyCushion

It's christmas. Can you not give people one day off a year without whining about it? Just watch a dvd or something.

jrodd

No. Its christmas

Hank Scorpio

those halal centres do be open..

might have to pop in in a hour to see if they sell any booze :eek:

PogMoThoin

Fcuk off to New York................was chattin to my sister there earlier and she was goin to get her hair done

jrodd

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Fcuk off to New York................was chattin to my sister there earlier and she was goin to get her hair done

durty

themadchef

Some hotels are open as they have guests. Some places do Christmas dinner.

Imagine running out of cigarettes :eek: i'd drive 50 miles if i had to.

Out of smokes electron .........or looking to rob a place ?

arse..biscuits

Spar Thomas Street Dublin open all day.

electron

what are halal centres?
im rather certain there are people around who wouldn't mind having to work during christmas, so why on earth should it make anyone angry that i ask?

electron

luckily im not out of cigarettes :P
but it just gets to me that every single place has to be the same and there's no emergency outlets open or anything.

craiginireland

theres a few places open, garages etc

electron

craiginireland wrote: »

theres a few places open, garages etc

name one

Senna

electron wrote: »

no emergency outlets

Fire, Garda and Hospitals all open, anything else and its not an emergency.

craiginireland

topaz off the n7, topaz on the blessington rd, spar ellis quay. theres loads near me!

Lexus1976

Garage on the Ballymun road. Just bought smokes. And i dont even smoke

seanybiker

theres normally a good few places open around waterford for a few hours on christmas day.

craiginireland

Lexus1976 wrote: »

Garage on the Ballymun road. Just bought smokes. And i dont even smoke

now you can quit and feel like you've achieved something!

Gary ITR

electron wrote: »

name one

Applegreen Goldenbridge 24hrs 365 days a year

Msfc

Theres a nightclub open here in Galway tonight...woohoo

Biggins

Saw one garage open all day in my town.

electron

thanks for the replies

Jigsaw

Just heading to my local for a wee pint now. Open until 10pm. Then back home for a few more

cornbb

Isn't it illegal to sell booze on chrimbo day?

kraggy

Msfc wrote: »

Theres a nightclub open here in Galway tonight...woohoo

What nightclub?

eVeNtInE

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petethebrick

2 nightclubs open in monaghan here. Trying to dissuade myself from going but pissed drunk and everone else in the house heading to bed so may head out to meet few of the lads.....

kraggy

But it's illegal to sell alcohol on Christmas Day. Are they really open?

SV

kraggy wrote: »

But it's illegal to sell alcohol on Christmas Day. Are they really open?

by the time they get going it'll be stephens day.

krudler

Surely if its after midnight it cant be illiegal? then its not xmas day anymore, the customer care centre i work in is open, I worked last xmas day it sucked ass, people ringing in to go through their phones bills on christmas ****ing day, get a life!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Lots of bottles of beer are open down my way

df1985

texaco lucan is open.tbh glad its only petrol stations etc that are open.christmas day for gods sake.im not religious by any means(i went to mass today for my annual visit)Its only today and good friday at the end of the day.in some parts nightclubs open at midnight.pathetic if ya ask me.plenty of booze in the house, sittin here happy with the family and watchin tv.why would anyone want to be in a nightclub listenin to the same old rihanna,britney spears ****e??

tolosenc

kraggy wrote: »

But it's illegal to sell alcohol on Christmas Day. Are they really open?

But this is Ireland... The laws are really just rough guidelines...

gazzer

There was a couple of Chinese restaraunts open on Capel St and Marys Lane in Dublin tonight at 8pm when I passed by.

nobodythere

The only thing that's open is yore ma. And I'm not sorry I posted this.

nobodythere

With my tail between my legs, does anywhere open at midnight? neeeeed fags nnnnooowww

grasshopa

grasshopa wrote: »

With my tail between my legs, does anywhere open at midnight? neeeeed fags nnnnooowww

That petrol station out in Terryland.

[Jackass]

God bless immigrants with their weird and wacky religions. Most 24 Esso stations and the likes are open. Sandymount strand one is anyway.

But don't moan if we all take ONE day off a year!! Should have planned ahead and bought supplies so that you don't have to leave the house so you can spend time with your loved ones!!

Also, it's jesus' birthday - have a session in his honour man!!

(Happy birthday jebus)

nobodythere

Deleted User wrote: »

That petrol station out in Terryland.

Nice. You better not be sending me out there for nothin' :P

Spipov

hospital. but please dont come

colly10

electron wrote: »

name one

texaco lucan

WoollyRedHat

krudler wrote: »

Surely if its after midnight it cant be illiegal? then its not xmas day anymore, the customer care centre i work in is open, I worked last xmas day it sucked ass, people ringing in to go through their phones bills on christmas ****ing day, get a life!

lol I'm gonna ring them next year muhwaaaaaa.

krudler

I love the sheer panic that sets in on xmas eve when people buy 18 litres of milk in case they run out, or top the cars petrol tank up to the max when all they'll be doing is a few family stops, its one day people, relax!

electron

[Jackass] wrote: »

But don't moan if we all take ONE day off a year!! Should have planned ahead and bought supplies so that you don't have to leave the house so you can spend time with your loved ones!!

Also, it's jesus' birthday - have a session in his honour man!!

(Happy birthday jebus)

well, im pro CHOICE

Wertz

obl wrote: »

But this is Ireland... The laws are really just rough guidelines...

Jigsaw is in Belfast...AFAIK they are not subject to outmoded religiously biased legislation re: their bar licensing laws and opening hours/dates, so he is perfectly entitled to have a pint on christmas day...and probably on Good friday as well, if his local can be bothered opening.

As for the topic at hand? Seriously if you can't prepare for what is at most 2 days of shut down over the holiday period then you deserve to go without.
It's always two extremes here: people either panic buy 2 week's worth of essentials or they don't buy anyhting and then moan about nowhere being open...don't retail business owners and their armies of employees deserve some quality time off like the rest of us?

asdasd

Jigsaw is in Belfast...AFAIK they are not subject to outmoded religiously biased legislation re: their bar licensing laws and opening hours/dates, so he is perfectly entitled to have a pint on christmas day...and probably on Good friday as well, if his local can be bothered opening.

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Every try shopping in Lisburn on a Sunday?

Plenty of countries are far worse than Ireland when it comes to closing down on a religous day, whether the thing is religious now or not, or just traditional.

If Christmas day falls on a Monday in Germany you panic on Saturday Afternoon. Everything closes by 2pm.

Wertz

asdasd wrote: »

]

Every try shopping in Lisburn on a Sunday?

Plenty of countries are far worse than Ireland when it comes to closing down on a religous day, whether the thing is religious now or not, or just traditional.

If Christmas day falls on a Monday in Germany you panic on Saturday Afternoon. Everything closes by 2pm.

If you read the context of my post, you'll notice that I was directly addressing the issue of drinking on christmas day and people saying that it was obviously against the law....but not the law in the UK. There's a perception on boards that if you're posting here you default to being from here; here being the Rep of Ireland.

As for the rest of your post, I agree...some of the trading laws in the North on a sunday are a bit off as well, but it's not against the law to open/trade for part of that sunday. You'll find in the more protestant areas they adhere more strictly to tradition and won't open, but in more neutral areas they'll open for as long as they can....this is specfic to NI, not the UK as a whole.
I can't speak for Germany, never been...but as with anywhere local oddities exist and can be planned around...

Tchaikovsky

Any opportunity to squeeze some extra dosh out of the docile masses.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Tchaikovsky wrote: »

Any opportunity to squeeze some extra dosh out of the docile masses.

Damn it you're wise.

Ham'nd'egger

Mad as it sounds, the UK have not marked in Christmas Day as a Bank Holiday so businesses can trade normally if they so wish. There is still certain limits for retail hours in the UK on Sunday's unlike here in Ireland.

In fairness, we are largely a Christian Country and given it's importance, the country will pretty much stop on Christmas Day. I actually saw internet cafes, phone shops and even two barber shops on Clanbrassil Street open last Christmas Day; all operated by Muslim Staff. One lucky Mohammad was even getting a beard trim on the day You will see plenty of the Spar/Londis type shops open but in fairness we all can get stuck for something small or even the novelty of getting something on the day; I know I do:)

Pubs in the UK are not barred from opening any day of the year if they wish though it is down to local councils as to their specific hours of retail. Parts of Wales still have Sunday shutdowns as standard.

ecdl07

Topaz ib Mitchelstown was open. All day!