Prime Time - Underage Drinkers

cson

Anyone watching this? They're after getting the young lad/girls to make about 10 online orders. Serious amount of drink ordered.

I hope they drank it all, it'd be a shocking waste of beer otherwise.

Orlee

Yeah watching it now ... did you see the close up of the pc screen of the girl buying from Tesco?

Her hotmail was open on the next tab and it shows her email address! Poor form for RTE!!!!!

I know kids can get their hands on alcohol but I can't believe it's THAT easy!

Showed this thread too ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055967924&highlight=booze+takeaway

Our man in Havana

Off licence guy was very poor at making up stuff on the spot.

Shocking stuff in all fairness.

listermint

I asked some 16 year olds to go to the off license for me, never seen my booze

dolliemix

Haddockman wrote: »

Off licence guy was very poor at making up stuff on the spot.

Shocking stuff in all fairness.

He looked like he was about to start crying!

Nodin

Young people drinking?

JESUS - PANIC......

starviewadams

Now that kids are still getting their pesky hands on alcohol maybe they'll let the offo's return to normal opening times instead of this 10pm crap!!

Mister men

Joooooooooooooe Duffy.

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

Young people drinking?

JESUS - PANIC......

I know. Next thing they'll be having sex. :eek:

Mister men

cson wrote: »

Anyone watching this? They're after getting the young lad/girls to make about 10 online orders. Serious amount of drink ordered.

I hope they drank it all, it'd be a shocking waste of beer otherwise.

On that point i wonder where that booze goes. Maybe RTE should hand it out to licence payers instead of more than likely staff getting it.

Nodin

starviewadams wrote: »

Now that kids are still getting their pesky hands on alcohol maybe they'll let the offo's return to normal opening times instead of this 10pm crap!!

What, treat adults like adults? Not likely.

Soon you'll have to go through the same rigamarole for drink that you have to for a painkiller with codeine in it....

Ricardo G

rarnes1 wrote: »

I know. Next thing they'll be having sex. :eek:

After drinking what they ordered they certainly will.:)

Min

Reading the thread they showed from this site, it appears they used this site for information on underage drinking via home delivery of alcohol.

Belmono

The guy from the Vintners association should have had a brandy before he came on to calm himself down;)

Nodin

rarnes1 wrote: »

I know. Next thing they'll be having sex. :eek:

And lovin it guilt free too, the dirty little shites....

The_Kew_Tour

Mister men wrote: »

Joooooooooooooe Duffy.

Mary from Clontarffffffff is on the line

Nodin

adrian280582 wrote: »

Mary from Clontarffffffff is on the line

There's teenage lads joe..(yeah...).....they're drunk, joe..(terrible, yeah)....drunk on alcohol joe..(tsk tsk)..There was none of this in my day joe..........(yeah, yeah....does it upset you mary?)

Our man in Havana

Mister men wrote: »

Joooooooooooooe Duffy.

This will give Joe Duffy plenty of new material.

gurramok

Jayzus, there was underage drinking in 1967, why should it be newsworthy now?

Prabhu Deva

Joe: Terrible carry on altogether, this is awful, i remember in my day very little of this went on. You're dead right, they shouldnt be going near this stuff till they have circled the sun at least eighteen times.

Whats the government doing all about all of this? more regulation is what is needed. Fun should not be allowed in these modern and technologically advanced times


AND NOW ITS TIME FOR A COMMERCIAL BREAK!!! GO HARVEY GO!!!

Jeboa Safari

Your man presenting prime time came across as abit of a c**t I thought. I don't really have much of a problem with them ordering it, drinking age should be lowered to 16 anyway, and 16-17 year olds are going to get their hands on drink either way, even if they do clamp down on this

Prabhu Deva

Jeboa Safari wrote: »

Your man presenting prime time came across as abit of a c**t I thought. I don't really have much of a problem with them ordering it, drinking age should be lowered to 16 anyway, and 16-17 year olds are going to get their hands on drink either way, even if they do clamp down on this

they should get rid of the restriction altogether. everyone knows children that age wouldn't want it if they were allowed it.

IrishZeus

Prabhu Deva wrote: »

everyone knows children that age wouldn't want it if they were allowed it.

<Insert dirty joke here>

SeaFields

Jeboa Safari wrote: »

Your man presenting prime time came across as abit of a c**t I thought.

All the primetime presenters are sh!te maybe with the exception of that guy that left the show a few months back.

To be fair there were 800 potential job loses announced today by Bank of Scotland Ireland. Much more fitting topic for tonight than getting some teenagers to go undercover buying drink.

Suppose the primeteam team had a good laugh at the licence payer too as they drank all that booze.

brianthebard

Orlee wrote: »

Yeah watching it now ... did you see the close up of the pc screen of the girl buying from Tesco?

Her hotmail was open on the next tab and it shows her email address! Poor form for RTE!!!!!

I know kids can get their hands on alcohol but I can't believe it's THAT easy!

Showed this thread too ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055967924&highlight=booze+takeaway

Bastards! I didn't give them permission to use my thread. grr.

orourkeda

Hoorah for drink delivery

starlit

Didn't watch it but heard about it alright.

Seloth

I can remeber they ran a series of ads on billboards and on the telly about underage drinking two years ago when I was 16-17.

I can recall walking past one of the billboards thinking "I have that guys shoes!"

Jesus Juice

I am a teenage drinker, and quite frankly I'm very drunk.

starlit

I don't get what the big deal is about 16-17 year olds drinking, they are nearly 18! I was stunned that people of that age did drink when I were 16-17 but when they were under than that it made me think that was even worse, I'd agree with 17 is ok if you are nearly 18. Its worse if 15 and under though far worse as they may not be able to cope with the drink and consequences, they are still developing overall both physically and intellectually and emotionally, they need all three at full capacity to deal with drink! The brain isn't fully developed until 21! So decision making is vital for teenagers when under the influence cause a lot could go wrong when they are under the influence. Its better they are drinking when supervised at home rather than them getting sloshed when out and out of control. They need a bit of guidance to deal with drinking. Quiet frankly they need a bit of cop on before they take any drop of drink!

Executive Steve

The elephant in the room of course is the fact that back when the publicans had the power of discretion to serve a drink or two to a table of teenagers as long as they were quiet, well behaved and didn't act the bollix in the pub that you had far less teenagers running around and causing trouble.

Absurdum

Seloth wrote: »

I can remeber they ran a series of ads on billboards and on the telly about underage drinking two years ago when I was 16-17.

I can recall walking past one of the billboards thinking "I have that guys shoes!"

so you stole shoes from a drunk teen? how nice of you :rolleyes:

starlit

I wonder if things would be any different if the legal age limit was brought up to 21? Then we see who has the last laugh!?:cool:

The Agogo

snuggles285 wrote: »

I wonder if things would be any different if the legal age limit was brought up to 21? Then we see who has the last laugh!?:cool:

Don't even ****ing say that!

The Highwayman

Right at the start of the show they show Boards.ie After Hours the thread was about getting drink delivered. It must be our fault

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

SeaFields wrote: »

All the primetime presenters are sh!te maybe with the exception of that guy that left the show a few months back.

To be fair there were 800 potential job loses announced today by Bank of Scotland Ireland. Much more fitting topic for tonight than getting some teenagers to go undercover buying drink.

Suppose the primeteam team had a good laugh at the licence payer too as they drank all that booze.

Can you imagine the ****ing job losses if age limit was increased!?!

DOC09UNAM

Does anyone know if this is on the rteplayer??

would be interested in watching it.

The Highwayman

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Does anyone know if this is on the rteplayer??

would be interested in watching it.

Yep watching it now

DOC09UNAM

Rteplayer link for anyone that missed the show aswell..

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1078853

DOC09UNAM

lol @ the woman at the 4 minute mark, trying to use as many big words as possible, and could barely pronounce them.

mardybumbum

"Can I get 12 bottles of Coors light and a litre bottle of Smirnoff ice?"


What a pussy.

DOC09UNAM

Orlee wrote: »

Yeah watching it now ... did you see the close up of the pc screen of the girl buying from Tesco?

Her hotmail was open on the next tab and it shows her email address! Poor form for RTE!!!!!

I know kids can get their hands on alcohol but I can't believe it's THAT easy!

Showed this thread too ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055967924&highlight=booze+takeaway

That wasn't no accident, that's a chris hansen style setup.

brianthebard

omg ffs, I started that thread because of a lack of delivery services but they're claiming an explosion in that sector? And I'm 24. Gross misrepresentation of the meaning and purpose of the thread. So annoyed I hate lazy journos/hacks/researchers. Some RTE gob****e dreamt up a story out of nothing and put it on tv, most of those drunks in the video were probably over 18 anyways. The woman from aisling was scary though, trying to shut down offy delivery just because kids might abuse the system.

bongi69

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

That wasn't no accident, that's a chris hansen style setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYbsHcHuFy8

Couldn't resist

Gotta ask though, why is teenage drinking such a big problem here, when its not in France, Spain, etc.? And lets be honest, I got my hands on beer at 16, before the offies delivered, so they can stop the delivery services, but that wont stop kids boozing

Anita Blow

Too much of a deal is made about underage drinking. Do what other countries do, drop the drinking age from 18-16 for beer or alcohol below 6% and place a limit on how much can be sold to a person in that age bracket.
It stops all the fishy business of young people trying to get drink and it also gradually introduces them to legal alcohol consumption so they don't go binging when they become 18.
Also get rid of, or modify the exisiting law on public drinking to allow drinking in certain areas. How come I can drink on a beach in Spain but can't on a beach here (Queue jokes about weather)

Biggins

For those that missed it, the show: http://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/

DOC09UNAM

Funny thing is, They've given a great idea to a massive bunch of 16 year olds that may never have thought of home delivery, fools.

stepbar

I wouldn't mind so much if it was for use at home only but unfortunatly many don't just leave it at that..... like the girl I saw last nite, who was so p1ssed that a LUAS has to be taken out of service in order to clean up her mess. Nice :rolleyes:

citizen_p

??? delivery......too long to wait,when i was drinking at , 15/ 16 and buying my own cans, id just grab a crate every while and bring 8 out with me when ever id get a text, and then scab vodka etc... off others.

i know classy right.

ive always preferred drinking outsde in a field with all my mates etc... no aul lads at a bar, fresh air, a bit of freedom, you know everyone, and you dont go through the best part of 100 quid in a night....sadly those days are gone

citizen_p

Anita Blow wrote: »

Too much of a deal is made about underage drinking. Do what other countries do, drop the drinking age from 18-16 for beer or alcohol below 6% and place a limit on how much can be sold to a person in that age bracket.
It stops all the fishy business of young people trying to get drink and it also gradually introduces them to legal alcohol consumption so they don't go binging when they become 18.
Also get rid of, or modify the exisiting law on public drinking to allow drinking in certain areas. How come I can drink on a beach in Spain but can't on a beach here (Queue jokes about weather)

whatsto stop them going to 2 or 3 off licences, very little, unless you give them a scanable age card which an off licence can swipe saying how much they bought etc...

theres a law on public drinking thought that was an american thing

most teenagers drink in fields because some have strict parents, so they dont want to go to a public spot where the mammy driving by would see them.

starlit

If they look old enough to buy drink, it wouldn't be so much of a problem!