Good Friday trading hours

km79

Do most shops open Sunday hours?
Are restaurants allowed open but not sell alcohol ?

ben.schlomo

Shops are open normal hours as its a normal day!!

km79

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Shops are open normal hours as its a normal day!!

And restaurants ?

biko

Good Friday is a normal trading day for most places, restaurants don't sell alcohol but for one night only it's not a biggie imo.

I forgot we still had that stone age law with regards to booze :rolleyes:

Everything else runs as normal OP.

km79

Thanks for the replies. I'm not worried about the lack of booze I was just worried tht licensed restaurants may not be open.
Thanks again

holygoaliefc

AFAIK banks all closed...post offices def closed

Mrs OBumble

rarnes1 wrote: »

I forgot we still had that stone age law with regards to booze :rolleyes:

I guess if we lost the neanderthal behaviour towards booze, we might be able to get the law changed.;)

efb

holygoaliefc wrote: »

AFAIK banks all closed...post offices def closed

It's a Bank Holiday not a public holiday. So banks would be closed.

Kristopherus

Banks, Post Office and all Public Service offices closed.

BhoscaCapall

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I guess if we lost the neanderthal behaviour towards booze, we might be able to get the law changed.;)

More like if we lost the neanderthal religion

Redhairedguy

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

More like if we lost the neanderthal religion

oooohhh... SNAP!

Paddyfield

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Shops are open normal hours as its a normal day!!

There is no late night shopping on Good Friday. All shops closed by 6pm.

rarnes1

rarnes1 wrote: »

I forgot we still had that stone age law with regards to booze :rolleyes:

Everything else runs as normal OP.

Most people I know have the day off so not really a normal day either as such along with the banks etc being closed.

ben.schlomo

Paddyfield wrote: »

There is no late night shopping on Good Friday. All shops closed by 6pm.

Where are you pulling this from?

inisboffin

Think certain theatre bars have a special license. There are a lot of cultural outings on that night
There was something about restaurants/hotels serving a year or two ago but *think* there was some fallout.

Mrs OBumble

Joseph Raspy Head wrote: »

Most people I know have the day off so not really a normal day either as such along with the banks etc being closed.

Most people I know work for multi-nationals, so it's very much work-as-usual.

I'm just about to start researching, but from memory, most public transport runs as per normal Friday timetable on Good Friday.

And late-night shopping in Galway is on Thursday for most shops. A few open on Friday too, but not all of 'em.

ben.schlomo

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Most people I know work for multi-nationals, so it's very much work-as-usual.

I'm just about to start researching, but from memory, most public transport runs as per normal Friday timetable on Good Friday.

And late-night shopping in Galway is on Thursday for most shops. A few open on Friday too, but not all of 'em.

Other way around i would suggest. And all of the British chains open both nights for late night shopping.

magentas

Paddyfield wrote: »

There is no late night shopping on Good Friday. All shops closed by 6pm.

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Where are you pulling this from?

Yep Paddyfield is right, most shops close earlier on good friday. Where I work, we normally open late Fridays but the shopping centre closes at 6pm that day.

ChunkyLover54

rarnes1 wrote: »

I forgot we still had that stone age law with regards to booze :rolleyes:

A day without being able to buy booze.

How will we survive?

diceyreilly

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

A day without being able to buy booze.

How will we survive?

That's not the point..

It's because of some fairy tale it should be binned..

thesandeman

Back in 'de day' I reckon the Galway-Athenry train service must have been the biggest ticket seller in the country on Good? Friday. Think the only people who got on the train were the driver and conductor tho ;-)

ChunkyLover54

diceyreilly wrote: »

That's not the point..

It's because of some fairy tale it should be binned..

It's going to be a real struggle not to be able to buy alcohol for one entire day.

Really, I don't know if I can hack it.

Mrs OBumble

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I guess if we lost the neanderthal behaviour towards booze, we might be able to get the law changed.;)

Great logic there!

If religious Catholics want to abstain from alcohol on good Friday that's fine. It shouldn't mean that everyone else should follow suit.

ben.schlomo

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

It's going to be a real struggle not to be able to buy alcohol for one entire day.

Really, I don't know if I can hack it.

Still missing the point i see, continue on though, im sure you will be grand with an orange juice and your Bible anyway.:cool:

ChunkyLover54

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

It's going to be a real struggle not to be able to buy alcohol for one entire day.

Really, I don't know if I can hack it.

You are missing the point by a country mile.
It's a religious law that is completely outdated and has no place in modern society.

You think it curbs underage drinking? Of course not. If anything its a day when there's mass house parties!

Btw, I'm saying this as someone who probably only frequents a pub every 5/6 weeks.

biko

Every year the same arguments
Just a suggestion but if you're against this old law then perhaps start some sort of campaign?

Fey!

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

More like if we lost the neanderthal religion

In which case we can get rid of Christmas, Easter, St. Patricks Day and all of that stuff altogether, including the bank holidays/time off and other things that go with them.

antoobrien

Fey! wrote: »

In which case we can get rid of Christmas, Easter, St. Patricks Day and all of that stuff altogether, including the bank holidays/time off and other things that go with them.

And St. Stephen's day/boxing day, New Years Day, Halloween (the holiday is the last Monday in October), Mayday (May BH, ancient celtic holiday), Whit weekend (june BH), August Bank Holiday (Lughnasa).

Anything left that isn't covered by a (any) Neanderthal religion?

Redhairedguy

I don't think anyone is debating the loss of Good Friday as a day. More the sanctions legally imposed on that day for the sake of a religion that a lot of people no longer follow or believe.

antoobrien

Redhairedguy wrote: »

I don't think anyone is debating the loss of Good Friday as a day. More the sanctions legally imposed on that day for the sake of a religion that a lot of people no longer follow or believe.

It's very easy to say "a lot of people no longer follow or believe" but 3.8m people still describe themselves as being Roman Catholic here in Ireland.

pleasant Co.

antoobrien wrote: »

3.8m people still describe themselves as being Roman Catholic here in Ireland.

I wonder what the number was for "Jedi" :cool:

Redhairedguy

antoobrien wrote: »

3.8m people still describe themselves as being Roman Catholic here in Ireland.

Only because they're afraid of what the neighbours might think if they didn't. :P

antoobrien

pleasant Co. wrote: »

I wonder what the number was for "Jedi" :cool:

Can't remember if there was a write in box, but the figures for "other" were 75,655.

antoobrien

Redhairedguy wrote: »

Only because they're afraid of what the neighbours might think if they didn't. :P

So you know what I put on my census return while I lived in the land of the heathens Dublin? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I knew it, they really are after me

Mrs OBumble

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Most people I know work for multi-nationals, so it's very much work-as-usual

I've never worked a Good Friday be it when working in a private or public sector job always have it off. Most people I know are working in private sector jobs and have it off, two are working for big international companies one in financial services and the other in manufacturing.

I know one person who works for a multinational that is working, though there is a good chance he will "disappear" early for our traditional Good Friday round of golf.

antoobrien

Joseph Raspy Head wrote: »

I've never worked a Good Friday be it when working in a private or public sector job always have it off. Most people I know are working in private sector jobs and have it off, two are working for big international companies one in financial services and the other in manufacturing.

I know one person who works for a multinational that I working though there is a goo chance he will "disappear" early for our traditional Good Friday game of golf.

It's entirely up to the company whether the day is considered a "holiday" or not. Any job I have had (all private sector) GF has been a working day. Banks & related financial businesses take it off for religious reasons (the 30 pieces of sliver used to buy off Judas).

BhoscaCapall

Fey! wrote: »

In which case we can get rid of Christmas, Easter, St. Patricks Day and all of that stuff altogether, including the bank holidays/time off and other things that go with them.

Pretty sure you can still have state sanctioned holidays that aren't dictated by the Vatican buddy

Fey!

OP; most shops open as normal on Good Friday, but it's up to each individual shop.

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Pretty sure you can still have state sanctioned holidays that aren't dictated by the Vatican buddy

You can, but you can do away with your Christmas presents, carol singing and Easter eggs.

Also, I am not your buddy, and refering to me as such just makes you sound like a smug git.

Fey!

Fey! wrote: »

OP; most shops open as normal on Good Friday, but it's up to each individual shop.




You can, but you can do away with your Christmas presents, carol singing and Easter eggs.

Also, I am not your buddy, and refering to me as such just makes you sound like a smug git.

Didn't realise the Catholic Church sanctioned the eating of chocolate.

Btw, Christmas was originally a pagan holiday and the Christian church adopted it :-)

Fey!

rarnes1 wrote: »

Didn't realise the Catholic Church sanctioned the eating of chocolate.

Btw, Christmas was originally a pagan holiday and the Christian church adopted it :-)

I was refering more to the holiday celebrating the death and resurrection of the Lord, Easter. I have no problem with the state starting a chocolate egg holiday.

As for pagan holidays, isn't paganism a form of religion?

BhoscaCapall

Fey! wrote: »

You can, but you can do away with your Christmas presents, carol singing and Easter eggs.

Nah, I say you can keep them. Not sure why you're getting tradition mixed up with law making.

Also, I am not your buddy, and refering to me as such just makes you sound like a smug git.

Thou shalt not get in a stroppy and call people names on the internet - Matthew 2:18

Fey!

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Nah, I say you can keep them. Not sure why you're getting tradition mixed up with law making.

You don't want religious input into modern culture, but you do want religious traditions.

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Thou shalt not get in a stroppy and call people names on the internet - Matthew 2:18

Thou shalt use the internet to be a warrior in anonimity - Abraham

snubbleste

I only care about Fidelma Healy-Eames, Ph.D.'s opinion on this matter.

BhoscaCapall

Fey! wrote: »

You don't want religious input into modern culture, but you do want religious traditions.

No you're getting confused again. At no point did I say I wanted every religious influence in modern culture eradicated. A lot of our laws and moral values can be traced back to religion for example. It did a great job while civilisation found its feet.

I don't think it should dictate the laws of the land. There is a distinct difference between "modern culture" and hard legislation. If you disagree with that then go ahead, but don't twist my words into an argument you feel more comfortable opposing.

Thou shalt use the internet to be a warrior in anonimity - Abraham

I hope you don't mean to suggest waging war in the name of a holy book.

A chocolate holiday sounds good though!

Fey!

I had a big long reply written, then read over it and realised I couldn't figure out what it had to do with shop opening hours on Good Friday, or the lack of availability of booze!!

The basics were that if you don't want religion in your life, don't celebrate the traditions. If you celebrate the traditions, don't deny your religion. That's not just as a Catholic, it's right across the religious spectrum. We just do it more, as a lot of people feel it's "cool" to say that they're athiests.

Mrs OBumble

You know, I don't actually think it's the Catholic church that's behind the alcohol ban on Good Friday. (If they'd wanted a ban, surely it would extend to work too, so we could all go to church).

I think it's actually the publicans, and their carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters and tilers.

Right now, Good Friday and Christmas are the only times when they can have 24 client-free hours to work on the building. No one wants to work Christmas. Hardly any of them really want to go to church on Good Friday. So having the pubs closed that day, and that day only, works for everyone (except the poor sods who cannot manage a day without buying drink).

BhoscaCapall

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I think it's actually the publicans, and their carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters and tilers.

Right now, Good Friday and Christmas are the only times when they can have 24 client-free hours to work on the building. No one wants to work Christmas. Hardly any of them really want to go to church on Good Friday. So having the pubs closed that day, and that day only, works for everyone (except the poor sods who cannot manage a day without buying drink).

They can have client free hours any day of the year they choose. And if they did choose, I'm fairly sure it wouldn't be a Friday night.

And it's not about "managing a day without drink" (hear this every year). I haven't had a drink since Paddys. It's a Friday, and more importantly it's that I should be able to make that choice myself.

biko

biko wrote: »

Every year the same arguments
Just a suggestion but if you're against this old law then perhaps start some sort of campaign?

If only it were an old law - the relevant part was updated in 2000:
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0017/sec0003.html#sec3

Save as otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor, or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor, or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises—


(a) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday;


(b) on any other day, as specified hereunder, outside the times so specified in respect of it—


(i) Saint Patrick's Day: between 12.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. on the following day;


(ii) the 23rd December: if it falls on a Sunday, between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m.;


(iii) Christmas Eve and the eve of Good Friday: between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m.;


(iv) the eve of any public holiday (other than Christmas Eve):


(I) if the eve falls on a weekday, between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 a.m. on the following day, or


(II) if it falls on a Sunday, between 12.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. on the following day;


(v) any other Sunday (except a Saint Patrick's Day which falls on a Sunday): between 12.30 p.m. and 11.00 p.m.;


(vi) any other Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday: between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m.; and


(vii) any other Thursday, Friday or Saturday: between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 a.m. on the following day.


(1A) The hours specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in respect of any day specified in that paragraph are in addition to the period between midnight and 12.30 a.m. on that day where that period is included in the hours so specified in respect of the eve of that day.


(1B) In subsection (1), ‘public holiday’ has the meaning given to it by the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 .”.

thesandeman

As an aside I might as well give my annual warning: Don't forget that a lot of shops (especially supermarkets) will not be open on Easter Sunday. Don't really know or care why but it's tradition.