illegal nightclub?

finnharpsboy

Taxi men were queuing up (maybe four or five) outside a unit in bluebell this morning picking up numerous amounts of people, mainly under 25 years old i'd guess, dressed like it was a night out, carrying bottles of drink. On the kylemore road there was more of these drunks strolling up the road towards Mc Donalds, sum slumped up against the bus shelter while others were randomly walking into the road waving cars down.

It's not the first weekend morning i've seen the same carry on, seems a regular thing

shedweller

I've heard about these. They sound like a scene from Breaking Bad!

Fr_Dougal

Thanks for reporting this to us, OP. I've sent a car with two of our best agents to the area to investigate.

Have a nice day.

minidazzler

You mean a rave?

DEFTLEFTHAND

It's a racket, 10 Euro standing charge and then you're mugged of the rest of your money when you fall asleep on the couch.

It's ingenious imo, drunken muppets who want more drink go along with their crowd and they make for easy pickings. They think they'll get the ride off some young one they chatted up in the bar beforehand.

electrobanana

Not cool nark not cool

Daveysil15

What does that have to do with illegal nightclubs?

Alter-Ego

Some say, they come looking for drugs, dirty dancing, and pounding techno music.

Daveysil15

Alter-Ego wrote: »

Some say, they come looking for drugs, dirty dancing, and pounding techno music.

Nah its not techno anymore, its trance man, TRANCE I tell ya. Preferably the European progressive hard trance. That's what its at.

Santa Cruz

finnharpsboy wrote: »

Taxi men were queuing up (maybe four or five) outside a unit in bluebell this morning picking up numerous amounts of people, mainly under 25 years old i'd guess, dressed like it was a night out, carrying bottles of drink. On the kylemore road there was more of these drunks strolling up the road towards Mc Donalds, sum slumped up against the bus shelter while others were randomly walking into the road waving cars down.

It's not the first weekend morning i've seen the same carry on, seems a regular thing

Labour Party Conference??

allthedoyles

Down our neck of the woods they are usually leaving the premises , just as the old folks are heading into 8am Mass .

After 9am is a bit late in the day for this carry-on

hfallada

It's most likely a warehouse party. Twenty something's can't understand why clubs must close at 3am, when they are open pretty much everywhere else in Europe at that hour.

NuckingFacker

hfallada wrote: »

It's most likely a warehouse party. Twenty something's can't understand why clubs must close at 3am, when they are open pretty much everywhere else in Europe at that hour.

Damn right they are too. And why doesn't Ikea open till 10.30 or 11am? And why can't we buy beer after 10pm in the shops? And why do we need to go in to get a tax disc - online, no questions asked, it's a bill, not a priveledge.


This country has a lot of questions to answer. Personally, I blame Ray D'Arcy.

kneemos

hfallada wrote: »

It's most likely a warehouse party. Twenty something's can't understand why clubs must close at 3am, when they are open pretty much everywhere else in Europe at that hour.

If twenty somethings didn't end up comatosed in A+E maybe the clubs would'nt have to close at 3am.

Daveysil15

kneemos wrote: »

If twenty somethings didn't end up comatosed in A+E maybe the clubs would'nt have to close at 3am.

3am? I thought it was 2 in most places. Anyway I don't think it would really make a difference what time they close at. People will still get flutered.

electrobanana

kneemos wrote: »

If twenty somethings didn't end up comatosed in A+E maybe the clubs would'nt have to close at 3am.

That's going to happen anyway regardless of nightclub closing times tbf.

Birneybau

shedweller wrote: »

I've heard about these. They sound like a scene from Breaking Bad!

Have you ever seen "Breaking Bad"?

kneemos

electrobanana wrote: »

That's going to happen anyway regardless of nightclub closing times tbf.

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

Daveysil15

kneemos wrote: »

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

Wouldn't people just start drinking earlier?

Annasopra

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Labour Party Conference??

In killarney next week

electrobanana

kneemos wrote: »

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

Not really it means everybody get lashed earlier and then they all get thrown out on the street at the same time and that's when chaos ensues.

drunkmonkey

Did somebody say rave?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwerffY5Uk4

Fr_Dougal

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Thanks for reporting this to us, OP. I've sent a car with two of our best agents to the area to investigate.

Have a nice day.

You mean, priests?

kwestfan08

kneemos wrote: »

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

But surely if you knew that the club was open to say 5am, you'd be going out that little bit later too so in effect it wouldn't matter what time they closed at? Coupled with more progressive off-licensing laws your night out mightn't start until 10 or 11pm.

Riesen_Meal

Yeah its a warehouse party, been to one there before, it was alright, not great, a lot of people have nowhere to go at 3am when the clubs shut, do you blame them for having raves?

kneemos

kwestfan08 wrote: »

But surely if you knew that the club was open to say 5am, you'd be going out that little bit later too so in effect it wouldn't matter what time they closed at? Coupled with more progressive off-licensing laws your night out mightn't start until 10 or 11pm.

So what difference does it make then.

RustyNut

kneemos wrote: »

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

Warning, warning, Young people having fun alert. Shut it down straight away they might hurt them selves.....:rolleyes:

kwestfan08

kneemos wrote: »

So what difference does it make then.

If opening hours where longer, you wouldn't get the mass exodus of drunken people that currently happens at throwing out time IMO. People would go and leave after a few hours so the stream of people spilling out into the streets would be a little more controlled.

minidazzler

RustyNut wrote: »

Warning, warning, Young people having fun alert. Shut it down straight away they might hurt them selves.....:rolleyes:

kwestfan08 wrote: »

If opening hours where longer, you wouldn't get the mass exodus of drunken people that currently happens at throwing out time IMO. People would go and leave after a few hours so the stream of people spilling out into the streets would be a little more controlled.

Trust me on this lads, don't argue with Kneemos..... he'll basically make the stupidest points and never see that staggered closing times are right.

kneemos

minidazzler wrote: »

Trust me on this lads, don't argue with Kneemos..... he'll basically make the stupidest points and never see that staggered closing times are right.

Nobody mentioned staggered closing times just early as opposed to late.

elefant

kneemos wrote: »

Nobody mentioned staggered closing times just early as opposed to late.

In just about every other country in Europe, where forced closing time isn't 2am, not everyone keeps drinking every night until 5 just because they can. If you want to stay that long, it's your prerogative. But it means, as others have said here, that you don't end up with hundreds of people buckled outside supermac's at half-past 2 because everywhere else is closed.

Coupled with this, if the nightclub is only open for 3 hours, you only have 3 hours to drink as much as possible, because after that it's game over. I honestly can't see any upside to everything closing at 2am.

dd972

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Damn right they are too. And why doesn't Ikea open till 10.30 or 11am? And why can't we buy beer after 10pm in the shops? And why do we need to go in to get a tax disc - online, no questions asked, it's a bill, not a priveledge.


This country has a lot of questions to answer. Personally, I blame Ray D'Arcy.

+1,

should we make Personally, I blame Ray D'Arcy a tagline for every boards.ie post as well :pac:

Muahahaha

hfallada wrote: »

It's most likely a warehouse party. Twenty something's can't understand why clubs must close at 3am, when they are open pretty much everywhere else in Europe at that hour.

Was just in Jakarta, Indonesia a few days ago. Indonesia is the worlds most populous Muslim country yet the main nightclub in the city (Stadium) holds 5,000 people over 6 floors and it opens at 4pm on a Thursday and goes straight through to 8am the following Monday morning. Even a Muslim countries nightlife puts Dublin to shame :mad:

minidazzler

kneemos wrote: »

Nobody mentioned staggered closing times just early as opposed to late.

We've had this argument before. You are an exhausting human being.

foggy_lad

The problem with all night opening/drinking in Dublin/Ireland is the cost of keeping the venues staffed and policed for those extra hours, There would also have to be a significant cost to obtain an all night licence for any venue to cover the extra resources that would have to be laid on like police and medical staff. Those extra costs will significantly impact on admission and drinks prices meaning that people will not frequent the official legal establishments and those places will be forced to revert to their normal 2am closing or close down altogether.

minidazzler

minidazzler wrote: »

We've had this argument before. You are an exhausting human being.

Mod

Attack the posts and not the poster please.

BillyMitchel

Thanks for the heads up OP. I'm not too far away, that's next Saturday night sorted

minidazzler

foggy_lad wrote: »

The problem with all night opening/drinking in Dublin/Ireland is the cost of keeping the venues staffed and policed for those extra hours, There would also have to be a significant cost to obtain an all night licence for any venue to cover the extra resources that would have to be laid on like police and medical staff. Those extra costs will significantly impact on admission and drinks prices meaning that people will not frequent the official legal establishments and those places will be forced to revert to their normal 2am closing or close down altogether.

There is no evidence to support this at all. Every single Saturday night when I finish work there are dozens of people in the club I work asking for Lock-ins. They are told no, regardless of if they are sober or not, or if they have money to spend. I imagine the same happens in every late bar/nightclub. So, if those people had a place to go, or 2 places to go to forgo monopolies, how would that be a bad thing?

I'd happily work til 7-8 am in a night club if I could. But illegal raves pay very little.

MadsL

If you are taking drink to a rave you are doing it wrong. Source: being an adult in the 90s...

suicide_circus

http://www.soundcheckmusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Disco-Biscuits-Sound-Check-Music-Blog.jpg

kneemos

minidazzler wrote: »

We've had this argument before. You are an exhausting human being.

Don't remember.
Mistaking me for someone else l think boss.

Lambsbread

One of things I love about living on the continent are the late closing hours. You can stay out and enjoy your drinks and are not pressured by closing times. No mentality like "Oh s**t, the bar closes in 15 mins, I better buy 5 shots to make sure I am drunk". Stay out till 5 am and enjoy a few drinks and get the first metro home

To be honest you do see the same level of drunk people around, but there is no rush of 500 people down to the chipper or queuing for taxis.

They should try it in Ireland, it could be chaos for the first few weeks but people will adjust for a far better drinking culture.

end of the road

kneemos wrote: »

If twenty somethings didn't end up comatosed in A+E maybe the clubs would'nt have to close at 3am.

yeah because closing the clubs at 2 or 3 AM really solves that problem, same as closing the offlicences at 10 PM, shur theirs no drunks on the street, its all this nanny state nonsense that has caused all this in the first place, had pubs been left to open and close when they wished, same with clubs/dance halls along with good education then their wouldn't be such a problem, remove the rules and let pubs clubs and so on close when they want, people ending up in A&E will happen and no nanny state laws will sort or solve it.

end of the road

kneemos wrote: »

The purpose of early closing is to limit the damage.

which it fails spectacularly at doing

end of the road

kneemos wrote: »

So what difference does it make then.

a little thing called choice? better then nanny state laws that only exasserbate any problems

dundalkfc10

minidazzler wrote: »

There is no evidence to support this at all. Every single Saturday night when I finish work there are dozens of people in the club I work asking for Lock-ins. They are told no, regardless of if they are sober or not, or if they have money to spend. I imagine the same happens in every late bar/nightclub. So, if those people had a place to go, or 2 places to go to forgo monopolies, how would that be a bad thing?

I'd happily work til 7-8 am in a night club if I could. But illegal raves pay very little.

Only in Dundalk, they do have late bars/lock ins in the nightclubs

Spook_ie

Lambsbread wrote: »

One of things I love about living on the continent are the late closing hours. You can stay out and enjoy your drinks and are not pressured by closing times. No mentality like "Oh s**t, the bar closes in 15 mins, I better buy 5 shots to make sure I am drunk". Stay out till 5 am and enjoy a few drinks and get the first metro home

To be honest you do see the same level of drunk people around, but there is no rush of 500 people down to the chipper or queuing for taxis.

They should try it in Ireland, it could be chaos for the first few weeks but people will adjust for a far better drinking culture.

That one sentence just about covers it, why is it that Irish/English youth seem to think that getting ratarsed is the way to enjoy a night?

nocoverart

Illegal nightclubs LOL! they were called raves in my day. If I wasn't in my 30's i'd love to attend one of these "illegal nightclubs" myself. OP, you sound a bit of a drip in all fairness.

mardybumbum

How has this descended into a discussion on alcohol licences?
The only thing being drank at these afterparties is lots of delicious cold water.

we'llallhavetea

I need to go to this "illegal nightclub" and unce to the early morning with like minded sweaty people that love me and I them

NuckingFacker

kneemos wrote: »

If twenty somethings didn't end up comatosed in A+E maybe the clubs would'nt have to close at 3am.

Once those 20 "somthings" have done it a couple of times, the novelty will wear off. It's a bit like the Cadburys effect; Imagining how brilliant it would be to work in Cadburys, and be able to eat all the chocolate you want; get the job, get thoroughly sick on chocolate, stop binge eating chocolate.

There's also a "scarcity" mentality to irish drinking - "quick, down the pints before they shut". If they didn't shut, there's no rush.