Why do the offies close at 10?

Cyber Ghost

i remember they closed at 11 and a few years ago then changed it to 10pm?

What on earth for?
It's bloody annoying.

Maximus Alexander

Because we live in a nanny state and we can't be trusted.

Captain Chaos

Because the Nanny State say so. It also stops underage drinking 100%, amazingly effective.

WilyCoyote

To give the pubs that do a lock in a chance!

Tin Foil Hat

Same reason Michael McDowell's cafe bar legislation got shelved - there are far too many publicans in the Dáil.

Karl Stein

Because stupid.

partyatmygaff

To annoy you.

or
The TDs and their publican buddies did it.

or
Nanny state rabble rabble

or
I'm an adult, I can buy whatever I want when I want.

or
Country X lets you do Y. We're so backward and stupid.

or
Unless you've a drinking problem, it's not the biggest problem in the world, just get over it.

or
Just buy in advance, like you'd buy anything other than drink from any other shop that closes at or before 10pm.


Think i've got most of the post types covered, take your pick.

Mrs Garth Brooks

If they wanted to stop underage drinking, you would think they would close them the same time as school finishes.

WilyCoyote

Carlos Roca wrote: »

Because stupid.

Carlos - alta bohne! Are you at the cooking Sherry again. I don't understand your staccato like pronouncement

WilyCoyote

partyatmygaff wrote: »

To annoy you.

or
The TDs and their publican buddies did it.

or
Nanny state rabble rabble

or
I'm an adult, I can buy whatever I want when I want.

or
Country X lets you do Y. We're so backward.

or
Unless you've a drinking problem, it's not the biggest problem in the world, just get over it.

or
Just buy in advance, like you'd buy anything other than drink from any other shop that closes at or before 10pm.


Think i've got most of the post types covered, take your pick.

Wot? No Atari Dutch Gold?

partyatmygaff

Cheers. Missed that one.

Turpentine

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

i remember they closed at 11 and a few years ago then changed it to 10pm?

What on earth for?
It's bloody annoying.

They used to be open the same as pub hours.

If I recall correctly the official reason for closing them at 10pm was to combat underage drinking. Everyone knows that underage drinkers only rise from slumber at 10pm, so the government decided to cut them off at the pass.

Thankfully, since then underage drinking has been eradicated.

Turpentine

partyatmygaff wrote: »

To annoy you.

or
The TDs and their publican buddies did it.

or
Nanny state rabble rabble

or
I'm an adult, I can buy whatever I want when I want.

or
Country X lets you do Y. We're so backward and stupid.

or
Unless you've a drinking problem, it's not the biggest problem in the world, just get over it.

or
Just buy in advance, like you'd buy anything other than drink from any other shop that closes at or before 10pm.


Think i've got most of the post types covered, take your pick.

It would appear that you agree with the limited licencing laws?

ThirdMan

Because if they didn't close at 10 we'd drink too much. My local off license is only open for 9 hours. THANK GOD. I don't want to lose my job, wife, children and other stuff that is valuable to society and/or The Church NSFW.

Turpentine

ThirdMan wrote: »

Because if they didn't close at 10 we'd drink too much. My local off license is only open for 9 hours. THANK GOD. I don't want to lose my job, wife, children and other stuff that is valuable to society and/or The Church NSFW.

Just leave them at home when you go drinking, problem solved.

partyatmygaff

Turpentine wrote: »

It would appear that you agree with the limited licencing laws?

I don't agree or disagree with the law. I've just seen enough of these threads to know the cycle of posts that'll be repeated.

Turpentine

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I don't agree or disagree with the law. It just has no effect whatsoever on my day-to-day life and i've seen enough of these threads to know the cycle of posts that'll be repeated.

It just appears that you are belittling any legitimate complaint that someone may have against it. If you've no dog in the race why comment?

El Horseboxo

I'd say these days drug dealers don't even bother clocking on till around 10PM.

Cyber Ghost

it sucks cause the last bus home for me is at 11 and I always used hit the offie at 10.50 to buy a few gatts for the journey but now I can't

bodhrandude

The Irish law was brought around the same time as the UK one (also 10pm), its a buying spree there just before 10pm in all the supermarkets over there.

MonaPizza

You can buy cigarettes 24/7 and these are the things that most stuffed shirts want banned outright.

Beggars belief.

Turpentine

MonaPizza wrote: »

You can buy cigarettes 24/7 and these are the things that most stuffed shirts want banned outright.

Beggars belief.

They can't really use the argument that stopping the sale of cigarettes after 10pm would curb underage smoking, because that would be stupid.

shruikan2553

What is the official reason for such a thing? It cant really be to stop underage drinking. To prevent than they would be better off only allowing them to open AFTER 10pm, not before.Every time teenagers have asked me to buy them alcohol it has been a saturday afternoon. They all have to be home for their dinner or mammy would be pissed.

Only thing I can see it stopping is people going in to buy alcohol after 3 when the nightclubs close but I cant really see it being worth their while opening that late anyway.

_Redzer_

partyatmygaff wrote: »

To annoy you.

or
The TDs and their publican buddies did it.

or
Nanny state rabble rabble

or
I'm an adult, I can buy whatever I want when I want.

or
Country X lets you do Y. We're so backward and stupid.

or
Unless you've a drinking problem, it's not the biggest problem in the world, just get over it.

or
Just buy in advance, like you'd buy anything other than drink from any other shop that closes at or before 10pm.


Think i've got most of the post types covered, take your pick.

It's always 3. There's absolutely no counterpoint to retracting my right to purchase an already legal item. None.

thee glitz

bodhrandude wrote: »

The Irish law was brought around the same time as the UK one (also 10pm), its a buying spree there just before 10pm in all the supermarkets over there.

I've never had a problem buying a few beers in England, not even at 3am.

smurgen

I don't know but it's bloody annoying. Friend bailed on me to go fo the cinema last night at the last minute, so I said I'd get a few bottles at home instead.by the time I got to the nearest centra it was too late. I have no idea what the actual goal of closing the off license early is.

Sunnyisland

smurgen wrote: »

I don't know but it's bloody annoying. Friend bailed on me to go fo the cinema last night at the last minute, so I said I'd get a few bottles at home instead.by the time I got to the nearest centra it was too late. I have no idea what the actual goal of closing the off license early is.

This is there then reason, looks a bit laughable IMO especially the last part.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said: “The act places restriction on the availability and visibility of alcohol and provides for more effective enforcement to deal with the consequences of alcohol abuse.

“The introduction of fixed penalty charges for offences of intoxication in a public place and disorderly conduct will not only lead to more efficient use of public resources but hopefully will also support more responsible behaviour on the part of those concerned,” he said.

Advertising alcohol and cut-price drink deals will also be regulated. There will be no new licences for early houses under the new legislation.

More than 50 early houses operate nationwide and the Government scrapped plans late last month to abolish them under the overhaul of the drinking laws.

The head of the country’s largest chain of dedicated off-licences has claimed the 10pm curfew will lead to mass confusion among consumers and could pose a security risk to staff in convenience stores and garage forecourts who remain open after that time.

Tom Desmond, managing director of the GWL Group (Galvins Wholesale Limited), who operate the Carry Out franchise, said: “This is going to cause mass confusion among consumers. There is also a security issue here for staff in convenience stores and garage forecourts when late-night consumers are refused alcohol after 10pm.”
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Chances are that you'll find a Chinese restaurant that will sell alcohol out of hours. Not naming places, but there was always one in Galway that was dubbed the Winese. They always seemed to make a tidy profit.

P_1

Official reason: to cut down on underage drinking

Commonly believed reason: to cut down on publicans losing custom

kneemos

Was there something during the Celtic Tiger about people buying crates of the stuff and the whole country resembling a house party?
Maybe it's just a vintners lobbying victory.

YFlyer

Deleted User wrote: »

Chances are that you'll find a Chinese restaurant that will sell alcohol out of hours. Not naming places, but there was always one in Galway that was dubbed the Winese. They always seemed to make a tidy profit.

An Indian restaurant in Limerick would sell a few bottles of beer after 10 pm with your take away if you asked.