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E2.50 pints should be outlawed, says FG TD

Help!!!! · 2015-01-04 09:51:53

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/250-pub-pints-should-be-outlawed-says-fg-td-30880442.html Cheaper drinks in pubs would actually help reduce binge drinking. Most binge drinkers go down the supermarket buy what ever is strongest & cheapest & are usually unsupervised. Would also encourage people to socialise a bit more…

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#392 07-01-2015 2:06pm
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Grams was meant I assume.

D'OH. it should of course be 10g. in the uk is it measured in ml so that confused me.

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#393 07-01-2015 2:34pm
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What volume (%) is that 10grams at?

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#394 07-01-2015 2:52pm
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CramCycle wrote: »

What volume (%) is that 10grams at?

not sure what you mean. that 10g could be in half a pint of beer at 4.3% or 25ml of whiskey at 40%.

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#395 07-01-2015 2:56pm
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Beano wrote: »

not sure what you mean. that 10g could be in half a pint of beer at 4.3% or 25ml of whiskey at 40%.

My bad, 10 grams of pure alcohol is what they mean, I thought with the earlier discussion people were referring to 10ml/grams of a random drink which sounded stupid but it turns out I am just stupid.

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#396 07-01-2015 3:01pm
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Grayson wrote: »

And after googling more, pubs in the UK have the option of 25 or 35. In Ireland it's only 35.

Actually they can serve whatever they like here.

BeerNut wrote: »

They can serve any size they like as long as they tell you the price of 35.5ml and charge on a pro-rata basis.

25ml is the normal measure in the UK but there's no low preventing Irish bars selling 25ml measures.

Discussed recently here.

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#397 07-01-2015 3:07pm
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To be honest, we pretty much already have minimum pricing on booze here, in that the cheapest stuff all starts at around the same price. I was in the UK a few weeks back and I think it was Asda had Asda own brand beer for 60p a can. Even allowing for exchange rate there is a big difference between 60p a can which becomes about 77 cent and the cheapest you can find a can for in Ireland which is about 1.19? 42 cent difference?

We are being screwed.

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#398 07-01-2015 3:10pm
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syklops wrote: »

To be honest, we pretty much already have minimum pricing on booze here, in that the cheapest stuff all starts at around the same price. I was in the UK a few weeks back and I think it was Asda had Asda own brand beer for 60p a can. Even allowing for exchange rate there is a big difference between 60p a can which becomes about 77 cent and the cheapest you can find a can for in Ireland which is about 1.19? 42 cent difference?

We are being screwed.

Go to Lidl. Dunnes sometimes also have their own own-brand beer.

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#399 07-01-2015 3:13pm
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Go to Lidl. Dunnes sometimes also have their own own-brand beer.

Dunnes beer. might as well be drinking tesco gin. Classy

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#400 07-01-2015 3:30pm
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Grayson wrote: »

Dunnes beer. might as well be drinking tesco gin. Classy

i'm sure its no worse than asda brand beer.

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#401 07-01-2015 3:34pm
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Grayson wrote: »

Dunnes beer. might as well be drinking tesco gin. Classy

My friends are awfully classy.

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#402 07-01-2015 3:35pm
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Is the beer ok like?

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#403 07-01-2015 3:43pm
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wandatowell wrote: »

Is the beer ok like?

Yeah, beer is great.

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#404 07-01-2015 3:53pm
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Go to Lidl. Dunnes sometimes also have their own own-brand beer.

I shop around, my numbers were based on what I've experienced. Stella Artois in Tesco, 500ml, 4%, E1.19.

St Etienne in Aldi is 12.69 for 12 cans which is 1.04 a can which is good value and decent beer as well. That is the absolute cheapest though, and still a bit a difference between 1.04 and 77 in the UK.

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#405 07-01-2015 4:01pm
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syklops wrote: »

I shop around, my numbers were based on what I've experienced. Stella Artois in Tesco, 500ml, 4%, E1.19.

St Etienne in Aldi is 12.69 for 12 cans which is 1.04 a can which is good value and decent beer as well. That is the absolute cheapest though, and still a bit a difference between 1.04 and 77 in the UK.

Excelsior is less than a euro a can, so is Tesco lager.

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#406 07-01-2015 4:25pm
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Bear in mind that the own brand lagers in the uk tend to be less than 3% abv. you get what you pay for i.e. water.

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#407 07-01-2015 4:27pm
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should a minimum price be set for the likes of Jim McDaid , who could well afford it at the moment. Perhaps €25 for TD's and ministers for a pint ?

remember this drive down the duel carriage way ..

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#408 07-01-2015 4:35pm
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Davei141 wrote: »

Excelsior is less than a euro a can, so is Tesco lager.

I wonder why.

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#409 07-01-2015 4:36pm
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Ahhh 2005 the good oul days

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#410 07-01-2015 4:38pm
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2smiggy wrote: »

should a minimum price be set for the likes of Jim McDaid , who could well afford it at the moment. Perhaps €25 for TD's and ministers for a pint ?

remember this drive down the duel carriage way ..

No, it's just for us plebs.

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#411 07-01-2015 4:40pm
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2smiggy wrote: »

should a minimum price be set for the likes of Jim McDaid , who could well afford it at the moment. Perhaps €25 for TD's and ministers for a pint ?

remember this drive down the duel carriage way ..

Ah, what a classic episode from our glorious political life.

I like to think the ghost of John Candy accompanied McDaid on the Newbridge Road that night.

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#412 07-01-2015 5:36pm
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My friends are awfully Klassy.

Fixed it

I'm off to drink paint thinner.

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#413 07-01-2015 5:53pm
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2smiggy wrote: »

should a minimum price be set for the likes of Jim McDaid , who could well afford it at the moment. Perhaps €25 for TD's and ministers for a pint ?

remember this drive down the duel carriage way ..

A minimum of a lifetime ban from driving more like. He was even offered a helicopter ride home that night, but thought it better to take the car. The mind boggles.

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#414 07-01-2015 5:57pm
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A minimum of a lifetime ban from driving more like. He was even offered a helicopter ride home that night, but thought it better to take the car. The mind boggles.

If i were that drunk I'd spew in a helicopter.

Probably safer to drive :pac:

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#415 07-01-2015 6:00pm
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I went to post a link of the below (Wetherspoons January Sale) onto Mitchell O'Connors facebook page, unfortunately the type of page she has set up, wont allow me! Edit, see my post below!

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#416 07-01-2015 6:02pm
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Grayson wrote: »

If i were that drunk I'd spew in a helicopter.

Probably safer to drive :pac:

Ah well, you would always be able to brag about that time you were so wasted you spewed out the side window of your helecopter after a night out
Now thats proper Celtic Tiger indulgence:p

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#417 07-01-2015 6:03pm
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Idbatterim wrote: »

I went to post a link of the below (Wetherspoons January Sale) onto Mitchell O'Connors facebook page, unfortunately the type of page she has set up, wont allow me!

They would get me in there for the cheap coffee alone.

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#418 07-01-2015 6:09pm
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right on her page, she already has made a comment on minimum pricing, so I have put that picture below it, feel free to reply to her comments on her page (others already have)...

https://www.facebook.com/mary.mitchelloconnor

She has received 3 likes for her minimum unit pricing post, follow the likes and no doubt you will find 3 local publicans!

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#419 07-01-2015 6:11pm
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I wish there was a Wetherspoons near me.

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#420 07-01-2015 6:25pm
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me too!

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#421 07-01-2015 6:28pm
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Idbatterim wrote: »

right on her page, she already has made a comment on minimum pricing, so I have put that picture below it, feel free to reply to her comments on her page (others already have)...

https://www.facebook.com/mary.mitchelloconnor

She has received 3 likes for her minimum unit pricing post, follow the likes and no doubt you will find 3 local publicans!

3 likes and 4 comments. and all the comments are completely against what she posted.

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