What's going to happen to the old men/rural pubs when the "old men" die

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I live in Dublin and I'd say less than 30% of pubs have TV's have HD viewing, it's generally poor quality trash that only backward fookwits with no interest in quality would put up with.

If you're judging a pub on the quality of the picture on the TV rather than on the price and quality of the pint then I'm afraid you're doing it wrong my friend....

mazwell wrote: »

It's 3.80 for a pint of lager in my local pub. 4 euro for a Guinness. I'd guess my local pub is the exact pub the op is talking about.
It serves food, shows the matches, looks after everyone that goes to it.
The oul boys that go to it aren't the be all and end all.
It'll keep going until it's not financially viable like every other business

3.80? Wheres your local!?

Edit: Is it fosters? If so it doesn't count

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

You're drinking in the wtong places.

Mr OBumble has a nose for old-man pubs thar serve decent Guinness .he can go intio any tpwn and accurately fomd the OMP with minimal delay.

Looks like you’ve had a few yourself

cute geoge wrote: »

I passed down local village last night and being the noisy hoor could not but notice in trough the windows ,2 local pubs completely deserted at 10.30 last night.Imagine 10.30 on a bank holiday saturday night and not one christian in either pup it beggars belief ,completely f##ked!!!!!

10.30 any Saturday night a lot of the pubs around here are still quiet. Team that with a litany of music festivals this weekend, and people being away on holidays.

It was always the Sunday on a bank holiday that was the busy one in this neck of the woods.

dense wrote:

Are there any other range of products which are so unhealthy but receive a similar level of state support to expand the range?

A large proportion of foods on sale are virtually unfit for human consumption, particularly mass produced foods, but I suspect supermarket density is increasing, but since this is 'good for the economy', we can't really complain, can we?

Open up at 6am. That'll do it.

sexmag wrote: »

So what's gonna happen to the pubs in the West and like when all the local old men die? The likes of pintman paddy lotsy are the regulars and basically keep them going yet the don't attract new clientel or usually stop "unknown" people from coming in.

This must be a serious concern for landlords there?

I hope they are replaced and this part of old Ireland lives on

The place down the road from me that opens at 6am will never have no problem. The hardcore will always be there, always want a drink whenever they want it, always know how to act up in the place so there will never be a problem at that hour. I'm one of these lunatics. I'll be there tomorrow morning 6am, I'll get a breakfast there too. I'll get way more decent conversation in there at 7am than whats going on right now. Pubs need to start acting like clubs, actual clubs. Allow the proper lunatics the decent lunatics what will never cause no problem, allow that person access all areas of the house all of the witching hour, into the dawn and beyond. This is the only way to survive. Because the young people?? They off playing Overnight or some other $hite and will never go in there anyways.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Pub culture in Ireland is beginning to die, simple as that.

You wouldn't say that if you'd been in my local pub yesterday afternoon! Myself and OH went over there at 3 pm yesterday, this is country pub in rural Co Limerick, the place was packed, GAA matches being shown on the two tv's, great atmosphere with groups of neighbours and friends all enjoying the craic, the outside beer garden just as full as inside, all ages mixing together, at one stage a group of fourteen lads and girls in their 20's came in having got a mini bus from a town twenty miles away just to enjoy the craic of a county pub for the evening. The owner and a bar person were ran off their feet all day. Finger food was served a couple of times while we were there and was plentiful and tasty. We got a taxi home at 7 pm and there were still people arriving as a one man band was setting up. This pub makes a big effort, it's clean and comfortable, no messing is tolerated and it shows in how well it's doing. This seems to be what it comes down to, if a pub makes the effort people will go there, if not they'll go somewhere else.

Noveight wrote: »

If the town/village is on the tourist trail then they’ll open for the summer. They’ll then reduce to opening 2-3 nights a week (if it all) for the other 9 months of the year, as many have done already.

Yes, there's another rural pub near where I live and it only opens at 5 pm on Friday and Saturday and 2 pm on Sundays, it closes for the rest of the week, it doesn't get the crowds like the pub I outlined in my previous post, but it doesn't make an effort either, while it's relatively clean it's still rough around the edges and lacks atmosphere, they would never think of serving finger food etc if they had a crowd in and they don't even have Sky Sports for the matches. I can't see it surviving beyond this year.