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Dublin Pubs on Good Friday ?

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  • 18-04-2019 4:33pm
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    Irexit
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 35 ✭


    Just wondering if the pubs in Dublin will be open as normal on Good Friday ?


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    TheBlock
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    Yep, most if not all.


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    Spook_ie
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    Depends on if the licensee wants two days off a year!

    How dare they want another day off, mutter, mutter, grumble, grumble, ruination of the day not being able to get a drink, mutter, grumble etc.


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    dhaughton99
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    Are shops still barred from selling drink tomorrow?


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    odyssey06
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    dhaughton99 wrote: »
    Are shops still barred from selling drink tomorrow?

    No, so sadly the Holy Thursday stockup is a thing of the past!

    And it should be usual hours too i.e. 1030 but don't be surprised if some shops have treated it as a Sunday and won't sell until 1230.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    Plumbthedepths
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    Spook_ie wrote:
    How dare they want another day off, mutter, mutter, grumble, grumble, ruination of the day not being able to get a drink, mutter, grumble etc.


    Who works seven days a week? I worked in the pub trade years ago. 5 day week like any other job.


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    L1011
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Who works seven days a week? I worked in the pub trade years ago. 5 day week like any other job.

    Family run pubs. Who are perfectly entitled to not open if they don't want to.


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    Dial Hard
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    Spook_ie wrote:
    Depends on if the licensee wants two days off a year!

    You do realise they're not being forced to open?


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    Plumbthedepths
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    L1011 wrote:
    Family run pubs. Who are perfectly entitled to not open if they don't want to.


    3 family run pubs within 2 miles of me. All will be open tomorrow but none of the owners work seven days a week. No matter what time of year it is.


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    L1011
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    3 family run pubs within 2 miles of me. All will be open tomorrow but none of the owners work seven days a week. No matter what time of year it is.

    Wouldn't be many in the city/county that do; absolute tiny rural places its a bit more common that there are effectively no staff and the family run it themselves 7 days a week.

    Plenty of pubs in Dublin don't open 7 days a week to begin with. Mission on the quays and Gills by Croker come to mind immediately.

    The one thing was that it was a guaranteed day off for bar staff - no rostering etc. But management were often in overseeing things like painting, carpets, etc anyway - it was the busiest day for trades in pubs!


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    Plumbthedepths
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    L1011 wrote:
    Wouldn't be many in the city/county that do; absolute tiny rural places its a bit more common that there are effectively no staff and the family run it themselves 7 days a week.


    You do realise there is no law to require the pubs to open tomorrow they just have the right to do so. Most realise there is a market to do so and to make money will open.


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    L1011
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    You do realise there is no law to require the pubs to open tomorrow they just have the right to do so. Most realise there is a market to do so and to make money will open.

    Did you read either my first post or any of the content of my other before replying?


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    hurler32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭hurler32


    Surprised all the liberals aren’t forcing people to drink Good Friday ... plenty of people happy enough not to have a drink Good Friday but their voice can’t be expressed due to the PC Left brigade


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    3 family run pubs within 2 miles of me. All will be open tomorrow but none of the owners work seven days a week. No matter what time of year it is.

    Then they're either fools or they've the best and most trusted managers and staff in the world.


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    BeerNut
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    hurler32 wrote: »
    plenty of people happy enough not to have a drink Good Friday but their voice can’t be expressed
    This is incorrect.

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    Holy Duck
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    Plumbthedepths wrote:
    You do realise there is no law to require the pubs to open tomorrow they just have the right to do so. Most realise there is a market to do so and to make money will open.


    There is no law to say the pubs have to open today, tomorrow or the next day, can open as often or as little as they like.


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    matrim
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    Weston Small Triathlon wrote: »
    Then they're either fools or they've the best and most trusted managers and staff in the world.

    Plenty of family run pubs employ bar staff and take days off. It's not foolish to trust your managers / bar staff so you can take a day off.


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    mgn
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    The novelty of being able to drink in a pub legally on Good Friday will soon wear off.Before today the pint you got illegally always tasted better.


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    listermint
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Wouldn't be many in the city/county that do; absolute tiny rural places its a bit more common that there are effectively no staff and the family run it themselves 7 days a week.

    Plenty of pubs in Dublin don't open 7 days a week to begin with. Mission on the quays and Gills by Croker come to mind immediately.

    The one thing was that it was a guaranteed day off for bar staff - no rostering etc. But management were often in overseeing things like painting, carpets, etc anyway - it was the busiest day for trades in pubs!

    none of which has to change by the change in legislation.


    like literally none.


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    run_Forrest_run
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    mgn wrote: »
    The novelty of being able to drink in a pub legally on Good Friday will soon wear off.Before today the pint you got illegally always tasted better.

    before last year you mean, the ban was lifted last year, this is old news really.


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    listermint
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    Weston Small Triathlon wrote: »
    Then they're either fools or they've the best and most trusted managers and staff in the world.

    You employ people, but dont trust them and work 7 day weeks?!


    No thats foolish, like utterly foolish. Id get out of the ownership game if thats what they are at. Because clearly they are not capable of employing people.


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    Del2005
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    Holy Duck wrote: »
    There is no law to say the pubs have to open today, tomorrow or the next day, can open as often or as little as they like.

    They still can't open Christmas day. Hopefully that will change and it will be like every other day, they can open or not if they please.


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    Wheety
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    hurler32 wrote: »
    Surprised all the liberals aren’t forcing people to drink Good Friday ... plenty of people happy enough not to have a drink Good Friday but their voice can’t be expressed due to the PC Left brigade

    What are you talking about?


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    Collie D
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    Wheety wrote: »
    What are you talking about?

    Liberals. It’s them what done it. Whatever it is


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    Paul Tergat
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    Anyone know if any pubs outside Temple Bar will have trad music on during the day today?


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    Collie D
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    MacNeill’s on Capel Street usually has a good session on Friday evening


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    Paul Tergat
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    Collie D wrote: »
    MacNeill’s on Capel Street usually has a good session on Friday evening

    Cheers! Know of any day time pubs? Probably hard to say given its Good Friday


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    Dial Hard
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    Paul Tergat wrote: »
    Cheers! Know of any day time pubs? Probably hard to say given its Good Friday

    Dublin is generally a bit of a ghost town over Easter weekend, tbh. Tomorrow and Sunday *might* be a bit busier with Toulouse fans over for the game, but there's fewer than a thousand of them travelling, as far as I know.


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    Bandana boy
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    The reality of Good Friday opening is that alcohol consumption will actually decrease .
    the pubs will do alright out of it , the off licenses and original manufactures will take a big hit .


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    Captain Flaps
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    hurler32 wrote: »
    Surprised all the liberals aren’t forcing people to drink Good Friday ... plenty of people happy enough not to have a drink Good Friday but their voice can’t be expressed due to the PC Left brigade

    2/10 troll.

    You've just expressed your voice and I hope you enjoy not having a drink. I'll enjoy having one. Live and let live.


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    Birneybau
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    hurler32 wrote: »
    Surprised all the liberals aren’t forcing people to drink Good Friday ... plenty of people happy enough not to have a drink Good Friday but their voice can’t be expressed due to the PC Left brigade

    Who gives a crap? Drink/Don't drink. Most rational people couldn't give a fcuk. People like you are ruining online discourse with your sh!te.


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