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The Irish Pub is finished.

Jimmy Garlic

I know a town where only one out of four is planning to reopen, one already has a for sale sign up. Same story all over the country. Tourist traps will be the only places where there won’t be mass casualties. Only 50% planning to reopen on the 29th. That’s a lot of jobs permanently removed from the economy by bat flu hysteria.

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worded

I sometimes the designated driver

5 euro for a bottle of Heineken 0
Over priced minerals

Had a pint at the start of the night once and the bar man accidentally gave me another on the next round.

I explained I was the driver and he grumpily took the Guinness back. Easily resold, but taken back with attitude. I then hit the over priced water.

The other 4 people wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for me.

Breathalysed that night on the way home and was under the limit

Pubs have super normal profits. Couldn’t care less if they closed. It’s tine a lot of people found a different hobby that getting sh1t faced on over priced booze

Strumms

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Probably in the domestic kitchen as most pubs, especially rural ones have the proprietors living on site. Freezer and a fryer, nothing complicated about it and the chances of poisonings are slim. All pubs have to offer food I believe, it’s a condition of the licence, correct me if I’m wrong.

The chances of poisoning being ‘slim’ isn’t good enough. It has to be nil.

Both the pubs I frequent you can see into the kitchen and you would almost eat your dinner off the floor it’s that spotless.

Either way the FSAI I believe are the auditors and they are not going to rewrite the regs or start turning a blind eye just to suit the ‘industry’... they are in fact VERY proactive in carrying out audits on pubs, takeaways and restaurants and actioning any establishments that are in non compliance with law enforcement as relates to food preparation... “The principal function of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is to protect consumers and raise compliance through partnership, science and food law enforcement”....

JP Liz V1

landofthetree wrote: »

Once pubs go down the food route they are no long part of the traditional pub culture imo.

So for me they have slowly dying for years.

For watching the Brennans in At Your Service, money is made in the food not in drinks

Rothko

touts wrote: »

Good riddance. We think they are the only way to have fun and that everyone else on the world loves us for them. In reality they are a cancer in Irish society and everyone else is laughing at us because of them.

Huh?

PTH2009

Not a fan of drinking and eating together (nightmare sanario for me for the next 3 weeks). Always have food before I'd start drinkin The smell of food in pubs turns my stomach

Can't see the irish pub disappear, people have been used to it for years and almost every celebration both good and bad is shared inside its walls.

Different times today but young people like trying to be the old irish (for there Instagram followers etc). We see all the trendy bands trying to reimagine the dubliners etc and drinking the guiness like me grandad did etc.

ILoveYourVibes

Its definitely going to be different.

SlowMotion321

As a recovering alcoholic who has fallen off the wagon once or twice I feel sorry for the lost jobs but find it hard to drum up sympathy for the lost pubs, my own opinion (and my own weakness) before you normal tipplers jump at me!

Jimmy Garlic

SlowMotion321 wrote: »

As a recovering alcoholic who has fallen off the wagon once or twice I feel sorry for the lost jobs but find it hard to drum up sympathy for the lost pubs, my own opinion (and my own weakness) before you normal tipplers jump at me!

They have fallen on their own sword. I genuinely hope most of them burn in eternal hell, because that’s what they deserve.

Jimmy Garlic

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6VfwV0WqIsQ

Jimmy Garlic

Get a grip lads

Jimmy Garlic

Be real bout bat flu etc

worded

Drinking at home with a “Guinness fart” scented candle for ambience is cheaper

https://www.dailyedge.ie/ireland-in-scented-candles-1192352-Dec2013/

Irish_peppa

What decade was the "Heyday" for the pub 80s, 90s?

[Deleted User]

Dravokivich wrote: »

I hope I'm never going to buy something off you, if you think business should be done with less than minimal effort.

For 3 weeks as a token? Of course it should be minimal.

ShatterAlan

touts wrote: »

Good riddance. We think they are the only way to have fun and that everyone else on the world loves us for them. In reality they are a cancer in Irish society and everyone else is laughing at us because of them.

In 20 years around a quarter will still exist. Another quarter will have evolved into something like wine bars. The rest will be gone. And we will look back at the time of the pub and wonder what the hell we were thinking. We are moving to a more mature relationship with drink.

Shame we're not moving to a more mature relationship with the crystal ball or speaking for others.

"everyone" is laughing? Are they? Really?
A quarter will have evolved into "wine bars"?
How many wine bars do you know of? They were a concept that died a death.

Do you have any stock market tips? Just so I can completely avoid your inane predictions.

Feisar

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

They have fallen on their own sword. I genuinely hope most of them burn in eternal hell, because that’s what they deserve.

No one was ever forced into a pub that I ever seen. You make it sound like people are akin to ducks/geese being force fed to make foie gras.

CrabRevolution

Strumms wrote: »

The chances of poisoning being ‘slim’ isn’t good enough. It has to be nil.

Both the pubs I frequent you can see into the kitchen and you would almost eat your dinner off the floor it’s that spotless.

Either way the FSAI I believe are the auditors and they are not going to rewrite the regs or start turning a blind eye just to suit the ‘industry’... they are in fact VERY proactive in carrying out audits on pubs, takeaways and restaurants and actioning any establishments that are in non compliance with law enforcement as relates to food preparation... “The principal function of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is to protect consumers and raise compliance through partnership, science and food law enforcement”....

A lot of naivity around that the likes of the FSAI will just turn a blind eye to make life easy for the pubs. The FSAI have issued closure orders for hospital kitchens, do people think they won't issue them for pub "kitchens"consisting of a fridge and mircowave in a back room?

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touts wrote: »

Good riddance. We think they are the only way to have fun and that everyone else on the world loves us for them. In reality they are a cancer in Irish society and everyone else is laughing at us because of them.

In 20 years around a quarter will still exist. Another quarter will have evolved into something like wine bars. The rest will be gone. And we will look back at the time of the pub and wonder what the hell we were thinking. We are moving to a more mature relationship with drink.

One of the most stupid posts I’ve ever read on boards.

Feisar

CrabRevolution wrote: »

A lot of naivity around that the likes of the FSAI will just turn a blind eye to make life easy for the pubs. The FSAI have issued closure orders for hospital kitchens, do people think they won't issue them for pub "kitchens"consisting of a fridge and mircowave in a back room?

I'm not disagreeing however a lot of places with no proper kitchen do a pizza and a pint. Some form of a frozen pizza in a grill behind the bar. How do they get away with it?

Also I know two bars in my town delivering pints. It's a bit of a novelty however I don't think it's in strict adherence to a pub licence.

enricoh

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The village I live in had 7 pubs 20 years ago and this year 3 were still open.

The future is bleak for 2 of them which were rented out, hard to see how they could make money with only a few people allowed in.

We head west to the in ln-laws a few times a year. In the local town it'd be the same, half of them gone in 20 years and most of the rest struggling.
Every few years some genius comes back from Dubai or oz with 100k burning a hole n reopens one.
Better off having 4 good pubs doing well than double that struggling.

dominatinMC

Marshall Large Chihuahua wrote: »

One of the most stupid posts I’ve ever read on boards.

Was just about the say the same thing. And, given the amount of ****e that's talked on here, that is saying something

ShatterAlan

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Be real bout bat flu etc

How much have you consumed, JG? It's nearly 6am.

riddles

People leaving school in the late 80s and 90s were more likely to go to college, moving out of rural towns. They would tend to socialise in the closest larger towns. Most local pubs were kept viable by cohort dedicated customers. The customers for the traditional Irish local pub have literally died out. It’s a popular misconception that the “peeeeple of rural Ireland depend on the local pub”.

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Marshall Large Chihuahua wrote: »

One of the most stupid posts I’ve ever read on boards.

Did you see this one? Mark cannot get any sleep because of the "rampaging" alcoholics.

markfinn wrote: »

Good.
While it won't do much to improve the current mobs of shambling alcoholics in the country, it will hopefully reduce the time they spend rampaging around the streets when all worthwhile people are trying to sleep, and will reduce the impression being handed to the next generation that this self-destructive and socially destructive behaviour is "cultural", "normal" or "acceptable".

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Did you see this one? Mark cannot get any sleep because of the "rampaging" alcoholics.

I’d love to know where he lives. Maybe Mark just needs a study aid.

Hoboo

riddles wrote: »

. It’s a popular misconception that the “peeeeple of rural Ireland depend on the local pub”.

Eh, for a few pints and a chat in a pub, locally, we do. Wheres the misconception?

riddles

Hoboo wrote: »

Eh, for a few pints and a chat in a pub, locally, we do. Wheres the misconception?

The misconception is that the local pub in rural Ireland was \ is frequently visited by the majority of people from within its surrounding area.

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riddles wrote: »

The misconception is that the local pub in rural Ireland was \ is frequently visited by the majority of people from within its surrounding area.

But that would be roughly correct. When I think of my neighbours down home, it isn't so much a question of whether they visit any pubs, but which pub do they most typically frequent? My nearest town (it's really only a village) has ten pubs, and only two convenience shops. This is not complicated mathematics.

Hoboo

riddles wrote: »

The misconception is that the local pub in rural Ireland was \ is frequently visited by the majority of people from within its surrounding area.

You're going to have to point me to some sort of research because I can only rely on my own experience of 12 years of rural village living.

We've a population of around 500 in the immediate village area. Monday to Thursday there's always 10-15 in there and not the same faces, sometimes more depending on what's on. Friday Saturday it's packed (60) Sunday packed all day and another 30-40 outside of it's nice. Doesn't even do food, proper old school crossroads pub so just there for pints, craic and music. Not sure what you classify as a majority, but 12% of the village population I would have thought is pretty high. Granted there's always 4 or 5 from outside.

I'm confident I'm not the only one who actually lives in rural Ireland with a similar local pub.

Will it be finished? I can't see how it won't be. Impossible to distance, old pubs weren't built for that.

_Brian

Augeo wrote: »

Job losses are never good but less pubs would be net positive for the nation. They are a crutch for many who might find a better use of their time & money going forward.

This a thousand times over.

Irish people need to break their relationship with pubs and excessive drinking culture. Hopefully the remaining pins will have to substantially increase prices so going for one pint is no big deal, but makes full days and nights drinking less of a thing.

€1 onto a pint is nothing if you are going for one or two.