Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

Kivaro · 05-10-2020 07:02PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Pubs open but all customers have to sit outside in the middle of October?

Finally the term "Wet Pubs" will start to make sense!

Maybe call them "Frozen and Soaked Pubs" instead?

gmisk · 05-10-2020 07:42PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A fixed pack for a fixed price, the bare necessities. You go and pick it up without leaving your vehicle or you have it deliver by a provided service if required. No browsing.

Rrrrright....good luck with that.
There would be actual riots.

Tenzor07 · 05-10-2020 08:01PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

So all that was changed was the tighter restrictions around pubs.

I have said it a zillion times on this thread. It's an anti-alcohol thing. It has always been an anti-alcohol thing. They are ideologically opposed to pubs. They blame it for all of the health services problems.

Wish they'd stop Lidl/Aldi and a lot of the others for selling Alcohol cheaper than milk...

j8wk2feszrnpao · 05-10-2020 08:02PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

So all that was changed was the tighter restrictions around pubs.

I have said it a zillion times on this thread. It's an anti-alcohol thing. It has always been an anti-alcohol thing. They are ideologically opposed to pubs. They blame it for all of the health services problems.

Jesus, tin foil hatters everywhere these days.

MrStuffins · 05-10-2020 08:08PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I have said it a zillion times on this thread. It's an anti-alcohol thing.

And a zillion times you've been speaking absolute pony!

05-10-2020 08:17PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Wish they'd stop Lidl/Aldi and a lot of the others for selling Alcohol cheaper than milk...

So do publicans.

Tenzor07 · 05-10-2020 08:18PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

So do publicans.

Ration out the cans of beer, one can per household per week.. the blackmarket trade will go through the roof!

el Fenomeno · 05-10-2020 08:34PM

How did the guidelines for pubs end up getting flipped from Dining = Good / Drinking = Bad to the complete opposite, where now we can drink but can't dine in?

Eric Cartman · 05-10-2020 09:27PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

How did the guidelines for pubs end up getting flipped from Dining = Good / Drinking = Bad to the complete opposite, where now we can drink but can't dine in?

you can't drink inside anywhere, you can't drink at all in Dublin, you can drink outside in other counties (max of 15 people) or dine outside but its freezing out.

The pubs are basically still closed, the restaurants are mostly closed. None of these rules lighten up on the drink industry at all.

hmmm · 05-10-2020 09:32PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

How did the guidelines for pubs end up getting flipped from Dining = Good / Drinking = Bad to the complete opposite, where now we can drink but can't dine in?

Your risk of catching the virus outdoors is apparently 20 times less. It's no longer about food vs no food.

US2 · 05-10-2020 09:46PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Pubs open but all customers have to sit outside in the middle of October?

Finally the term "Wet Pubs" will start to make sense!

Your delicious tasty creamy pints won't be as enjoyable with a December north Westerly cutting the bollix off ya

dominatinMC · 05-10-2020 10:06PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

So all that was changed was the tighter restrictions around pubs.

I have said it a zillion times on this thread. It's an anti-alcohol thing. It has always been an anti-alcohol thing. They are ideologically opposed to pubs. They blame it for all of the health services problems.

Dunno if I agree that it's an anti-alcohol agenda, but the hospitality industry is definitely bearing the brunt of the restrictions - some would say that they're being scapegoated.

In any case, it's a bit of a contradiction that the government are effectively closing all the pubs (let's not kid ourselves, that's what's happening here) but leaving offies to trade away. NPHET have admitted that community transmission through house parties, etc. is the main source of transmission now, most of which are fueled by cheap booze. I love a drink as much as the next Irish man, and am not in any way affiliated with a pub, but at least they are regulated, controlled environments - contrary to what some might think based on a few isolated incidents. The only winners so far in this cycle of lockdowns are the offies.

dmakc · 05-10-2020 10:10PM

If you're due for a stay in a hotel within your county on Thursday for example. Can you dine/drink inside?

drunkmonkey · 05-10-2020 10:11PM

dmakc wrote: »

If you're due for a stay in a hotel within your county on Thursday for example. Can you dine/drink inside?

If your a resident yes.

Sawduck · 05-10-2020 10:44PM

Wait so what's happening with pubs then, are they going to remain open, I don't get all this level 3,4,5 nonsense

hynesie08 · 05-10-2020 10:51PM

Sawduck wrote: »

Wait so what's happening with pubs then, are they going to remain open, I don't get all this level 3,4,5 nonsense

All pubs outside dublin are open for outdoor service or takeaway only, 15 people max.

Food pubs in Dublin are open for outdoor service and takeaway only, 15 people max.

Pint pubs in Dublin closed.

PTH2009 · 05-10-2020 10:52PM

Very hard to see pubs open in Nov/Dec

Its going to be impossible to get a table outside and then add the weather etc

Open the Pubs · 05-10-2020 11:54PM

Tragic news. Good craic in pub tonight and crowd about. Looks like one more piss up tomorrow for the foreseeable. Hoping some of my locals serve on lock in style during restrictions and I'm trusted enough to keep quiet!

extra gravy · 05-10-2020 11:59PM

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Tragic news. Good craic in pub tonight and crowd about. Looks like one more piss up tomorrow for the foreseeable. Hoping some of my locals serve on lock in style during restrictions and I'm trusted enough to keep quiet!

Grow up.

Open the Pubs · 06-10-2020 12:05AM

extra gravy wrote: »

Grow up.

Poor lockdown cheerleaders are crying tonight, you know where to stick that gravy son

06-10-2020 12:09AM

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Hoping some of my locals serve on lock in style during restrictions and I'm trusted enough to keep quiet!

When that empty keg is moved away from the back door, open sesame. The clandestine pint may well endure, six socially distanced regulars aren't going to tip the seesaw towards level 5. Especially considering the schools will continue to crowd hundreds in a relatively confined environment.

Chin chin.

Open the Pubs · 06-10-2020 12:14AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

When that empty keg is moved away from the back door, open sesame. The clandestine pint may well endure, six socially distanced regulars aren't going to tip the seesaw towards level 5. Especially considering the schools will continue to crowd hundreds in a relatively confined environment.

Chin chin.

Indeed but it won't stop people abusing and scapegoating pub goers as recent posters have shown. Some clearly want everyone to suffer as much as they are or more, sad to see!

ShooterSF · 06-10-2020 12:56AM

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Indeed but it won't stop people abusing and scapegoating pub goers as recent posters have shown. Some clearly want everyone to suffer as much as they are or more, sad to see!

I'm going to be back unemployed after a couple of weeks being back. And if publicans and punters are just going to flout the guidelines trying to reign in our numbers I might as well give up any hope of going back to work. It amazes me that some of the people most vocal about keeping the pubs open are the ones who show we can't be trusted to have them open and following public health guidelines.

aziz · 06-10-2020 01:57AM

My wife burst into tears tonight at the announcement tonight ( she's a barmaid)
Only two weeks back and shut down again

The bar she works in is what a lot of people would describe as a " old man's pub"
But she can see the mental anguish that it is causing to a lot of people.

She found it hard on reopening to keep the regulars in check but once it was spelled out to them on what the terms of the pub reopening was , they all respected it

As she says herself ,she's more social worker/ psychologist than a pint puller and she has degrees in social care

She is disgusted and now totally disappointed that despite her and the pubs owners best efforts to run a safe environment for both the staff and customers
That they are being shut down again after only two weeks.

She loved bar work but now is contemplating going into home care as she thinks that this is the final nail in the coffin for some smaller pubs

06-10-2020 07:33AM

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Tragic news. Good craic in pub tonight and crowd about. Looks like one more piss up tomorrow for the foreseeable. Hoping some of my locals serve on lock in style during restrictions and I'm trusted enough to keep quiet!

When you look in the mirror do you realise you are the reason this virus is spreading? Absolutely idiotic being out in the pub in the current situation.

It appears you are the one doing the crying also.

weldoninhio · 06-10-2020 08:07AM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

you can't drink inside anywhere, you can't drink at all in Dublin, you can drink outside in other counties (max of 15 people) or dine outside but its freezing out.

The pubs are basically still closed, the restaurants are mostly closed. None of these rules lighten up on the drink industry at all.

You can drink in Dublin, and have been able to since the E9 meal came in. Now you can drink outside in Dublin too. Since it was upgraded to 3.484184 two weeks ago.

facehugger99 · 06-10-2020 08:09AM

Anyone with a shred of decency will make the effort to go for a few pints in their local tonight.

I know I will be.

It's criminal that viable jobs and businesses are being sacrificed to placate the hysteria-merchants.

weldoninhio · 06-10-2020 08:12AM

Open the Pubs wrote: »

Tragic news. Good craic in pub tonight and crowd about. Looks like one more piss up tomorrow for the foreseeable. Hoping some of my locals serve on lock in style during restrictions and I'm trusted enough to keep quiet!

Same, hoping to get a pub for the Celtic-Rangers game next week. One of the local owners is a big fan. Hoping to get the nod from him when i'm up getting takeaway pints.

06-10-2020 08:16AM

facehugger99 wrote: »

Anyone with a shred of decency will make the effort to go for a few pints in their local tonight.

I know I will be.

It's criminal that viable jobs and businesses are being sacrificed to placate the hysteria-merchants.

Heres another one who will be heading for a few pints tonight before the local closes. Disgracefull how the pubs and restaurants are being treated. Was in 2 of my local pubs over the last few weeks. Both places were well set up and no acting the bollox from any of the patrons

stephenjmcd · 06-10-2020 08:20AM

Matthew Fat Virtue wrote: »

When you look in the mirror do you realise you are the reason this virus is spreading?.

So anyone who goes to the pub is spreading covid ??

Fairly out of touch comment, anywhere I've been in during the last 2 weeks since they reopened has had the proper measures in place. No pub locally had any cases, they've done very well and been well organised following all guidelines. Not the same experience of course but very well run.

Careful getting down off your high horse

Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

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