Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

26-11-2020 01:20AM

Just curious. Let's imagine pubs are open again on the 2nd. How many days are you all going to spend in the pub? Between then and New Years?

26-11-2020 01:31AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just curious. Let's imagine pubs are open again on the 2nd. How many days are you all going to spend in the pub? Between then and New Years?

Probably will be out every weekend up until the new year

Neowise · 26-11-2020 01:35AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just curious. Let's imagine pubs are open again on the 2nd. How many days are you all going to spend in the pub? Between then and New Years?

that seems like an open question, so

if they are open from the 2nd, no €9 meal restriction,

7th , 14th and the 21st for 2 or 3 with the missus, we've been doing takeaway pints this past 6 weeks, but would prefer to sit down in the pub for them.

Maybe go out for a few with old home friends on the 24th, if any of them want to, its not up to me these day, if others dont want to go out, i wont be going out on my own, if i get no takers.

will play by ear after that, i don't plan too far ahead, you see.

with €9 meal restrictions, probably the same, but don't think theres any chance of meeting up with old mates over a meal.

26-11-2020 01:45AM

Cheers. Like I say, I'm just curious about the reality of actually going to a pub if they open. Given the calendar and the fact that a lot of folks are working from home so it's not easy to do the usual "few pints after work cos it's December."

Drifter50 · 26-11-2020 08:19AM

LuasSimon wrote: »

Many pubs in Dublin are Gastro pubs so noone in Dublin should have difficulty having a few drinks over the xmas.

And how do you think the ordinary person looking to have a drink is going to get one exactly. Can`t imagine all these gastro pubs to realistically take a booking from single people, can you?

If you don`t have family or friends to visit the pub is so important to get to meet people and actually talk to someone

SB71 · 26-11-2020 09:50AM

@ Melbourne Man, i notice you responded to some users on here, but when i asked you a question you havent responded, i await your response.

MrStuffins · 26-11-2020 09:59AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just curious. Let's imagine pubs are open again on the 2nd. How many days are you all going to spend in the pub? Between then and New Years?

Genuinely, I reckon i'll be in the pub quite a bit.

My main group of mates at least every weekend. Probably during the week as well.

Then there are other mates that you haven't been able to have a pint with. Various couples that me and the missus would normally hit the pub with but haven't been able to etc.

That's a lot of €9 meals but i'm willing to take the hit

FlubberJones · 26-11-2020 10:01AM

The €9 euro thing is a pain in the *rse as I drink more than I eat and don't even eat that much. But do we still have the ludicrous time limit too? The pub experience is dire enough without clock watching FFS.

SB71 · 26-11-2020 10:02AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Genuinely, I reckon i'll be in the pub quite a bit.

My main group of mates at least every weekend. Probably during the week as well.

Then there are other mates that you haven't been able to have a pint with. Various couples that me and the missus would normally hit the pub with but haven't been able to etc.

That's a lot of €9 meals but i'm willing to take the hit

usualy id only go once or twice a week but ill be going 4/5 times a week now, id done enough staying in to last a lifetime.:D

Chalk McHugh · 26-11-2020 10:05AM

Looks like hotels will open next week (Irish Times) and pubs possibly the week after. We'll know for sure tomorrow anyway. I wonder will the hotel bars be open next week and if they are and there's no time limit nonsense i'd imagine a lot of people taking up the offer of a hotel stay.

SAMTALK · 26-11-2020 10:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Another alter ego bites the dust? Your dubious track record around here doesn't lend you any credibility, you have been always been an unapologetic advocate for the government and NPHET - they can do absolutely no wrong in your eyes. Then you conjure up a far-fetched scenario of everyone losing the plot in the local, going out of their way to damage future prospects down the line. If you possessed any self-awareness you wouldn't have a straight face typing that, here's a newsflash for you: the hard sell isn't going over. And the pubs are most certainly opening again in December despite your strident claims. So for a finish the "Pintman" will be hiding behind the laptop, impotently raging at people responsibly socialising over a few jars. A delicious irony.

I'm no advocate for government or NPHET but in fairness he has a point. Whilst a lot of people will adhere to any guidelines you can be sure when the pints start flowing people will let their guard down.
This has nothing to do with being anti - pubs, it's just a fact of what happens after a few drinks.

SB71 · 26-11-2020 10:07AM

Another thing which is isnt mentioned that much, the Garda will be doing rounds every single weekend coming into pubs checking to see if these pubs have an oven or grill :rolleyes: the time spent doing this will be huge,meanwhile this means less garda on the streets ,why hasnt any reporter mentioned this?

opinionated3 · 26-11-2020 10:49AM

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Looks like hotels will open next week (Irish Times) and pubs possibly the week after. We'll know for sure tomorrow anyway. I wonder will the hotel bars be open next week and if they are and there's no time limit nonsense i'd imagine a lot of people taking up the offer of a hotel stay.

Local hotel offering one night stays including a main meal for December at 50 euro per person. Apparently they're getting a significant upsurge in bookings.. .

Pintman Paddy Losty · 26-11-2020 10:52AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Another alter ego bites the dust? Your dubious track record around here doesn't lend you any credibility, you have been always been an unapologetic advocate for the government and NPHET - they can do absolutely no wrong in your eyes. Then you conjure up a far-fetched scenario of everyone losing the plot in the local, going out of their way to damage future prospects down the line. If you possessed any self-awareness you wouldn't have a straight face typing that, here's a newsflash for you: the hard sell isn't going over. And the pubs are most certainly opening again in December despite your strident claims. So for a finish the "Pintman" will be hiding behind the laptop, impotently raging at people responsibly socialising over a few jars. A delicious irony.

Stock up on cans cause the pubs won't be opening. Have a source close to the decision making process.

Well ones that serve food will be opening, but not the wet variety.

I see sheep · 26-11-2020 10:55AM

FlubberJones wrote: »

The €9 euro thing is a pain in the *rse as I drink more than I eat and don't even eat that much. But do we still have the ludicrous time limit too? The pub experience is dire enough without clock watching FFS.

During the summer it was order lunch/dinner then have as many pints as you want where I was, so I'm guessing the same will apply again.

Degag · 26-11-2020 11:02AM

Seems for the most part to be two polarising views in this thread.

A. Pubs are dangerous. People will be falling over themselves after a couple pints. All decorum will be lost. Virus will spread bigly. Many people will die. Pubs must remain closed and it will be a disgrace if any open.

B. Open all the pubs. There are no facts to prove thats pubs have contributed to the upsurge in cases. Publicans should defy the government, gardai and NPHET and just open if not allowed. They are anti-drink and anti-pub and just want them to close down.

I think it’s fairly clear that there might be a middle ground. At the end of the day we are in the middle of a pandemic and need to be in some way sensible. Some people need to calm down with the hysteria and hyperbole.

I personally hope they do open in some form and will be disappointed if they don’t but such is life.

Calm down folks

the rock29 · 26-11-2020 11:36AM

I don'tagree with people acting the fool with drink but I can say pubs staff have been told no messing aloud they have been told we have to operate safely and if they don't like good luck your out because no pub is going to risk to get closed again after been closed for so long it wil be inforced to prove a point they can open safely

ShyMets · 26-11-2020 11:39AM

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Stock up on cans cause the pubs won't be opening. Have a source close to the decision making process.

Well ones that serve food will be opening, but not the wet variety.

Would that source be the Irish Independent and RTE who have being running with this story for the last few days

SB71 · 26-11-2020 11:56AM

Degag wrote: »

Seems for the most part to be two polarising views in this thread.

A. Pubs are dangerous. People will be falling over themselves after a couple pints. All decorum will be lost. Virus will spread bigly. Many people will die. Pubs must remain closed and it will be a disgrace if any open.

B. Open all the pubs. There are no facts to prove thats pubs have contributed to the upsurge in cases. Publicans should defy the government, gardai and NPHET and just open if not allowed. They are anti-drink and anti-pub and just want them to close down.

I think it’s fairly clear that there might be a middle ground. At the end of the day we are in the middle of a pandemic and need to be in some way sensible. Some people need to calm down with the hysteria and hyperbole.

I personally hope they do open in some form and will be disappointed if they don’t but such is life.

Calm down folks

I dont think many would be actually be getting as worked up if it was proved beyond doubt that pubs were in fact responsible for a spike in cases , but the fact is no such proof has ever been produced to verify this, so with that your always going to get a serious backlash, especialy when peoples livelyhoods are at stake here,imagine working all your life and then having to survive on a pandemic payment ,with the possibility of your job being lost for good, just because of mere guesswork on behalf of so called medical professionals who have no reservations about crippling the economy, sorry mate you cant just expect people to just put up and shut up in this instance.

Tenzor07 · 26-11-2020 12:06PM

SB71 wrote: »

I dont think many would be actually be getting as worked up if it was proved beyond doubt that pubs were in fact responsible for a spike in cases , but the fact is no such proof has ever been produced to verify this, so with that your always going to get a serious backlash, especialy when peoples livelyhoods are at stake here,imagine working all your life and then having to survive on a pandemic payment ,with the possibility of your job being lost for good, just because of mere guesswork on behalf of so called medical professionals who have no reservations about crippling the economy, sorry mate you cant just expect people to just put up and shut up in this instance.

Seems to me that people have been putting up and shutting up about the closure of Bars and restaurants... has there been even one protest about this?

Government has failed to support the Hospitality/tourism and Aviation sectors yet the streets are quiet... is the €300 a week enough to placate people?

Shutting down the pub trade instead of taking a sensible mature strategy on it such as a 10pm closing time for instance was ignored in favour of a hammer response... yet it seems people are eager to see what crumbs FFFG will give them this Friday.. a couple of weeks trading time then shutdown again until March?
The pub trade should refuse to open completely until all bars are allowed to open, Kitchen and chef or not...

SB71 · 26-11-2020 12:10PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Seems to me that people have been putting up and shutting up about the closure of Bars and restaurants... has there been even one protest about this?

Government has failed to support the Hospitality/tourism and Aviation sectors yet the streets are quiet... is the €300 a week enough to placate people?

Shutting down the pub trade instead of taking a sensible mature strategy on it such as a 10pm closing time for instance was ignored in favour of a hammer response... yet it seems people are eager to see what crumbs FFFG will give them this Friday.. a couple of weeks trading time then shutdown again until March?
The pub trade should refuse to open completely until all bars are allowed to open, Kitchen and chef or not...

agreed thery should refuse to comply, but unfortunately many wont, and those who do will probably suffer, there should be some form of protest about this, if the black lives matter can stage a rally theres no reason why pubs and staff and patrons cant.

Tenzor07 · 26-11-2020 12:12PM

SB71 wrote: »

agreed thery should refuse to comply, but unfortunately many wont, and those who do will probably suffer, there should be some form of protest about this, if the black lives matter can stage a rally theres no reason why pubs and staff and patrons cant.

The trade has to stand up to these crazy rules...a chef and a kitchen won't stop the Virus... at least allow non-food pubs to open and as a compromise make them close at 10pm if that keeps the medics happy, food pubs at 12 even.. not keeping them closed completely!

MrStuffins · 26-11-2020 12:27PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

a chef and a kitchen won't stop the Virus

This is part of the problem. Stuff like this. You realise that they're hiring some sort of Chef/Ninja to make pizzas but simultaneously sneak up on the virus and karate chop it, right?

There are people who either genuinely think like this, or are willfully ignorant enough to put things like this forward as an argument. It shows a lack of even the most basic understanding of how things work.

"Oh, pubs will close at 11pm..... so the virus stops spreading at 11pm does it?"

If we take these people on face value, they are an absolute danger to the rest of us and are mainly the reason why we can't allow people to go nuts in pubs and need the restrictions.

Tenzor07 · 26-11-2020 12:40PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

This is part of the problem. Stuff like this. You realise that they're hiring some sort of Chef/Ninja to make pizzas but simultaneously sneak up on the virus and karate chop it, right?
There are people who either genuinely think like this, or are willfully ignorant enough to put things like this forward as an argument. It shows a lack of even the most basic understanding of how things work.
"Oh, pubs will close at 11pm..... so the virus stops spreading at 11pm does it?"
If we take these people on face value, they are an absolute danger to the rest of us and are mainly the reason why we can't allow people to go nuts in pubs and need the restrictions.

Please enlighten us with the scientific data that shows how pubs are bigger sources of the virus spread than say private homes? House parties with cheap booze that can go on all night...

Also show us how people suddenly "Go Nuts" just because they are in a controlled clean regulated bar, 7 months after they closed... One bar in 7 months in a country of 5 million people isn't proof of this before you go there...

You stay happy with the restrictions imposed on you, meanwhile almost every other country in Europe had their bars open without needing a €9 meal/a chef to protect them from the virus, while in Ireland they remained closed

fin12 · 26-11-2020 01:03PM

So if they don’t let the pubs that don’t serve food this month, that means then they won’t be opening till February/ March and it will be something else then to stop them. I suppose Paddy’s Day the issue then.

What a f*cking joke.

MrStuffins · 26-11-2020 01:06PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Please enlighten us with the scientific data that shows how pubs are bigger sources of the virus spread than say private homes? House parties with cheap booze that can go on all night...

House parties aren't allowed either.

Tenzor07 · 26-11-2020 01:08PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

House parties aren't allowed either.

Last time I checked this isn't China and HP's have been going on all year....

MrStuffins · 26-11-2020 01:11PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Last time I checked this isn't China and HP's have been going on all year....

Ninja Chefs

"What about house parties, which are also not allowed?"

Bars where people's behaviour doesn't change with alcohol consumption

"What about other European countries?"

"What about China?"

Your arguments have more holes than a €9 substantial portion of Swiss Cheese!

Tenzor07 · 26-11-2020 01:27PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Ninja Chefs "What about house parties, which are also not allowed?" Bars where people's behaviour doesn't change with alcohol consumption"What about other European countries?""What about China?"
Your arguments have more holes than a €9 substantial portion of Swiss Cheese!

I've told you that the rest of Europe have had their bars open with restrictions since March..
And unless your head is buried in the sand then you'll know that House Parties have been going on more-so than before the bars were shut.

If you have a point I'd like to hear it... if you're just going to use Whacky "science" to justify your support of restrictions then no point in replying to me.

MrStuffins · 26-11-2020 01:32PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

House Parties have been going on more-so than before the bars were shut.

My point is that there are people up and down the country who can't be trusted and who will act the b*llocks

Your answer to that is to tell me that there are people up and down the country, having house parties, and acting the b*llocks.

Glad we could agree on this!

Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

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