Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

What I always find amusing about this site is that in normal times most of the threads were about how wretchedly expensive pubs are, how posters around here don't visit them, how publicans are the greediest sods on the island, and how they have the Government in their pockets.

Now it's lads getting nostalgic about perching their arse up on a barstool at the counter of some kip of a pub so they can talk absolute scutter with Billly Big Belly Barman while drinking pints of lager.

you mean normality.

you just suggested we'd all be getting ratarsed on boxing day at noon and watching 'darts???'.

make your mind up. Are we doing it or will we just be getting nostalgic about it?

s8n wrote: »

muppet begrudger statement

it's not though in fairness, it's a quite accurate assessment of the attitude of some people on here where it comes to pubs.


not everyone obviously but certainly a number.

AdrianBalboa wrote: »

At least the few slurred voices caterwauling about conspiracies from the government to keep the drinkers down aren’t so loud this weekend. 764 cases, four deaths and a packed Temple Bar last night. I hope the pints were worth it.

indeed they are quite thankfully.
shur look i love drink and i'm ridiculously liberal when it comes to it, such as believing that in normal times pubs and clubs etc should be able to decide for themselves when they open and not, but the fact is we are in a pandemic situation and pubs being the least important of things we have to prioritise when dealing with this, not to mention the potentially higher risk they can pose, means they have to be restricted more then other outlets while covid remains an issue.
the fact is that controlling and minimizing the spread of this virus along with the damage limitation measures have to come before one's want to get a drink in a pub.

hynesie08 wrote: »

You think there's a mutation that led from a busy (outside) temple bar at 11 o clock last night to cases today?

Nah that won’t be until tomorrow when they announce 800 or 900 new cases, or maybe on Tuesday.

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Those two graphs say it all.

I'm glad our society prioritised people lives over a few sad piss artists who miss the pub. It's as simple as that.

Tony Holohan and NPHET are absolute heroes. Hopefully the government listen to them yet again.

If they will listen to NPHET same way as before (delayed and non-working L5) - this is catastrophe.

AdrianBalboa wrote: »

At least the few slurred voices caterwauling about conspiracies from the government to keep the drinkers down aren’t so loud this weekend. 764 cases, four deaths and a packed Temple Bar last night. I hope the pints were worth it.

Add in the new fast spreading corona variant into the mix and we are in for a rocky start to 2021.

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

Numbers will actually properly skyrocket in mid January when people holidaying in Eastern Europe return to work.

Again, Holohan has waged war on pubs yet at best gave tacit disapproval to foreign travel.

His agenda is clear as glass. And I can't recall the last grown adult I met who still believes this farce is all it seems.

it was the government who didn't have the balls to stop foreign travel, tony could do nothing about it.
it was the government who made the correct decision to close the pubs, tony only advised it should happen.
no agenda here by tony or anyone else, there is no attempt to kill off the pub or any other agenda apart from minimising the spread of this thing.
people are just going to have to accept that luxury services just aren't a priority for government at the moment, whether it be hospitality or all else. keeping schools hospitals and public transport running along with other public services operational are the priorities.
yes, it's absolutely s//t for a lot of people but this is where we are and we have to face the reality and deal with it.