Most fireworks are banned in Ireland, who'd have guessed

More than ever this year, specially high powered rockets going up high with an enormous Bang !

had something like that as a kid- great fun - loads of neighbours came out to watch - all treated safely- traffic lights screamers rockets

We used to buy them from the auld wans selling fruit and vegetables on Moore Street and Henry Street. Then the Gardai clamped down on them, so we would buy fireworks from the Sunday market at the White House near the Ward Cross, between Ashbourne and Finglas. Then the Gardai clamped down on that, so we would go up to the Jonesbrough market when visiting relatives in Monaghan.

Yes is the simple answer

There was a display to a rival London on New Years eve in my village last night. Talk of the place this morning at underage matches.

bar a few displays on the night, I heard very few fireworks, especially bangers , going off in the run up to Halloween - sounds like people just aren’t buying them in the numbers that used to

This is how me do things in Ireland. If people are breaking the law just bring in more laws.

We'd them going off from early September. I'm not an entire curmudgeon but it makes it a nightmare with my dogs.

I don't mind the fireworks on Halloween and New Years because its expected and I can sedate the dogs but the panic every time they go off for no reason on a not even dark September afternoon is ridiculous.

Think it's time we grew up and legalised them, have some proper controls and let people have their fun, crazy the 'ban everything' attitude that's going around.

Bonfires yes, fireworks not so much bar squealers and bangers. I miss the bonfires tbh.