Unenforced Laws of Ireland

Crania · 29-10-2008 12:57PM #1

I was in the shop there last night and saw a very clearly underage person buy a lottery ticket. The shop assitant didn't even look at the young boy sideways and just gave him the lottery ticket. Isn't there a law that says people under 18 can't buy lotto tickets? That got me thinking about other laws that are not being enforced in Ireland like buying cigarettes, I've hardly ever seen anyone not being allowed to buy cigarettes due to age. The provisional licence drivers being able to drive unaccompanied used to be the big one that wasn't enforced but it seems to be enforced now, or is it?

Can anyone else think of any others?

Mena · 29-10-2008 12:59PM

Blasphemy? jesus christ I hate that one.

Cookie_Monster · 29-10-2008 01:00PM

drinking/doing drugs in public places very rarely challenged.

tribulus · 29-10-2008 01:02PM

I haven't payed for a plastic bag in a while.

c - 13 · 29-10-2008 01:02PM

Seatbelts on children in cars doesn't seem to be too heavily enforced (or at least not as enforced as it should be). See plenty of kids standing in the launch position in cars the whole time.

Cookie_Monster · 29-10-2008 01:03PM

speed restrictions on trucks and buses

JaneyMc · 29-10-2008 01:06PM

Yeah, I second the speed restricition on buses, some of the dublin bus drivers clearly speed at night and I have never seen one stopped over it.

J walking, I'm always doing it and have done it in front of guards and nothing was said.

pickarooney · 29-10-2008 01:10PM

Littering?

shenanigans1982 · 29-10-2008 01:13PM

Already been mentioned but the Truck Driver one is a big one, always doing at least 100 on country roads and on motorways they very raely stick to the inside lane.

Also never seen a foreigner questioned when eating a swan.

Prof.Badass · 29-10-2008 01:14PM

JaneyMc wrote: »

J walking, I'm always doing it and have done it in front of guards and nothing was said.

Are you sure that's a crime?

neil_hosey · 29-10-2008 01:16PM

Bye Laws regarding fishing in Ireland and the unreal amount of Poaching that is happening on the lakes and rivers..

Some Garda are great though but in general, they couldnt give a sh*te

JaneyMc · 29-10-2008 01:18PM

vinylmesh wrote: »

Are you sure that's a crime?

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

Dinter · 29-10-2008 01:21PM

JaneyMc wrote: »

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

Yeah I remember some lad being fined for that when it was introduced! Probably the only person ever. Unlucky.

Prof.Badass · 29-10-2008 01:24PM

JaneyMc wrote: »

Yeah I think so, I remember there being a big deal about it a few years ago.

hope whoever brought it in died.

People are better off looking after them selves, otherwise they become reliant on others/technology and it actually increases the chances of something bad happening as they're not attentive enough.

Danbo! · 29-10-2008 01:38PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Littering?

JaneyMc wrote: »

J walking

I'm a guard and I always enforce these laws.

Nah, I'm not really. Is impersonating a police officer still enforced? Shit.

Turd Ferguson · 29-10-2008 01:50PM

Its illegal for ducks to wear pants, I doubt that is enforced.

Dunder Mifflin · 29-10-2008 01:55PM

Afaik jay-walking isn't illegal here. It isn't in the UK anyway.

Mark200 · 29-10-2008 02:26PM

Crania wrote: »

I was in the shop there last night and saw a very clearly underage person buy a lottery ticket. The shop assitant didn't even look at the young boy sideways and just gave him the lottery ticket. Isn't there a law that says people under 18 can't buy lotto tickets? That got me thinking about other laws that are not being enforced in Ireland like buying cigarettes, I've hardly ever seen anyone not being allowed to buy cigarettes due to age. The provisional licence drivers being able to drive unaccompanied used to be the big one that wasn't enforced but it seems to be enforced now, or is it?

Can anyone else think of any others?

That might just be the lottery rules and not actually the law..? Well, it could be under gambling laws I don't actually know. But I think if you win a prize then the person who claims the prize has to be over 18.

And about cigarettes....I do see people who look youngish being asked for ID when they're buying cigarettes, but definitely not as often as they should be and I do see people that I know are under 18 getting away with it. I asked a shop owner once why he lets them (I get on well with the guy, it was just a question out of curiosity rather than accusing him) and he just said if he says no to them, they'll just go down the road and be able to get them in another shop

Dunder Mifflin wrote: »

Afaik jay-walking isn't illegal here. It isn't in the UK anyway.

On an episode of Naked Camera once the guy went into a Garda Station and confessed, in an American accent, to jay-walking. The policewoman replied saying that it isn't illegal in Ireland...

Cookie_Monster · 29-10-2008 02:52PM

Any person who shall pretend or exercise to use any type of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or pretend knowledge in any occult or or craft or science shall for any such offense suffer imprisonment at the time of one whole year and also shall be obliged to obscursion for his/her good behavior

doubt that is enforced, though at this time of year it might be:pac:. From here, pity there aren't more irish ones

oeb · 29-10-2008 02:57PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Any person who shall pretend or exercise to use any type of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or pretend knowledge in any occult or or craft or science shall for any such offense suffer imprisonment at the time of one whole year and also shall be obliged to obscursion for his/her good behavior

doubt that is enforced, though at this time of year it might be:pac:. From here, pity there aren't more irish ones

I am a magician :eek:

I better put away my cards and top hat.

29-10-2008 03:04PM

Jay-walking is an offence in the US and in Northern Ireland it can be enforced at the officer's discretion, though it's usually only enforced in an accident situation. I'd say they're not the only two places though. In the Republic or the rest of the UK it's not illegal.

Cookie_Monster · 29-10-2008 03:58PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

pretend knowledge

I wonder what that even is?

It sounds kinda piraty, "Yarrr he be havin some pretend knowledge there, Matey"

monkey9 · 29-10-2008 04:10PM

Littering absolutely wrecks my head. It seems to be that once you wear tracksuits as casual wear, bins then become invisible!

asdasd · 29-10-2008 04:19PM

The policewoman replied saying that it isn't illegal in Ireland...

I think that city streets are pedestrian priority of the driver beware type.

bins then become invisible!

ever notice that there is more dirt just around litter bins? Like the amount of chewing gum increases in the vicinty of the bins ( the rest has probably been clearerd up but gum is sticky). And the bins are not normally full. Far from it.

So our tracksuit boys are almost there. Just that little step further and we would have a clean and happy society.

either that or they are taking the piss.

Conor108 · 29-10-2008 05:30PM

Isn't there a €1000 fine for detonating a nuclear device?

marcsignal · 29-10-2008 05:42PM

planning laws are a joke in Ireland. One of many examples is the presentation convent in Terenure which was illegally demolished early on sunday morning a while ago, by a developer.
Furious locals were pushing to have it rebuilt brick by brick, with an estimated cost of 30million Euro, and instead, the developer was fined the massive sum of 1000Euro.

Smart Bug · 29-10-2008 05:57PM

All of them?

Prof.Badass · 29-10-2008 06:08PM

Domo230 wrote: »

Murder, Rape, Manufacturing heroin in your basement.

But god help you if your caught littering

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/environment/environmental-protection/litter_law

Who makes heroin these days?

Carfentanil is where it's at!

All you need to do is make 1 measly gram of the stuff, and you've got enough for a million doses!

yes, 1 gram = 1 million doses!

If the producers only have to make a fraction of a gram to set them up for life, i don't see how you could ever catch them.

G Luxel · 29-10-2008 06:17PM

having sex in public.

Acacia · 29-10-2008 06:20PM

I heard that a law still exists in Ireland that states that you must carry a bale of hay with you to feed your method of transportation (i.e. your horse!). I'm not sure how true that is, but I doubt that's enforced. :pac:

irish_bob · 29-10-2008 07:18PM

nuisance laws with regard dogs barking incessantly

Unenforced Laws of Ireland

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