Pubs on Thursday before Good Friday?

nxbyveromdwjpg · 29-03-2010 01:53PM #1

Closed at midnight?

Irish Halo · 29-03-2010 02:06PM

yeah

delta_bravo · 29-03-2010 02:36PM

Last orders would be 11 30 anyway so its not exactly an inconvenience

fontanalis · 29-03-2010 03:15PM

I remember the viper rooms on the quays being opened before, for a price of course.

Collie D · 29-03-2010 07:38PM

fontanalis wrote: »

I remember the viper rooms on the quays being opened before, for a price of course.

Awful place that...surprised the fire inspector has never closed them down...massive crowds and one exit from downstairs via a narrow stairway

poisonated · 29-03-2010 09:44PM

What about nightclubs? Most people aren't even there before 12.

delta_bravo · 29-03-2010 10:12PM

Tramco is opening anyway. I'd say its a busy night for cinemas.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 29-03-2010 11:51PM

Joke of a country.

Is Tramco opening fully, like serving drink? I know Charlie Chawke is opening some of his pubs for food and soft drinks only.

df1985 · 29-03-2010 11:59PM

everywhere shuts at midnight until midnight on good friday when some places open.

the local club in leixlip is opening at 8 on thursday till 12. are people that desperate!

Dravokivich · 30-03-2010 11:32AM

df1985 wrote: »

everywhere shuts at midnight until midnight on good friday when some places open.

the local club in leixlip is opening at 8 on thursday till 12. are people that desperate!

I don't think it's a matter of being "Desperate".... I enjoy going out... as do many other people...

df1985 · 30-03-2010 05:12PM

i love going out too as much if not more than the average person, but going to a nightclub at 8 o clock because itll close at 12??? thats a bit sad to me.

spartan1 · 30-03-2010 05:55PM

I go out more than most, possibly party a little harder than most, but to have to go to a club at 8pm cos its closing 2 hrs early is where I would draw the line,

Why just because we cant drink on friday is everybody goin nuts ? Am I the only person to think that there is a serious drink problem ? God forbid not drinking on a friday night, we might have to sit around and talk sober. shesh

Theres Sat night, and Sun night and the 200 odd days left in the year !

Joke of a country is right, we're all sad bastards who cant do anything else socially only drink ! and ya, im one if them, but Im gonna change ....after this weekend !

nxbyveromdwjpg · 30-03-2010 06:09PM

Im off work on Friday, and I want to go out on Thursday.. why can I not?? Cos some draconian law brought about by the worlds largest paedophile ring says I cant??

THAT is a joke. And what I do with other 200 days of the year is my own business.

Anyway obviously going to some nightclub in Leixlip is not going to happen, I'm just asking about pubs here, I'm pretty sure nowhere really opens at midnight on Friday so I was wondering if we at least got to choose what we do on Thursday night but it appears we dont get that night either.

Tramco might be a shout, have to investigate...

billybigunz · 30-03-2010 06:10PM

spartan1 wrote: »

I go out more than most, possibly party a little harder than most, but to have to go to a club at 8pm cos its closing 2 hrs early is where I would draw the line,

Why just because we cant drink on friday is everybody goin nuts ? Am I the only person to think that there is a serious drink problem ? God forbid not drinking on a friday night, we might have to sit around and talk sober. shesh

Theres Sat night, and Sun night and the 200 odd days left in the year !

Joke of a country is right, we're all sad bastards who cant do anything else socially only drink ! and ya, im one if them, but Im gonna change ....after this weekend !

What if we banned pizzas on one day of the year. And then maybe ban tv for another. Would you feel the same?

It is up to a person to decide what they want to do with their night.

robinph · 30-03-2010 06:26PM

df1985 wrote: »

i love going out too as much if not more than the average person, but going to a nightclub at 8 o clock because itll close at 12??? thats a bit sad to me.

The sad and crazy part is that it has to remain shut for those 24 hours, not that people want to be able to spend money there during those 24 hours.

spartan1 · 30-03-2010 06:39PM

robinph wrote: »

The sad and crazy part is that it has to remain shut for those 24 hours, not that people want to be able to spend money there during those 24 hours.

guys guys guys, whatever
al im saying is that all this is a big hullabaloo cos your not allowed buy alcohol.

is there no other way to spend your night ? ill be able to find something else to do.

billybigunz · 30-03-2010 06:43PM

spartan1 wrote: »

guys guys guys, whatever
al im saying is that all this is a big hullabaloo cos your not allowed buy alcohol.

is there no other way to spend your night ? ill be able to find something else to do.

That argument has no weight. People should have the freedom to choose what they do and not be judged.

scubakid · 30-03-2010 07:19PM

Half eleven out by twleve

landsleaving · 30-03-2010 07:21PM

spartan1 wrote: »

guys guys guys, whatever
al im saying is that all this is a big hullabaloo cos your not allowed buy alcohol.

is there no other way to spend your night ? ill be able to find something else to do.

Everything is improved with the inclusion of alcohol. Never forget that.

I'll be hitting the off licence. Maybe kicking it too. Definitely screaming 'Open you cretins. God wants me to drink.'

SeaFields · 30-03-2010 07:24PM

I think nightclubs open at midnight on Good Friday. So went the story last year. Not sure how accurate that is tho - few buddies said it was the case anyway. Makes sense considering how many people have house parties before heading in.

dsmythy · 30-03-2010 07:29PM

billybigunz wrote: »

That argument has no weight. People should have the freedom to choose what they do and not be judged.

Do you think you would be judged walking around the town with an alcohol can in your hand on Good Friday? Who's judging anything?

robinph · 30-03-2010 07:36PM

spartan1 wrote: »

is there no other way to spend your night ? ill be able to find something else to do.

What is open for business on the evening of the 2nd?

omega666 · 30-03-2010 08:21PM

billybigunz wrote: »

What if we banned pizzas on one day of the year. And then maybe ban tv for another. Would you feel the same?

It is up to a person to decide what they want to do with their night.

no pizza and tv for a night!!. what would everyone do!! :rolleyes:

theres noting stopping you doing what you want for the night. for example if your a raving alcholic that cant live without the pub for a night then get some takeaway beers in at home!

billybigunz · 30-03-2010 08:42PM

omega666 wrote: »

no pizza and tv for a night!!. what would everyone do!! :rolleyes:

theres noting stopping you doing what you want for the night. for example if your a raving alcholic that cant live without the pub for a night then get some takeaway beers in at home!

What if you have been working for a month wiht hardly any holidays on a project and you finish on good Friday? Why should that person be denied a night out?

BraziliaNZ · 30-03-2010 08:43PM

I can't believe this causes so much confusion every year...

dsmythy · 30-03-2010 08:51PM

billybigunz wrote: »

What if you have been working for a month wiht hardly any holidays on a project and you finish on good Friday? Why should that person be denied a night out?

They could always go out one day later instead. Have a couple of drinks at home on the night instead. Hardly the end of the world!

robinph · 30-03-2010 08:53PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I can't believe this causes so much confusion every year...

The only confusion is to why on earth the ban on alcohol sales on that random day still exists.

billybigunz · 30-03-2010 08:56PM

dsmythy wrote: »

They could always go out one day later instead. Have a couple of drinks at home on the night instead. Hardly the end of the world!

It is a very serious issue. It goes to the very heart of a persons freedom, civil liberties and beliefs. You are saying why can't a person go without one day of drink and I am saying why should they. None of you have an answer to that.

dsmythy · 30-03-2010 09:01PM

robinph wrote: »

The only confusion is to why on earth the ban on alcohol sales on that random day still exists.

They could always try and turn it into a non-alcohol day to help combat binge drinking culture. Could have a few events on on the day where people can enjoy activities they might not usually engage in without the need for alcohol at a lower cost than normal. You know an evening on the streets of Dublin or wherever you may be without piss, vomit and regular violent scenes. There's more to us than this surely! One day to show it a year.

BraziliaNZ · 30-03-2010 09:02PM

billybigunz wrote: »

It is a very serious issue. It goes to the very heart of a persons freedom, civil liberties and beliefs. You are saying why can't a person go without one day of drink and I am saying why should they. None of you have an answer to that.

because the government don't care about you or what you want. I like to smoke weed sometimes but it's illegal. What can you do? Vote someone else in? They'll do the same sh*t.

dsmythy · 30-03-2010 09:11PM

billybigunz wrote: »

It is a very serious issue. It goes to the very heart of a persons freedom, civil liberties and beliefs. You are saying why can't a person go without one day of drink and I am saying why should they. None of you have an answer to that.

People's beliefs are overlapping and conflicting. Some don't like the scenes you find in town centres across the country and feel their own freedom is restricted as a result. They can walk the streets in security on a Tuesday night but not a Saturday night. What about their freedoms on those nights? Of course if you deny people the right to engage in activities that affect the freedoms of others somebody's going to be upset as somebody loses that civil liberty they beleive they have.

Why can't I urinate on a busy street in broad daylight. My freedom! Why can't I lay here on the bench high from my heroin with my baby by my side without ending up in jail? My liberty! Why can't i hate gay people? My beliefs! Why can't I buy alcohol on Good Friday? You can't. Deal with it is my sole advice I'm afraid.

Pubs on Thursday before Good Friday?

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