Good Friday...where can you legal drink

K.Flyer · 25-03-2013 04:13AM

Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »

You can't have a referendum on every little thing for God's sake! A country can't run like that. No-one is going to hold a referendum with the Question "Should we all be allowed get pissed on Good Friday" Get real.

You have to follow the democratic process. Lobby your TD if you feel strongly about it. Get others to do the same. If you gather enough support (You won't as 84% of people are Catholic) then you can get them to change the law.

84% of the country may be catholic, but most of the country (catholics) would prefer the choice of a few scoops whenever they feel like it.

April O Neill · 25-03-2013 04:54AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its 1 day ffs

I know that there shouldn't be a ban as it's for religious reasons but I just can't muster the energy to give a shít. It's so unimportant.

So yeah, basically what I quoted is how I feel. ^^^^^

April O Neill · 25-03-2013 04:55AM

1ZRed wrote: »

It's still a Friday to me, personally I love a drink on Friday.

Good Friday should be a choice, if you're religious simply don't drink. I hate how we're all forced into doing it!

Get drink in.

Gorilla Rising · 25-03-2013 06:08AM

For all the people who 'don't like being told what to do on Good Friday, what exactly have you/are you doing about it?

Nothing is the answer.

The same people will get hammered and forget about it until next year when they feel oppressed again and give out on the internet.

Sadly, a lot of people seem more interested in being opposed to religion on the internet than in real life.

kowloon · 25-03-2013 06:14AM

Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »

Do you understand how a constitutional democracy works?

The minister at the time was just aligning what our constitution says with our legislation. It was a loophole that needed closing.

Personally, I'd be against the law (and I believe its unenforceable) but I will obey it none the less, as I have respect for the law of the land.

I'd say something about the duty of disobeyance to wicked laws but there are so many bigger fish to fry first. The constitution needs a bit of reform to start.

monkeysnapper · 25-03-2013 06:18AM

you can buy a bottle of spirits the day before and just put a brown bag around it, then just drink it anywhere on the streets.

If you see anyone you think you know on the street just give them a yell and start giving out about the banks and the public sector.

Maybe even tell everybody you invented the bbc!!

McDermotX · 25-03-2013 06:19AM

K.Flyer wrote: »

84% of the country may be catholic, but most of the country (catholics) would prefer the choice of a few scoops whenever they feel like it.

Possible......hard to know without asking every one of them.

What I do know is that whatever amount of people that is, it appears 100% of them are unwilling/unable/can't be arsed to do anything about the current law, even though its within their power to effect a change.

They seem to be content to either accept a 1 day ban of sale which allows them to save money towards the other 360+ days of drinking, or are just happy to give out about it on the interweb - possibly shaking a fist in the direction of the Vatican, or up to the heavens if they want to avoid the middleman.

Adyx · 25-03-2013 06:35AM

April O Neill wrote: »

I know that there shouldn't be a ban as it's for religious reasons but I just can't muster the energy to give a shít. It's so unimportant.

So yeah, basically what I quoted is how I feel. ^^^^^

Easy for you to say, you're not losing 40% of your weekly wages because of some wanker in a hat.

silverharp · 25-03-2013 08:13AM

Bowlardo wrote: »

Can you drink in hotels?

I know you can drink the airport but can you drink in hotels?

good to see the neaderthal attitudes of Paddy hasnt changed :rolleyes:

the groutch · 25-03-2013 08:40AM

while I think it's stupid to have a waining religion dictate people's lives, it's a sad sight when there's so many people who can't survive one day without the pubs.

ManMade · 25-03-2013 10:18AM

Do people expect the government to do the right thing? I don't.

More likely it wouldl be branded "Hello Saturday Morning" then all the catholic bashing/religious rights would disappear and it would be alchos. Maybe put some des bishop on the tele and have a month worth of Failte Ireland and HSE advertising. Maybe roll it out gradually so its once a season!

Nahh they'd probably put a levy on Friday night drinking and get rid of GF to maximise revenues :pac:

If it wasn't for Good Friday drinking I'd probably have forgotten when GF is.

GLaDOS · 25-03-2013 10:37AM

They'll bend the rule if there's a popular sport on.

padd b1975 · 25-03-2013 10:40AM

McDermotX wrote: »

Possible......hard to know without asking every one of them.

If only we could have one of those things.....Whats it called again??

Oh yeah!! A Census.

Duggy747 · 25-03-2013 10:48AM

Growing up in a small town during Good Friday was torture. Everything was locked down and nobody was around so it became an episode of The Walking Dead, complete with the tedious story and odd shuffling zombie.

Anyways, get beer on Thursday and chillax on the Friday evening.

Stercus Accidit · 25-03-2013 10:51AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its 1 day ffs

:rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989 · 25-03-2013 10:51AM

Once the sea is calm,the ferry over to Holyhead is the best option

25-03-2013 10:54AM

Well same ole same ole for me. I will be having my annual BBQ as usual - and as usual the moment the smell of BBQing beef and pork and my personal blends of marinades start wafting over the garden fence my über religious neighbour will likely again be out accosting my mates as they go into my land asking them to repent - while in the interim between arrivals flinging "holy" water at and over my fence.

Its like free amusement for us all.

25-03-2013 11:01AM

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

Harolds Cross greyhound track is open on friday and selling drink, according to the announcement on friday night.

You'll find details of other tracks open Good Friday here:
http://www.igb.ie/Racing/Upcoming-Events/Upcoming-Race-Cards/

ResearchWill · 25-03-2013 11:01AM

aherringterm wrote: »

I know this other lad who booked flights, by this I mean the cheapest flights possible for Good Friday from the airport. He then travelled to the airport, drank in the lounge, as its on international territory and was still open, and then went home to bed after.

The lounge is not international territory, there is an exception under the relevant acts, to allow drink to be served in airports, ferry ports and train stations, so that a traveller can have refreshment. Also can get a drink in restaurant if substantial meal being serve. Of course if resident in hotel can have a drink.

Sergeant · 25-03-2013 11:23AM

I'll be drinking until I have to get my stomach pumped.

Take that conservative Catholic society!

desertcircus · 25-03-2013 11:31AM

The annoyance of Good Friday has very little to do with the substance of the ban on drink sales (although it's annoying and frustrating to have to plan in advance if you fancy a drink with friends) and everything to do with the reason for the ban. "Lots of people reflexively ticked a box on the census" is not a valid reason for a continuing ban on alcohol sales on a specific religious festival. If it was announced that one day a year was the Barstaff's Day, and that pubs were to remain closed for the specific purpose of letting barstaff have a work event everyone could attend, I'd be okay with that. But the death twenty centuries ago of someone I don't believe in is not a valid reason for telling me I can't buy a bottle of beer.

Yitzhak Rabin · 25-03-2013 11:35AM

Is there anyone who genuinely thinks the right to get sloshed in public on Good Friday is something important to them?

To me, its right up there with the other militant atheist whinges, like having the Angelus on TV, having to hear church bells ringing, giving out that there is a Nativity play in their kids school, or that there is a crib on the town square.

It just seems petty and juvenile to me. People seem to forget that they are squarely in the minority, and that really, they should just stop being such a stick in the mud and realise that they live in a country that is dominated (84%) by Catholics. They could do with thinking about the meaning of the phrase "when in Rome.."

Marsellus Wallace · 25-03-2013 11:44AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Once the sea is calm,the ferry over to Holyhead is the best option

This or get a ferry to the Isle of Man, get drunk also take or hire a car because no speed limits

. Unless your gay, can't remember is it's still a criminal offence...

Duggys Housemate · 25-03-2013 11:45AM

desertcircus wrote: »

The annoyance of Good Friday has very little to do with the substance of the ban on drink sales (although it's annoying and frustrating to have to plan in advance if you fancy a drink with friends) and everything to do with the reason for the ban. "Lots of people reflexively ticked a box on the census" is not a valid reason for a continuing ban on alcohol sales on a specific religious festival. If it was announced that one day a year was the Barstaff's Day, and that pubs were to remain closed for the specific purpose of letting barstaff have a work event everyone could attend, I'd be okay with that. But the death twenty centuries ago of someone I don't believe in is not a valid reason for telling me I can't buy a bottle of beer.

There are two kinds of control people are subjected to in life:

1) Control by law
2) Control by culture.

With the Catholic Church we were controlled by 1) & 2) and are now just controlled residually by 1).

With the drink culture we are controlled by 2).

In short you are hardly any kind of an Irish "radical" if you want to drink every friday, or every day, of every year. Take a break.

Also - although this has been done to death - people who are opposed to the religious background of Good Friday should also be opposed to the religious background of Easter Monday. Why should people who want to work, not be allowed to because somebody you don't believe in died 20 centuries ago?

Stercus Accidit · 25-03-2013 11:50AM

Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »

Is there anyone who genuinely thinks the right to get sloshed in public on Good Friday is something important to them?

To me, its right up there with the other militant atheist whinges, like having the Angelus on TV, having to hear church bells ringing, giving out that there is a Nativity play in their kids school, or that there is a crib on the town square.

It just seems petty and juvenile to me. People seem to forget that they are squarely in the minority, and that really, they should just stop being such a stick in the mud and realise that they live in a country that is dominated (84%) by Catholics. They could do with thinking about the meaning of the phrase "when in Rome.."

Do that 84% shun contraception, pre-marital sex and work on the sabbath? How about meat on a Sunday? How often do you go to confession?
By the sounds of it the only bit of their poxxy religion your 84% observe are the parts forced on them by law like this drinking in the pub ban.

Get your own house in order before you criticise those who call out the Irish government for contraventions of the ECHR like the blasphemy laws, two-tiered education and yes, the angeles paid for by those who don't even pretend to believe in its catholic message.

84% my hoop.

Sergeant · 25-03-2013 11:50AM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

With the drink culture we are controlled by 2).

In short you are hardly any kind of an Irish "radical" if you want to drink every friday, or every day, of every year. Take a break.

The idea that drinking on Good Friday is, somehow, an act of civil disobedience is preposterous.

Gran Hermano · 25-03-2013 11:52AM

Karen23 wrote: »

I love Good Friday , only time OH ever gets a Friday night off.

He's a priest?

VinLieger · 25-03-2013 11:52AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Well same ole same ole for me. I will be having my annual BBQ as usual - and as usual the moment the smell of BBQing beef and pork and my personal blends of marinades start wafting over the garden fence my über religious neighbour will likely again be out accosting my mates as they go into my land asking them to repent - while in the interim between arrivals flinging "holy" water at and over my fence.

Its like free amusement for us all.

Thats sounds awesome can i come?

25-03-2013 11:55AM

I was flying out of Dublin airport four or five years ago - while the new terminal was being built.

Some English builders working on the site had finished for the day and were waiting for their girlfriends to join them for the long weekend.

The poor lads couldn't buy a pint to finish the week and start the long weekend so we bought them for them.

If you don't want to have a drink on Friday - don't drink.
Let the rest of us make up our own minds.

mikom · 25-03-2013 11:55AM

Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »

They could do with thinking about the meaning of the phrase "when in Rome.."

Go on.....

Good Friday...where can you legal drink

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