Smoking in Pubs after hours

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-07-2014 11:07PM

Jumboman wrote: »

How were they breaking the law by locking the door ? It was only 1am some pubs/clubs in that area are open till 230am.

Those places would have a late licence, anywhere that closes the door at 1am has a regular one.

tomwaterford · 24-07-2014 11:08PM

nm wrote: »

Not if they locked the door

hehehe....I know;)

Ranchu · 24-07-2014 11:08PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Sounds like the op experienced his first lock in. he must be frightened

God help him when he attends his first rave.

Xenji · 24-07-2014 11:09PM

Happened in every pub I used to work in, but only when friends and regulars were left.

Wibbs · 24-07-2014 11:13PM

Jumboman wrote: »

I just bought a pint and people beside me started smoking. So I had no choice but to breathe in that sh!t.

OHMIGOD!!! How did people not die in droves before the ban???? *loud noises*. Jesus, when did we become so bloody beige.

O.A.P · 24-07-2014 11:15PM

Jumboman wrote: »

How were they breaking the law by locking the door ? It was only 1am some pubs/clubs in that area are open till 230am.

Fire for a start
They had no license for after hours .

Chucken · 24-07-2014 11:16PM

Jesus :rolleyes:

murpho999 · 24-07-2014 11:16PM

Surely though any bar that does this runs the risk of complaints the next day as the smell will linger and customers won't like it, complain and not go back and possibly report them leading to fines?

nxbyveromdwjpg · 24-07-2014 11:17PM

O.A.P wrote: »

Fire for a start
They had no license for after hours .

Fire? No ones literally locked in!

Tail Docker · 24-07-2014 11:20PM

Wibbs wrote: »

OHMIGOD!!! How did people not die in droves before the ban???? *loud noises*. Jesus, when did we become so bloody beige.

Wibbers, can I have an extra thanks button for that? Fcuk me, we're gone so bloody dull.

P_1 · 24-07-2014 11:20PM

OP it was a lock in. They would have already been breaking the law by letting people stay on the premises and by serving drink, I doubt that letting people smoke or not would be top of their concerns. Besides imagine not letting people smoke after they've had a few drinks on them, it would be bloody carnage!

Chucken · 24-07-2014 11:21PM

Tail Docker wrote: »

Wibbers, can I have an extra thanks button for that? Fcuk me, we're gone so bloody dull.

Not us that are used to a little lock in

The Adversary · 24-07-2014 11:23PM

Yeah, I suppose it was like being in a sort of a time warp OP? :rolleyes: Happens occasionally down the local if it's lashing outside, people are told to go down by the fire and say nothing. It's honestly not the end of the world.

johnciall · 24-07-2014 11:24PM

No point having a lock-in and having people standing at the door with sniper beacons

leeroybrown · 24-07-2014 11:24PM

Jumboman wrote: »

How were they breaking the law by locking the door ? It was only 1am some pubs/clubs in that area are open till 230am.

So, technically a regular pub license allows sale of alcohol until 23:30 on a Wednesday with 30 minutes drinking up time. Unless something very odd (and it would be very odd given the cost of late licenses) happened the bar was already serving one hour after hours at 1am.

allthedoyles · 24-07-2014 11:25PM

This must be a new phenomenon , thank God it only happens in Camden Street .

Tail Docker · 24-07-2014 11:25PM

Mr.S wrote: »

There's just something so cool smoking in a pub after the doors are closed and you have to walk out through the kitchen at 5am :pac:

Nooooo! We are multinational, grant assisted, equal opportunity modern, beige, bland and Health and Safety!

Down with Lock-ins! And fun. We are E.U and proud. It's the only game in town. Going forward.

FloatingVoter · 24-07-2014 11:26PM

Give me patience. Now we'll have half of AH traipsing around Camden Street next week looking for lock-ins. Which is a bit stupid...as if you've got to go looking, you're already locked out. Unless you know the secret tap.

Jumboman · 24-07-2014 11:26PM

P_1 wrote: »

OP it was a lock in. They would have already been breaking the law by letting people stay on the premises and by serving drink, I doubt that letting people smoke or not would be top of their concerns. Besides imagine not letting people smoke after they've had a few drinks on them, it would be bloody carnage!

Yes but it would be hard to prove they were serving drink if anyone came they could just say they were letting people finish their pints.

Mint Sauce · 24-07-2014 11:28PM

Has happened at any lock in i've been at. I dont smoke, but where else would I expect the smokers to go.

Chucken · 24-07-2014 11:31PM

Jumboman wrote: »

Yes but it would be hard to prove they were serving drink if anyone came they could just say they were letting people finish their pints.

Have you never heard of lock ins before? They're not a new thing.

leeroybrown · 24-07-2014 11:33PM

Jumboman wrote: »

Yes but it would be hard to prove they were serving drink if anyone came they could just say they were letting people finish their pints.

The Gardaí wouldn't have much to prove at 1am if the decided to pursue it. If a pub full of people are drinking one hour after drinking up time expires they have them bang to rights for not clearing the premises. They can pursue an endorsement against the license and take the name of every person present to have them issued with a fine. You're supposed to be out the door 30 minutes after 23:30 on a Wednesday regardless of whether you're finished.

The situation is that the Gardaí are normally soft handed in how they deal with the situation by deliberately not enforcing the law.

junospider · 24-07-2014 11:34PM

The fact is the O.P. was forced to do one of two things neither of which he wanted to do.(a) leave the pub,which he did not want to do or he would not have ordered the pint,or(b) stay and breathe in the manky,stinking smog!

Tail Docker · 24-07-2014 11:36PM

I'm possibly not alone in thinking that several Gardai I know would be better craic at a lock-in than the OP, and fcuk me, they puff a lot too.

Strumms · 24-07-2014 11:49PM

junospider wrote: »

The fact is the O.P. was forced to do one of two things neither of which he wanted to do.(a) leave the pub,which he did not want to do or he would not have ordered the pint,or(b) stay and breathe in the manky,stinking smog!

I'm sure the OP would have received a refund from the bar had he chosen to ask for one and decide to leave. By virtue of the pub 'locking up' they were obviously not entitled to stay open as per their licence. By the fact that the OP presumably was content enough anyway to finish the pint and by remaining there was then committing an offence himself. I abhore smoking in general and 100% the smoking ban but what a premises decides to do ie? this situation 'after hours' I can only presume is their own concern. It's happened in my local too... Like it.. Stay... Don't... Leave nobody was handcuffed to the bar. Rediciolus carry on.

Ihatecuddles · 24-07-2014 11:52PM

Happened to me last year. My boyfriend was singing in the pub and after closing we had a fww lock inns. Good craic

im a smoker so I enjoyed it. First time ever smoking in a pub.

Was a pub on Camden street too

Shakespeare's Sister · 24-07-2014 11:54PM

mauzo! wrote: »

im a smoker so I enjoyed it. First time ever smoking in a pub.

Jeebus. :eek:
Although it was 2004 so yeh, there are adults now who were only kids then.

Christ, that's probably the best example ever of something that makes me feel old...

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-07-2014 11:57PM

Speaking of lock ins my Dad has a story about a certain candidate in the 1990 Presidential holding court one night in a local bar in my hometown.

The Guards decided to play a prank on their new recruit fresh out of Templemore so they sent him down to the pub to clear them out, every FF'er in a hundred mile radius was in the bar. The Kid walks in and tries to break up the party, cue hysterical laughter and the candidate telling the kid to be on his way or he'd have him transferred to the Aran Islands in the morning.

Jumboman · 24-07-2014 11:57PM

Strumms wrote: »

I'm sure the OP would have received a refund from the bar had he chosen to ask for one and decide to leave. By virtue of the pub 'locking up' they were obviously not entitled to stay open as per their licence. By the fact that the OP presumably was content enough anyway to finish the pint and by remaining there was then committing an offence himself. I abhore smoking in general and 100% the smoking ban but what a premises decides to do ie? this situation 'after hours' I can only presume is their own concern. It's happened in my local too... Like it.. Stay... Don't... Leave nobody was handcuffed to the bar. Rediciolus carry on.

How was I breaking the law, simply for ordering a pint ? I assumed everything was above board untill half the pub started smoking.

Ihatecuddles · 24-07-2014 11:58PM

Magaggie wrote: »

Jeebus. :eek:
Although it was 2004 so yeh, there are adults now who were only kids then.

Christ, that's probably the best example ever of something that makes me feel old...

I was 12 when the smoking ban came in and I vaguely remember people smoking in restaurants but never planes or pubs.

Smoking in Pubs after hours

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