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Should the Good Friday Alcohol Ban be extended?

  • 18-01-2016 02:40PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭


    Just so I can watch the Irish nation go into an even more hilarious apocalyptic nervous breakdown at the thought of being unable to access a public house for more than 24 hours. One of the greatest sights in Irish society, on a par with the migration of the emperor penguins, is surely the mass panic buying of alcohol on Holy Thursday and the fact that paradoxically and consequently the whole nation is never as drunk as on Good Friday.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Say NO to Drugs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Its 2 days out of 365 that the vintners don't get to push their rip off pricing on us, if they hadnt tried to screw us through the minimum pricing muck as well I might agree but now they just want their cake and to eat it too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Yeah, extend it to include Christmas Day sure.
    Jesus would love that, not being able to buy Cans on his birthday


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    As someone who has a take it or leave it attitude towards alcohol. It wouldn't bother me one little bit, if total prohibition was introduced.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    it wouldn't affect me one way or the other if ther was no alcohol so i'll say yes to keeping ireland dry on good friday;)

    seriously the way people go on about it. have they nothing better to whine about?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    mad muffin wrote: »
    As someone who has a take it or leave it attitude towards alcohol. It wouldn't bother me one little bit, if total prohibition was introduced.

    Lol, if you're a taxpayer I bet you would.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    did you say wine? Where?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,101 ✭✭✭✭lertsnim


    Pubs should be allowed to open whenever they want. Restrictions on sales of alcohol do nothing but encourage binge drinking.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Doesn't bother me that the pubs are closed but dont like how the choice is taken from me to suit religious types.
    The sight of people stocking up on watery tasteless beer like Carlsberg or Heineken on the Thursday is truly pathetic though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭valoren


    If Good Friday completely skipped your mind, and you realise that you have no booze for one measly day.

    If that situation induces any kind of panic then you probably have a drinking problem.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Ah here we haven't even had the "Will you eat meat on Ash Wednesday" or the "What are you giving up for Lent" threads yet and you've gone and bypassed them all and headed straight for the Good Friday clusterfúck!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    c_man wrote: »
    Lol, if you're a taxpayer I bet you would.

    Lucky for me then that I'm not…


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    VinLieger wrote:
    Its 2 days out of 365 that the vintners don't get to push their rip off pricing on us, if they hadnt tried to screw us through the minimum pricing muck as well I might agree but now they just want their cake and to eat it too.


    Removing people's choice is a crock of poo. If alcohol was sold on good Friday, I'd say less would be sold.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,311 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    kfallon wrote: »
    Ah here we haven't even had the "Will you eat meat on Ash Wednesday" or the "What are you giving up for Lent" threads yet and you've gone and bypassed them all and headed straight for the Good Friday clusterfúck!!

    Tis a bit like Christmas, it starts earlier every year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Pubs should be allowed to open whenever they want. Restrictions on sales of alcohol do nothing but encourage binge drinking.
    yep, i'd say far more people drink on Holy Thursday/Good Friday than otherwise would if the pubs were open.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭masti123


    I actually like the ban. It really has become national house party day. So many house parties happening in one night, its great craic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    The ban only affects those who sell alcohol, and those who drink too much alcohol and are totally out of their mind to know when it is Good Friday.
    They are the only ones who need the Good Friday ban lifted, the rest of the nation can cope fine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    mad muffin wrote: »
    As someone who has a take it or leave it attitude towards alcohol. It wouldn't bother me one little bit, if total prohibition was introduced.
    I don't drink wine, but it would bother me hugely if even just wine was prohibited. I actually do give a shit about my friends & family & others, and would not to see them have to go without due to some ridiculous law. And also the tax issue, people turning to smuggled booze and/or other untaxed recreactional drugs would mean other taxes would have to rise.
    mzungu wrote: »
    Tis a bit like Christmas, it starts earlier every year.
    it was in the news today, I think mainly due to 1916 commemorations and more tourists.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    They should extend it to include shops on Stephen's day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭podgemonster


    How much money is lost each year when visiting tourists for the Easter weekend arrive in Dublin/Cork/Galway. I see them every year strolling round Temple Bar peering in the pub windows trying to figure out who died to warrant this public Day of mourning.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭222233


    Why would pubs be closed on Good Friday in the first place, don't see how it would affect anyone else if you don't want to drink just go to mass and stay home let everyone else live as they so please.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    I'd extend the ban, just to annoy the atheists. See them go absolutely mental.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    RobertKK wrote: »
    The ban only affects those who sell alcohol, and those who drink too much alcohol and are totally out of their mind to know when it is Good Friday.
    They are the only ones who need the Good Friday ban lifted, the rest of the nation can cope fine.

    It makes the country look backward and under the cosh of the church.

    Tourists who don't want to go on the p1ss like Irish but can't get a glass of wine with a meal. It's ridiculous.

    Religious doctrines should not be forced on the masses by a secular state (which Ireland is supposed to be).
    If Catholics don't want to drink that day then don't be but let those who don't believe in it do what they want.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    rubadub wrote: »
    it was in the news today, I think mainly due to 1916 commemorations and more tourists.

    Ridiculous argument by the Vintners. Off licence drink sales are huge as a result of the restriction on Good Friday and they don't like it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    How much money is lost each year when visiting tourists for the Easter weekend arrive in Dublin/Cork/Galway. I see them every year strolling round Temple Bar peering in the pub windows trying to figure out who died to warrant this public Day of mourning.

    And they get cheap flights over Friday morning, returning Saturday afternoon and they think it's a bargain. Then they get here and realise why they flights were so cheap for Good Friday!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Two sides to this one; on the one hand it's a bit pathetic that people panic-buy alcohol on the Thursday but on the other hand it's obscene that the Catholic Church can continue to dictate the policy of when pubs and off licences are allowed to open.

    The vintners would have you believe that when events fall on Good Friday (and many do, a European Rugby final for example) and people can't enjoy a few beers in the pub before and after they lose out hugely. This shouldn't be the case really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    They should extend it to include shops on Stephen's day.
    What about st brigids day? or st columba? they are seemingly more important than stephen. and what about all the other holy days, there are loads of them.
    I'd extend the ban, just to annoy the atheists. See them go absolutely mental.
    yeah, all non-athiests, no matter what religion they are (or not) have no issue with this fucked up law :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Birdie Num Num


    Removing people's choice is a crock of poo. If alcohol was sold on good Friday, I'd say less would be sold.

    Totally agree


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭222233


    I'd extend the ban, just to annoy the atheists. See them go absolutely mental.

    I'm an atheist and I don't care what the holy people do on good friday, I personally don't go out on Fridays so the law doesn't affect me, I can quite happily drink at home.

    None the less we should also ban working on Sundays I think thats supposed to be a thing too, then we also need to consider Sharia Law, Jewish practices etc etc..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭pawrick


    Most of the day time tourists I've come across in Dublin tend to have one or 2 drinks and that's it for the day any other weekend. It would be great if the pubs continued to do live music and made their premises family friendly for the day if they want the business but it's easier to dish out pints for them.

    I'm all for the ban and I dont care where it originates from as everyone is in the house party mood and really what's the big deal having one day where you cant go in to a bar? It would be nice if it was for the entire weekend in fact as it might promote more family activities and give some people a break from their daily routine propping up a bar stool.


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