Pubs to open on Good Friday

El Weirdo · 25-01-2018 4:41pm #1

We did it, Boards!

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/0125/936000-dail-politics/

Kimbot · 25-01-2018 4:42pm

We did what now exactly?

valoren · 25-01-2018 4:43pm

Cue the annual "Should pubs be closed on Good Friday?" thread.

Bob Harris · 25-01-2018 4:43pm

Pubs are open one more Friday of the year.
Woohoo.

whiskeyman · 25-01-2018 4:46pm

Looks like half the country gonna rise from the dead the next day so...

DavyD_83 · 25-01-2018 4:47pm

Ah, probably won't bother stocking up or having a drink this year then.
Is meat still banned? As long as I can still enjoy my sacrilicious BBQ

Sexual Chocolate · 25-01-2018 4:47pm

Thats my day off work ****ed now.

me_irl · 25-01-2018 4:48pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roRQ2mNwMMQ

Edward M · 25-01-2018 4:48pm

Every Friday is a good Friday, but next good Friday will be a good good Friday.

seamus · 25-01-2018 4:49pm

It'll be a mad sesh this year and then that'll be the end of it.

King George VI · 25-01-2018 4:50pm

St Patrick's Day #2 here we go fuckin yes!!!

bennyineire · 25-01-2018 4:51pm

seamus wrote: »

It'll be a mad sesh this year and then that'll be the end of it.

Arthur's day part 2

hynesie08 · 25-01-2018 4:51pm

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Thats my day off work ****ed now.

Only day off in the year is it?

Tigger · 25-01-2018 4:51pm

seamus wrote: »

It'll be a mad sesh this year and then that'll be the end of it.

Nope
Paddy’s day was drink banned and look whatvhappened there

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 25-01-2018 4:51pm

Oh dear, no more drama anymore and people who normally have a few drinks at home on a Friday anyway making a big deal of having to 'stock up' on cans at 10pm on Holy Thursday.

spoonerhead · 25-01-2018 4:51pm

I completely disagree with closing a business because of religious purposes. But seriously, it’s one day a year to let the staff have a Friday off. They work unsociable hours all year, the one day a year was a deserved break

frag420 · 25-01-2018 4:52pm

The airport and train stations will be empty now as the alcos can go hang at the end of their usual bar...

whisky_galore · 25-01-2018 4:52pm

The power of lobbying.

There was a lot of 'will someone think of the poor tourists.... God love them'.

Boom_Bap · 25-01-2018 4:52pm

Phew - the publicans are saved!

daheff · 25-01-2018 4:53pm

Means Good friday is becoming another regular day in the calendar. All us non public sector workers will now lose our unofficial day off.....just like 6th december.

Careful what you wish for boardsies. Law of unexpected consequences at work here

NabyLadistheman · 25-01-2018 4:54pm

Pints before and after the stations of the cross, lovely

whiskeyman · 25-01-2018 4:54pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Phew - the publicans are saved!

But the off licences are screwed!!

splinter65 · 25-01-2018 4:55pm

hynesie08 wrote: »

Only day off in the year is it?

It used to be a nice little 4 day weekend for hospitality staff the same as it is for a lot of other workers in the country.
But not any more.
But hey! As long as we stuck it to those evil archbishops then that’s the main thing...isn’t it?

Grayditch · 25-01-2018 4:55pm

"eugh can Irish people just not drink for one day"

Sure. Depends on who's asking us not to, though.

piplip87 · 25-01-2018 4:55pm

daheff wrote: »

Means Good friday is becoming another regular day in the calendar. All us non public sector workers will now lose our unofficial day off.....just like 6th december.

Careful what you wish for boardsies. Law of unexpected consequences at work here

I have never had Good Friday off. In office work and labouring on sites.

hynesie08 · 25-01-2018 4:56pm

splinter65 wrote: »

It used to be a nice little 4 day weekend for hospitality staff the same as it is for a lot of other workers in the country.
But not any more.
But hey! As long as we stuck it to those evil archbishops then that’s the main thing...isn’t it?

But they'd be working the other 3 days anyway??

25-01-2018 4:58pm

One thing i would have done is to extend the Christmas day closure until 12.30pm on Stephens Day to stop the ridiculous nonsense that happened in Donegal of nightclubs opening just after midnight. The workers in that case should have had the right to fully enjoy their day off.

marvin80 · 25-01-2018 4:58pm

splinter65 wrote: »

It used to be a nice little 4 day weekend for hospitality staff the same as it is for a lot of other workers in the country.
But not any more.
But hey! As long as we stuck it to those evil archbishops then that’s the main thing...isn’t it?

Nothing stopping a bar or hotel from closing for a day or two to give their staff a day off

Boom_Bap · 25-01-2018 4:59pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

But the off licences are screwed!!

I think we should boycott pubs on Good Friday for the craic now

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 25-01-2018 5:02pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I think we should boycott pubs on Good Friday for the craic now

Whaaat??? But what about all the people who want to make a point by going to the pub on Good Friday, whether it really suits them to go or not.

Kimbot · 25-01-2018 5:02pm

daheff wrote: »

Means Good friday is becoming another regular day in the calendar. All us non public sector workers will now lose our unofficial day off.....just like 6th december.

Careful what you wish for boardsies. Law of unexpected consequences at work here

WTF falls on Dec 6th?

AMKC · 25-01-2018 5:02pm

Absolutely disgraceful. Next thing is people will want the pubs open on Christmas day as well. I think this is very sad that people could not just do without going to the pub for one day. This will just mean more drunks ending up in hospitals and more problems for our already overcrowded and understaffed hospitals and emergency services.

valoren · 25-01-2018 5:03pm

New Good Friday tradition - the 14 pubs of Easter.

Free-2-Flow · 25-01-2018 5:03pm

Not like its a holiday, I'll be in work as usual on the Night shift

Wheety · 25-01-2018 5:03pm

spoonerhead wrote: »

I completely disagree with closing a business because of religious purposes. But seriously, it’s one day a year to let the staff have a Friday off. They work unsociable hours all year, the one day a year was a deserved break

They're not working 365 days a year so will still have days off.

Your Face · 25-01-2018 5:03pm

This whole thing is such a load of bollocks.

King George VI · 25-01-2018 5:03pm

spoonerhead wrote: »

I completely disagree with closing a business because of religious purposes. But seriously, it’s one day a year to let the staff have a Friday off. They work unsociable hours all year, the one day a year was a deserved break

For most people - I reckon - it had nothing to do with not being able to drink one day of the year, it was being told "you can't drink on this day of the year because of my religious beliefs".

I don't fancy being dictated to in my personal life because some cunts think there's another larger judgmental cunt who lives in the sky.

suicide_circus · 25-01-2018 5:04pm

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seamus · 25-01-2018 5:05pm

Tigger wrote: »

Nope
Paddy’s day was drink banned and look whatvhappened there

Paddy's Day is a public holiday and a national celebration though.

Good Friday is neither. The only reason people partied on Good Friday is because it was banned. Any excuse for a piss up. Now that excuse is gone.

tmabr · 25-01-2018 5:05pm

I think the ban on sales is mad and usually stock up the day before, and moan and complain that its a stupid ban.

Now i dont like that the ban is lifted, the obstacles are removed grrrr

poker night cancelled grrrr:):)

Boom_Bap · 25-01-2018 5:05pm

valoren wrote: »

New Good Friday tradition - the 14 pubs of Easter.

There has to be some sort of game there about 'lashing' pints

Pelvis · 25-01-2018 5:06pm

spoonerhead wrote: »

I completely disagree with closing a business because of religious purposes. But seriously, it’s one day a year to let the staff have a Friday off. They work unsociable hours all year, the one day a year was a deserved break

Pretty sure they get more than one day off a year already.

razorblunt · 25-01-2018 5:06pm

I have no interest in going to the pub on Good Friday but I'll be damned if my choice is taken away from me.
I welcome this decision.

El Weirdo · 25-01-2018 5:08pm

spoonerhead wrote: »

I completely disagree with closing a business because of religious purposes. But seriously, it’s one day a year to let the staff have a Friday off. They work unsociable hours all year, the one day a year was a deserved break

It also meant that part-time workers that might only do a regular one or two nights a week were down money that week.

AndyBoBandy · 25-01-2018 5:08pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I think we should boycott pubs on Good Friday for the craic now

And make it the official “Let’s all go to the Off Licence day” with the proviso that we all have to buy/try something that we’ve never had before,

...as well as our usual selection of fine spirits.

AndyBoBandy · 25-01-2018 5:09pm

Rose Ashy Rigging wrote: »

Whaaat??? But what about all the people who want to make a point by going to the pub on Good Friday, whether it really suits them to go or not.

Just go to the off licence instead..

Kimbot · 25-01-2018 5:10pm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

And make it the official “Let’s all go to the Off Licence day” with the proviso that we all have to buy/try something that we’ve never had before,

...as well as our usual selection of fine spirits.

No no no..... 12 Offies of Easter

You go to Offie 1 and buy something new
Then to Offie 2 and buy something new not tried before
Offie 3 same again, all the way up to Offie 12 where you buy your normal selection, then as soon as its all bought down it as quick as possible

Libadour · 25-01-2018 5:15pm

That's a shame. Good Friday house parties were excellent.

splinter65 · 25-01-2018 5:16pm

hynesie08 wrote: »

But they'd be working the other 3 days anyway??

If you could get the weekend off it’d mean you’d actually have 4 days.
But that’s all over now.

LuckyLloyd · 25-01-2018 5:17pm

AMKC wrote: »

Absolutely disgraceful. Next thing is people will want the pubs open on Christmas day as well. I think this is very sad that people could not just do without going to the pub for one day. This will just mean more drunks ending up in hospitals and more problems for our already overcrowded and understaffed hospitals and emergency services.

Perfect 'won't someone think of the children' reaction. Thank you. I will make sure to be present and correct in a pub at 11am on Good Friday toasting how satisfying this post is.

splinter65 · 25-01-2018 5:18pm

Pelvis wrote: »

Pretty sure they get more than one day off a year already.

I think if the hospitality staff can’t have it off, nobody should have it off. Don’t you agree?

Pubs to open on Good Friday

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