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Should Berlin in Dame St be closed down?

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    #32
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,742 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore



    But the GAA was founded there though

    That makes it all right then.


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    #33
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,807 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    Public alcohol consumption + social distancing are not compatible, this has to be acknowledged.

    This. You can have 100% of people with the best of ‘intentions’ when getting their glad rags on and hopping on the bus or into a taxi but those intentions soon get forgotten after a few drinks.... it's the social environment coupled with alcohol and the effect it has on the brain, impairs judgement and decision making, lowering inhibitions etc.


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    #34
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »
    Just for context, and there's 2 more after it.
    https://twitter.com/NoelRock/status/1294764775147266049?s=19

    Gotta laugh at the dozy slappers with the masks on.
    Look like classy ladies.


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    #35
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,682 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    The Russians have one, very minimal testing and I would not take it but they have one.

    Yeah Im aware of that but "having one" and having a proven vaccine are not one and the same. Id rather lock myself in a room for 3 years than take one of the first few batches of a Russian vaccine.


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    #36
    0ph0rce0
    Registered Users Posts: 3,917 ✭✭✭0ph0rce0


    Other than the pouring of the drinks and maybe, just maybe touching off peoples rotten mouths and on to the next.

    Doesn't actually look that bad when you look at all 3 videos.

    People aren't on top of each other. Doesn't seem to be that many either. Looks like markings on the floor where a group are all together.


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    #37
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    What the f*ck happened to you people? Grassing people up to the fun police as we descend into a joyless dystopia.


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    #38
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    hairyslug wrote: »
    What happened in Berlin Took My Breath Away, I have No More Words but it was only a Matter Of Time. Can someone Tell Me Why etc etc



    (Songs by Berlin you Philistines)

    Only heard of the first one


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    #39
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,926 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    is that a gay bar? seemed pretty gay to me.


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    #40
    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    Strumms wrote: »
    This. You can have 100% of people with the best of ‘intentions’ when getting their glad rags on and hopping on the bus or into a taxi but those intentions soon get forgotten after a few drinks.... it's the social environment coupled with alcohol and the effect it has on the brain, impairs judgement and decision making, lowering inhibitions etc.


    If this the formula bars will be closed for awhile.


    Personally i think if owner cannot adhere be closed 2 weeks which is the accepted norm time-frame...


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    #41
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    The curtain twitchers will wail and gnash their teeth, the media will lap up the clicks, the government will react to the media just as they always do, NPHET will use it to further their agenda. All very predictable.

    Which is?


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    #42
    WashYourHands
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭WashYourHands


    Shut it down for good - it's a threat to Ireland


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    #43
    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Which is?
    Oireachtas comittee meeting...


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    #44
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,056 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    People going up to the bar, one by one taking drinks. Bar man had a Mask on. There were some people dancing in the background, most likely in the groups that they were with already.

    What's the problem?

    Open to correction, but under the restrictions people are supposed to sit at their tables, and the staff will take their orders and serve the drink to them there.Customers should not go to the bar to order or stand and drink there.


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    #45
    [Deleted User]
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    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Open to correction, but under the restrictions people are supposed to sit at their tables, and the staff will take their orders and serve the drink to them there.Customers should not go to the bar to order or stand and drink there.

    That would be correct and pouring alcohol into people's mouths is not better than a fecking glass... Some spittle ending up on the bottle etc. Really reaching to claim they were following the rules.


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    #46
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    It's basically the loud music and dancing that people are objecting to. If there was no music, and people were standing still and the barman said please come to the bar for your shot in a shot glass and return to your seat in silence, there wouldn't be any objection.


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    #47
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    So this was the event from someone the media calls an influencer(Jess Brennan) however she does not have many followers so I'm not sure that title is correct.

    EfjPJx2XoAAxr2n?format=png&name=small


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    #48
    Acosta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Disgraceful scenes even if there wasn't a pandemic. The f***ing state of them.


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    #49
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,682 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    So this was the event from someone the media calls an influencer(Jess Brennan) however she does not have many followers so I'm not sure that title is correct.

    EfjPJx2XoAAxr2n?format=png&name=small

    Man thats cringy as fcuk.

    Im old as fcuk though.


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    #50
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    It is easy to be outraged, but where the F are the Gardai in Dublin 2 on a Saturday night?
    Or who exactly is responsible for ensuring that social distancing is being adhered to?
    If the answer is nobody, then it is probably time to close all the pubs.


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    #51
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Man thats cringy as fcuk.

    Im old as fcuk though.

    I'm old too but it reads like some parody from a GTA game.


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    #52
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    It is easy to be outraged, but where the F are the Gardai in Dublin 2 on a Saturday night?
    Or who exactly is responsible for ensuring that social distancing is being adhered to?
    If the answer is nobody, then it is probably time to close all the pubs.

    In a pub I would hope management is responsible to call the Garda but legally I doubt they are obliged to report such a crime.


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    #53
    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,851 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    I'm really glad that the LVA, an organisation that bitterly opposed anti-smoking and anti-drink driving legislation is been given so much airtime about public health issues. :rolleyes:


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    #54
    Jizique
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Jizique


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    It is easy to be outraged, but where the F are the Gardai in Dublin 2 on a Saturday night?
    Or who exactly is responsible for ensuring that social distancing is being adhered to?
    If the answer is nobody, then it is probably time to close all the pubs.

    It wasn’t at night and it was a private “brunch party”; now, it probably should be closed due to Jay Bourke’s Involvement alone, but not sure you can blame the cops for this one


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    #55
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    It is easy to be outraged, but where the F are the Gardai in Dublin 2 on a Saturday night?
    Or who exactly is responsible for ensuring that social distancing is being adhered to?
    If the answer is nobody, then it is probably time to close all the pubs.

    Or perhaps just close the non compliant pubs for 2 weeks for the first breach, 4 weeks for the next and I doubt there will be many needing a third closure.

    The worst of the pubs will have loads of social media videos showing how great the 'craic' is so no need to even enter the pubs, just get the Gardai to call in with a closure notice the following morning.


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    #56
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,688 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    It is easy to be outraged, but where the F are the Gardai in Dublin 2 on a Saturday night?
    Or who exactly is responsible for ensuring that social distancing is being adhered to?
    If the answer is nobody, then it is probably time to close all the pubs.

    It's a Saturday afternoon and if I remember the layout of that bar properly, they're out of view of the street. It's also a private function so who's going to call them?

    Still a shower of ***** though....


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    #57
    dotsman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭dotsman


    In the absence of safe, well run pubs being allowed to open by the government, I wouldn't punish any pub for opening in whatever manner. What we see in this clip, and all the house-parties and field sessions are exactly what an intelligent person would expect to happen in this era of prohibition.

    Throughout the summer, when a young/fun person has gone out to socialise and have even a bit of fun, they are hoping to find a venue that will break the rules. Why? Because the rules are stupid and unworkable (€9 food and 105 minutes are exactly the kind of rules that a bureaucrat that has never had fun would dream up of). Instead, all pubs should be open, with the government working with them to ensure low-risk environments (seating-only, decent distance between each table, tables/chairs out on the streets, strict table-service, strict hygiene of bar staff etc). Allow people to have fun in a safe way, and they won't need to pursue risky activities that we see in the clip.

    P.S. threads like this highlight how many old/dull people there are on boards :D


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    #58
    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,932 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    I'm old too but it reads like some parody from a GTA game.

    I feel dumber after reading it.


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    #59
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,474 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Man thats cringy as fcuk.

    Im old as fcuk though.

    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    I'm old too but it reads like some parody from a GTA game.

    I'm also old :(
    But Christ almighty that baked brunch post takes the Ballad of Gay Tony and makes it seem classy and über butch!

    f26.gif


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    #60
    take everything
    Registered Users Posts: 9,800 ✭✭✭take everything


    Whatever about losing their licence, that video is some seriously cringy stuff.


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    Sebastian Dangerfield
    Registered Users Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭Sebastian Dangerfield


    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Man thats cringy as fcuk.

    Im old as fcuk though.

    I couldnt read anymore after "admish"


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