Dublin Pride 2019

cgcsb · 02-07-2019 8:02pm

imme wrote: »

Can we stick to the facts please.
Did the gardai actually shut down nealons?

Yes

imme wrote: »

street 66 was doing a wristband thing so should have been able to restrict customer numbers themselves.
As far as I remember their customers had the footpath on their side of parliament Street blocked more or less.

Nobody was allowed out the back with drink after the gardaí issued their threat. Yeah I suppose there was a bit of path blocking. Standard in Dublin on match days, paddy's day or sunny evenings. But the gays are easily harassed

Stop moaning ffs · 02-07-2019 8:11pm

I don’t know the year but I was 9 or 10 and certainly no idea I was gay and saw a very weird minuscule gay pride parade from the Porch of Easons on so aconnell st.
It was a handful of people and a bedsheet with some gay pride slogan on it. That’s all. Those people were truly brave looking back on it now.
Then we grew up and fought that good fight and looking back now it’s gives me happy tears and a huge sense of pride in both the country and it’s people.

We can nitpick about how it is now and it’s valid. But it’s truly amazing how far we’ve come. Further to go. Trans rights gay parents rights it isn’t over by any stretch. But we’re on the road and it’s brilliant.

imme · 02-07-2019 8:21pm

cgcsb wrote: »

Nobody was allowed out the back with drink after the gardaí issued their threat. Yeah I suppose there was a bit of path blocking. Standard in Dublin on match days, paddy's day or sunny evenings. But the gays are easily harassed

The front and back of street66 are vehicular thoroughfares.
Usually smokers out the back are conscious of traffic and there's no issue.

The good weather obviously encouraged more than just smokers to be outside.

There are apartments out the back way as well, could the residents have been vocal about the crowds as well as it being a traffic/safety issue?

When the pubs in Fairview in particular have drinkers outside for big croke park games they have crowd control barriers that the drinkers are meant to keep behind to keep the path usable.

Your last line "the gays are easily harassed".
I just don't buy that.

AllForIt · 02-07-2019 9:08pm

cgcsb wrote: »

The gardaí, in traditional homophobic style, were closing down Neelons and threatening Street 66 because of the overspill onto the street. Something that the gardaí wouldn't dream of doing on a match day or any Paddy's day, or on any sunny evening at any pub in town but there you go, nothing like an old fashioned queer bashing for the cops.

I'm a bit skeptical about such reports in the first year the Guards took part in the parade and the first year I have ever seen this:

Anyone would think some would like to see a Stonewall-like riot of our own.

Mr.Frame · 02-07-2019 9:25pm

imme wrote: »

The front and back of street66 are vehicular thoroughfares.
Usually smokers out the back are conscious of traffic and there's no issue.

The good weather obviously encouraged more than just smokers to be outside.

There are apartments out the back way as well, could the residents have been vocal about the crowds as well as it being a traffic/safety issue?

When the pubs in Fairview in particular have drinkers outside for big croke park games they have crowd control barriers that the drinkers are meant to keep behind to keep the path usable.

Your last line "the gays are easily harassed".
I just don't buy that.

I dont know why the Gards have gotten extra "heavy" with regards to drinking out the back of Street 66, or indeed drinking out the front especially on Pride.
Last year i saw Gards threaten people they would be arrested unless they went inside premises on Parliament St ( it was outside a wine bar). Two Gards were continually walking up and down the street.
Up until 3 yrs ago i ( and lots of others ) drank outside the back of Street 66 without any problem from anyone and no one caused any problems either.

Ironically last year the 2 Gards walking up and down Parliament St waring people about standing outside with drinks, failed to do anything to a group of about 8 sitting on Parliament St bridge, drinking cans.
Something wrong there!

cgcsb · 03-07-2019 2:08pm

imme wrote: »

The front and back of street66 are vehicular thoroughfares.
Usually smokers out the back are conscious of traffic and there's no issue.

The good weather obviously encouraged more than just smokers to be outside.

Literally every sunny day the drinkers outside Floeys on Merrion Row or Kennedy's on Lincoln Place or The Barge at the Grand Canal.....the list is extensive are causing an obstruction that forces pedestrians onto the road. Lets not even talk about Paddy's day. Yet they come out with the iron fists for pride to enforce the rules.

ongarboy · 04-07-2019 2:00pm

Yeah, we were outside Nealons waiting for our friend to order get a drink when the guards came and we were all cleared. The bar shut temporarily as well even though my friend was there half an hour and wasn't getting served such was the crowds. I understand crowd control and safety needs to be maintained but every sunny Thursday or Friday evening of the year, the corner footpath at Ferryman pub on the extremely busy Sir John Rodgerson's quay in the Docklands is blocked with drinkers forcing all pedestrians out onto the busy dual lane road. Similarly, any pub near all the sporting grounds on match days. Those venues or events never get cautioned.

We didn't even consider Pantibar due to previous year queues and Street 66 required the wristband so we just ended up going to The Oak/Thomas Reads pub on the corner and got served instantly and had a booth for us all to sit in so stayed for hours. Great atmosphere around town and the warm weather, especially when the sun came out made it really summer carnival like.

L.Jenkins · 04-08-2019 9:29pm

Anyone from Boards go? 34 and I've never been to pride, ever. Shameful stuff I know, but there's always Dublin and Galway next year.

cgcsb · 05-08-2019 2:11pm

Dublin wasn't any fun this year. Too big, too packed, gardaí killing all the craic.

Go to one of the other cities for pride

Ten of Swords · 05-08-2019 3:52pm

Having been very cynical about pride for the last 2 years I can actually say hand on heart that I had a fantastic time this year, however I will say that my positive experience this year was more due to the people I was with rather than the parade and layout itself.

The atmosphere was great though, much more positive and happy than last year (imo). Learning from my past mistakes though I left the city center before it got messy (ie, after it got dark)

L.Jenkins · 06-08-2019 7:43pm

cgcsb wrote: »

Dublin wasn't any fun this year. Too big, too packed, gardaí killing all the craic.

Go to one of the other cities for pride

I'll go to Galway and maybe Cork so :P

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