Licensing laws on Holy Thursday/Good Friday

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aonfocaleile

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Does anyone know whether late bars etc can serve alcohol after midnight on Holy Thursday i.e. into the early hours of Good Friday? I remember a few years ago, places used to close the bar at midnight and was wondering if this is still the case.
 
aonfocaleile said:
Does anyone know whether late bars etc can serve alcohol after midnight on Holy Thursday i.e. into the early hours of Good Friday? I remember a few years ago, places used to close the bar at midnight and was wondering if this is still the case.
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It is still the case...all bars will close at midnight.
Quite a few nightclubs will open at midnight on Friday night though
 
You'd need to be booked into a hotel as AFAIK the Residents Bar will serve alcohol into Good Friday . . on the day itself I think you'd need to be on a train to be served alcohol :rolleyes:.
 
Thanks for the replies. A colleague has a big night out planned tonight which I was hoping to dodge. At least it can't go on too late if places close at 12. I must be getting old.:eek:
 
These religious laws strike me as bizarre. Why should pubs be obliged to close on "Good" Friday ? oh, oh, ... I feel a "Letting Off Steam" thread coming on ... :D
 
Look at it from the pub/off-licence staff's perspective, Good Friday (and 25th /26th December) are the only days that they're guaranteed to have off work, all other holidays which we take for granted (think St Patrick's Day, Easter, Bank hols.....) are subject to their normal work rota.
 
Look at it from the pub/off-licence staff's perspective,
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Another way to look at it is that off-licences make a fortune on the Thursday - probably much more than if they were open on Good Friday.
 
umop3p!sdn said:
Another way to look at it is that off-licences make a fortune on the Thursday - probably much more than if they were open on Good Friday.
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Without a doubt - The fuss & drama arising from the closure seems to inspire vast amounts of binge drinking.
 
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