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Is this law in ?
is this a blanket closing time?
for instance - does the gaiety now close at this time also?
is this a blanket closing time?
for instance - does the gaiety now close at this time also?
TOP TIP for Office LicencesPersonally I think it's a good thing you can no longer buy them in your local shop - it was convenience at the expense of easy access to beer for young lads as far as I'm concerned so I'm all for people having to go to the off license for beer again
In other European countries, teenagers can meet up at coffee shops etc but these don't exist here after six.
Why is it that most other European countries seem to be able to handle their local shops selling beer?
ehh yeah that was my point - Office Licences regulate this much better than your local shop appears able to do - it being their primary business to sell alcohol this is logical!TOP TIP for Office Licences
Don't sell alcohol to people under 18
suffer? Being a tad melodramatic aren't we? Is it really hardship to go to an off license instead of your local shop for beer? We seemed to manage fine before!Why should everyone suffer?
Why is it nannystateism? These laws allowing beer be sold in your local shop were relatively new laws as it is - think it was only about 10 years ago they brought them in. Personally I think it's a good thing you can no longer buy them in your local shop - it was convenience at the expense of easy access to beer for young lads as far as I'm concerned so I'm all for people having to go to the off license for beer again.
ehh yeah that was my point - Office Licences regulate this much better than your local shop appears able to do - it being their primary business to sell alcohol this is logical!
Proper policing, with proper sanction for those found breaking the law, would be a fairer and more effective means of the state achieving its goals in this area.
A more effective way to ensure the public-policy goal of preventing teenage purchasing of alcohol (the fact that they'll just get it by other means than purchasing is another matter) would be to increase the punishment on any retailer found selling alcohol illegally .
....and people wonder why retail costs are so high here compared to anywhere else? Why should retailers be left with shouldering the financial consequences of others' misbehaviour? The fact remains that under-18s can always manage to get their grubby hands on alcohol, no matter how strict the laws. You have to be over-21 to enter a bar in the US but they still have plenty of underage drinking.
It is stupid closing off licences, shortening bar opening times etc and not dealing with the problem. Ireland attitude to drink. I am always amazed when the government talk of stopping under age drinking that they never offer teenagers an alternative. In other European countries, teenagers can meet up at coffee shops etc but these don't exist here after six.