ow quite sure how this works exactly - 57 The Headline on Clanbrassil Street Dublin have opened a walk in pub shop.
Have they just converted it from on-license to off-license?
Looks like you will be getting your wish in a month or so and less that 1700 deaths, mostly older people I understand. Good news then.I haven't had a pint in Kehoes for months. If the cost of me getting back on that barstool is a few thousand dead old people then so be it!
Absolutely! And not even a few thousand dead. Sure the whole thing has all been a bit underwhelming. Nobody I know even died from it therefore the golden rule applies; It didn't affect me = It doesn't matter.Looks like you will be getting your wish in a month or so and less that 1700 deaths, mostly older people I understand. Good news then.
Have they just converted it from on-license to off-license?
See now we are asking the important questions.When the bars open again in 2 weeks what is the closing time is it the normal 11.30 weekdays, 12.30 weekend nights ?, they havn't mentioned anything about that.
In any case was it actually legal to close all the pubs in the first place, I think because of the social media pressure surrounding the corona virus pandemic back in March no publican was going to challenge the decree. They were more sensitive to the social media mob then and closed even before the order due to this pressure.See now we are asking the important questions.
Yes, the power of the mob... sure what could go wrong?In any case was it actually legal to close all the pubs in the first place, I think because of the social media pressure surrounding the corona virus pandemic back in March no publican was going to challenge the decree. They were more sensitive to the social media mob then and closed even before the order due to this pressure.
Now they want 9euro minimum for a meal at a pub and a maximum stay of 1.5 hrs, this is getting ridiculous, the state needs to get out of the way, it's like the return of the parish priest enforcing morality and holy hours. "Leave room for the holy ghost".
We're inching our way back towards a new normality. The publicans have tried every means possible to open all their premises earlier than the restriction date. I heard a Dublin publican recently on radio who said a half sandwich is a meal and he feels entitled to sell liquor legally to the purchaser of the half sandwich. They feel they are more entitled than anybody else. The vast majority of us are biding by the restrictions and the country overall has performed well compared to some other countries. I see no reason why the publicans cannot do what we've been doing.
If the publicans and any other group are allowed do what they want to do, there's no point in having any restrictions.
Not rules like you have to spend €9 and only spend 90 minutes in a pub. None of that makes things safer. It just creates red tape.
How do you suggest controls should be defined so that they are easily understood, implemented and enforceable?
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