Public drinking

christmas2012

years ago everybody could crack open a can in a park or just casually strolling,i dont see it as much anymore due to tough laws coming in,you get fined a grand i think for being spotted out drinking in public,if youre a first time offender they might let you off,but its cleaned up the streets a lot,i know it can be very intimidating walking alone and seeing a gang of guys drinking..

suicide_circus

Martyn1989 wrote: »

The kiosks that sold the tickets for the trains sold beer and you'd see many people having a beer on the train platform on their way home from work.

When I was in Hamburg, I recall guys having a can waiting for the train on the way TO work! But thats maybe 10years back or more.

MadYaker

I can't believe some of the responses in this thread! I've sat in Eyre Square in Galway drinking during the day being passed by several gardai who didnt even give us a second glance. Some people who drink on the street are hobos yeah but im not a ****ing hobo and I don't look like one.

foleypio

dont have a problem with public drinking but it always seems to get out of hand here in Ireland & thats why alot of people have a problem with it here imo. The Germans, Frence, Spanish seem to have a much more mature attitude to drinking than we do full stop. If alot of people didnt act the maggot everytime we have the opportunity to drink outside here I dont think it would be any problem

BornToKill

BornToKill wrote: »

Which continent?

The European variety

Cianos

foleypio wrote: »

dont have a problem with public drinking but it always seems to get out of hand here in Ireland & thats why alot of people have a problem with it here imo. The Germans, Frence, Spanish seem to have a much more mature attitude to drinking than we do full stop. If alot of people didnt act the maggot everytime we have the opportunity to drink outside here I dont think it would be any problem

Problem is there are no opportunities, so then everyone lashes in to it because of the novelty factor. If you could drink anywhere you wanted, at any time, people would stop making such a big deal out of it and there'd be far less drama.

foleypio

Cianos wrote: »

Problem is there are no opportunities, so then everyone lashes in to it because of the novelty factor. If you could drink anywhere you wanted, at any time, people would stop making such a big deal out of it and there'd be far less drama.

I dont think so tbh, that sounds very idealistic in this country. We drink far more than Europeans on average and allowing people to drink anywhere, anytime would encourage that even more. I for one wouldnt feel comfortable on the streets if people were drinking all the time

Feisar

christmas2012 wrote: »

years ago everybody could crack open a can in a park or just casually strolling,i dont see it as much anymore due to tough laws coming in,you get fined a grand i think for being spotted out drinking in public,if youre a first time offender they might let you off,but its cleaned up the streets a lot,i know it can be very intimidating walking alone and seeing a gang of guys drinking..

It's a bit of a preconceived notion that you'd have a reason to by intimidated by a group of people drinking outside.

Feisar

Is there a by-law on the quays in Dublin that allows drinking?

BornToKill

Feisar wrote: »

Is there a by-law on the quays in Dublin that allows drinking?

No, I think that applies just to heroin.

Jay D

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Sometimes I'll open a beer on the way back from the shops or bring some to a park on a sunny day. It seems the norm here in London where you'll see gangs of city boys etc drinking cans while walking to the next bar, and everyone brings booze to the various commons when it gets hot.
Is it frowned upon in Ireland? Is it even illegal? I always felt more conscious of drinking a beer walking down the street, or if I sometimes cracked open a can on the bus on the way to town for a night out. You're not supposed to drink on the tube here anymore but everyone does it anyway. I don't see a problem as long as you're behaving yourself. Doesn't seem to be a big deal in Spain and Germany from my experience either, far more of it on show there actually. So should we turn a blind eye or have a no tolerence approach to it?

It's nice to see the Garda take a few for themselves from the normal people but leave the cheap stuff dipsos go around wasted on well alone.

I thought their behavior was the reason it is illegal here?

We are a shower of backward fools here. Only in crappy Ireland (or some other Arab states).