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Any Progress on Student Bar.

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  • 22-01-2013 12:26pm
    #1
    Mix_Tape
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    Hey Guys,

    I'm just wondering if anybody has heard if there's been any progress made at all regarding a student bar? We were initially told it would be christmas, and then the start of semester two yet still there appears to be nothing, and silence from the SU.

    Without wanting to come across as a raging alcoholic, I feel the absence of a bar on campus has had a real impact for first years who have had little or no opportunity to socialise and meet each other outside class time. Any info on when there's a resolution expected to this would be greatly appreciated.

    Cheers.

    :confused:


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    yellow belly du
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭yellow belly du


    The Forum Bar won't be open until May 31st at the earliest. No date for the old Student Bar but when it does open, it won't function on a daily basis, only as a venue for gigs.

    http://www.collegetribune.ie/index.php/2013/01/deal-over-bar-arrived-at/


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    What a joke, 31st of May until any bar opens on campus? Great timing. In the meantime, if the student club reopens this semester, it will be as good as closed if its a venue based bar, with no gigs being admitted.

    What are the prospects of it opening as a BYOB for now? How does licensing work in regards to this?


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    Mix_Tape
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Mix_Tape


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    What a joke, 31st of May until any bar opens on campus? Great timing. In the meantime, if the student club reopens this semester, it will be as good as closed if its a venue based bar, with no gigs being admitted.

    I know. Opened up when the college year is finished. Worst. University. Ever.


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    Raphael
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    You do realise that the university exists outside of term, right? Opening in May means they can operate during the summer, work through any teething troubles with reduced customer numbers, and then hit the ground running in September.


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Raphael wrote: »
    You do realise that the university exists outside of term, right? Opening in May means they can operate during the summer, work through any teething troubles with reduced customer numbers, and then hit the ground running in September.

    And there was me thinking it just turned back into fields after the exams


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    willowthewisp
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    Raphael wrote: »
    You do realise that the university exists outside of term, right? Opening in May means they can operate during the summer, work through any teething troubles with reduced customer numbers, and then hit the ground running in September.

    Hardly benefits the current full time students though does it?


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    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    willowthewisp wrote: »
    Hardly benefits the current full time students though does it?
    The current full time undergraduates no, the current fulltime postgraduates yes.


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    willowthewisp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭willowthewisp


    Raphael wrote: »
    The current full time undergraduates no, the current fulltime postgraduates yes.

    I would dare say that the undergrads would be the ones who would spend more time and money in there.


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    Raphael
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    Undoubtedly, but postgrads have felt the lack of it as hard - Just because it would be used less, doesn't mean it won't be missed as much.

    And as mentioned, opening during a slower season allows them to work out any kinks, get used to the place and find out what, if anything is wrong (which could be important after a build that got stopped halfway and changed company) before they get inundated with customers in September.

    If tehy didn't think they could turn a profit over the summer, they'd hold off on opening till September.


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    errlloyd
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    Pretty sure it used to a turn an all right summer profit being a disco venue for all the Spanish student summer camps based around UCD. I think they just paid a venue fee because they weren't drinking obviously.

    At the moment the fire alarm is broken / non existent. So it's fire safety cert seems like some time off. I know the lads in the SU have been pushing pretty hard for it. Its difficult for them, if they're seen as giving too much time to it people will get on their backs about library opening hours and fees (fair enough). So they had to wait for the library to re-open on Sundays and the budget before being able to give it a real look.

    In the meantime they've organised some deals with "Kielys" up the hill in Mount Merrion (not the one in D'Brook). I used to drink there a fair bit with my mates last year if we wanted a quiet pint, away from the noise of the student bar. I believe Kielys have stuck on some promotions, although I'm not sure when these are offers, might just be evenings.

    I believe it's...

    2e Shots
    3e Pints (the cheap ones)
    3e Vodka Dash
    10e 3 Jager Bombs

    Its about a 7 minute walk from res, and they seem pretty keen to get some students in, its a nice pub.


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    ironclaw
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    What are the prospects of it opening as a BYOB for now? How does licensing work in regards to this?

    Its a little complicated on a licensed premises. In a nutshell a bar can refuse to serve you if you rather worse for wear but if you bring your own then you can get trashed as your feel fit. The problem being your still on the premises and as such 'their' problem irregardless of how you got mangled. I think its more health and safety as opposed to tax / loss of earnings.

    I'm not versed in the law but that was my understanding from speaking to family members who are in the trade.
    Raphael wrote: »
    And as mentioned, opening during a slower season allows them to work out any kinks, get used to the place and find out what, if anything is wrong (which could be important after a build that got stopped halfway and changed company) before they get inundated with customers in September.

    Its really important in any catering business to do this. You don't want to open Sept. 1st and have a beer line leak, fridges fail etc. It can happen and a bar system is actually really complicated. I'd agree with the view point that its half deliberate to get the place up and running fully first.


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