Good Friday

Jamsiek

Carnacalla wrote: »

If you want to drink/eat meat you can!
You cannot be arrested for having a quiet drink at home.

It's not the same though. What about the publicans that are missing out on trade?

Carnacalla wrote: »

It would be a dark day for all the groups that try and stop Alcohol abuse if the good Friday ban is removed

It's going to happen anyway so why postpone the inevitable

JCX BXC

IMHO they should ban alcohol every Friday.

Tarzana2

Jon Stark wrote: »

I'm not going to be massively inconvenienced so I don't feel inclined to contribute to the annual moan on here about it.

I think you just did.

awec

Carnacalla wrote: »

It would be a dark day for all the groups that try and stop Alcohol abuse if the good Friday ban is removed

Bollocks.

Good Friday does nothing for alcohol abuse. Alcoholics just buy twice as much in the off license on a Thursday.

Dravokivich

Carnacalla wrote: »

If you want to drink/eat meat you can!

You cannot be arrested for having a quiet drink at home.

It would be a dark day for all the groups that try and stop Alcohol abuse if the good Friday ban is removed

Huh? Its a bit lazy to help someone that has a problem with alcohol to just cut out the possibilty to get it. It isn't dealing with their issue at all.

JCX BXC

Dravokivich wrote: »

Huh? Its a bit lazy to help someone that has a problem with alcohol to just cut out the possibilty to get it. It isn't dealing with their issue at all.

How not? If they can't get alcohol for one day it means they don't get plastered that day and can decide properly wheater to drink the next day.

Dravokivich

Carnacalla wrote: »

How not? If they can't get alcohol for one day it means they don't get plastered that day and can decide properly wheater to drink the next day.

The problems people have with substance abuse, are rarely the substance Itself. Revoking access to the substance doesn't deal with what put them in the state they are in.

languagenerd

I just see Good Friday as a sort of weird little cultural anomaly and I genuinely don't understand why people get so worked up about it. Yeah, it's a weird old tradition that remains in law but it's not as if the guards are raiding people's homes looking for drink and arresting people who dare consume it. The law doesn't ban drinking. You can still drink, you just can't buy it for 24hrs.

I'm not saying it's a necessary law, but some people act as if it's a sudden permanent prohibition, rather than a one-day closure that you know about well in advance. It's probably the biggest day of the year for house parties. To me, it's like the fact that shops don't open at all on Sundays in France so that people don't have to work. It'd be nice if Good Friday could be a bit like that or like Christmas - where the vast majority of people get the day off and people can spend time with friends/family.

And I'm not religious at all, btw.

end of the road

Carnacalla wrote: »

If you want to drink/eat meat you can!

You cannot be arrested for having a quiet drink at home.

but some aren't having quiet drinks at home, they are having house parties. now the majority of house parties will pass fine. but thats not the point

Carnacalla wrote: »

It would be a dark day for all the groups that try and stop Alcohol abuse if the good Friday ban is removed

no it wouldn't. how would it. do you think this bann which achieves nothing is stopping alcohol abuse? if you do, your very very delusianel

hynesie08

Carnacalla wrote: »

How not? If they can't get alcohol for one day it means they don't get plastered that day and can decide properly wheater to drink the next day.

Because that's not what happens, instead of buying 8 cans on Friday, they buy a slab on Thursday and end up even more paralytic than a normal Friday.

Eutow

Carnacalla wrote: »

How not? If they can't get alcohol for one day it means they don't get plastered that day and can decide properly wheater to drink the next day.

You don't know how an alcoholic thinks and operates with that comment then.

JCX BXC

Fine, we will do a Saudi Arabia, no drink for anyone!

end of the road

Carnacalla wrote: »

IMHO they should ban alcohol every Friday.

and what will that achieve? stop alcohol abuse? wrong.

end of the road

Carnacalla wrote: »

How not? If they can't get alcohol for one day it means they don't get plastered that day and can decide properly wheater to drink the next day.

oh sweet jesus. you can't be serious. do you think alcoholism works like that? really? if you have an addiction, which alcoholism is, then the good friday bann won't make a difference to you.

Jamsiek

languagenerd wrote: »

I genuinely don't understand why people get so worked up about it.

I don't think people are as angry as just perplexed. It's the erosion of choice.
What about tourists that want to have a drink with their meal but find that this bizarre law is still in place?
What about the bars and restaurants that are losing money?

end of the road

Carnacalla wrote: »

Fine, we will do a Saudi Arabia, no drink for anyone!

tried, failed, unworkable. and if you think you can't get drink in saudi, your deluded. you will have to look hard though, but it can be found

mikom

God says No.

kylith

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

Surely a normal business day would be a day where you can go to town and expect to conduct all or any business you wish? Than back, tax office, your accountant, have a pint?

I would very much fear that those of us who get the day off may find it being questioned if pubs were to be allowed to open which is also a very good reason for keeping the law.

If it's 'not a normal business day' so it's ok, in your opinion, for the pubs to close why are the pubs not closed every other bank holiday?

Spanish Eyes

The GF closure of pubs and offies is an IRISH thing, not a Christian rule.

That is what is laughable really.

We must be the ONLY country in the world (apart from the strict Muslim places) that ban alcohol purchases on Good Friday. Ho hum....

Personally, I stock up and have friends around for Brinner (brunch/dinner combo). Always a great day TBH.

But, when you think of the gazillions spent by Failte Ireland trying to get people to holiday here over the Easter Break.... it boggles the mind that they cannot visit a place on GF that is marketed so much in their minds.... yes... the Oirish Pub! And that is usually the first day of the break here. It must break their hearts, and of course those of the publicans too!

Reality has to set in here. I think it will be abolished before the 1916 thinggy next year.

Good!

super_furry

Shut up and eat your fish!

Eutow

I wonder what Madcon thinks, he's always full of opinions.

eternal

Cunnilingus day with a side of chips. It's a very Good Friday.

JCX BXC

end of the road wrote: »

tried, failed, unworkable. and if you think you can't get drink in saudi, your deluded. you will have to look hard though, but it can be found

The punishments are a little more effective than the Irish ones

PopePalpatine

Eutow wrote: »

I wonder what Madcon thinks, he's always full of opinions.

Just wait, he needs clearance from the arseholes at 23 Merrion Square.

galljga1

eviltwin wrote: »

How would they when they book the event years in advance and aren't of the Catholic faith

Any wedding venue worth their salt should know and should point it out. I asked our local banqueting manageress and she said they do point it out but also that it would have no impact as they would provide the same service on GF as on any other day of the year apart from Christmas when they close the entire hotel.

Eutow

eternal wrote: »

Cunnilingus day with a side of chips. It's a very Good Friday.

If only.

uncleoswald

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

Let them mind their own business and stop sticking their nose where its not wanted.

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

I never discuss religion, in fact the only people I ever hear harping on about it are the poor old atheists complaining and annoying everyone with their opinion

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

I always point it out to people at work on ash wednesday when they eat meat, I do it in a joking way but I do mean it.

You are a riddle wrapped up in an enigma... bundled up in a contradiction.

Spanish Eyes

eternal wrote: »

Cunnilingus day with a side of chips. It's a very Good Friday.

Aer "lingus" would be MUUUUUCH better really

You can get out of this place, and still enjoy it with a beer.

eternal

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Aer "lingus" would be MUUUUUCH better really

You can get out of this place, and still enjoy it with a beer.

Can you drink on flights on Good Friday?

JCX BXC

eternal wrote: »

Can you drink on flights on Good Friday?

Presumably not in Irish airspace. Once your outside that you can.

eternal

Carnacalla wrote: »

Presumably not in Irish airspace. Once your outside that you can.

Take all of 15 minutes so to leave the Emerald Isle and knock back the tepid 6 euro mini beers.

JCX BXC

eternal wrote: »

Take all of 15 minutes so to leave the Emerald Isle and knock back the tepid 6 euro mini beers.

Haha, would you even bother?

Jamsiek

eternal wrote: »

Can you drink on flights on Good Friday?

You can drink in the airport if you show your boarding pass. Worked for me.

LDN_Irish

Carnacalla wrote: »

If you want to drink/eat meat you can!

You cannot be arrested for having a quiet drink at home.

Carnacalla wrote: »

It would be a dark day for all the groups that try and stop Alcohol abuse if the good Friday ban is removed

How have you managed to make these 2 points in the same post? Which groups that try to stop alcohol abuse think that a 1 day sales ban has any effect on alcohol abuse? That'd be an insanely stupid thing to think given that as you say, "if you want to drink you can!"

Spanish Eyes

eternal wrote: »

Can you drink on flights on Good Friday?

Well I'd say they'd bite your hand off to sell you whatever they have on the trolley. Be that alcohol, perfume, clocks, watches, and whatnot. Any time day or night! Same goes for any other airline.

If you can get on a train with a valid ticket and drink your way around the country on GF, I don't see the DRINK police getting their summoms papers out on a flight!

eternal

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Well I'd say they'd bite your hand off to sell you whatever they have on the trolley. Be that alcohol, perfume, clocks, watches, and whatnot. Any time day or night! Same goes for any other airline.

If you can get on a train with a valid ticket and drink your way around the country on GF, I don't see the DRINK police getting their summoms papers out on a flight!

I remember being able to drink in Limerick Train Station alright on a Good Friday. The place was hopping.

uncleoswald

uncleoswald wrote: »

You are a riddle wrapped up in an enigma... bundled up in a contradiction.

And thickly coated in hypocrisy.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

The GF closure of pubs and offies is an IRISH thing, not a Christian rule.

That is what is laughable really.

We must be the ONLY country in the world (apart from the strict Muslim places) that ban alcohol purchases on Good Friday. Ho hum....

Personally, I stock up and have friends around for Brinner (brunch/dinner combo). Always a great day TBH.

But, when you think of the gazillions spent by Failte Ireland trying to get people to holiday here over the Easter Break.... it boggles the mind that they cannot visit a place on GF that is marketed so much in their minds.... yes... the Oirish Pub! And that is usually the first day of the break here. It must break their hearts, and of course those of the publicans too!

Reality has to set in here. I think it will be abolished before the 1916 thinggy next year.

Good!

So what? I've arrived over in Europe on a Saturday night and literally had to starve until late Sunday afternoon when a restaurant would open, couldn't even get a loaf of bread.

Shops not opening every Sunday is totally crazy and a thousand times more of pain in the arse than one friday in the whole year where pubs are closed.

branie2

I'm working on Good Friday

mikom

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

So what? I've arrived over in Europe on a Saturday night and literally had to starve until late Sunday afternoon when a restaurant would open, couldn't even get a loaf of bread.

You should have headed over to Cana, where they were flush with loves, and fishes as well.

Peregrine

eternal wrote: »

Can you drink on flights on Good Friday?

Yes. There are lots of exemptions to the ban which makes the whole thing even more silly and redundant.

Jamsiek

Brynlee Great Eye wrote: »

So what? I've arrived over in Europe on a Saturday night and literally had to starve until late Sunday afternoon when a restaurant would open, couldn't even get a loaf of bread.

Shops not opening every Sunday is totally crazy and a thousand times more of pain in the arse than one friday in the whole year where pubs are closed.

But they had the choice to open if they wanted, that's the point.

What about bar or restaurant owners that decide to open in Ireland on good friday?

lertsnim

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Or in other words: "ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME".

It fits the bill for a Christian that likes to shove their beliefs on others.

Gwynplaine

It doesn't bother me that the pub is closed, I'm rarely in a pub anyway. I usually get some cans on the Thursday and head to friends house to play cards on the Friday.
If you're that hard up and dependent on alcohol, just stock up during the week.
It's only 2 days in the year. Think of the bar staff, I'm sure they're glad of a day off.
It reminds me of the idiots I see on Christmas day getting petrol and diesel. Poor bastard in the petrol station listening to fools through the window looking for batteries and stuffing.
A little bit of thinking ahead, that's all that's needed.

Eutow

Gwynplaine wrote: »

It doesn't bother me that the pub is closed, I'm rarely in a pub anyway. I usually get some cans on the Thursday and head to friends house to play cards on the Friday.
If you're that hard up and dependent on alcohol, just stock up during the week.
It's only 2 days in the year. Think of the bar staff, I'm sure they're glad of a day off.
It reminds me of the idiots I see on Christmas day getting petrol and diesel. Poor bastard in the petrol station listening to fools through the window looking for batteries and stuffing.
A little bit of thinking ahead, that's all that's needed.

Congratulations I think you are the first one to bring this up on this years thread. Don't worry though, you ain't unique, this sad excuse has usually got trotted out by now. The poor bar staff they never get any days off except good friday and christmas day. Blah, blah, blah.



You can't compare that with the petrol and batteries thing.

Jamsiek

Gwynplaine wrote: »

It doesn't bother me that the pub is closed, I'm rarely in a pub anyway. I usually get some cans on the Thursday and head to friends house to play cards on the Friday.
If you're that hard up and dependent on alcohol, just stock up during the week.
It's only 2 days in the year. Think of the bar staff, I'm sure they're glad of a day off.
It reminds me of the idiots I see on Christmas day getting petrol and diesel. Poor bastard in the petrol station listening to fools through the window looking for batteries and stuffing.
A little bit of thinking ahead, that's all that's needed.

Looks like you haven't been following the thread.
The predictable "It's only 2 days in the year" argument has been refuted many times here.

LDN_Irish

Gwynplaine wrote: »

It's only 2 days in the year. Think of the bar staff, I'm sure they're glad of a day off.

You're presumably aware that people in the service industry have days off?

Zebra3

Isn't it great to know ireland still takes its dictats from an orginisation that rapes kids?

I'm awaiting Enda Kenny's next speech on Ireland being a modern country, open for business. :rolleyes:

What a tosser.

Gwynplaine

LDN_Irish wrote: »

You're presumably aware that people in the service industry have days off?

Do they? God I never knew that. Sure when I was a chap I used to think that my teacher lived in the school.

Spanish Eyes

Christmas Day has to be next for lifting the ban. Because GF ban will be gone by the time all the great and good descend for the 1916 centenary next year.

I thought we were a progressive, European, open, multicultural society that is tolerant of everything.

Must be wrong on that one.