Good Friday Nightclubs

Nicoleye

Hey all, apologies if this is in the wrong place. I am probably remembering something that never happened (wishful thinking) but does anywhere open up in the city centre late for an oul dancey bop?

BeerNut

Don't think so. Some debate on it here, but the consensus seems to be that midnight opening on Good Friday hasn't been a thing for years, if it ever was.

Nicoleye

Thanks yeah, I had searched for posts before I started mine just as they are older I thought why not ask again

L1011

It wasn't actually legal to begin with so once the spectre of prosecutions arrived it stopped. Club 92 was the last I'm aware of and it may have been fudging it under the racecourse licence which does allow Good Friday

Nicoleye

L1011 wrote: »

It wasn't actually legal to begin with so once the spectre of prosecutions arrived it stopped. Club 92 was the last I'm aware of and it may have been fudging it under the racecourse licence which does allow Good Friday

Even after midnight?

BeerNut

I guess the rationale is that after midnight is before 10.30am, which is earlier than pub licences allow.

TallGlass

I wonder, do bring your own beer bowling be open?

L1011

Nicoleye wrote: »

Even after midnight?

Yes.

amtc

Club 92 used to open at midnight. Always a queue outside. I'm off on the train so that'll do me Good Friday. Not for that purpose but my friend got tickets mixed up!

yourdeadwright

Tomango's used to do it to

whiskeyman

I thought Coppers used to do it back in the day?
Can remember drinking in a mates places before getting taxis into town for 11:00 to start the queue!

L1011

It was *very* common. Often opened the doors at 11:30 and had the DJ going, cloakrooms open etc but no bar until midnight. But late licences stopped being given on the basis that it actually wasn't legal, so that ended.

Anywhere open tomorrow night at 12 is open illegally - so I imagine there'll be none.

Nicoleye

Wishful thinking ☺️

L1011

Noted today that the number of places to get a pint during the day is even markedly down from recent years

Galway Hooker was closed.
Harolds Cross dogs has closed down
Leopardstown has no races on, not sure if has done so recently.

Leaving you with Madigans in Connolly, Shelbourne Park dogs, the barge on the Grand Canal or the Airport. All require tickets, if planned in advance the Airport could be the cheapest! Ryanair fiver to somewhere, stay in the main shopping area of the terminal until done and exit by going down Pier A/200s and exiting via the normal security channel.

As well as the Galway Hooker, O'Reillys in Tara Street and the restaurant at Dun Laoghaire station could legally open if they wanted to as they use railway licences, but don't.

All a bit much for a pint, though!

Paul_Mc1988

The red cow nightclub open every year without fail... think its called BUZZ these days.

Firefox11

The Pub's will be open tomorrow if that's any good to you.

L1011

Paul_Mc1988 wrote: »

The red cow nightclub open every year without fail... think its called BUZZ these days.

Except they aren't. Nowhere is.

They have a "prohibition ending" themed night *tomorrow* night due to being closed tonight


Basically - its a thing of the past as it was never legal to begin with and places eventually gave up. Next year its likely the ban will be gone. Every year there's a thread on this and every year people post places they remember doing it years ago; none of which are actually open.

L1011

L1011 wrote: »

Noted today that the number of places to get a pint during the day is even markedly down from recent years

Galway Hooker was closed.
Harolds Cross dogs has closed down
Leopardstown has no races on, not sure if has done so recently.

Leaving you with Madigans in Connolly, Shelbourne Park dogs, the barge on the Grand Canal or the Airport. All require tickets, if planned in advance the Airport could be the cheapest! Ryanair fiver to somewhere, stay in the main shopping area of the terminal until done and exit by going down Pier A/200s and exiting via the normal security channel.

As well as the Galway Hooker, O'Reillys in Tara Street and the restaurant at Dun Laoghaire station could legally open if they wanted to as they use railway licences, but don't.

All a bit much for a pint, though!

No dogs in Shelbourne since mid February. Seems the dog owners are on strike.

r93kaey5p2izun

Do clubs and pubs have to close at midnight on the Thursday?

milehip

L1011 wrote: »

Noted today that the number of places to get a pint during the day is even markedly down from recent years


As well as the Galway Hooker, O'Reillys in Tara Street and the restaurant at Dun Laoghaire station could legally open if they wanted to as they use railway licences, but don't.

All a bit much for a pint, though!

I'm guessing all these places don't think it's worth the hassle.

L1011

Averie Kind Peak wrote: »

Do clubs and pubs have to close at midnight on the Thursday?

Yes

milehip wrote: »

I'm guessing all these places don't think it's worth the hassle.

No, they're not doing it because it's illegal. There was a widespread belief it wasn't, to the level that district court judges gave late licences. It was realised it wasn't.

Deleted User wrote: »

No dogs in Shelbourne since mid February. Seems the dog owners are on strike.

They were advertising that they're open very heavily. I do see "inter track racing" so maybe they're showing races from the other stadia?

r93kaey5p2izun

So the Good Friday alcohol ban lasts more than 24 hours for the majority of pubs/clubs. Strange logic.

Stheno

L1011 wrote: »

Yes



No, they're not doing it because it's illegal. There was a widespread belief it wasn't, to the level that district court judges gave late licences. It was realised it wasn't.



They were advertising that they're open very heavily. I do see "inter track racing" so maybe they're showing races from the other stadia?

THey are showing the races from Cork

milehip

L1011 wrote: »

No, they're not doing it because it's illegal. There was a widespread belief it wasn't, to the level that district court judges gave late licences. It was realised it wasn't.

Emmhhh OK,but you wrote in your earlier post that they could legally open with their railway licence.

Inmyownworld

Averie Kind Peak wrote: »

So the Good Friday alcohol ban lasts more than 24 hours for the majority of pubs/clubs. Strange logic.

I presume it's because places that are open past midnight on a normal night would be open due to getting an extentsion on their licence/a late licence for that night. Since they can't get an ordinary licence for that night they can't get a late licence to be open past 12.

odyssey06

Madigans was doing a lot of business yesterday according to the Indo...

I wonder if the Dublin Bay Cruise ship would have been able to sell alcohol when cruising... maybe not, it only covers the same distance as the DART!

L1011

milehip wrote: »

Emmhhh OK,but you wrote in your earlier post that they could legally open with their railway licence.

Yes, misread and thought you were quoting a different post. My mistake!