Pubs Open In Sligo

scooby77

Rare to see a Sligo page trending...we should keep it up. If pubs are named be busiest pubs in EU/ EU- UK

pburns

I've heard of a 'speakeasy' in South/City Dublin being open from the start of lockdown (don't know location). Seen photos from friend-of-a friend.

Also a pub in my local town has had 'regulars' in the back yard.

It angers me - my gf is a frontline HCW.

jt69er

What is a "speakeasy"?

sligojoek

jt69er wrote: »

What is a "speakeasy"?

A pub open when supposed to be closed. Only those "in the know" allowed in.
I think it comes from the prohibition days

whatswhat

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

There’s a few pubs in town (at least) flouting the “lockdown” rules at the moment. I’m sure most boardsies are aware of them. It kind of sits uncomfortably with me. As a business owner I’m closed and as a citizen I’m trying my damndest to do what I’m told for the greater good so I would prefer we all rowed together in all honesty, yet I know the struggles for us all in business and personally. What do you think? Have you been or would you go? Do you reckon the authorities know and are turning a blind eye or are unaware?

Personally, especially with this warm weather, I would have loved to have gone out to a pub for a few drinks, if only just to be able to socialise with others again.

I walk once a day, passing the pubs in my local village and it's a sorry sight to see them all closed. That said, it's for a valid reason and the majority of the population get it, understand it and abide by the self isolating practice because it is for the safe health of ALL of us.

So my opinion is I would not flout the rules and shame on those who do because you are letting down the vast majority who are bloody struggling with these measures but do it for the greater good for everyone.
I don't know who is most guilty if this is happening??? The owners of the pub for flouting or the idiots who flout and go in there???
Shame on you all anyway, idiots!!

Dr Devious

pburns wrote: »

I've heard of a 'speakeasy' in South/City Dublin being open from the start of lockdown (don't know location). Seen photos from friend-of-a friend.

Also a pub in my local town has had 'regulars' in the back yard.

It angers me - my gf is a frontline HCW.

Don’t believe all you hear and only half of what you see😜

addaword

whatswhat wrote: »

So my opinion is I would not flout the rules and shame on those who do because you are letting down the vast majority who are bloody struggling with these measures but do it for the greater good for everyone.
I don't know who is most guilty if this is happening??? The owners of the pub for flouting or the idiots who flout and go in there???
Shame on you all anyway, idiots!!

+1. And what would you think of an outdoor shop on its facebook page still opening inviting people from outside the area to make appointments for fittings?

whatswhat

addaword wrote: »

+1. And what would you think of an outdoor shop on its facebook page still opening inviting people from outside the area to make appointments for fittings?

The list clearly states Chemists, Supermarkets etc... If it ain't on the list it cannot open, simple as

addaword

whatswhat wrote: »

The list clearly states Chemists, Supermarkets etc... If it ain't on the list it cannot open, simple as

It is, all you have to do is Call for appointment or to be let in.

muffler

addaword wrote: »

It is, all you have to do is Call for appointment or to be let in.

Report it to the Gardai. No point in going on about it here where no one really cares and even if they did they couldnt do anything about it.

whatswhat

muffler wrote: »

Report it to the Gardai. No point in going on about it here where no one really cares and even if they did they couldnt do anything about it.

Well doesn't that statement apply to the OP's initial post????????

muffler

whatswhat wrote: »

Well doesn't that statement apply to the OP's initial post????????

In response to the OP I already stated that here?

whatswhat

muffler wrote: »

In response to the OP I already stated that here?

I see, Thank you.

Radharc na Sleibhte

For a born and bred Sligo person, it’s not as simple as just reporting a small local business and their employees to the Guards. I’m not going to now at this stage. As well as the fact the government has still done nothing to help these small local businesses pay their bills, in their defence they’re only trying to keep their head above water. That was my dilemma. Lord knows Sligo town is bad enough.
Anyway, give it another week or two it won’t matter hopefully and we can all stop looking over our neighbours fences to see are they doing anything wrong !

addaword

The trouble is, 99.9% of people and businesses are complying, at great cost to themselves. It is the 0.1% who are not complying who risk destroying it for the rest of us. As Leo V. said, people need to obey the rules, otherwise the relaxation of those rules will not occur, or at least not occur as much as they otherwise might, on May 5th.

sKeith

addaword wrote: »

The trouble is, 99.9% of people and businesses are complying, at great cost to themselves. It is the 0.1% who are not complying who risk destroying it for the rest of us. As Leo V. said, people need to obey the rules, otherwise the relaxation of those rules will not occur, or at least not occur as much as they otherwise might, on May 5th.

A good outdoor jacket sounds to me like an essential item, the nights can get cold.



A pint of stout could be essential nourishment to a starving man, better to have somewhere for the hungry to go than sending them away to die in a street corner.

Fann Linn

addaword wrote: »

The trouble is, 99.9% of people and businesses are complying, at great cost to themselves. It is the 0.1% who are not complying who risk destroying it for the rest of us. As Leo V. said, people need to obey the rules, otherwise the relaxation of those rules will not occur, or at least not occur as much as they otherwise might, on May 5th.

A good article this morning in the Indo regarding what Leo V has said: 'Contradictions, egos, and boo-boos in crisis corridors'.
Might go to explain some of the mixed messages and people feeling complacent.

addaword

Fann Linn wrote: »

A good article this morning in the Indo regarding what Leo V has said: 'Contradictions, egos, and boo-boos in crisis corridors'.
Might go to explain some of the mixed messages and people feeling complacent.

I bet the restrictions will not be lifted on the 5th May now, or not very much anyway. Some people just got too complacent and behaved as if it was almost business as usual, despite being a non-essential business and told to close. Who needs to have a sale on outdoor jackets and advertise fitting appointments at this crucial time anyway, and letting families through the door?

Plazaman

It'll be a slow wind up when they start lifting restrictions and say the likes of clothing stores will be like the supermarkets and only allow a certain number into the shops at a time depending on size. But at least people will be back to work and tills will ring again to kickstart the economy. The only way I can see pubs of size opening is to operate a restaurant type booking system to limit customer numbers. Headaches galore but again workers back and pints flowing. We'll not see normal pub a activity until April/May 2021 (my prediction only).