Pubs and Clubs to get longer opening hours

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122345044#Comment_122345044

You are saying this, why?

What is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

BlueSkyDreams

Are we getting rid of the license cost for late opening at least?

PopePalpatine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122349639#Comment_122349639

He's spoken to a lot of people behind "Give Us Back The Night" and got them to admit that this is a plot to destroy the moral character of the nation, donchaknow.

Hotblack Desiato

Fun police are on the prowl.

The usual religious types are horrified that someone, somewhere, might be having a less miserable life than they are. The likes of Mary Whitehouse devoted their lives to the cause of making other people miserable for no reason.

VinLieger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353244#Comment_122353244

Ohh we know the reason, its because super religious types dont understand how non religious types are able to have any morals without the threat of an imaginary sky daddy to keep them in check. Because we dont believe what they believe then any temptation, in this case alcohol and dancing, will obviously send us into a sex crazed murder rampage. They are just protecting us from ourselves donchaknow……

paddyisreal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122345071#Comment_122345071

Have you ever been to Berlin, Prague, Vienna actually anywhere in Europe clubbing or socialising? The night only gets going past 12. How are all them countries able to stay open as long as they want ?

Beechwoodspark

Sigh… we have already been through this but once again…

AGS don’t have the resources to police the streets 24/7.

Our HSE is already stretched to the absolute limits without throwing in drugged up clubbers to the A&E at stupid o clock in the morning - never mind the lack of transport options after say 12 am.

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353405#Comment_122353405

All those things mentioned are actively made worse by having early closing.

Allowing places to have their own closing times all the way up to 6am means punters can leave in drips and drabs rather than current situation of everyone being turfed out in one go and then roaming the streets and fighting etc.

This quite literally is a solved problem by most of Europe - the solution is longer opening hours not shorter.

paddyisreal

Drugs are not specifically associated with clubs FFS. Have you been to a rugby game in doonybrook or seen the local gaa rural team out for the night, loads coked out of their head . Drugs are everyone not just in clubs, I think your stuck in the early 90s with that view

paddyisreal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353405#Comment_122353405

Drugs are not specifically associated with clubs FFS. Have you been to a rugby game in Donnybrook or seen the local gaa rural team out for the night, loads coked out of their head . Drugs are everyone not just in clubs, I think your stuck in the early 90s with that view

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122354274#Comment_122354274

I don’t deny drugs are everywhere socially now.

But yeah, dance music nights/clubs are riddled with drugs.

MadYaker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122354693#Comment_122354693

There'd actually be less hassle if clubs closed whenever they liked rather than having to dump everyone out on to the street at 2:30am. I'm over and back to London a good bit and clubs there stay open until 6 in the morning in some cases. But not everyone stays the full night. After 2am there's a steady stream of people leaving but also still some arriving. There might be a DJ doing a 4am - 6am slot and some people might show up just for that. In my experience it's way way more civilised than being in Dublin or Galway at closing time when thousands of hammered people all get dumped on to the street at once and then you have fights starting because there's a big queue for taxis or food or whatever. It would definitely be easier for the Gardai to manage.

Beechwoodspark

let’s see what an official feasibility report that looks at effects on society (public services, law and order, transport, health, etc etc) says.

BagofWeed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353405#Comment_122353405

It's all about fear and what if's with these types of posts. Paranoia, finger pointing and end of the Earth type fear mongering. As for the Gardaí, what a crock ! They barely patrol the streets as it is.

orchidkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122397140#Comment_122397140

Why aren't you calling for such a report when you and your sort in unions threaten strikes that would directly impact the most vulnerable in society purely to fill your own grubby hands.

Don't be a hypocrite, it's very unbecoming and reflects poorly on you.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122397140#Comment_122397140

There are those who will be agin it no matter what reports or other evidence or experience from other countries are produced.

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399670#Comment_122399670

Me and my sort??

In unions??

explain further please?