Pubs and Clubs to get longer opening hours

I can't see many venues staying open until 6am. A few clubs in Dublin and maybe one in each of the other cities. The cost of staying open until then will put many places off.

It'll be difficult to get staff to work the extra hours too. And there are lots of extra costs that people won't think about. For instance, if a barman or bouncer works from 10pm until 6am, they'll be considered night workers and will have to do medical assessments, restrictions on the number of hours that can be worked etc. in line with night work laws.

I've no problem with pubs and clubs staying open longer if that's what the public want but I must admit I do find extending opening hours at total odds with legislation such as MUP that is designed to reduce the amount of drinking that takes place.

I wonder will they relax the laws around opening hours for the off licence trade? If they don't, it goes to show that the publicans have a good grip on FF/FG/GP.

I don't know how clubs are going to pay for staff and costs to stay open until 6am. Even when I was in my 20s, there were only a few nights when I would wanted to stay in a nightclub past 2am.

I'm guessing they were worried that bringing it in so soon before Xmas wouldn't end well. No bedding in period with parties, NYE etc.

You were in the vast vast minority in my experience

Every single piece of news bar one Leo remark has said it would be 2023, gotta make sure it's watertight before you pass it.

Would have loved this to have come in 20 years ago. Went to loads of good DJ sets and electronic music performances from various artists back in the day and would have loved for some of these sets to have continued late into the morning. But those days are gone, no intention of going to any sort of nightclub these days, no matter who is playing, too auld and can't be arsed dealing with any of that noise.

Your flow could change, relaxed pints in the pub until later, then some food and then head to the nightclub.

Or you keep your same flow and the people who want to keep going can do that.

You and everyone else has more options with the later openings. What makes you think food places wouldn't be open at 6?

You could still have the food at half 2, then head to a nightclub, that's part of the mentality that has to change, food doesn't have to be at the end.

There's definitely demand to stay out til 4am. Coppers is often full at 4 and the Black Door also.

Definitely Dublin can support a few clubs at weekends which stay open til 5 or 6.

Maybe serve til 4 and close at 4.30 to 5.

Maybe stretch it to 6 when they feel like it.

When I was in that 18 to 25 partying age, we'd go back to someone's house til 4 or 5 or 6 no problem.

Often people would head to an early morning bar then.

I welcome the news. People have been talking about this for decades as they experience it in other countries.

I honestly don't find Dublin that wild at that time anyway. I've been around Harcourt and Camden street at 3 to 5am and you see the odd fight but not much.

Considering that there's 1000s of young drunk people wandering around looking for food and taxis, then it's very civilised.

Once I think I got spiked and passed out in a doorway and people were trying to help me. Most people are decent despite drink bringing out the worst in people.

I think people leaving places at staggered times will reduce conflict anyway, thats based more on intuition that hard data.

Re this proposal - a multitude of issues have been pointed out that will need to be addressed.

the letters to the Irish times on this topic is almost 100% negative

dodge - your assertions are simply wrong

a growing number of stakeholders have said they have NOT been consulted on this

The big major one is the Guards.

They say it’s all news to them - no consultation - and they have MAJOR concerns

it was on morning Ireland yesterday if you want to hear their comments

The idea that readers of the Irish Times should have a say in this is laughable, when the majority of them will be tucked up on the couch with their slippers on, sipping on a glass of well-aged wine. Completely unaffected but this decision, but eager to voice their "concern" in an effort to show they're still relevant.

Here’s a quote for the TLDR

“This move is, at best, not thought through and, at worst, regressive and ultimately harmful.

“Alcohol is an extremely dangerous drug which causes huge amounts of direct and indirect harm every day.

“There is no justification for extending licensing laws given its harmful impact on people’s health. The last thing we need is to increase people’s exposure to it.”

Serious amount of fear mongering going on. These disgusting excuses of human beings cant enforce their morality on people from the pulpit anymore so now its done through objections to housing, leisure, alcohol etc. The smoking ban lit the flame for these types and gave them another avenue to use to torment the general public, I agree with the smoking ban but it just showed the nimby types that although their beloved churches influence on Irish society had pretty much collapsed the old Irish solution of 'banning stuff' would be kept alive and re enforced by a different means. You won't find a more despicable type of person that those who think they know what's best for you. Ireland is rapidly becoming a soulless place, little or no craic or real happiness in the place now except for the nimby types who revel in the misery.

Maybe that chief superintendent should explain to his members within the guards about this new half baked plan then because it seems the guards have major major issues with this.