Good Friday: Remove prohibition on Alcohol Campaign

chemicals · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:13 pm

Funny when it means losing out on a few bob the country's publicans suddenly become such great advocates of church state separation :lol:

mkaobrih · **Joined:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:48 pm **Posts:** 1591

I hate this law - the amount of times I’ve been caught out just because I had no idea it was “good Friday” or “a Sunday” – I like to have a drink and I don’t think that the state should be telling me at what time I can or cannot buy booze – I’m an adult and can make up my own mind. FYI - 10.30 on non Sundays – 12:30 on Sunday’s – total crap. I hope all the greedy publicans get their way (I wouldn’t pay publican prices though).

chemicals · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:01 pm

mkaobrih wrote:

I hate this law ......

Yeah And the off licences should be able to open later as well !! got caught many a night like that myself :evil:

Alexis · **Joined:** Sun May 04, 2008 12:45 am **Posts:** 265

Dev wrote:

Why should anyone have to observe religious holidays?

Because their Mammy and/or Daddy told them how to 'think' as kids?

BTW, I always make a point of getting Pissed out of my brain on GOOD Friday

Alexis · **Joined:** Sun May 04, 2008 12:45 am **Posts:** 265

FXR wrote:

The night before is really interesting if you tour the off licences in your local area where the lines look like drink is about the be banned forever.

Isn't that a Sixties thing, FXR? I thought we Irish were, generally, much more sophisticated than that nowadays :roll:

I mean, we've got our own Celtic Tiger wine cellars (stash) at home, these days, ne ce pas? :wink:

Gadfly · **Joined:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:29 pm **Posts:** 68

I haven't taken a drink for 18 years, but I would gladly support a persons right to take a drink on Good Friday. It pisses me off the control of the RC church in matters like these.

Regarding the Limerick publicans:

Quote:

Mayor of Limerick and former publican Kevin Kiely said the laws covering the sale of alcohol in pubs were "outdated and stupid".

"We have to move on from this situation. As far as I am concerned, these laws should be consigned to the past if we are to compete as a modern European city," he added.

chemicals · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:08 pm

Gadfly wrote:

I haven't taken a drink for 18 years, but I would gladly support a persons right to take a drink on Good Friday.

Ill raise a glass to that

Bik · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:16 am

Alexis wrote:

BTW, I always make a point of getting Pissed out of my brain on GOOD Friday

If you take GOOD out of that sentence then that goes for me too :mrgreen:

Dev · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:10 am

If the churches had to close on two Sundays a year to cater for the publicans there would be outrage. As a personal protest I'll be buying a bottle of wine on the Thursday.

I've done some Googling but no joy. Does anyone know what the argument for maintaining this archaic law is?

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:36 pm

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Moyross monks consider prayerful protest if Munster match goes ahead on Good Friday
Limerick-Leader Published Date: 12 March 2010 By Luke Holmes

A RELIGIOUS order in Limerick is considering having a "prayerful witness" outside Thomond Park this Good Friday if the match between Munster and Leinster goes ahead as scheduled.
The monks in Moyross confirmed this Thursday they are considering having a prayer session outside the ground on the day.

"We have not decided on any real plans. We always do prayers on Good Friday, but this year we are considering doing them outside Thomond Park," said Brother Shawn O'Connor.

Local man Patrick McCarthy, who previously ran in the city elections says he is planning to bring a crucifix up to Thomond Park on the day of the match to highlight that "Ireland is becoming a pagan country".
He has also hinted that the Franciscan Friars will be involved in the 'protest' though "plans have not been fully confirmed yet".

"When people are sick in hospital they will pray to the Lord above and not some sports players," says Mr McCarthy.

"A lot of people feel very strongly about this and believe that sports should not be put before religion. If people are attending the match and they are all themselves Christians, then I will be telling them that they are nothing but hypocrites."added Mr McCarthy.

Last week the Franciscan Friars warned rugby fans they would be "compromising their faith" by watching Munster v Leinster on Good Friday.

"If they consider themselves a Catholic they should think very deeply about what they're going to do. It's indicative of who you put your trust in. They should step back and really consider what they believe," he added.

"This is proof that religion has been put aside and we have really lost something; it's really tragic." says Brother O'Connor.

Mr McCarthy also added that if pubs do indeed open on Good Friday that he will protest outside some Limerick City pubs also.
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Moyro ... 6147374.jp

chemicals · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:09 pm

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"Ireland is becoming a pagan country"

Really is there an upsurge in Pantheism ?

Ah its the bloody Militant Hindus -coming over here trying to impose their ways on us
Time we woke up to this threat

crodeghin · **Joined:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:30 pm **Posts:** 6

I am Italian and a lot of times I needed wine to cook my lunch on Sunday morning.
I am not a drunk man, I just like drink responsibly and cooking with the wine (yeah, expensive and terrible)

, but a lot of times I found close the off licenses at 10am in the morning. My fault..anyway I have never seen drunk people to buy wine on Sunday morning in Italy and there are no restrictions on drink alcohol outdoor..it's not a sin to drink a glass of wine, it's a sin to drive drunk and to annoy other people..

Beebub · **Joined:** Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:22 pm **Posts:** 1014

Dev wrote:

Does anyone know what the argument for maintaining this archaic law is?

If you haven't already, you will likely here the following more than once over the coming days and it's one of the repsonses that annoys me the most:

'Can ye not do without alcohol for one day?'

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:32 am

Beebub wrote:

Dev wrote:

Does anyone know what the argument for maintaining this archaic law is?

If you haven't already, you will likely here the following more than once over the coming days and it's one of the repsonses that annoys me the most:

'Can ye not do without alcohol for one day?'

Thing is it's 100% legal to drink on GF, also I'll say most people do without alcohol 200-300 days a year, otherwise public houses wouldn't be closing down.
The law only has one effect, that's not allowing a trading buissness to make a few euro on a otherwise (maybe) profitable wk-end night.
And it is the wk-ends that keep most pubs open.
If 'Can ye not do without alcohol for one day?' ok pick Tuesday & Wednesday so increasing by another day, it doesn't have to be a Friday, that where it falls flat as nothing at all to do with 'Can ye not do without alcohol for one day?'

lostexpectation · **Joined:** Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:28 pm **Posts:** 1993

chemicals wrote:

Gadfly wrote:

I haven't taken a drink for 18 years, but I would gladly support a persons right to take a drink on Good Friday.

Ill raise a glass to that

me to, raise glass of pepsi!

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