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Originally posted by Pipkin Pipkin wrote:

It’s evident that Failte Ireland got it very wrong on the reopening guidelines if they wanted a safe reopening. They clearly don’t understand Irish social culture and the pub industry. They should stick to tourism as this is more feasible to enact on tourists whom mosey around town and drop in and out of shops, tourist attractions and a restaurant/pub 2 or 3 times a day.

The 105 minutes was never going to work, was never feasible and frankly it is obvious some gobsh*te came up with it as a health conscious measure ignoring that it encourages binge drinking, pub crawls leading to potentially multiple clusters, bar staff having to deal with more customers increasing risk of infection.  

Instead of sending punters in for a time limit of 105 minutes that was going to cause friction between owners, staff and punters - especially regulars/locals - the onus should be on sanitation and promoting personal hygiene when entering the premises, social distancing amongst staff and regular wipe downs of tables. Instead we have a situation where lads aren’t even sat at their table and they have ordered pints and the game is to drink as much as possible in as little time as possible. Sanitation and personal hygiene is secondary.

The Vintners won’t come out of this well either. Pubs now easy targets as they are seen as ‘flouting’ the ridiculous rules and it’s hard to see them not having to close again at some stage.

Its all a bit of a joke really. Four of us went for few pints on Saturday evening. Booked, contract tracing, feed, all that stuff. Then we had to leave. Even though it was a big pub with plenty of space, booths and a lot of empty seats. So we went to another pub and ordered pizzas that nobody ate and had more pints. People are going to just move around with this 105 minutes rule which just makes things worse. Putting a time limit on Irish drinkers is a really bad idea, people just binge and then all leave the pub at the same time. 


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One of the young lads at work said he was out yesterday and had 2 hours sitting at one table then a lad behind the bar said sorry but you are going to have move from this table but you can sit at this one instead  LOL . He said his group end up chatting to a few women where there was 7 of them .
 
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Originally posted by Claret Murph Claret Murph wrote:

One of the young lads at work said he was out yesterday and had 2 hours sitting at one table then a lad behind the bar said sorry but you are going to have move from this table but you can sit at this one instead  LOL . He said his group end up chatting to a few women where there was 7 of them .
 
 Only in Galway , maybe .
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Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by Claret Murph Claret Murph wrote:

One of the young lads at work said he was out yesterday and had 2 hours sitting at one table then a lad behind the bar said sorry but you are going to have move from this table but you can sit at this one instead  LOL . He said his group end up chatting to a few women where there was 7 of them .
 
 Only in Galway , maybe .
Is a pint in Galway city centre over a five? It is in Cork but not in Waterford. 
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Not a boozer but heard the IMC cinema is not going to reopen in tallaght. Was always ran very poorly in my opinion but still a big shame as I still used it as my cinema of choice as they did the melted butter on popcorn. 

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Originally posted by t_rAndy t_rAndy wrote:

Not a boozer but heard the IMC cinema is not going to reopen in tallaght. Was always ran very poorly in my opinion but still a big shame as I still used it as my cinema of choice as they did the melted butter on popcorn. 

Was that not due to close anyway ?
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did they no only refurbish it in the last couple of years or was that much longer ago?
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did they no only refurbish it in the last couple of years or was that much longer ago?
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Anyone know there many bars in the city centre taking walk ins and aren't too fussed whether you order food or not? 
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Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Anyone know there many bars in the city centre taking walk ins and aren't too fussed whether you order food or not? 
 
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Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Anyone know there many bars in the city centre taking walk ins and aren't too fussed whether you order food or not? 
 
don't be breaking the rules and eat your dinner like a good lad.

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Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

did they no only refurbish it in the last couple of years or was that much longer ago?

It was gone for years then refurbished and opened by IMC. But the screenings were mostly half empty I found, even new films sometimes by the weekend could be half full. Compared with Dundrum/Vue which seemed to be always packed. Always wondered how they are even continuing to trade like that. 

Think it had a bad name and people used the alternative options more, in fairness you did get arsehole teens or pikeys a lot of times interrupting.
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Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Anyone know there many bars in the city centre taking walk ins and aren't too fussed whether you order food or not? 
most take walk ins,just give your details on arrival. Have 2 jars...then say an emergency came up and you have to go and can’t order grub. Go to next  boozer. Repeat
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Originally posted by t_rAndy t_rAndy wrote:

Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

did they no only refurbish it in the last couple of years or was that much longer ago?

It was gone for years then refurbished and opened by IMC. But the screenings were mostly half empty I found, even new films sometimes by the weekend could be half full. Compared with Dundrum/Vue which seemed to be always packed. Always wondered how they are even continuing to trade like that. 

Think it had a bad name and people used the alternative options more, in fairness you did get arsehole teens or pikeys a lot of times interrupting.



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Originally posted by BigStrongMan BigStrongMan wrote:

Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Anyone know there many bars in the city centre taking walk ins and aren't too fussed whether you order food or not? 
most take walk ins,just give your details on arrival. Have 2 jars...then say an emergency came up and you have to go and can’t order grub. Go to next  boozer. Repeat

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My brother was in the Hairy Lemon with his brother in law last Friday. Knew the score with ordering food but they had table booked in restaurant with the wives for later so weren't too pushed and didn't get the impression from staff that it was going to be enforced. Ordered a few pints and still no mention of food, then after about an hour and 15, his missus joined them and when he ordered another round, the barman said they needed to order food and they had 30 minutes to finish up and go. They weren't going to order food at that stage but the barman stuck €27 on to the bill for the 3 of them.
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