Today Minister for health Leo Varadkar finally unveiled the specifics of the proposed minimum pricing on alcohol as part of the public health (alcohol) bill. The bill will be published shortly and sent to the Oireachtas by the end of the year, but it is unlikely to come into being in the lifetime of […]
read more2017 Update: For the updated list from 2017, click this link. It’s the time of the year again when we’re forbidden from purchasing alcohol on Good Friday, when stag and hen parties from England spend a first disappointing day of their weekend on the dry, and when all the best house parties happen. Although […]
read more2017 Update: For the updated 2017 version of this article, click here. It’s that time of year again when the opposing camps of ‘Can ye not go one day’ and ‘It’s an archaic practise’ battle it out to decide whether the good friday prohibition on selling alcohol is good practise or not. Whatever the outcome […]
read moreIt’s that time of year again when the opposing camps of ‘Can ye not go one day’ and ‘It’s an archaic practise’ battle it out to decide whether the good friday prohibition on selling alcohol is good practise or not. Whatever the outcome of that argument, we have a list of places where you can […]
read moreClick this link for the 2016 version of this article. Year on year we deal with the same old road block of pubs having to stop serving alcohol on Good Friday. The law may be a relic from the past, but all is not lost. There are some loopholes that mean there are certain […]
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