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Decriminalise Alcohol Consumption in Irish Pubs on 'Good Friday'

Decriminalise Alcohol Consumption in Irish Pubs on 'Good Friday'

Closed — 34 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 5 months ago
According to the Intoxicating Liquor Act in Ireland, publicans are being forbade to sell alcohol to its citizens. This law derives from a time when the Catholic Church exerted its influential iron arm in the legal system fanning discrimination against those non-Catholics who reside in the country. In addition, Irish Catholics of all stripes and none also overwhelmingly support the right to consume alcohol in a public house and this right is being denied on purely Catholic grounds. This country needs to repeal this law and this is why we need to sign this petition and make our voices known. Thus, sign the petition, share it and hopefully a powerful message will be sent to the archaic pusillanimous politicians of Dáil Eireann. 


Please Tweet or Share this on Facebook to get the message around. By doing nothing, the law simply won't change so it's time to flag this issue up. 


Thank you.


[After you sign you'll be brought to a donate page but just ignore it as you don't need to donate to sign, just a heads up in case for any possible ambiguity]

Updates

March 28, 2013

The feedback from those of you living under these rules is heavy to read but it confirms exactly why this law must go. I am spending my evenings sending emails to offices that seem determined to ignore us. We keep pushing because the silence from the top is proving how much they fear an honest conversation about these outdated restrictions.

March 28, 2013

Reaching this level of support has been a long road and I am drained but still pushing forward. It is clear that enough people are finished with these archaic rules that have no place in our society. We keep going until they have no choice but to listen.

3 Comments

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Liam Lin
13 years ago Featured

Living in the past. It is 2015 for gods sake let people have a pint if they want one.

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Cian Nguyen
13 years ago Featured

About time! Ridiculous rule that hurts the pubs and the tourism industry. Sort it out.

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Siobhan Wilson
13 years ago Featured

Absolute madness that we still have this stupid ban. Its embarrassing when tourists come over and cant even get a drink. Get with the times.