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by Torquemeda
on Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:01 pm |
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| Don't have time to track it down right now but I'm about to make someone on another site my bee-itch. Can anyone get me some links to the negative effects the smoking ban has had on the pub business in Ireland? |
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by naptownKrabbi
on Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:05 pm |
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http://www.sadireland.com/booze_bus.htm
" The root of the problem that sees such an extraordinary move by the Irish government lies in the failure of the great experiment which removed personal choice and attempted to turn Irish bars into health clubs, the introduction of the draconian smoking ban. Instead of people flocking to bars as promised, once profitable pubs have closed in the hundreds as people stayed away due to lack of interest in non smoking sterile pubs bereft of customers and atmosphere. Hardest hit have been provincial towns and villages where the pub was the focal point of social gatherings and interaction."
http://www.davehitt.com/facts/badforbiz.html
Bewley's Oriental Cafe Tea and Coffee Shop Closed Dublin IRELAND
The shop, located on Westmoreland St, had been in business since 1986
Bewley's Oriental Cafe Tea and Coffee Shop Closed Dublin IRELAND
The Grafton Street Shop had been open since 1927.
Fibber Magees Closed Eyre Square IRELAND
``We're damned if we do and damned if we don't,'' Lawless said {Defying the law}. ``We're either going to go out of business or be put out of business.'' Before closing the bar suffered loses of 66%
MacTurcails business down 20% Dublin IRELAND"
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=124221
" Donall O'Keeffe, Chief Executive of the Licensed Vintners' Association said :
"Figures from the Dublin trade clearly show that, on average, pub revenues have been hit by between 12% and 15%. ....make no mistake about it, the Smoking Ban is having a serious financial impact".
He went on: "A sustained downturn of 12% to 15% is a serious matter for the majority of Dublin publicans and has clear implications for both jobs and the Exchequer ...the Ban is hurting". "
http://www.sadireland.com/dublin_pubs_call_time.htm
" Despite a shortage of licensed premises prior to the ban, a booming economy and population explosion, pubs in Dublin are closing at an unprecedented rate as elsewhere in Ireland. Recently it was revealed by a media report that 24 bars in Dublin have closed for good in the past six months."
http://galwaycitypubguide.com/random.html
"2007 will go down as the year off-licences surpassed pubs in the volume of alcohol sold in Ireland. The news gets worse as over 300 mostly rural pubs have closed in the last three years with over 1000 reckoned to have closed in the last three years.
Factors such as the smoking ban, Gardai breath testing and busier lifestyles are some of the causes of the slide"
just a few here for starters...sic 'em torky... |
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by Torquemeda
on Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:54 pm |
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| Thanks, it's just some idiot who keeps running around in circles and trying to present his opinions as fact. |
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