Iâll challenge you âŚ
Add in peanuts for protein and youâre laughing.
Very true. We have Holohan snookered now
Is the 90 minutes in the confines of the inside of the pub only? Can you drink in the smoking area, therefore you are not indoors, and stay as long as you want
I often had a feed of pints
Guinness is effectively âBarley Soupâ.
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Both pubs in my village are staying closed 
For how long? Until mid July is it?
Pubs that open mid July donât have to abide by the time restriction. At least that is what they said on the news - or what I took from it.
Does anyone really miss going to a pub tho, seriously?
No definite return yet.
My take is that the time restriction will be gone by mid July for everyone
Dear Member,
After a number of false dawns and frustrating delays, finally we have been issued with the guidelines for those planning to open on June 29th, which are attached with this email.
Just to be absolutely clear: these guidelines are only for those outlets opening on 29th June. We do not have the guidelines for July 20th but I sincerely hope we do not have to go through the same frustrating experience again for those protocols.
The attached guidelines have to be read in conjunction with the Return to Work Safety Protocol (attached ) issued early in May. There is quite an amount of detail in the documents.
We have endeavoured to summarise it all into a more manageable document of a few pages for ease of use by members. This is also attached but I must emphasise this is a summary and the primary document is the one issued by government.
We have also prepared two checklists that may be of benefit â one for what needs to be done pre-opening and one on a daily basis thereafter. It is really up to each individual to take their own approach to managing the new requirements but we felt these might help.
There is an absolute need to train staff on very specific items. Over the coming days we will be providing training assets for you and your staff. Not alone is it important that all your employees be trained but you must retain proof in the form of written sign-off that training was completed by each staff member. We will produce relevant forms for this in the coming days.
The Health & Safety Authority are charged with policing these protocols. From experience we know the first thing they look for is a safety statement which is a legal requirement. We have been flagging this for some time. It is still not too late to obtain this document if you currently donât possess one.
While these guidelines might be far from ideal - it is not difficult to find contradictions in various sections - they are a long way from where the Department of Health started out.
It is very important that this phase goes well. No doubt there will be journalists looking for a sensationalist story with plenty of punters with mobile phones trying to prove it was the wrong time to allow pubs open. They have to be proved wrong and that challenge is in your collective hands.
Kind regards,
Lazarus, a few questions for you who seems to be in the know. if you tried to go to 4 pubs would each person need to buy a meal in each one?
How many people can go in together?
Do you have to book every single pub before going in to it?
Planning on going out for a few drinks on 29th for a big family birthday.
I do. If that makes me a bad person, so be it
I had a longing for a large bottle there during the fine weather and a sit out the front of the pub looking out onto the harbour.
Yes. Pubs will counter this at first though though by charging amdission and including the meal in the charge. Also some wonât give a shit either way and just let you at it
Max 4 as far as I understand it right now
No, thats up to the pub, but Iâd be sure to check with them first if youâre planning a night out espicially on the opening week
If youâre planning a party the pub would only love to have you for the night, believe me. Call them and let them know and Iâm sure something can be arranged. Plenty of scope for creative interpretation of these guidelines and remember, they are just that, guidelines
Exactly. Just keep booking 105 minute slots. Go out for 2 minutes and come back.
Pain in the hole but where theres a will there is a way
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Where does one procure one of those 4th official thingamajigs?
In this together