Padraig Cribben, Chief Executive Of Vintners’ Federation of Ireland; Claire Byrne
This morning
RTÉ Radio One Today with Claire Byrne.
Padraig Cribben, Chief Executive Of Vintners’ Federation of Ireland discussed the undrinkable unthinkable…
Claire Byrne: “If people, you say, some people are selling drink [in alleged “shebeens”], if there are house parties happening and we know that there are over 200 clusters as a result of gatherings, social gatherings in private houses, should we stop having, should drinks stop being sold altogether for a period of time?”
Cribben: “Well, I mean it’s like everything else, I think all of those things need to be considered but the real, the real issue here is people taking personal responsibility and the real issue is that pubs are a controlled environment and the one thing that pubs are used to, they’re used to regulation, they’re used to controlling, they’re used to controlling people, they’re used to implementing regulation that they might not be terribly happy with. I mean if you go back, if you go back to the smoking ban of whatever number of years ago, that has been implemented with a high level of success.”
Byrne: “Yeah, it’s slightly different though, controlling the spread of a pandemic.”
Cribben: “But I mean the point is give us the guidelines, put the sanctions in place, police the sanctions and the publicans of this country will respond accordingly.”
Byrne: “OK, but go back to the sale of drink from off-licences. Because you have said, haven’t you, that it should be paused, stopped for three weeks at least?”
Cribben: “No, what I have actually said is that if, if NPHET believes that that to be a source of the problem, they should consider it. I think that’s slightly different than saying that it should be done. They may decide that’s not an issue. It very well may not be the issue. But, you know, I think, certainly cheap alcohol in supermarkets is an issue we’ve been consistent in saying that, for the last decade. It’s not just now. And I do believe that that should be addressed and addressed now.”
Hic.
Won’t happen of course. It would just result in a lot of empty shelves in off-licences just over the border.
It would also be great news for drug dealers.
Might be an idea alright.
Close the off licences and open the pubs – just for 2-3 weeks.
Would help out pubs and and give off licence workers some time off.
I’d be more concerned about the poor airport workers. A round of applause folks…show your appreciation…
That’s all very well for we happy few with deep cellars, but what of those who live can-to-mouth?
Hahhaa! Dunno where my next can is coming from.
Ha!
well we might actually manage to stir the Irish to revolution afterall
well if you’re going to the trouble of stirring anything..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYCVpH3wR_I
that ain’t moonshine, it’s methanol..
Let’s face it. The shelves in off licenses and supermarkets would be cleared out. Then everyone would go over the border.
We’d end up with MORE drinking at home.
So along with banning menthol and slim cigarettes in May, they are now considering banning take-away alcohol?
Hello 1920.
A smoke and a drink at home is all that some people have as a treat right now.
They aren’t considering it though. Its just the vintners throwing the toys out of the pram and saying “If we can’t open they shouldn’t be open”.
if that is all it is, then why the blanket coverage today? The radio media are still debating it, with some show hosts almost wetting themselves with excitement. Someone is pulling the strings here to ensure misery permeates society, not just the elite golf-playing folk.
that’s all it is. they’ve been having a pop at supermarkets for ages now, all the time dressing up concerns for their profits as ‘concerns for public safety’.
I’m not going to get through the winter without my weekend beers – and I want then at home, on the sofa as normal. Get lost Cribben!
I wonder where he’s getting the idea that alcohol is being sold at house parties.House parties are normally ‘bring your own’. Some pubs, as we’ve read about, deliver pints as well.
Many of his members have off-licences on their premises. is he suggesting that they close those off-licences?
Or is it case of ‘If we can’t sell alcohol, then nowhere else should be allowed sell it’? What a gobpoo.
image telling your mates that will be 7 quid please
+ €9 for a substantial meal.
I’m sending it back if it’s soggy carbs
The LVA spokesperson is warning society that the Irish tradition of social and sociable drinking is under severe threat. Many pubs won’t reopen from the current lockdown. Takeaway alcohol and takeaway food are having an altering effect on home life.