Dublin
Happy hour was abolished in Ireland this week as harsh new booze laws went into effect. Pub owners are no longer allowed to offer early-evening discounts, which are seen as encouraging binge drinking. In an even more radical change, bars and restaurants may not sell alcohol to any person who seems intoxicated. Pub owners who flout the laws face fines of $1,500 per incident; a person found to be drunk in public must pay $300. The new limits are meant to combat an alarming rise in public drunkenness that has left Dublin’s streets splattered in vomit.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
One great cookbook: Joshua McFadden’s ‘Six Seasons of Pasta’the week recommends The pasta you know and love. But ever so much better.
-
Scientists are worried about amoebasUnder the radar Small and very mighty
-
Buddhist monks’ US walk for peaceUnder the Radar Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and ‘millions are finding hope in their journey’
