AIBU to think that Irish alcohol laws are archaic, outdated and bordering on cruel

[MaRyzerection]

as I've just realised we have no wine and it's Good Friday.

[sob]

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Oops already had a glass ?? you can still buy it in supermarkets, but would have loved a pub lunch today!

I kno

You could always go to church and rob the communion wine if the priests haven't got to it first ?

What?! You can't buy booze because of Easter?

But Jesus was all about the wine.

Can you buy it in the supermarkets? Surely not?

I legged it into Tesco at 9.30 last night to stock up.

Despite my above faux pas, I promise I'm on my first glass ??
You can still buy in supermarkets (I was at asda this morning) pubs don't serve til 5pm today and shut early too, same for the next few days.

Holy Mary!! That's bloody cruel op.

Surely you can get some somewhere?

Oh dear, torture!

Would a friend lend you some? Or would a pub sell you a bottle?

I have just searched the cupboards.

We have Bulmers and Guinness.

I may cry.

You can't get it in supermarkets here. No alcohol on Good Friday at all.

Do those laws about you being able to be served in a hotel if you're a 'bona fide traveller' still apply? Or was that just out of licensed hours, and not on Good Friday? (When you should be down on your knees saying the Stations of the Cross, anyway, you hussy...)

Where are you OP? Me (and the OP presumably) are in Ireland as per the thread title and the sale of alcohol is not permitted anywhere today with a few exceptions. So no pubs open at all and no off licences and no booze in the supermarket.

No pubs either.

But apparently if I go greyhound racing I can buy alcohol [baffled]

I tell you, communion wine is the way to go. Know any alcoholic priests, OP?

Sorry that was supposed to be 'where are you Peppermint? Clearly not in ireland as we don't have Asda!

Or join the army

I can't believe I forgot. The sun is shining, I was going to barbeque. A bbq isn't the same without a glass of cold Sauvignon Blanc to wash it down.

I'm up north in Belfast, are you in the south?

That's right MaRyz or you could go to the theatre! Or the train station or the airport?

Or how close are you to the border?

My neighbour is a Baptist minister, Farce.

He might not have any since he doesn't drink at all and Good Friday is probably pray-all-day for him

Ah yeah Peppermint tis different in the North alright. We can't buy any down here

It would be a very expensive glass of wine if I insisted on checking into the local hotel and ordering a meal to go with it, wouldn't it?

Off to the dogs it is with you then

MaRyz I accidentally bought Sauvignon Blanc last night in Tesco and I hate it. (I was on the way home from the pub and may have been a bit worse for wear). If you lived next door to me I would give it to you!