It has been a rough two years for the Celtic Tiger. Faced with a GDP contraction around 8.5% this year and unemployment headed towards 15%, there are more than enough reasons for the Irish to head to the pub and grab a pint of the Black Stuff and listen to some Christy Moore. But things are so bad on the Emerald Isle that people are foregoing this time honored tradition and pubs have fired close to 5,000 workers so far.
“Rural pubs seem to be suffering the most and those pubs which relied on tourism trade are also well down,” Padraig Cribben, Chief Executive Officer of the VFI, said in the report. “We are now calling on the government to help us save the pub trade in Ireland.”
Having seen countless head-scratching auto and bank bailouts around the world that drive most people to drink, the least the Irish government can do now is make sure people still have a place to do just that.
Irish Pub Closures Lead to 4,800 Job Losses, Report Shows [Bloomberg]
You could abolish the DUI.
Greggums,
Hello munchkin, lieber. I was in Hamburg, and the funniest thing happened. A guy asked me to go with him to see something exiting. We went in, and there was all this boudoir – inspired red fantasy world. Then, that gentlemen just so disappeared, and I swear to G_d, at least four men came looking for him. Well, one thing led to another, as you know full well, my defenses have not been built to withstand a frontal attack. Long story short – need you to save every dollar Beth is paying you for a repeat surgery procedure.
Lieb dich,
Muttie
Hope they stockpiled some fucking potatoes this time. The last thing we need is another wave of swarthy immigrants from across the sea..
Here is a joke with the setup and punchline in just one sentence: “Two Irishmen walked out of a bar.”
@3, tú féin a mharú.