This Galway pub is offering free drinks if people can put away their phones

Most of us are guilty of this at one time or another but one bar in Loughrea in Galway is cracking down on the bad habit of using your phone instead of actually engaging in real-life social interactions when out with friends.

After observing a group of girls sitting at the bar, Gary Kilcar, a barman at Whiskey's, noticed that three of them were on their phones for extended periods of time, ignoring the fourth member of their group.

And he had an idea - offer people a complimentary drink if, as a group, they put their phones away for 30 minutes at a time.