Race against the clock for the night-time economy
Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Hildegarde Naughton; Sunil Sharpe, of the 'Give Us the Night' campaign and the Night-Time Economy Taskforce; Liz Meaney of the Arts Council; and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin at the launch of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce in the Button Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin. Minister Martin welcomed the report, which contained 36 recommendations to help revive and sustain Ireland’s night-time economy and culture. Photograph: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland
Everything in Ireland seems to encourage binge drinking. It’s all a race against the clock. As the bars and pubs have returned we see similar scenes at midnight in any large city or town, as the masses congregate for sing-songs as they flood to the same places every Saturday night.
Young people, who almost all still live at home, are letting off steam, and mostly not harming anyone. Can you really blame them?
