Comments on: Solving the Drink Driving Problem for Publicans http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/ Read, Reflect & Rant - Views on the Irish Hospitality Industry Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: GrarmateapE http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1866 GrarmateapE Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:29:47 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1866 Heh. Nice. Sometimes I can't help but give free reign to my rain visitor A joke for you peoples! What did one worm say to another worm? I know a restaurant where we can eat dirt cheap!! Heh. Nice. Sometimes I can’t help but give free reign to my rain visitor A joke for you peoples! What did one worm say to another worm? I know a restaurant where we can eat dirt cheap!!

]]> By: No Binge Drinking http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1581 No Binge Drinking Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:16:14 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1581 Obviously something relatively drastic has to be done to address Ireland’s mass drinking problem. Do alcohol advertisements influence the drinking behavior of people, especially the youth? Consider the following: 56% of U.S. students in grades 5 through 12 say that alcohol advertising encourages them to drink. The U.S. alcohol industry spends $2 billion per year on all media advertising. According to U.S. alcohol abuse research, television advertising changes attitudes about drinking. Young people report more positive feelings about drinking and their own likelihood to drink after viewing alcohol ads. Perhaps governmental agencies in Ireland can use these alcohol statistics as part of their rationale to limit invasive liquor ads. Obviously something relatively drastic has to be done to address Ireland’s mass drinking problem. Do alcohol advertisements influence the drinking behavior of people, especially the youth? Consider the following:

56% of U.S. students in grades 5 through 12 say that alcohol advertising encourages them to drink.

The U.S. alcohol industry spends $2 billion per year on all media advertising.

According to U.S. alcohol abuse research, television advertising changes attitudes about drinking. Young people report more positive feelings about drinking and their own likelihood to drink after viewing alcohol ads.

Perhaps governmental agencies in Ireland can use these alcohol statistics as part of their rationale to limit invasive liquor ads.

]]> By: Stop the PANIC http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1255 Stop the PANIC Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:39:28 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-1255 <strong>Anxiety Attacks</strong> PANIC AWAY Anxiety Attacks

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]]> By: Pat Nolan http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-14 Pat Nolan Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:45:54 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-14 Morning sickness As an industry we have to wonder just how much needless damage reports of the ‘morning after’ random breath testing procedure are doing. How many random morning after tests have actually taken place and how significant is the 'catch'? Those with a factual answer take one step forward -- "Where are you going tabloids??" I use the phrase "needless damage" above because I understand from a few off-licensees that the 'morning after' hullaballoo in the media is putting people off drinking at home too, afraid that more than a bottle of wine between two might still show up the next day like a bad penny on the breathalyser. This is getting sillly. Can we have some facts please? I understand that the Gardai would prefer you to put 12 hours ‘twixt ‘bottle’ and ‘throttle’ but if one’s body can remove one unit of alcohol per hour, just how much of a bender do you have to be on in a normal evening for it to show up the next day after seven or eight hours’ sleep and how many of us partake of that type of bender in the average week? If the answer is ‘quite a few’, then we’ve a binge drinking problem across all sectors of society, not just our youth. Morning sickness
As an industry we have to wonder just how much needless damage reports of the ‘morning after’ random breath testing procedure are doing. How many random morning after tests have actually taken place and how significant is the ‘catch’? Those with a factual answer take one step forward — “Where are you going tabloids??”
I use the phrase “needless damage” above because I understand from a few off-licensees that the ‘morning after’ hullaballoo in the media is putting people off drinking at home too, afraid that more than a bottle of wine between two might still show up the next day like a bad penny on the breathalyser.
This is getting sillly. Can we have some facts please? I understand that the Gardai would prefer you to put 12 hours ‘twixt ‘bottle’ and ‘throttle’ but if one’s body can remove one unit of alcohol per hour, just how much of a bender do you have to be on in a normal evening for it to show up the next day after seven or eight hours’ sleep and how many of us partake of that type of bender in the average week? If the answer is ‘quite a few’, then we’ve a binge drinking problem across all sectors of society, not just our youth.

]]> By: shelbycockrell http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-11 shelbycockrell Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:04:54 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-11 That was a really good story with a great take on it. Drunk driving, unfortunately, is not something we will ever be able to fully stop. That was a really good story with a great take on it. Drunk driving, unfortunately, is not something we will ever be able to fully stop.

]]> By: Alice Lynch http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-10 Alice Lynch Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:36:42 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-10 Delighted to hear positive information. Strength in Unity. Delighted to hear positive information. Strength in Unity.

]]> By: Ken Burgin http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-9 Ken Burgin Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:56:21 +0000 http://helpfulhospitality.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/solving-the-drink-driving-problem-for-publicans/#comment-9 Good stuff. Also important that publicans always attend any meetings held about the issue - community groups or police meetings etc. 'We're part of the solution'. Most underage drinking is not a result of kids buying alcohol themselves but adults supplying it to them. Good stuff. Also important that publicans always attend any meetings held about the issue – community groups or police meetings etc. ‘We’re part of the solution’. Most underage drinking is not a result of kids buying alcohol themselves but adults supplying it to them.

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