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2012 - Sale Of Alcohol Bill still on hold

(15.1.12) No news is good news as they say. Or in our case, has become a familiar story. So far Fine Gael have failed to distinguish themselves as anything different from the previous government in terms of their will to tackle the ongoing fiasco that is the Sale of Alcohol Bill. We have however been encouraged by justice minister Alan Shatter's readiness to discuss the matters at hand with the INIA, which is a much greater gesture than Dermot Ahern before him ever showed. Thank you for the ongoing email responses and messages of support, we have definitely noticed a renewed interest in the campaign over recent months, and hope to report further on developments regarding the upcoming bill very soon.

Venues, promoters, nightclub staff: please get in touch

(23.8.11) We know that many, many thousands of people around the country support the aims of Give Us The Night. However, we do feel that new and closer contact between us and other likeminded individuals needs to be made. We are doing a fresh callout, particularly to people working within the nightclub industry, to touch base with us. If you have an interest in helping to push the campaign further, please simply send us an email, telling us where you are based and what your nightclub related occupation or job role is. We'll be back in touch to suggest how we think you can help.

Economic report on licensing costs in Ireland

(12.5.11) It has long been argued that a reduction in exemption order fees for nightclubs would be beneficial to the economy, thus increasing each club's potential for profit as well as its ability to open extra nights and employ extra staff. The INIA recently commissioned economist Tony Foley to examine the current situation for nightclubs with regard licensing costs. You can read his report here: http://www.inia.ie/media/TonyFoleyReport.pdf

Election update

(26.1.11) We have had quite a few questions recently regarding the outgoing Fianna Fáil government’s Sale of Alcohol Bill. You probably don’t need us to tell you this but it will not be published this side of the election. The bill itself has been worked on for almost eight years, and has unbelievably still not been completed. Dermot Ahern and his department had a lot of work to do on the bill and were unlikely to reach completion on it anytime soon.