THE IRISH PUB, says the Lonely Planet travel guide, is the country’s number-one attraction. Yet it is also doomed, according to leading food writer John McKenna. Health campaigners have its products in their cross-hairs, but the truth is that many of us are increasingly indifferent to its long-standing charms.
Is the pub really doomed ?
Maybe.
Especially if they carry on thinking all punters want is a telly set to Sky News, indifferent service, no food and mawkish stout.
Costing even more than it did during the Celtic Tiger.
Fuck it lads, publicans deserve to perish in a pool of their own greed.
I find the pubs in Cork always to be empty enough. Dublin doesn't seem to have the same problem. In fact, the pub tradition is alive and well in Dublin I would say.
Loads of pubs and nightclubs gone out of business in Dublin the past 2 months
Places like the Odeon are/have closed, but I'd say they were never busy in the first place. I haven't seen too many places empty. Even in January when it's a notoriously quiet month.
Death of the Irish boozer.
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