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CORK CITY COUNCIL is calling on college bars in University College Cork (UCC) to reduce their opening hours during Freshers Week and Rag Week.
The call comes after residents living near the university have complained of noise and anti-social behaviour in recent years.
Local residents are set to hand in a letter to management at the college asking them to open at 5pm rather than the usual 12pm on those weeks.
Independent Councillor Mick Finn says that residents are “exasperated” by students during the two weeks in particular and proposed a motion backing the restrictions.
The councillor acknowledged that reducing opening hours in college bars might just mean that students drink in nearby pubs but argued that the request would ’fire a warning shot’:
Obviously the residents were feeling that this would perhaps create problems in the bars in the immediacy of UCC, but they were saying what it would say is, ‘look, there are too many alcohol-fuelled events in these two weeks in particular and there’s a need to curtail it’.
UCC Students’ Union has described the restriction as a “short-sighted” move that could actually make things worse for local residents.
“What do you think will happen?,” says UCC SU president Aidan Coffey.
“You’ll end up with people in houses and on the streets, and even more hassle for residents. It would be a massive step backwards.”
Coffey says that UCC SU also wants to reduce disruption to residents but that the wider issue of alcohol’s place in society must be addressed alongside local issues:
This is further evidence of a society that prefers to demonise a majority of students for the actions of a minority, rather than acknowledge responsibility for presiding over a cultural shift of alcohol consumption in the home, rather than the pub.
But Finn says that while the larger issue needs to be looked at, students also have a responsibility.
“The Student’s Union need to acknowledge that, as well instead of being negative for the sake of it, they need to actually come around and address the problems in UCC as well of the national culture.”
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It’s only the cost of 2 bicycle sheds or Simon and michweals salary the sad part is someone sanctioned he would continue to get the same salary when nama is finished why and more importantly who name this person and then sack him for sanctioning a salary for a job that doesn’t exist
In fairness to praise on this one. I would never have known about the government’s plans in he hadn’t highlighted it. Fair play.
@Gavin Smartr: in fairness to Pearse
@Gavin Smartr: Did the Irish Daily Mail have it first.
@Steve White: probably did Steve but I definitely wouldn’t have seen it there.
Does he do a job at all? I think we should be told!
€206 per hour for a 40 hour week. I’ll do the job for a quarter of that.
@David Connell: A lot of tax to come out of that don’t forget.
@Pat Barry: SO?? when I put €80 diesel in the car I don’t say ‘ oh, I put €44 euros in / the rest is just tax’
how many bank accounts have fffg and cronies got outside the state (diehard patriots)
Nobody needs to be paid that much money! It is absolutely obscene!
@Andrew Harrington: Why? People get paid what they are worth generally. 430k isn’t a huge salary given what achieved , and he might leave he’d easily find jobs paying more than that in the private sector.
@Andrew Harrington: reality is when you put each individual TD’S cost to scrutiny from salary to expenses to a secretary parliamentary assistants (all family members) committee chairs postage phones and other perks they each cost roughly €350,000 to €400,000 not bad for most of whom are absolutely useless
@Paul O’Mahoney: I have heard that one many years ago where the CEO of British Telecom before privatisation received a huge salary increase and when it was questioned the excuse was that he would have received a lot more in the private sector particularly in the U.S. with his experience and qualifications. The BBC went along to recruitment agencies in the U.S. and these agencies more or less laughed when they saw his C.V. and politely informed them that people with his qualifications were 2 a penny in the U.S.
@Paul O’Mahoney: lol it wasn’t hard to make money from NAMA but he did have to deal with a lot of irate developers in fairness. I agree that he could get at least this much in the private sector.
The point is does he need to be paid that much to do the job he will do in NTMA? No. So now he has the choice, stay in a still well paid job and be comfortable or go for the big bucks in private sector. The state does not need him to be paid for NAMA skills in his old job! That was my understanding anyway.
Like, why was he getting that at nama.
Which all means he’ll hold onto his salary
Watch this space, all the language is typical of political speak by FF and FG. I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if he retains that salary. It’s like the government has no power or control over these things….
No person is worth that salary from taxpayers money government rubbing irish people’s noses again there are some many people living on the breadline it’s an utter disgrace
@Pauline Cahill: Check out the cost of every TD a complete joke
@Pauline Cahill: So what if there are people on the breadline a person’s salary didn’t cause people being on the breadline. This is typical, Irish begrudgery at its finest , “rubbing people’s nose in it,” another simpleton quote. If people who don’t want to be on the breadline work harder, educate yourself, and grow up and take responsibility for yourself and your life .
the laugh is people think this is usual ..its standard procedure in the “public service”
It’s sickening.
On the other article debunked the cost of cars for the Ukrainians, the cars still cost phucking just short of 40,000 a piece!!! And paid for insurance, tax and phucking fuel!!! What the phuck, I drive a banger, 16 years old, 50 miles a day commuting, over €80 a week for phucking diesel! How the phuck can I not get this phucking deal! Some phucking state we live in. And the government can’t understand why people are protesting??!
@den: but den ya don’t understand you work hard and pay tax so why would ya be entitled to anything? It’s the poor people in this country that never worked a day in their lives and the folks that enter the country with no documents that need to be looked after, if my landlord decides to sell the house I’m living in for the past 15years decides to sell up I’m screwed even though I’ve never missed one months do ya think I’d be priorised over the low life that won’t pay 15euro a week out of their dol money for a roof over their head. In this country you’re probably better off not working but that’s me like most people I want to work even though every morning I wish I didn’t have to get out of the bed but once your ya enjoy it
@Nikki Swift: that’s not me
@Nikki Swift: too true Nikki
He looks like an overfeed ho..mo
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