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TEENAGERS GOING TO underage discos are consuming vodka from frozen oranges, a TD has claimed in the Dáil.
Galway deputy Anne Rabbitte TD was asking Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald what’s being done to tackle underage drinking when she made the claim this evening.
After the minister detailed the range of laws that block the sale and distribution of alcohol to minors, Rabbitte questioned whether the laws are being adequately enforced.
“The minister talked about the 1998 Act and the issue of delivering alcohol to minors. That is where my biggest concern lies,” Rabbitte told the house.
I am at the stage of bringing teenagers to discos and when I pull up to the disco I am turning into one of those mothers who stays in the car and watches to make sure they go in the door. If I turn my eye and look down along the canal or the walkway, as it is called in Loughrea, I am watching the over-18s sell the cans and bottles. I am a mother in that moment, not a deputy or anything else.
“I see the oranges being handed over that have been frozen with vodka, so they can suck on the oranges as they are standing there. I am talking about second and third-year discos.”
The minister responded by saying that, as a parent, she understands the deputy’s concerns.
“As a mother of three sons who are thankfully now older, I can empathise with her concerns about young people. We have to approach this on a number of different levels. Enforcement is one part,” the Fitzgerald said.
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8000 people the majority of who will be drunk and high on drugs together on a pier. can’t see anything going wrong there
@Roy Dowling: Pier pressure ?
@Roy Dowling: Roy get a grip. Beatyard over the last few summers has been a massive success. Dun laoghaire is a beautiful place with great people
@David Devane: brilliant
@David Devane: This better be the name of the Festival
@Roy Dowling: you judging others by what you yourself do Roy??
Not everyone is a junky like you, some of us can be responsible when we go to a gig,
but i`ll look out for you seeing as i live out that way – i take it you will be one of the ones floating facedown in the water surrounded by your own puke?
@Pixie McMullen: your alright thanks haven’t drank in Dún Laoghaire in 6 years and I ain’t planning on drinking in the sh!thole any time soon.
@Roy Dowling: So, ye just stick to the drugs when you are out that way so?
@Pixie McMullen: ah stop. Hopefully not. Fun and enjoyment.
@Pixie McMullen: your free to think so if you like.
I want deep house and filthy stomping techno.
Lark in the Park in Blackrock may be returning as well. Free gigs that ended in mid-80s
@Insider at RTE: where did you hear that ?
@Sos: local gossip in business circles in Blackrock. 14 July mooted date afaik
Cracking idea.
I remember that summer in Dublin…..
We are crying out for more festivals like this in Cork. Shame.
@Arthur Pewty: you had techworks last week. Hush now.
Hope everything works out well and nobody takes any drugs or alcohol and enjoy the music sensibly…
@popeye Doyle: no drink ? No drugs ?enjoy the music ? Light hearted attempt at humour from me .
Instagram festival more like
I hope it werks oush!
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