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Should venues close bars during live performances?

The 3Arena has announced that its bars will be closed during an upcoming gig.

BARS IN THE 3Arena will be closed during David Gray’s performance at the venue tomorrow night.

“Once David Gray goes on stage, all bars will close and will remain closed for the duration of the show,” the 3Arena announced on social media.

The decision comes after complaints of disorderly crowd behaviour at Gray’s performance at the Dublin venue last month. After the concert, the singer-songwriter posted a video on social media and described the audience as “a bit out of control”.

So today we’re asking: Should venues close bars during live performances?


Poll Results:

No – they should stay open at all gigs (1972)
Yes – but they should reopen during an interlude (1647)
Yes – they should close for the entire performance (1464)
Unsure (158)

 

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    Mute Eugene Tyson
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    May 19th 2020, 3:47 PM

    What??? Something Trump said wasn’t factually accurate… well I never!

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    Mute Matthew O'Kane
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    May 19th 2020, 4:33 PM

    @Eugene Tyson: Both USA and China have being attacking each other over the pandemic, think taking it all with pinch of salt is a good call

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    Mute Kem Trayle
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    May 19th 2020, 6:11 PM

    @Eugene Tyson: At this point anyone who supports Trump is a troll, brainwashed or as awful a person as he is.

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    Mute bmul
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    May 19th 2020, 3:46 PM

    More lies anyone surprised ?

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    Mute Pat Casey
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    May 19th 2020, 4:16 PM

    @bmul: Trump will never let the truth get in the way of a good deflection.

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    Mute Gerry Savage
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    May 19th 2020, 5:05 PM

    @Crispy Brown: The Lancet?

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    Mute Terri McCormick O'Gorman
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    May 19th 2020, 5:31 PM

    @Crispy Brown: read the article!!!

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    Mute Brian Farrell
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    May 19th 2020, 6:11 PM

    @Pat Casey: or a successful election

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    Mute Al Fresco
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    May 19th 2020, 6:16 PM

    @Crispy Brown: are you a bleach gargler?

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    Mute Eugene Fitzgerald
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    May 19th 2020, 4:01 PM

    No lie should be tolerated.
    Especially from a president of US

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    Mute Arch Angel
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    May 19th 2020, 4:52 PM

    @Eugene Fitzgerald: In that regard there’s two separate issues here, Trump is being dishonest and the Chinese were, and may be continuing to be dishonest. Trumps lie is claiming the Lancet wrote a report in December which would support his version of events, clearly it didn’t.
    That said, there’s little doubt at this point the Chinese weren’t exactly honest either and the bulk of Trump’s claims may contain some substance. Unfortunately we’ll never know. When countries like Australia called for an independent international investigation into the virus China imposed trade sanctions against them. Yesterday, when over 100 countries joined Australia call Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to relent and agreed to an investigation, but only if headed by the WHO.
    As far as the Chinese are concerned they’re capitulating, as far as everyone else is concerned this is very doubtful and they’re chosing who to investigate them, they still can’t be trusted.

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    Mute Thomas O' Donnell
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    May 19th 2020, 8:54 PM

    @Arch Angel: And the EU were the ones who proposed the watered down investigation that the Chinese agreed to. Not sure why.

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    Mute Dave O'Keeffe
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    May 20th 2020, 6:40 AM

    @Arch Angel: I get why it’s suspect that they chose their investigators but who else could investigate the outbreak of a global pandemic?

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    Mute Seriousnojoke
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    May 19th 2020, 3:50 PM

    He doesn’t even care anymore… all the lies all for the mentally blind voters’ votes.. (facepalm)

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    May 19th 2020, 4:20 PM

    Many Trump supporters not addressing the fact that he has misquoted a high impact factor medical journal. His lies usually then evolve into claiming reports are ‘fake news’, or dismissing the publication as ‘failing’. Is he going to do that with the Lancet? What next? The NEJM? Whether the WHO could have done better is irrelevant, whether China is wholly responsible is irrelevant and whether you feel the media are being ‘mean’ is irrelevant. Lying repeatedly about scientific research and promoting anti-intellectualism to appeal to his base is wrong and will bite him in the arse as he’s dealing with a virus that doesn’t give a toss about his ‘numbers’, and he can’t give it a juvenile name and jeer at it to entertain his supporters. He is not up for the job as he inherently lacks empathy…

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    May 19th 2020, 4:04 PM

    Would actually be more surprised if the fanta orange oaf was telling the truth

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    Mute David A. Murray
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    May 19th 2020, 4:27 PM

    This is the man who (in a Rose Garden ceremony for emergency personnel who responded at ground zero on September 11) said he went to ground zero that day, although he wouldn’t consider himself a ‘first responder’. Trump lied face to face to the people who were there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zDmHzx0mFs

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    Mute Marcus Suridius
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    May 19th 2020, 4:13 PM

    Surprised he doesn’t lie about his name since he lies about everything else.

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    Mute David A. Murray
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    May 19th 2020, 4:29 PM

    @Marcus Suridius: He lied about his father being born in Germany. It was New York.

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    Mute Frank Mc Caffery
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    May 19th 2020, 5:06 PM

    @Marcus Suridius: lol. 5 year olds response. Your best Marcus?

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    Mute Atreyu.
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    May 19th 2020, 4:07 PM

    Anyone supporting the WHO after their recent behaviour and chinese links is a disgrace. Trump is right to defund them.

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    Mute EillieEs
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    May 19th 2020, 4:20 PM

    @Atreyu.: so you think it’s ok for Trump to outright lie in order to justify the other lies he’s telling about the WHO? Gosh you must be exhausted from all the mental gymnastics.

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    Mute Sandra Duffy
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    May 19th 2020, 4:26 PM

    @Atreyu.: you’re easily fooled.

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    May 19th 2020, 6:00 PM

    @Atreyu.: here here.

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    Mute Niall Ó Cofaigh
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    May 19th 2020, 7:52 PM

    @Atreyu.: and do you know what the WHO do?

    What would replace them and their role in world health?

    If we cannot support this arm of the United Nations who can we support?

    The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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    Mute Dave O'Keeffe
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    May 20th 2020, 11:31 AM

    @Atreyu.: I’m amazed that the WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION has connections to one of the biggest countries in the WORLD.

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    Mute Patrick Ryan
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    May 19th 2020, 4:18 PM

    Facts must not be allowed interfere with exhibiting leadership and strength in an election year.

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    May 19th 2020, 5:26 PM

    Ah sure he the ‘President’ lies every day and gets away with it.

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    May 19th 2020, 7:01 PM

    @Teresa Scanlon:
    Is calling a person a liar as you have just done without provided any proof is acceptable in a civilised metropolitan society or even in Kildare?

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    Mute ihcalaM
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    May 19th 2020, 9:13 PM

    @Pat Coyne: Proof’s in the article above, my dear.

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    May 19th 2020, 4:23 PM

    Got it – Orange Man Bad – The Journal for Journalism

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    May 19th 2020, 5:17 PM

    @Fergal Pigat: You dont think the fact that he lied about the Lancet report in this letter is newsworthy?

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    Mute Frank Mc Caffery
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    May 19th 2020, 4:55 PM

    It must be great fun for those of you who love to jump on any old bandwagon to make yourselves feel better and part of something. Like a team maybe. But when you compare Trump to the democratic opposition he faces its laughable. The DNC is an absolute travesty of justice and truth. Watch it all unfold in the near future. And with any unlikely luck you may even deem it necessary to actually investigate the nonsense to which you all gleefully adhere. Sad little people.

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    May 19th 2020, 5:13 PM

    @Frank Mc Caffery: Your post is as vague and incoherent as the President of the USA

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    Mute ihcalaM
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    May 19th 2020, 5:45 PM

    @Frank Mc Caffery: No comment on the lies in question then Frank? Thought not. Pitiful attempt.

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    May 19th 2020, 7:10 PM

    @ihcalaM: It would obviously take a very long time to address the amount uninformed drivel that surrounds Trump. All too evident in Journal posts. It was that fact I was commenting about. It’s sickening to read the sheeples voice when they are informed by the most partisan media the USA has ever witnessed. I take for granted that the truth will out and forgotten about as usual. So Mal, your quite correct I suppose. Keep reading Mal.

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    May 19th 2020, 8:24 PM

    @Frank Mc Caffery: And Frank what is your opinion on what Trump wrote, irrespective of the rest of the commentary?

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    Mute ihcalaM
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    May 19th 2020, 9:13 PM

    @Frank Mc Caffery: Think you misunderstood me Frank. I was wondering what you thought of Trump’s latest lie. My point is that you seem to be so caught up in whinging about the DNC (nobody is actually defending them) while Trump’s obvious lying seems to get no comment from your good self.

    Was just hoping you could clear up your stance on his consistent dishonesty (P.S. you can’t blame the “mainstream meejia” this time, a highly respected medical journal told him to stuff it).

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    Mute Irish big fellow
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    May 19th 2020, 5:56 PM

    Trump should be permanently wired up to a lie detector machine and the results should be broadcasted all over America and elsewhere.

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    Mute David A. Murray
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    May 19th 2020, 6:08 PM

    @Irish big fellow: Doing that would probably create a singularity from the electrical overload. The singularity would collapse this universe.

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    May 19th 2020, 8:20 PM

    I don’t think its my imagination…..but .has anybody noticed his hair seems to be getting less and less……This is one of the side effects of that stuff he has been taking or has he found a barber to delve into the mass of hair……..

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    May 19th 2020, 8:47 PM

    He knows some will still believe him, it’s all about votes

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