Archives for December 8th, 2006

Apparently we were all wrong. The publicans don’t want compensation because of the ’stricter drink driving laws’ – hang on, when did the law get stricter, surely it’s simply being better enforced! – they want: “This proposal is not about direct monetary compensation for individual publicans across the board”, read a statement from the [...]

Well, that’s basically what they are saying! BreakingNews.ie has an article this morning entitled “Publicans ’seeking compensation for random breath-testing‘ “. I can’t believe it – the Vintners Association of Ireland are claiming that the new random breath testing measures introduced in July are causing losses in rural pubs so they want to be compensated. Why [...]