Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

This illustrates in a simple way that there is violence; even when someone politely says they are closed, there can still be violence because of the behaviour. The drinking is not the problem but the behaviour. The Minister has experience of this in his own family whereby violence can be perpetrated on young people and drink is not the problem. On Bloomsday – this was very sad – one of the young actors was wearing an enormous papier maché heads of James Joyce, which was set alight. He could very easily have had his head burnt off but for the rapid intervention of some others. I do not understand this kind of nastiness. I very much welcome the codification and hope that there will be this investigation.

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