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    Republic of Ireland V Switzerland 25th March & Slovakia 29th March 2016 - Friendlies

    I got an email off the FAI there saying we'll have a second friendly at Lansdowne the Tuesday after the Good Friday meeting with Switzerland. The opposition will be announced following the Euro 2016 draw on Saturday. Season ticket holders are covered for the 'bonus' fixture.

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    Poor Swiss fans, getting stuck with a Good Friday away game in Dublin.

    They're in for a shock anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Poor Swiss fans, getting stuck with a Good Friday away game in Dublin.

    They're in for a shock anyway.
    What was the nature of the exemption that was made for some poxy Leinster rugby match a few years ago? Was it just that the RDS could serve booze?

    Surely a deal could be struck for a match involving Euro 2016 qualifiers, the Republic of Ireland football team.

    Better yet, maybe it could be the catalyst in abolishing the ridiculous law anyway.

    And if someone replies with the tired old line of "can you not go a day without booze", can they please be banned for a week. It's not about that at all and it's an utterly moronic thing to post. (Retaliation in first, always)

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    And just saw the ticket prices. I can bring the nipper to his first and second Ireland match for €15. Well played the FAI.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yard of Pace View Post
    What was the nature of the exemption that was made for some poxy Leinster rugby match a few years ago? Was it just that the RDS could serve booze?
    it was for Thomond Park in 2010 for munster v leinster. the publicans argued the law would cost them between €6m and €10m.... the equivalent of 1.2m and 2.0m pints or 230 and 384 pints per spectator attending

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbyrne View Post
    it was for Thomond Park in 2010 for munster v leinster. the publicans argued the law would cost them between €6m and €10m.... or 230 and 384 pints per spectator attending
    pffft, West-Brit lightweights....
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    Quote Originally Posted by jbyrne View Post
    it was for Thomond Park in 2010 for munster v leinster. the publicans argued the law would cost them between €6m and €10m.... the equivalent of 1.2m and 2.0m pints or 230 and 384 pints per spectator attending
    Pints? These are rugger chaps. I'd be basing it mostly on how much their most expensive bottles of champagne, cognac and wine are.

    And I'm sure there was a premium placed on the price of a pint of Heino for the day.

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    Can you not go one day without booze?
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    Quote Originally Posted by harry crumb View Post
    Can you not go one day without booze?
    Off-licences at 950 on Holy Thursday suggest not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yard of Pace View Post
    Pints? These are rugger chaps. I'd be basing it mostly on how much their most expensive bottles of champagne, cognac and wine are.

    And I'm sure there was a premium placed on the price of a pint of Heino for the day.
    They sell wine at Craven Cottage under the main stands. I suppose West London is different, a bit D4ish.

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    The Swiss favor a nice Fondue while about their matches.

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    Far as I know Landsdowne is on the exempt list for Good Friday as well so we should be able to get several pints of overpriced pish no bother.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbyrne View Post
    it was for Thomond Park in 2010 for munster v leinster. the publicans argued the law would cost them between €6m and €10m.... the equivalent of 1.2m and 2.0m pints or 230 and 384 pints per spectator attending
    That 1.2 -2m pints drunk is the equivalent of a stone cold sober estimate of 48 - 80 pints per average belly attending. That's if the publicans were talking gross.
    If we think like Ruud Gullit does and understand the cost figure mentioned to be net, then we are talking serious Listowel levels of drink consumption.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yard of Pace View Post
    What was the nature of the exemption that was made for some poxy Leinster rugby match a few years ago? Was it just that the RDS could serve booze?

    Surely a deal could be struck for a match involving Euro 2016 qualifiers, the Republic of Ireland football team.

    Better yet, maybe it could be the catalyst in abolishing the ridiculous law anyway.

    And if someone replies with the tired old line of "can you not go a day without booze", can they please be banned for a week. It's not about that at all and it's an utterly moronic thing to post. (Retaliation in first, always)
    I do have a bit of a grá for the idiosyncratic nature of the law itself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by harry crumb View Post
    Can you not go one day without booze?
    But match days are different.

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    I'm assuming that if we should draw Switzerland a new opponent will be found for the game on the 25th??
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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Poor Swiss fans, getting stuck with a Good Friday away game in Dublin.

    They're in for a shock anyway.
    Not too many of them tbh....

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    Slovakia on the 29th with a TBA in May then to finish up

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...with-slovakia/

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    Hauld on a minute...just realised, Ireland are playing on Good Friday? Feck.
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