Nightclub Closing Times in Letterkenny - Part 2
March 13th, 2008I was on Newstalk this morning to discuss the latest development in the ongoing saga of Nightclub closing times in Letterkenny (first post about it here). This followed a report on RTE News last night, and a few articles in today’s national papers.
The current situation is that three of Letterkenny’s nightclubs have been granted closing times for March of 2am, and one remains with closing time of 1:30 as it has not (yet) filed an appeal to the court. My main concern in all of this is that we are simply moving the problem around, rather than dealing with it. As I say in my interview below, I believe that the best way to deal with this is by controlling the times at which clubs close, to ensure we are not seeing an influx onto the streets at the same time. By splitting closing times every 15 or 20 minutes over an hour, we’d meet it easier to get taxis and food late at night.
I hope the council, gardai and pub/club owners can now start working towards this.
Click the “play” arrow below to listen to my interview on Newstalk this morning, with Ger Gilroy.
