Stay out late this weekend

It's turning into an oppressive police state...No one seems to represent the vast majority of people who enjoy going out, having a few drinks, enjoying music etc. and who don't go around with the intention of kicking the crap out of each other etc. The sensationalist, often media-driven (sorry Una !) mob, seem to be dictating policy and attempting to control people's behaviour via legislastion, which in my opinion, will never work. Declan @ Declan, RE: "media-driven". I have to disagree with you there. In fact, this 'story' has been virtually ignored by the media (for better or worse.) The real reason for these new laws has far more to do with the changing of guard in Fianna Fail at ministerial level and a huge injection of conservatism in the Dept of Justive, than it does with a mob, a public desire for this policy, or media... [read full story]