Ireland: Inquiry Into Drinking Laws
Justice Minister Brian Lenihan said he would set up an advisory group to examine current laws on the sale and consumption of alcohol and report back to him by March 31. “We have a problem with binge drinking in this country, and it is clear that this problem is adding to public disorder,” he said. He said he wanted the panel to look into the increase in the number of supermarkets, convenience stores and gas stations selling alcohol; the regulations that allow pubs to keep longer hours; and the effectiveness of existing penalties for under-age alcohol consumption.
Source http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/world/europe/10briefs-drink.html?ref=world
"Molly Malones"//
Himno de los borrachos con junto con "whiskey in the jar" y "i am rover"
1. In Dublin's fair city,
Where girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she pushed her wheelbarrow
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!
Chorus:
Alive, alive oh! alive, alive oh!
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!
2. Now she was a fishmonger,
And sure twas no wonder,
For so were her mother and father before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!
Chorus:
3. She died of a fever,
And no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
Now her ghost wheels her barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!
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