European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The quiet pub a new Irish lament by Francisx Clines new York times y closing Temh. Ail i the stars shining y above Iho Ink to us to Sligo sick Mcnally was lir Irr rms Over a cup of Collin no Ono end of Iho in in. Vium my Ding Piti in Drc Motl. Ireland Down Al inc other end Hist a. Millie saw to drawing the final Pink of Stout Lor inc one regular customer in Iho place a quiet named to. Foughnan it was the Overly go nolo sort of night Mcnally and the rest of Ireland s 9,000 tub owners Are worried about an occasion of dwindling thirst in the nation s Public houses under the Burden of some of Ifica highest drinkers faxes in Europe consumption of Hoer and spills has fallen a total of 14 percent in Ireland since 1979 and More than half of the nation s pubs did not make a prolix Las year according to the Vinyl Rivurs federation of Ireland. I have never scan things so had end Mcnuity who Lisl went to work in the family pub 45 years ago then it was a snug fit in a Long thatch roofed collage where inc Laroc is gathered in inc evenings there amid the Western land of county la item a Low regulars iric to through Hul their pockets Are lived tie said describing the state of his business Wimch carries Loans from the far Boom time More than 3 re Cade go. When he rebuilt Iho pub As g handsome family gathering place because of tax differences Iho puce of a pint of Guir iss j2 in the Liuji Republic is 75 cents cheaper in Boilhem Ireland 15 Miles a Vay a bottle of whisky 15 a1 least $3 cheaper in Ulster. Thus for years shoppers from the Irish Republic and been going by the busloads to buy in the North each Day. Bringing Hack alcohol and other consumer items. However the Republic s newly elected government cracked Down two weeks ago and announced tight limitations on Cross Border purchasing hoping to prop up local Commerce bul if hard limes Over meant hard drinking Iho current , rooted in the deep National recession do not Bear of Itie stereotype. On she latest list of alcohol consuming nations compiled by the european Community the Republic stands 18th. On a Oer capita basis and is slipping. It is Well behind the hers. Luxembourg and France and two spots behind the United states the Loci notion of is heavy Lush Drinker does not stand up to scrutiny said tango Sullivan chief executive of the vintners federation in Dublin. He is Busy racking what he described As a. Neat frantic turnover in the ownership of Ireland s pubs by investors caught Wilh Largo Loans and no profile i Don t know if the Lush deserve a bad name for drink,11 said Mcna by sipping Coffee at his pub i have a feeling they can to exceedingly fond of it bul maybe in s just that sonic Don t know Hov to a junk the Irish Drinker is in n portion to mount a Livo Fillod Challenge to Sellite such since Iho puce of in pkg has been Siny along Wilh taxation and unemployment even As income1 is slipping particularly in s Rural Economy sufi As in the Promod area the problem was disc lied at Midnight recently in the quiet of the pub As act Biily pointed out the economics of t p Foughnan s Nightcap pint of guinness Stout Colin Linch dark and wet atop the bar. He paid inc equivalent cd 52 of Tinl. The government will gel $1 24 in excise and value added Lases. Mcnally said Aller paying Iho distributor. The publican keep 55 cents of which he will retain 25 percent As net profit this
