Louise McSharry

I'm not sure people are flying in to have a look at the children's hospital, Carl.

Of course, where it belongs.

I did see some interesting content this week around the fact that apparently Sis Madden's on Drury Street had its outdoor license revoked.

And indeed, I think they've said that there's to be no outdoor drinking on Drury Street.

Now, don't fact-check me on that.

Well, do actually fact-check me on that because...

This is all kind of I've seen in conversation because I didn't research this properly beforehand.

But anyway, basically, the message is that they don't want people drinking outside on Drury Street, which is obviously a very popular place for people to hang out in town during good weather.

And everybody's really devastated about this.

And there have been some parallels drawn.

People have been like, well, you know, they want to give us the giant.

You can't have fun outside, but you can have a giant.

That's a good idea.

I mean, we've talked about, yeah, that's a good idea.

I like that.

We've talked about Drury Street before.

Just to flag, we talked about the, you know, the concerns of some of the businesses there who seem to be quite reasoned in their kind of conversation around the challenges that the, you know, the massive crowds can create on sunny days in the summer.

And, you know, I do feel for the small businesses who need to operate there.

And but also it just all is such evidence of the complete and total lack of infrastructure for people to socialize in Dublin these days, and particularly younger people who are being forced to live with their parents for longer and longer and longer, you know, they don't have their own apartments to hang out in.

Sorry, say again?