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Article: The plain truth is, the pub is dead ... or at least the good one is -- killed off by blaring music, multiple TV screens and third-rate soccer ,says Liam Collins.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2008
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The plain truth is, the pub is dead
... or at least the good one is -- killed off by blaring music, multiple TV screens and third-rate soccer ,says Liam Collins
It was shortly before the New Year when I walked into an old Dublin pub, ordered a pint and sat down to contemplate the future, as you do around this time of year.
The thought process was slow and as I waited for the pint to arrive I noticed that there were two televisions blaring from two corners of the room, and in a third corner a big flat screen was lit up with an advertisement for some new foreign beer I'd never heard of before.
Then the intrusion of music blaring from a ...
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