1012553 Odeon Cinema (Point Village)

I made the decision not to exclude theatre licences from the idea of what is or isn't a pub for a few reasons.

The first one is that it would exclude a number of premises that effectively operate as pubs - 1011153 The Wild Duck and Crowbar in 1013315 Button Factory - which anyone making a list of pubs from a different data source would include.

The second one is the historical sidenote of many bars and nightclubs having obtained theatre licences prior to the 2008 licencing changes as a more flexible method for late opening - about thirty, mostly south city centre, premises held a theatre licence in addition to their publicans licence.

This decision is starting to cause me some problems, though. Not everywhere with a theatre licence actually sells alcohol on a regular basis (N2659 Vue Cinema), and some which do are not open frequently - N2198 Liberty Hall (note the inaccurate prediction in that review!). Excepting the few that trade as bars, you generally need to buy an event ticket to attend.

Luckily, this one just required me to go see a movie, very close to my office. All that's sold here is bottled Heineken and generic red and white wine, dispensed in to plastic cups so you can bring it in to the screens.

This was actually my second cinema of the day - I had watched another movie on the tiny 22-seat Screen 9 of the 1013276 Omniplex in Rathmines - but wasn't aware that their bar only opens at 19:30. There's a few more films I want to see either out or coming out soon, so I'll have to arrange a tour of the other licenced cinemas to see those!