Fireworks not being sold by the big five supermarkets

It is illegal here in Ireland to sell or use fireworks (apart from official events). It doesn't stop people getting hold of them and annoying everyone for weeks around this time of the year.

Not sure what’s going on here. Are you saying there are simply no fireworks at all, anymore? Or will it just be specialised shops allowed to sell them?

One of our local schools does a fantastic display for all the kids, families and local people. I would be sad to see that go, but agree, it’s never made sense to me, for absolutely anyone to be able to buy them.

The law around when they can be set off is also quite something to get your head around.

TillyTrotter

I would welcome the news of all sales of fireworks being banned, except for organised events. It isn’t that I don’t like them, but modern ones sound like incendiary devices and frighten pets and a lot of people.

I totally agree Tilly!

Whilst having every sympathy with those people (and their pets) who are genuinely harassed by thoughtless firework-users around this time of year, I think it would be a shame if individuals were banned from buying fireworks; and if fireworks could be experienced only at (very much beyond) arms-length "official" displays, rather than in a family environment. It would be yet another example of the actions of a degenerate section of society curtailing the freedoms of the rest. And looking at a 'firework ban' from another angle: I was lucky enough to be brought up in a remote area of the North of Scotland, and have happy memories of the family bonfire night on the 5th. During a few days before that - and having had the basics of safe explosives-handling drilled into us by our fathers who had recently fought in WW2 - my friends and I had great fun blowing up everything from dried cow-pats to puff-ball mushrooms with the ubiquitous penny-bangers readily available to us from the village store. We caused no damage to property nor annoyance to anyone, and we learned by trial (and occasional error) a great deal about real-life risk assessment. Our grandchildren will suffer from the current fashion for attempting to shield them from any possible mental or physical affronts or accidents.

My idiot neighbour kept German shepherds and also let off fireworks every opportunity. Poor poor dogs.

Excellent news!

As others have said they should only be sold to specially licenced displays and not sold anywhere else.
Ideally I would like them banned completely.
Goodness knows what refugees from war torn countries make of it all

Delighted to red this - my poor little dog hates them and just wants to go out in the garden and bark like crazy. I dread this time of year!! :-(

Im glad dont like them I was burt on the back if my leg when I was about 14 the spark went over everones head and landed in me my Dad went mad I had to go to hospital and had a tin of greasy lint stuff to put on it. People will still buy them though. They go on for days round here. Infact there were some the other night?.

I read there was expected to be a shortage this year. Can't think of anything less needed.

Hurrah! Good news at last.

I heartily concur. Unfortunately the organised event where I live has been cancelled on covid health and safety, so it looks like garden displays will continue still.

I would welcome the news of all sales of fireworks being banned, except for organised events. It isn’t that I don’t like them, but modern ones sound like incendiary devices and frighten pets and a lot of people.

Good, I hate them. I was burned as a child by a stray firework at a supervised display.

Plenty of other outlets near here, at least two garden centres.

harrigran

That is good news. It is usually like a war zone around here from now until November 5th.

They start round here on 31st October and go on well into the New Year!

In fact there were some extremely loud ones going off recently but it must have been an organised display. I've never heard any that loud before.

M0nica

Cannot remember ever seeing fireworks on sale at a supermarket.

Yes, they are usually in a locked glass case at Tesco.

I am very pleased to hear this.

I hope Tesco is one of them, they always have a separate counter selling them in ours ?

Good news.

That would be very good news. I do wish the "corner shops" would stop as well. That seems to be where the "idiots" buy them to let off in the streets and terrify the neighbourhood.

Cannot remember ever seeing fireworks on sale at a supermarket.

That is good news. It is usually like a war zone around here from now until November 5th.

Glad to hear it