Many of us are starting the new year without alcohol by participating in ‘Dry January’, where we give up alcohol for a month. after a busy Christmas of partying.
As with any health challenge, it can be difficult to stay on track when others around you aren’t doing the same. A month-long commitment to abstain from alcohol might seem like a great way to reset your body and save a few quid, but it might feel isolating if everyone else around you is still drinking pints.
But one Northern Ireland pub is bucking the trend with its own anti-Dry January promotion. The Necarne Arms in Irvinestown has launched its own special offer on Guinness to mark the start of 2025 and in a bid to to brush off the January blues.
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The Co Fermanagh pub is running a cut price mid-week promo on pints of the black stuff for those who still fancy a tipple this January. It runs Monday to Wednesday from 5pm to close.
In a message to punters on social media, the Necarne Arms said: “No Dry January about here….. to start the year off we are doing pints of Guinness for £2.50 from Monday to Wednesday.”
It comes just weeks after shortages of Guinness in Great Britain put a dampener on some people’s Christmas outings but Irish drinkers were glad their supplies were safe over the festive season.
Some pubs in England reported running out of pints of the black stuff after Diageo announced weeks earlier that Guinness supplies to England, Scotland and Wales would be limited.
The drinks multinational said this was due to a surge in demand, fuelled by the stout becoming popular among young people and women in recent years. Irish people also reckon it is more popular abroad due to the success of Irish artists on the world stage.
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