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I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.

I don't have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it.

A pub can be a magical place.

I come from a culture where the pub is the centre of the community. The pub is the Internet. It's where information is gathered, collated and addressed.

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.

Let me just say, I've seen a pub or two.

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.