Hamer has had some rather unsavory incidents for management to deal with in recent times. Management has reached the, possibly inevitable, conclusion that for the sake and safety of residents and staff present and future that the house needs to become alcohol free. This comes into being as a 2-stage process. From the middle of next week alcohol may only be consumed in the privacy of one’s bedroom (as is the situation at Carrical) and from 1st February 2016 Hamer will be a dry house. Might there be some fallout and might we lose a few residents along the way? Yes to both questions, absolutely. But the short term pain will rapidly be outweighed by the advantages moving forwards.