In the time when the dinosaurs dominated the daytime economy, our mammalian ancestors probably only managed to survive at all because they found ways of scraping a living at night.

在恐龙主宰着白天的局势的时代，我们的哺乳动物祖先之所以能够勉强生存下来，可能只是因为他们找到了在夜间谋生的方法。

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No matter what shape it takes, a night-time economy relies on a night-time workforce.

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The company said its new round-the clock service was to "support shift workers and the night-time economy".

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Mr Neill said the consultation "offered the opportunity to modernise the current licensing laws and bring Northern Ireland's night-time economy into the 21st century".

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