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License for handing out leaflets?

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  • 11-08-2010 8:25pm
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    ScienceNerd361
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭


    Hello all :)
    I want to hand out some public information leaflets, and was wondering about all those pesky laws (such as that litter law and what have you). Do I need a license to cover myself? If so where can I get such a license? What does it cost? And most importantly, can I still be in violation of that litter law?
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    delllat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭delllat


    you may be liable if people just drop them a few meters down the street after deciding the service is no use to them :D

    at least if u put them in their letter boxes they can light the fire with them


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    ScienceNerd361
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭ScienceNerd361


    delllat wrote: »
    you may be liable if people just drop them a few meters down the street after deciding the service is no use to them :D

    at least if u put them in their letter boxes they can light the fire with them

    Grand out :) But, do I need a license?


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    blue4ever
    Registered Users Posts: 1,255 ✭✭✭blue4ever


    yes! DCC introduce a permit system some time back to curtail distribution in hight traffic areas like henry/grafton st. Outside dublin (jurisdiction of other CC) they are a little more flexible.


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    ScienceNerd361
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭ScienceNerd361


    blue4ever wrote: »
    yes! DCC introduce a permit system some time back to curtail distribution in hight traffic areas like henry/grafton st. Outside dublin (jurisdiction of other CC) they are a little more flexible.

    Thanks for the help blue4ever :)


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    Ian Beale
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Ian Beale


    Depends on the county, I'm 99.99% certain I read in my local paper that you aren't allowed hand out leaflets on any street in Kildare and to get around that people were getting permission from large shopping centres and tesco to stand inside their doorways to keep it legal.


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    ScienceNerd361
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭ScienceNerd361


    Could anyone tell me the official name of this license? I'm having trouble finding information about it on the Cork County Council website. (And thanks for the tip Ian Beale :).)


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    Rogue-Trooper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭Rogue-Trooper


    It's usually a waste permit you need as you are creating litter. Not sure who to talk to in Cork but you could try the environment section of the City Council 021-4924533.

    Don't try and do it without a permit in a public place - I know someone who was threatened with a €25k fine for distributing leaflets outside Croke Park!:eek:


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    ScienceNerd361
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭ScienceNerd361


    Rogue-Trooper wrote: »
    It's usually a waste permit you need as you are creating litter. Not sure who to talk to in Cork but you could try the environment section of the City Council 021-4924533.

    Don't try and do it without a permit in a public place - I know someone who was threatened with a €25k fine for distributing leaflets outside Croke Park!:eek:

    Thanks for the help Rouge-Trooper :)


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