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Alcohol deliveries in Ireland

  • 03-11-2010 3:46pm
    #1
    00011000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭


    Hi, does anyone know if it is OK to deliver alcohol from my Off license in Ireland under current legislation.

    I know O'Briens and a few other places do it in Dublin, so it looks like it should be OK.

    A few other questions:
    Do I need a special license to deliver alcohol?
    Do I need to check for ID at the house I deliver to?

    When is it technically the time of transaction?- The time the order is placed or the time the money changes hands at the delivery location?

    If a customer purchases (i.e. pays for it as well) the alcohol at 9:55PM and it gets delivered after 10pm, is this legal?


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  • #2
    YouProduce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭YouProduce


    Feature on this subject on rte a couple of months ago. I think to be competitive you are going to be doing something illegal. All of the major supermarkets were doing it and not asking for id & taking cash at the door, both highly illegal. It was easy for underage people to get alcohol, in fact not one delivery person asked for id out of around 7 or 8 companies.


  • #3
    00011000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭00011000


    What do you mean by "competitive"? In my town, no off-license is doing alcohol deliveries. Maybe except from the supermarket chains you are talking about.

    I'm not interested in selling alcohol to minors, and have no issue with checking for Garda ID at the door. I'd basically make that a term of availing of our service.

    It is also apparently legal (or "grey area) to deliver the drink if it was paid for by credit card. I just shouldn't take the money at the door.

    I obviously want to stay on the correct side of law, but I want to know where the boundaries lie.

    Thanks for the response. :)


  • #4
    YouProduce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭YouProduce


    Yeah, sorry for my Dublincentricness, you might have a good market share where you're from. In Dublin many of the customers for alcohol deliveries seem to be underage, although I have no experience with the industry, just trying to help start the thread.

    I wasn't insinuating that you would brake the law, just that most businesses that do do alcohol deliveries do brake the law (according to an rte feature on the subject - which was fairly convincing). So that seems pretty certain. Take what you will from it.


  • #5
    sesna
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭sesna


    I used to presume RTE research was solid investigative work until I saw features on areas I have good knowledge of. Nothing but one-sided, sensationalist bias which has made me lose confidence in anything they produce.


  • #6
    00011000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭00011000


    YouProduce wrote: »
    Yeah, sorry for my Dublincentricness, you might have a good market share where you're from. In Dublin many of the customers for alcohol deliveries seem to be underage, although I have no experience with the industry, just trying to help start the thread.

    I wasn't insinuating that you would brake the law, just that most businesses that do do alcohol deliveries do brake the law (according to an rte feature on the subject - which was fairly convincing). So that seems pretty certain. Take what you will from it.

    Yes, I understand you now. There is certainly a market for drink deliveries in my market and I'm very certain I can implement a few precautions to avoid being on the wrong side of the law.


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  • #7
    00011000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭00011000


    sesna wrote: »
    I used to presume RTE research was solid investigative work until I saw features on areas I have good knowledge of. Nothing but one-sided, sensationalist bias which has made me lose confidence in anything they produce.

    The RTE primetime feature does seem to be amazingly bias, and has swayed the opinion of the general public. But law is law and I now realise there is nothing really stopping me from delivering alcohol to someone's house. I just shouldn't accept payment at the door, and checking for ID is a legal "grey area" so I'm fixed.


  • #8
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭arctictree


    Hi, just to let you know that we have been doing this for the past year. There does not seem to be any issues as long as you know your customer and you inform them on purchase that ID will be requested on delivery (and that this policy is implemented). PM me for more info and if you want to see it working. (BTW - Same goes for cigarettes).


  • #9
    00011000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭00011000


    arctictree wrote: »
    Hi, just to let you know that we have been doing this for the past year. There does not seem to be any issues as long as you know your customer and you inform them on purchase that ID will be requested on delivery (and that this policy is implemented). PM me for more info and if you want to see it working. (BTW - Same goes for cigarettes).

    Thanks a million for your response. I really appreciate it, and am feeling more confident that I won't run into any difficulties be adding this service. I may even take you up on your offer for a little more info soon. Thanks! :)


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