Club selling alochol

Tomjim

this may be in the wrong forum and if it is could you direct me in the right direction.

I am involved in a small country GAA club which has a small clubhouse. On occasions there would be an opportunity to sell alochol for example Santa came to the clubhouse today which the club funded. However after Santa people retired to the local pub (which doesnt help out financialy) the idea would be that maybe 8 times a year the club could maybe sell alochol (not draft but bottles etc) on a small scale only.

Anyone know the procedure involved, the licence etc, the cost etc

Clareman

Hi,

I think the legal discussion forum would be the better place to discuss this, I believe the law is usually fairly strict on the sale of alcohol

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I dont know

I know of a club here in Tyrone that sells bottles on match days after the game when tea & sandwiches are being served. The home players would stay on for a few hours – pretty sure they don’t have any licence etc.

My own club set up our own bar for special events like BBQs & a 7s tournament we run. The cash & carry/one of the bars in town lend us two taps for draft and we stock a fridge with bottles.

I’m sure the licensing laws up here are different, but I think we get some sort of special event licence endorsed by the bar. You might be able to get something similar

Frank Spencer

What needs to be done to get a local publican to allow the use of their licence. Then you need to apply to the local circuit court to get permission to temporarily use that licence on the clubs premises. It costs approximately €250 per application.

antoobrien

A license is needed to sell alcohol of any kind (costs about 2k), then rates (the cost of which depends on the size of the clubhouse) & public liability insurance are also required.

For 8 times a year it's probably not worth the hassle. Butter up the local publican.

In my opinion

Tomjim wrote: »

this may be in the wrong forum and if it is could you direct me in the right direction.

I am involved in a small country GAA club which has a small clubhouse. On occasions there would be an opportunity to sell alochol for example Santa came to the clubhouse today which the club funded. However after Santa people retired to the local pub (which doesnt help out financialy) the idea would be that maybe 8 times a year the club could maybe sell alochol (not draft but bottles etc) on a small scale only.

Anyone know the procedure involved, the licence etc, the cost etc

Best thing your club could do is forget about selling drink especially when Santa comes!

A GAA club worth it's salt has an ASAP policy which should ban your proposal. What kind of a children's policy has your club?

Your club should sell the few lottos in the pub, those people are gone to, especially as that publican probably is a major financial supporter of your club.