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Pub licence: it's limits

  • 13-02-2016 10:06pm
    #1
    Dots1982
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    If you have a pub licence in Ireland and you wish to use it do you have to serve beer as well as spirits?

    Wondering why I've never seen a "shot" bar in Dublin.


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  • #2
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Dots1982 wrote: »
    If you have a pub licence in Ireland and you wish to use it do you have to serve beer as well as spirits?

    Wondering why I've never seen a "shot" bar in Dublin.

    Pub licence entitles you to sell beer; you don't have to carry beer if you don't want to.

    As regards a shot bar, well I can't see that going awfully well with some of the temperance campaigner types these days :)


  • #3
    Dots1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Dots1982


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Pub licence entitles you to sell beer; you don't have to carry beer if you don't want to.

    As regards a shot bar, well I can't see that going awfully well with some of the temperance campaigner types these days :)

    Could it be disrupted if there were objections to the nature of the pub?


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,624 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Dots1982 wrote: »
    Could it be disrupted if there were objections to the nature of the pub?

    If they proposed to only sell spirits then the Gardai could potentially object to the application based on the probability of drunkeness and public order issues, that would be the only potential stumbling block. There's no obligation to stock any particular category of alcoholic drinks, only that you maintain an orderly house and keep to the regulated opening hours, don't serve to under 18s and ensure that excise has been paid on your supplies.

    You could open a Babycham pub if you choose to.


  • #5
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Vodka bar in Edinburgh but it still sold Heinecken.


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    Fred Swanson
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    Fred Swanson
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  • #8
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Dots1982 wrote: »
    Wondering why I've never seen a "shot" bar in Dublin.

    My guess is it's more related to the economics of such an operation and nothing to do with the licensing laws.


  • #9
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Vodka bar in Edinburgh but it still sold Heinecken.
    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    My point was aptly made below.
    Graham wrote: »
    My guess is it's more related to the economics of such an operation and nothing to do with the licensing laws.


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