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7 day publican license

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  • 08-03-2015 8:21pm
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    Physquik
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    Myself and my business partner are interested in purchasing a former 7 day licensed premises. Our intent is not to use it as a public house, rather office space etc however we feel it may be an alternative option if we can acquire a 7 day license.

    How does one go about acquiring a 7 day license?
    Can you apply for a new license through the local district court?
    If so how much does it cost?
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated


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    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    Physquik wrote: »
    Myself and my business partner are interested in purchasing a former 7 day licensed premises. Our intent is not to use it as a public house, rather office space etc however we feel it may be an alternative option if we can acquire a 7 day license.

    How does one go about acquiring a 7 day license?
    Can you apply for a new license through the local district court?
    If so how much does it cost?
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated

    You need to buy one on the open market and depending who you ask they seem to go from 50 -80K.


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    jucko
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭jucko


    Physquik wrote: »
    Myself and my business partner are interested in purchasing a former 7 day licensed premises. Our intent is not to use it as a public house, rather office space etc however we feel it may be an alternative option if we can acquire a 7 day license.

    How does one go about acquiring a 7 day license?
    Can you apply for a new license through the local district court?
    If so how much does it cost?
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated

    once a licence ism removed,ie sold from a particular premises, that property cant be relicenced.
    May be wrong, but i may be right..


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    onlyone
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭onlyone


    I agree, once a premises has been unlicensed, it cannot be licensed again. Part of the old policy to reduce numbers of pubs.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    So how does a pub close, and then re-open again months later?


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    onlyone
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭onlyone


    Just because its closed does not mean it has been unlicensed, the license may still be in existence, or lapsed, in which case it can be revived, by court order usually.


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    Bandara
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    That's a bit of a myth about once your unlicensed you cannot be relicensed

    We did exactly that approx 4 years ago with a Dublin city centre location

    Courts had no issue with it and issued us with a licence for the location as normal


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    onlyone
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    Bandara wrote: »
    That's a bit of a myth about once your unlicensed you cannot be relicensed

    We did exactly that approx 4 years ago with a Dublin city centre location

    Courts had no issue with it and issued us with a licence for the location as normal

    You can revive a license that has lapsed, or change it to another type, but after 30 years in the trade if as far as I know you cannot license a premises where a previous license has been extinguished for the purposes of transfer. Kavangh Fennel has a note on this on their website to this effect (can't post links). That been said with 75 pieces of legislation since 1765 and thousand of precedents I cant be sure.


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    Bandara
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    onlyone wrote: »
    You can revive a license that has lapsed, or change it to another type, but after 30 years in the trade if as far as I know you cannot license a premises where a previous license has been extinguished for the purposes of transfer. Kavangh Fennel has a note on this on their website to this effect (can't post links). That been said with 75 pieces of legislation since 1765 and thousand of precedents I cant be sure.

    You can. We did it in Dublin 8. Heard all the 'you can't do that' stuff beforehand. Applied, met the relevant bodies and were approved. Been in business there for past four years


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