Revenue haven't got the May licence update out yet (suspect someone had a well-earned week off last week!) so I decided to witter on about pubs that have limited remaining lifespans, should there be someone else trying to tick them off a list. There's also a few scheduled to open or re-open soon.
The Long Stone on Townsend Street, nestled in amongst some of Dublin's ugliest buildings, is likely to get the chop when they come down for an office and retail scheme in the next few years. Planning has been tortuous on this site though, so there's still time for a pint or two.
Just down the road, one of the cities few remaining early houses, Neds has similar hanging over it - it is to be subsumed by a hotel. I'd imagine there's a good chance its licence will live on in said hotel, but its unlikely to bear much resemblance to the current pub.
Over the other side of the river and there's another hotel planned, to replace Howl at the Moon on Mount Street.
Its not all closures though. The former Mother Kelly's on Talbot Street is nearing the end of a refit, with the name "74 Talbot" visible on some signage inside. Nearby, Wetherspoons has planning permission to convert the former church on Abbey Street, and it has also received permission to put a hotel in the former Camden Hall hostel on Camden Street.
Most interestingly (to me, anyway) is a new pub in premises which have not had one before (that I'm aware of). "Token", a video arcade bar, is to open on Queen Street near McGettigans. Their website currently redirects to a Kickstarter (fully funded and then some, at that) but their Facebook page shows work on the fit-out. There hasn't been a new bar in new premises in the city centre for some time, and realistically very few in a decade bar the cluster in the Docklands.
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