October 2020 Licence Update & Year-on-Year

The licence file updated to the 30th of September has been released, which is the one that should always be the most complete for a year - however, as Revenue themselves warn, a premises not being listed does not mean it isn't licenced.

The only change of interest is:

Removals

S3982 O'Donoghues, Blackrock - this has been closed for as long as I've done the blog and has re-appeared a few times

There's only been one new pub opened in Dublin since March (Johns on Thomas Street); and its not on the register yet. There's very little else going on so this small an update is to be expected.

However, I can still do a year-on-year to September 2019 to look for any pubs which appear not to have been renewed, so I can change them to red on the map. This is often a waste of time as places reopen, but it does keep it a little tidier. If somewhere is definitely still trading (or was in March 2020), I won't list it as there are a few more than normal of those missing this year.

Removed Year-on-Year

• 1000966 Paidi Og's, Mulhuddart. This is proposed for redevelopment so it'll be back, possibly with a new number 
• 1006793 3 Spirits, Capel Street. Gone for good, converted to offices
• 1011474 White Hart Inn, Balbriggan - converted to housing
• 1013188 Etihad Lounge, Dublin Airport - Facility closed and converted to the East Lounge with its own licence (1015966)
• 1014008 Black and Amber, South Circular Road - demolished. I have a suspicion the licence transfered to Brewdog, but I can't prove this. Same building landlord.
• Dg0496 Black Raven, Skerries - converted to housing
• N0018 The Big Tree, Dorset Street - will reappear as a hotel licence in time
• N0096 Hill Street Sports Bar - converted to housing
• N0173 Swiss Cottage, Santry - demolished for apartments. Restaurant in development may use licence
• N0300 The Lord Mayors, Swords - closed and planning applied to demolish for apartments
• N0320 Island View Hotel, Malahide - closed, proposed to demolish for apartments
• N1024 Artane House, Artane - long closed, reappears every so often, may finally have been sold as hotel plans for the site have ended
• N1119 Long Mile Inn - closed for a long time but no plans, likely to reappear
• S0039 The Long Stone, Townsend Street - demolished for redevelopment. May reappear on new premises
• S0194 The Hill, Mountpleasant - closed but will likely reappear
• S1470 Agnes Brownes, Thomas Street - closed but will likely reappear
• S1513 The Brewery, Newport Street - closed for redevelopment as a hotel, licence will likely reappear for same
• S4466 Odessa, Dame Court - closed a while back for redevelopment as a hotel but I don't think this ever happened.

As you can see, I've been to a few of these - those hyperlinked plus Odessa before the blog - so this has dented my completion stats a bit. The current floating figure is 587/1020 licences visited

Is counting licences a suitable way to measure the number of pubs in Dublin during current restrictions? Not at all. But hopefully it will be again, and I've nothing else to go on.