November 2023 register update

Another month and another year - the November register is the first for the 2023/24 licencing year and is always down a few hundred entries as registrations are late being processed by the courts/Revenue/whatever. So there's no possible way to list removals for this month; but we will look at some figures from the year end and year on year

Additions:

1020397 Motel One, Liffey Street - another new hotel. At least I've found out the Hilton beside M Hughes only has a residents bar!

Readditions:

N2528 Jack O'Neills, Tyrrellstown - long closed pub re-licenced to a Jersey based financial firm

Yearly stats:

October 2023's file saw 958 premises renewed by the time the file was generated. This is one down on the equivalent 2022 figure, once Aerodrome licences are removed as per my decision to not count those. Between the two years additions and deletions, again excluding Aerodrome licences, there were 984 licences

This figure is usually a reasonable figure short (40-50 or so - due to late renewals or other issues) on licenced premises, but always a good amount above the number of trading premises. I would estimate at there being about 900 trading premises that meet my criteria currently; a hefty increase on 2022 as pandemic era closures unwind and new premises - nearly all hotels unfortunately - open; and outweigh other closures.

Year-on-year removals:

I have omitted premises that I believe are still trading, or were during the licence year. Some may have dropped their pub licence - if they don't reappear for some time I'll remove them from the master

ARP0667 Blue Gardenia, Brittas - has not reopened since the pandemic, licence has been sold
N0091 Mayes, Dorset Street - has become a Centra, licence presumably converted to off sales
N0602 Barrys Hotel, Great Denmark Street - sold 2021 and currently not trading as a hotel
N1898 Caulfields Hotel, Dorset Street - bar converted to more bedrooms
S0228 The Ton Tin, Rathfarham - pub with a very trouble recent opening history leaves the register, again
S0775 Ballsbridge Hotel, Ballsbridge - closed for demolition
S1594 Firhouse Inn, Firhouse - closed for redevelopment
S2278 Baron Johns, Crumlin S/C - this was being used for the Molloys off licence, which has closed
S3032 POD Complex, Harcourt Street - eventually removed many years after conversion to offices

I had already removed some of these, so this only hits my completion number by two, and my target by one (Barrys).