Buy a Liquor Licence

In order to sell liquor in Ireland you must have a Liquor Licence attached to your premises. An individual/company applying for a Liquor Licence must at the same time extinguish an existing Liquor Licence in court i.e. you must purchase an existing Liquor Licence.

The type of licence required depends upon whether you wish to sell liquor for consumption on or off the premises or both.

There are two main types of licences:

Publican’ s Licence (7 Day Ordinary)
Spirit, Beer and Wine Retailer’s Off- Licence

Once the proposed licensed premises has been identified and it has the necessary planning permission in place then it is a matter of agreeing the purchase of the licence. Once this is agreed then an application must be made to the local District or Circuit Court (depending on the type of application) to grant the transfer of the licence to premises. A notice of the proposed court hearing date must be published in a daily newspaper at least three weeks before the court date. Notice should also be given to the Fire Officer and the local Gardai at the same time.

Once the transfer of the current licence has been extinguished in favour of the new licence the court will issue an order. This order is then sent to the National Licensing Office who upon receipt will send out a renewal form. When this is completed and returned the new licence will issue in the applicants name. This licence will remain valid until the 30th September at such time the licence will have to be renewed and the required excise fee will be due to be paid.

We offer a One Stop Shop Service >> should this be required thus we can mange the project right from the beginning to completion.

With our specialist knowledge and experience we assist individuals in avoiding the many pitfalls in transferring a Liquor Licence and ensure that you can achieve your store/premises opening deadline.

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