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Irish Pub Awards winners revealed
The Stag’s Head wins Best Tourist Pub The Goat Bar & Grill’s Jonny Quilty wins Pub Personality of the year Wexford celebrates as The Porter House, Castlebridge wins Pub of the Year 2017 The inaugural Irish Pub Awards took place on Weds 8 November with a gala banquet in the RDS where the best publicans […]
Budget 2018: LVA reaction
No change in excise is seen as a reasonable outcome by the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) The Association welcomes the retention of 9% VAT in the hospitality sector However fears over Brexit, sterling devaluation and current high excise levels provide a strong case for a cut in excise next year The Licensed Vintners […]
Irish Pub Awards: Dublin Regional Winners Revealed
Some of Dublin’s finest pubs are celebrating after coming out on top at the Irish Pub Awards 2017 regional final, which took place in Gleeson’s Pub in Booterstown, Co Dublin last night (Wednesday, 20th September 2017). They will now go forward to the National Awards Ceremony on 8th November. The winners in the Dublin Region […]
Neil Delamere launches ‘Dublin Amber Friendship Week’ in aid of ALONE
Charity initiative by Dublin Pubs aims to raise €200,000 for older people Comedian Neil Delamere is calling on people throughout Dublin to gather their friends and head to their local pub next week in support of ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home. Dublin Amber Friendship Week, a community initiative of […]
LVA Social Video Campaign 2019
The LVA is currently running a campaign aimed at promoting Dublin pubs to millennials. The campaign seeks to highlight the unique character of Dublin pubs, as well as the many contributions they make to the social life of the capital. For the campaign, the LVA is partnering with 7 major drink brands, with each brand […]
LVA welcome progress on Good Friday Licensing Legislation
The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), which is the trade association and representative body for the publicans of Dublin, has welcomed the amendment to the licensing legislation to permit Good Friday trading which has passed through the Senate today. The Association hope that this is the first step in ensuring that 2018 will be the year […]
Dublin publicans’ charity initiative with ALONE hits €50k
Ambition is to raise €200k to mark 200 years of the Licensed Vintners Association The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), which represents Dublin publicans, has said it is delighted with the public response to its community initiative with ALONE. The LVA has confirmed that in just a couple of months €50,000 has been raised for ALONE, […]
‘A Little History of the Dublin Pub’ exhibition celebrates LVA Bientenary
Exhibition opens 1 June and runs until 24 September A new exhibition which celebrates the remarkable role of Dublin’s pubs in the social, cultural and economic history of the capital opens on Thursday 1 June in the Little Museum of Dublin. Visitors to ‘A Little History of the Dublin Pub’ will get a unique opportunity […]
Submit your entry in the Irish Pub Awards 2017
The inaugural Irish Pub Awards 2017 were launched in Dublin today. The launch, which took place in Doheny and Nesbitt’s in Dublin’s Baggot Street, is jointly presented by the LVA and VFI. Entries are now open and all members are encourage to nominate their pub. Judging will take place during the summer and the National Pub of […]
Publicans welcome Senate vote in favour of abolishing Good Friday drink ban
Pub owners have welcomed a Senate vote in favour of an amendment to the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2017 which would do away with the current ban on all licensed premises selling alcohol on Good Friday. The two main representative groups, the Licensed Vintners Association (Dublin publicans) and the Vintners Federation of Ireland (Outside Dublin) said […]