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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 […]
Best of the Best Pub Awards winners revealed
Kehoe’s of South Anne Street is the Dublin Publicans Pub of the year The Bank on College Green wins the Best Pub for Food Award Awards presented at gala event to mark 200th birthday of Licensed Vintners Association The inaugural Best of the Best Pubs in Dublin Award 2017, as voted by Dublin’s publicans, has […]
LVA & Diageo launch Dublin Amber in celebration of the LVA’s bicentenary
Dublin Publicans announce community charity initiative with ALONE with ambition to raise €200k for ALONE’S ‘Befriending Network’ The Licensed Vintners Association, which represents Dublin publicans has announced details of a new community initiative with Diageo and ALONE, the charity that supports older people living on their own at home. The LVA, which has 600 members, […]
The LVA & Powers celebrate 200 years of Dublin Pub history & heritage with Powers 1817 Release
A Commemorative Licensed Vintners Association Bicentennial Edition The LVA and Powers Irish Whiskey have launched Powers 1817 Release, a special, limited edition whiskey commemorating this year’s bicentenary of the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), the representative body for the publicans of Dublin and one of the oldest trade associations in Ireland. Distilling over 200 years […]
Dublin publicans welcome amendment to Intoxicating Liquor Bill
Amendment would end Good Friday drink ban The Licensed Vintners Association, which represents Dublin publicans, has welcomed the introduction of an amendment to the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2017 by Independent Senator Billy Lawless. The amendment, co-sponsored by Senators Michael McDowell, Victor Boyhan and Gerard Craughwell, calls for the lifting of the current ban on all […]
Alliance of businesses warns of ‘legal limbo’ in policing under the new Misuse of Drugs Bill
Gardaí have no legislative culpability for supervised injection rooms Local government and public devoid of any say in how injection centres are operated and managed Bill paves the way for a “national disaster” as centres to be established across the country Bill decriminalises drug use in certain parts of Dublin city An alliance of […]