What this application does
If you want to apply for a wholesale beer dealer's licence, there is a different application (see form 68.4).
An applicant for either a beer retailer’s off-licence or a spirit retailer’s off-licence must extinguish (legally terminate) an existing licence before a new licence can be granted.
How much this application costs
There is a fee of €150 per application (for each individual licence).
How to apply
1. Complete your application
If you are a legal practitioner and have an account in CSOL, complete the application in CSOL. Alternatively, you can complete the application manually. The appropriate form is dependent on the intended use:
- Form 68.1 - A New Spirit Retailer's Off-Licence,
- Form 68.2 - A New Beer Retailer's Off-Licence,
- Form 68.3 - A New Wine Retailer's Off-Licence.
2. Serve the notice parties
You must notify or serve the relevant notice parties for your application. If the application is submitted in CSOL, the notice parties are automatically notified. Please see our serving and proof of service page for more information. For this application, these are the notice parties:
- An Garda Síochána must be notified at least twenty one days prior to the court date.
- The public must be notified through local newspaper advertisement at least twenty one days prior to the court date.
- The HSE must be notified at least one month prior to the court date.
The Fire Officer is a not a required notice party. However, in some districts, the practice is to notify the Fire Officer.
3. Submit your application
Your application must be lodged at least ten days prior to the court date.
4. Provide proofs to the court office
You will need to provide the required supporting documentation or "proofs" to the court office. This must be done manually as there is currently no option to upload the "proofs" listed below through CSOL.
What proofs are required
- Original notice of application with relevant stamp duty.
- Statutory declaration of service (only where the application is served manually).
- Title documents.
- Company documents (where the applicant is a company).
- Confirmation that there is no objection from the Fire Authority.
- Copy of plans with the area to be licensed outlined in red.
- The full original newspaper showing advertisement outlined in red border.
- Applicant / licence holder must attend court and will be required to give evidence. An applicant will usually be expected to have knowledge of the licensing trade.
