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Dublin pubs
Sales, openings, closures, the best pint and the trade behind the counter in the capital. The county that kept its pubs while the rest of the country lost a quarter of them.
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Pubs · 3 min
McDaid's is sold: the Mangan family adds a literary pub to Doheny & Nesbitt
The Cosgrave brothers have sold McDaid's and its sister pub, The Druid's Chair in Killiney. The price was not disclosed.
Drinks · 5 min
Changing Times: the publicans' brewery is two years old, in the UK, and pouring a ginger beer
Fifteen Dublin pub families put €1.8 million into a Glasnevin brewery in November 2024. It sold €1.2 million of beer in its first full year and expects 30% more in 2026.
Drinks · 6 min
Dublin's cocktail scene in October 2026: a top-100 bar, a speakeasy that keeps winning, and the hotels fighting back
Bar 1661 is the first Irish bar on The World's 50 Best extended list. Vintage Cocktail Club took the overall cocktail prize at the Irish Bar & Cocktail Awards. Here is where the city stands.
The Record · 6 min
One in four pubs gone since 2005: what the records actually say about Irish pubs and restaurants
2,205 pub licences lost in twenty years, 83 nightclubs left from 522, menu prices 26% above 2020, and a €10.4 billion market that is growing in euros but not in customers.
Awards · 5 min
Awards season 2026: who won what, and what is still to come
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, The Cobblestone, Pig's Lane and Vintage Cocktail Club have the big ones. The Irish Pub Awards final is on 18 November.
Poll · closes 20 Nov
What is a fair price for a pint of stout in Dublin city centre in 2027?
Menu prices are 26% above 2020 (Bord Bia) and the minimum wage rises 5.6% in January. The Record.
From Irish sources
Headlines matching this topic from the trade bodies and papers we collect hourly. Each links to the original.
- Budget 27 serves up nothing for urban pubs but higher cost of doing business – LVALicensed Vintners Association, 6 Oct 2026
- One quarter of Irish pubs have closed since 2005 – DIGILicensed Vintners Association, 1 Sep 2026
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