Dublin

JDW to invest €33.4m into new site – largest investment in company’s history

03-Aug-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub group JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has pumped €27.4m into developing a site in Dublin, alongside a further €6m on the purchase of the pub – totalling the equivalent of about £28m.

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BrewDog signs Las Vegas lease, Laurence Fox and Conor McGregor enter pub market

28-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

In addition to the announcement BrewDog has signed a lease on a ‘carbon negative’ Las Vegas venue, mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor and London mayoral candidate Laurence Fox have made on-trade moves.

Is JD Wetherspoon opening the ‘biggest pub in the UK’?

29-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

JD Wetherspoon claimed it would be opening “probably” the biggest pub in the UK this summer. 

Diageo pledges £18.6m Irish whiskey distillery investment

01-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Guinness and Smirnoff owner Diageo has announced plans for investment in a whiskey distillery in the former power station at St James’ Gate in Dublin.

Wetherspoon's first pub in Republic of Ireland won't serve Guinness

30-Jun-2014 By James Wallin

JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub in the Republic of Ireland – but has admitted it will not be serving the nation’s most popular drink, Guinness.

Trial extended for lighter Guinness

17-Apr-2009 By Robyn Lewis

The trial of Guinness Mid-Strength in Ireland has been extended even further, the Morning Advertiser has learned. The 2.8% abv Guinness Mid-Strength...

Win a trip to Dublin to see Ireland v England in the RBS 6 Nations

19-Feb-2009

This competition has now closed. Congratulations to winner Leanne Lee, enjoy the game!This is your chance to win two tickets to see the game, live at...

Diageo to build new Guinness brewery

09-May-2008 By Ewan Turney

But St James's Gate brewery will still brew for British and Irish market

250 jobs to go as Diageo revamps Irish brewing operation

09-May-2008 By Hamish Champ

Diageo said it expects around 250 jobs to go following a proposed £520m investment and restructuring programme across its Irish brewing...

Back to the ban

24-Aug-2006 By James Wilmore

The countdown has begun. In less than a year smoking will be banned in all pubs across England and Wales. Of course licensees are already facing up...

Sad Irish eyes

01-Jun-2005

As a smoking ban moves closer in the rest of the British Isles, Dublin solicitor Joe Kelly documents the full impact of the ban introduced in Ireland...

In ashes?

28-Jul-2004

Tom Sandham finds out how Irish licensees are faring four months on from the smoking ban.Ireland's honeymoon period on the smoking ban is officially...

More than half the Irish population want a smoking ban in pubs

24-Feb-2003

Almost 60 per cent of the Irish population think the forthcoming smoking ban in pubs is right, says a new survey.A poll carried out for the Irish...

Guinness supply threatened as workers to strike

11-Apr-2001

Guinness drinkers on both sides of the Irish Sea could soon be struggling for their pint as the company's 2,000-strong workforce in the Irish...