Irish nightlife advocates Give Us The Night, co-founded by DJ Sunil Sharpe, are holding public talks across Ireland over the next month. The discussions, taking...
Sunil Sharpe
Co-founder Sunil Sharpe hopes the discussion event series Where Is The Night? will reignite momentum in the stalled changes to Ireland's licensing and alcohol sale laws
"We were told [in early 2021] worst case scenario, it would take two years... It really feels like we've been strung along here", Give Us The Night campaign founder Sunil Sharpe said
Overall, €2 million is to be made available for eligible night clubs and venues
It comes as the country's licensing laws get a long-awaited shake-up
Sunil Sharpe, Cormac and ELLLL will all take part in the panel
Plans include drafting specialist advisors for six towns and cities, extending opening hours for cultural spaces, and a series of large-scale pilot events aimed at diversifying night-time options.
Running for six weeks in September 2022, the project is a response to the "dissapearance of the Irish nightclub"
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The as-yet-unnamed venue...
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Just four weeks after fully reopening
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A pilot club event will also take place this month
Nightclubs in Ireland will be able to fully reopen from 22nd October, the Government has confirmed.
A four-stage reopening plan has been approved by the...
"Irish venues, nightclubs and music events are being disregarded," Sharpe says in the letter
Irish DJ Sunil Sharpe has penned an open letter to senior Irish politicians about what he describes as a neglect of the events industry.
Sharpe...
Opening times in the country are the most restrictive across the UK and Europe
A new campaign has been launched to support the Northern Irish night-time economy.
Launched today (17th June) Free The Night was created to push for...
Ireland’s venues and event promoters have struggled under archaic legislation for years, but thanks to the work of the Give Us The Night campaign, it...
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Each release will be named after a particular...
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