Re Doyle

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 22 January 1946
• Date: 22 January 1946
• Court: High Court

In re Doyle's Application

New licence - Hotel premises Licensing (Ir.) Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 18), s. 2, sub-s. 2 - Application for new licence - Matters to be considered by the Court.

The applicant applied to the Circuit Court for a new licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor in respect of a hotel in the city of Dublin for which no licence had previously been granted. The Circuit Court Judge refused the application, holding:—1. That he was bound, by virtue of s. 4 of the Licensing (Ir.) Act, 1833, to take into account, in considering the application, the number of previously licensed houses, including public-houses, in the neighbourhood; 2, that the granting of the licence might lead to a large number of similar applications being made on behalf of other hotels; 3, that it was clear, on the evidence, that the hotel in respect of which the licence was sought was running so successfully without a licence that a refusal to grant the licence would not...