Popular Dublin club night Sunday Social has announced its closure after 14 years of late night events.
Sunday Social took place in Farrier & Draper on Dublin's South William Street. The event's organiser Maxwell 'Buzz' O'Neill took to Twitter to announce the news, hitting out at early closing times on Sundays in Ireland.
He said: "After 14 years I have to close this up. Post reopening has seen the most stringent enforcement by Gardai of the 1am Sunday closing. With no sign of the new extended hours/licensing bill getting passed anytime soon, [we] were left with no choice."
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"Can't run a club for 2 hours." he added.
New government plans to transform Irish nightlife could soon see nightclubs open until 6am in the country. These new plans could mean the abolition of Special Exemption Orders, the official name for late night drinking licences, and extended opening times for nightclubs.
According to Buzz, these actions aren't coming quick enough.
In another tweet, he said: "What would be helpful in the licensing laws right now, would be some form of temporary measure brought in to, at the VERY least make it the same closing time across all days. We need some help post reopening. It's been grim."
Fans of Sunday Social took to social media to share their disappointment.
One Twitter user wrote: "This is so sad. I had some of the best (and messiest) nights in Sunday Social."
Leo Varadkar previously said of potential changes to Ireland's nightlife laws: "From the night-time economy point of view, we believe we can get the legislation done this year.The whole idea is to move away from existing licensing laws, which are kind of a fiction - the idea of a special exemption order in favour of a proper nightclub license."
A Special Exemption Order is obtained from the District Court for premises to which an on-licence is attached for on the pretence that a special occasion is taking place on the premises.
It allows premises to open past normal operating hours until 2.30am.
The court fee for each Special Exemption Order is €300 and an excise duty of €110 per application is also payable to the Revenue Commissioners.
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