Number of nightclubs in Ireland declined by almost 25% in five years, study shows
Irish nightlife campaigners Give Us The Night say the industry is on “the brink of collapse”
The number of nightclubs in Ireland have fallen almost 25% in the past five years, according to a new study from nightlife campaigners Give Us The Night.
Earlier this week, Give Us The Night posted their latest figures on the number of “regularly active nightclubs in Ireland today”, revealing that just 83 remain open in 2025.
Those numbers have plummeted from 110 clubs open in 2019. Nine counties are now down to just one nightclub, while there are now no reported venues in Kilkenny – the only county without a single club.
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“We dearly hope that new options for dancing will start to emerge. Kilkenny, like many counties, needs a club scene,” Give Us The Night said on social media this week.
“Despite something of a stable period from 2022 to 2023 with a number of additional club spaces even reopening, there have been a string of recent closures”.
Statistics also show that, since 2000, Ireland has lost 84% of its clubs – down from 522 venues to just 83 today, with more expected to be “teetering on the edge of closure”.
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“The new government needs to be clear finally - is it going to help dance venues or not? From thousands of dancehalls back in the day (some of which the State even paid for) to 83 specialist night-time dance venues (nightclubs) left across the entire country,” the campaign group said.
Give Us The Night called on the government to make a change to the declining rate in clubs across Ireland while details of the Programme For Government are finalised, saying that the nightlife industry is on “the brink of collapse”.
Find Give Us The Night's latest study below.
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