Where once we could dance the night away, offices, hotels and apartment blocks are springing up. But can Ireland’s nightclubs and late-night venues make a comeback and have they been given a lifeline by proposed new licensing laws?

Andrea Horan considers the past and the future of Ireland's clubbing culture

The Licensed Vintners Association has told members that they must follow and implement the existing rules

It’s been so long since any of us have been on a dancefloor it’s no surprise we’ve totally forgotten how nightclubs even work

New laws to cut crippling licensing costs could ease pressure on venues, but it may not save nightclubs from falling out of fashion

The Minister for Justice is examining staggered closing times to put an end to all licenced premises having to shut doors at same time