Clarus Press is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of the eagerly awaited 3rd edition of Cassidy on the Licensing Acts. This work is recognised by legal professionals as the definitive guide on licensing law in Ireland. It gives a comprehensive review of the entire code and brings the practitioner completely up-to-date with all the significant developments in licensing law. The 3rd edition includes: * Up-to-date consolidated licensing legislation from 1833-2010 * Detailed table of offences affecting * pubs, hotels, restaurants and off-licences * registered clubs * places of public entertainment with particular reference to appropriate penalties. Cassidy on the Licensing Acts, 3rd edition, is a complete overhaul of the entire original text. This work focuses on drugs and criminal legislation and includes the wide range of changes introduced by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008. New chapters deal with * Police Powers * Under-Age * Concerts and Festivals * Closure Orders * Late Licences This work also examines: * Sale of alcohol on Good Friday * New voluntary code of practice for off-licensees * Practice direction affecting late licences * New trading hours for off-licences * New court procedure for wine off-licence * New trading hours for theatres * New conditions for special exemption orders * Imposition of mandatory closure periods for certain first licensing offences * Structural restrictions on sale and display of alcohol for supermarkets and convenience stores *2010 legisaltion affecting the National Conference Centre