Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has exchanged contracts to purchase its first pub in the Republic of Ireland.
The Watford-based company has purchased the Tonic Bar in Temple Road, Carydfort Avenue, Blackrock, and expects to complete the purchase in the next ten days.
Wetherspoon is to invest £1.5 million euros developing the site, making a total investment of three million euros, including the purchase.
At present there are no on site or opening dates, however, Wetherspoon aims to have the new-look pub open by April 2014.
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said: “I am delighted that we have secured our first site in the Republic of Ireland and am looking forward to opening our first pub there in the near future.
“Our aim is to invest up to 50 million euros in the Republic of Ireland over the next five to ten years, opening between 10 and 20 pubs.
“Each pub will create approximately 50 jobs.”