Lidl has been granted permission to open its first-ever supermarket pub on the island of Ireland. Meanwhile in Dublin, residents are still waiting for the store to fulfill its commitment to build a replacement pub after the Belgard Inn was demolished.

Well, this soon may be a reality - as Lidl in Northern Ireland has succeeded in its efforts to get a pub license in its new store in County Down. The retail giant won a legal challenge to operate a bar within its store in Dundonald despite several objections from local off-licences.

A High Court rejects a legal challenge to the plans, which would see a tap room installed in Lidl's Dundonald store.

Residents of Dundonald, near Belfast, will soon be able to pop to Lidl for a pint after a High Court in Northern Ireland approved plans for a pub at the supermarket.

The supermarket chain has been granted approval by a High Court to open its first ever UK pub near Belfast in Northern Ireland.

A legal win has cleared the way for discount supermarket Lidl to open its first pub inside one of its stores after the High Court rejected a challenge to the proposal. An appeal against the retailer's temporary permit to operate a bar within its Dundonald,

Lidl is opening a pub in one of its supermarkets in the UK. The High Court has granted the supermarket permission to go ahead with the plans to open the pub in its Dundonald store in County Down near Belfast.

Lidl is set to open the first ever pub inside a UK store, allowing shoppers to drink alcohol on site. The German giants secured a landmark victory in the High Court to open its first-ever pub inside a supermarket in Northern Ireland.