A QUARTER of the country’s nightclubs have shut down because of falling trade and increased fees for late opening.

A quarter of the country’s nightclubs have shut down because of falling trade and fees for late opening.

NIGHTCLUB owners want to stay open until 4am and are offering to pay Garda overtime to have the streets policed late at night.

MINISTER for Justice Michael McDowell is being urged to make an 11th hour addition to his liquor licensing clampdown.