1,535 fewer pubs in Ireland than 2005 with greatest number of closures in Cork

By contrast, Dublin city and county has lost just 10 pubs in the same period, dropping from 786 to 776.

There are 1,535 fewer pubs in the country than in 2005 with a further 71 shutting last year.

The greatest number of closures in the past 13 years have been in Cork, falling from 1,221 to 908, a 25.6% decrease.