Just over 2,000 have 'shut up shop' since 2005.
An average of 112 pubs are closing every year, with a further thousand expected to shut their doors in the next decade.
That's the according to a new report from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland.
Just over 2,000 have 'shut up shop' since 2005, with the highest numbers in rural counties.
Offaly has the second highest pub closure rate in Ireland, with a decline of 34.1% since 2005, in Laois there's been a decline of 30.6% whereas Westmeath has seen a drop of 30.0%.
Author of the report and Professor of Economics, Tony Foley says there's been a culling of pubs:
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