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

The High Court has granted the supermarket permission to go ahead with the plans to open the boozer in its Dundonald store in County Down near Belfast

Lidl has been granted permission by a High Court to open its very first pub in Northern Ireland. The German grocery giant will be able to go ahead with its plans to launch the pub inside its Dundonald store, based near Belfast, after a judge dismissed an appeal raised by another trader.

Lidl is set to open its first ever in-store pub in the UK. Yep, you read that correctly - the weekly big shop could be about to get a little more interesting after the budget supermarket chain won a court battle to install a controversial tap room.

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

The off licence operator said Lidl failed to demonstrate there weren’t already shops or pubs in the area that were already selling alcohol, something that Lidl needed to do so i

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.