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.

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.

A legal win has cleared the way for Lidl to open its first pub in the North inside one of its stores after the High Court rejected a challenge to the proposal.

Supermarket chain Lidl has won a High Court battle over plans to open its first-ever pub in Northern Ireland. A judge dismissed an appeal against the German retailer being granted a provisional licence for operating a bar within its store in Dundonald, just outside Belfast.

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. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

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

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.