HOW TO HIRE · EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
Hiring an event supplier in Ireland
No licence applies. These checks do.
59 guides for hiring event suppliers in Ireland, each one checked against the regulator, the statute or the official consumer guidance, with the sources and the month at the end. 1 guide names a register that applies to the work; 58 guides say plainly that none does.
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Grouped the way you would ask for them. Every guide covers the checks, the questions and the quote for that job — then takes you to the event suppliers who cover your area.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
What every events & entertainment guide covers
The checks that apply
Public liability, and employer's liability if they bring crew, trader status under the Consumer Rights Act 2022, photo ID and references. No register covers this work, so each guide says what to check instead.
The questions worth asking
Six to eight questions for the job — what is included, who actually comes, what happens if something is damaged — each with what a good answer from an event supplier sounds like.
What a fair quote looks like
What the written quote should contain, the warning signs, and what you should be handed when the job is done — the invoice, and the sign-off where the job produces one.
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Events & Entertainment businesses on Locufy, across Ireland
The most-reviewed event suppliers listed with us. Enter your town above to see the ones that cover you.
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How these guides are made
Questions people ask
No. No register or licence applies to event suppliers in Ireland, and nobody can be struck off a register that does not exist. The checks that matter are trader status, insurance, references and a written scope — each guide sets them out for its own job. 1 guide in this category covers work that IS restricted, and names the register.
The work itself, what is not included, the materials, the call-out if there is one, the dates, and the total with VAT shown separately. The quote should state the VAT rate; most work in this family is at 23.0%, so a price 'plus VAT' is that much dearer than it looks. In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts.
An invoice with the trader's name and address, a note of any guarantee and how long it runs, and — where materials were supplied — their own warranties. Check the work against the written scope before anyone leaves.
Say what is wrong in writing first: under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a service must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and work that is not must be put right. If that fails, the Small Claims procedure handles consumer claims up to €2,000.
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