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Hire options in Dublin


James

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Hi All,

 

Taking an event to Dublin in a few weeks and wanted to see if there were any recommendations for local hire companies to deal with.

 

Currently getting quotes from Venue that are eyewateringly expensive compared to what I'm used to in UK and wondered if that was normal for the local marketplace.

 

examples received so far include: (all for less than a week's hire)

 

EW500 Radio Mic - 360 EUR/Channel

ATEM Vision Mixer - 1000 EUR

Sony EX3 975 EUR/each

Mac 301 Wash 1,400 EUR/each !!!!

 

At these rates it's becoming a tempting proposition to source locally, and pay for freight transit over ferry!

 

Much appreciated.

 

James.

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Before considering taking kit from the UK to Ireland you would need to know the future trade relationship between the 2 countries post Brexit. There could be issues which might involve Carnets.
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Unless someone comes up with a large curve-ball this event should happen before the current expected date for Brexit, good to bear in mind for anything in the future.

 

Ideally I'd rather source locally, just not sure what the local market rates are expected to be.

 

James.

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Hi

 

I can probably guess the venues but at that price ouch. Mac 301's......!!

 

 

Anyway, I am local to Dublin and will put a few names into the hat. Very few will do all aspects in house and often an AV company has a preferred lighting supplier rather than supplying it inhouse. Dublin is not that big!

 

 

 

In no particular order:

 

Conference Servces/GFD Ltd

www.conferenceservices.ie

John Anderson is the contact.

Do AV/Audio/lighting

 

 

Cue One

www.cueone.ie

Kieran Cooney is the contact.

Mainly lighting but do a lot of corporate

 

QLX

www.qlx.ie

Noel Murphy is the contact,

Part of a larger group of companies called EQ Audio.

 

 

C.A.V.S

www.cavs.ie

Corporate AV & sound. Have a lighting dept.

 

 

AVCOM

www.avcom.ie

Corporate AV/Sound/Lighting

 

 

Production Services Ireland

www.productionireland.com

Have a Belfast & Dublin base.

Mainly lighting but worth a call. Good people.

Ciaran Tallon is the Dublin MD

 

 

Justlite

Large lighting company.

www.justlite.com

Alan Smith is the main contact.

 

 

Ion Solutions

https://ionsolutions.ie/

Good AV company

 

 

There are more companies about like Litton Lane and Magpie mentioned above. I do not know them but they are good at what they do.

 

 

Hope this helps point you in the right direction.

 

Have no idea of the above companies pricing with regard to your gig and the restrictions the expensive venue might put on you!

 

Eamon

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