Dublin District Court has granted an application for a public dance licence from British nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow.
Mr Stringfellow wants to open a club on Dublin's Parnell Street, but local residents were objecting to it.
The court was told this afternoon there would be no lapdancing taking place at the club as lapdancing involves physical contact and that would not be allowed.
The court heard entertainment at the club would involve scantily clad and completely unclad females dancing beside tables and on stage.
Local people said they were concerned about the type of clientele the club would attract in an area where a large number of elderly and young people live.
The club will have three floors and be larger than the five lapdancing clubs already operating in the capital.
Mr Stringfellow has insisted that his club will gentrify the area and has said that residents should accept his international reputation.
The North Inner City Residents Group raised objections, saying it did not want the club in an area which had a girl's secondary school, a toy shop, a cinema and corporation flats.
The residents' campaign was supported by some Dublin City councillors and Ruhama, a group which works with the victims of prostitution.
