A Cathcart pub has been given permission to make a temporary beer garden permanent - despite neighbours’ complaints about binge drinking and sectarian singing.
The Old Smiddy, on Old Castle Road, had been operating the area under a temporary licence — and residents claimed it has led to a rise in anti-social behaviour.
One neighbour said there had been “serious anti-social disturbances”, reporting “swearing, shouting, sectarian singing” as well as people “urinating in the lane”.
