A judge has admitted “I don’t know the price of a pint” after hearing that a publican illegally sold €85.80 worth of alcohol to patrons after hours in August of last year.
Judge Mary Larkin made the comment at Killaloe District Court after hearing evidence that late night revellers inside Liam O’Riain’s pub in Ballina, Co Tipperary could be heard by a Garda at the front door ‘shushing’ inside the locked front door of the pub after the Garda knocked on the door before 20 to 30 were seen streaming out a side entrance.
Sgt Louis Moloney told the Killaloe Court sitting in Ennis that on August 28 after entering the pub, gardai carried out an examination of till sales between midnight and 12.44am and they found that €85.80 was spent on alcohol.
