Murphy's: Cork stout announces price freeze as sales rocket by 666 per cent in 12 months

Irish stout Murphy’s has announced a prize free for publicans as the brewery continues to see sales soar in Britain.

The Cork-based producer, owned by Heineken since 1983, said sales have surged by 666 per cent in the last year, while the stout is now on draught in more than 1,500 pubs across the country, a 408 per cent rise since this time last year.