Three of the establishments in the Charlie Chawke pub empire had a bumper year in 2016.

One of Ireland’s best-known publicans, Charlie Chawke, said yesterday he is happy with how the country’s most expensive pub is performing.

THERE IS nothing better in this business than being written off by public and pundit alike and then being able to force upon them a helping of humble pie.

While bookmaker and former government minister Ivan Yates admitted taking bets in a well-known Dublin pub, he has insisted there was “no attempt to break the law”. In an interview on the eve of Cheltenham 2008 with Irish Examiner reporter Conor Kane, he explains why.

TWO uniformed gardaí have been hailed as heroes after tackling armed raiders who shot a well-known Dublin publican in a failed robbery yesterday.