ATTEMPTS to finally kick start a super-bingo venture which has been the subject of an ongoing legal row between its operators and gardaí were successful last night, despite the arrival of gardaí with a search warrant after the games had begun.

ALMOST two months after a battle over its legality forced it to close after two nights, Cork’s 1,000-seater bingo hall will reopen its doors to the public on New Year’s Day.

THE operators of a new super-bingo hall in Cork have insisted that their 1,000-seat commercial venture will not hit smaller venues which fund sports clubs and charities.

FIVE major Cork city sports groups have joined forces to hit out at the controversial €750,000 Rock Bingo development, claiming it will have a “devastating effect” on the funding of their organisations.

A GARDA superintendent who was criticised in the High Court for his opposition to a bingo hall operating in Cork City was defended yesterday when it was claimed he had a legal obligation to act the way he did.

A GARDA Superintendent who objected to a commercially run bingo hall operating in Cork city was described by the company’s barrister as a man with a mission with a “truly alarming” approach to the issue.

THE Cork bingo hall raided by gardaí last Tuesday has been forced to close yet again due to the threat of another raid — and may not reopen before November 21.

AN action arising from Garda actions against a bingo hall in Cork city has been adjourned on terms that include gardaí having to give 24-hour notice to the operator of any likely district court warrants.

THE first numbers were last night finally called at the 1,000-seater Cork bingo hall raided by gardaí on Tuesday evening just 30 minutes before it was due to open.

JUST half an hour before it was due to open for the first time last night, gardaí raided a new 1,000-capacity bingo hall in Cork and seized all the bingo books.

PLANS to operate charity fundraising games at the Rock Bingo Centre in Togher have been dogged by controversy for a number of weeks.

A BINGO hall capable of seating 1,000 people will open its doors in Cork to-night after the High Court gave it the green light.

A DISTRICT court judge has refused to grant a licence for a commercially run bingo hall in Cork which would have given 10% of its proceeds to charities.