The Immigrant Council of Ireland has hit out at comments by publican Charlie Chawke that front-of-house staff in his bars should be Irish.

One of the country’s best known publicans Charlie Chawke said yesterday that frontline staff serving the public at his pub group "have to be Irish".

Publican Charlie Chawke has won a legal challenge to the Planning Tribunal in which he claimed it breached fair procedures in finding he had not co-operated in his evidence about a financial "dig-out" for Bertie Ahern.

One of the country’s best known publicans said yesterday he can’t afford to retire and that his Orchard Inn pub in south Dublin — bought for a record €22m nine years ago — is probably worth half of that today.

Large bank interest payments contributed to the most expensive pub in the country recording a loss of over €140,000 last year.

One of the country’s best-known publicans, Charlie Chawke, said yesterday that Leinster’s winning run in the Heineken Cup last year helped his pub group achieve pre-tax profits of over €2m in 2012.

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

One of the country’s best-known publicans, Charlie Chawke, yesterday blamed the Irish soccer team’s “pathetic” performance against Croatia for the Euros being a flop for his pub business.

Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to one of 20 years on appeal.

CONVICTED armed robber Frank Ward, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke in a robbery over eight years ago, has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

A Dublin man has failed in his appeal against his conviction for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

A man convicted in connection with an infamous armed robbery on a Dublin publican eight years ago will today find out if his appeal has been successful.

CO KERRY-BASED hotelier Marie Chawke has emerged as one of the new management team behind the pending rebirth of high-profile Dublin members club, Residence.

Potential jurors in the trial of a man accused of shooting publican Charlie Chawke should have been excluded if they were supporters of Fianna Fáil, the Court of Criminal Appeal was told today.

Some of the capital's best-known pubs will open on Good Friday in a move to challenge the traditional ban on trading.

A Dublin man’s appeal against his conviction for robbing and shooting publican Charlie Chawke more than six years ago, will be heard in July.

A Dublin man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery has lost his High Court challenge into the legality of his detention.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has refused to grant bail to a man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has refused to grant bail to a Dublin man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

CUSTOMERS of a well-known publican could be swapping their favourite tipple for Newcastle Brown Ale if his latest investment venture kicks off.

Former Sunderland shareholder Charlie Chawke is putting together a syndicate to bid for Newcastle.

PUBLICANS are paying up to €20,000 every year for their sports TV coverage, despite more and more people choosing to drink at home.

IT WAS a union no one could have imagined. Four years after the infamous Saipan bust-up prior to the 2002 World Cup Roy Keane and Niall Quinn joined forces at Sunderland.

RECESSION? What recession?

The man who shot Dublin publican Charlie Chawke has died after falling ill while serving a 15-year prison sentence.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday celebrated his new-found TV presenter fame at a big wedding bash in Adare.

PUBLICAN Charlie Chawke told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he had no difficulty giving IR£2,500 in cash — his share of a £22,500 whip- round among friends in late 1993 — to help Bertie Ahern with his marital separation legal fees.

The Mahon Tribunal has been told that Bertie Ahern at first refused to accept so-called "dig-out" money from friends to help pay his marriage separation legal costs.

"A pox on all your houses" was the comment of Frank Ward after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Patrick McCartan for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery three years ago.

The trial of man charged with shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery was dramatically halted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he changed his plea to guilty on all counts.

LIMERICK’S best known Dublin-based fan, Charlie Chawke is in for a mouth-watering mix of soccer and hurling this weekend — and has promised his native team a special trip if they are victorious.

AH, the great wheel of life.

One of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s close friends who helped put up a £39,000 (€49,500) loan for him in the early 1990s revealed today he refused to take the money back four times.

YOU hear a lot about pride, passion and potential on Wearside these days but there is still one “p” word that dare not speak its name.

A "career criminal" has been jailed for 15 years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in the robbery which led to the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises.

The sentencing of a man convicted of shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery has been adjourned until next week to allow a medical report on the defendant to be produced.

Judge Frank O’Donnell has told the man found guilty of shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery that he should be professionally represented by a legal team at his upcoming sentence hearing.

A man has been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of shooting Dublin publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises in 2003.

A man accused of the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery has failed in his attempt to call his alleged accomplice to give evidence in his defence.

A female garda said she feared for her life and those of her colleagues when a raider shot at their patrol car windscreen following a pursuit from the scene of the robbery and shooting of publican Charlie Chawke.

A DISAPPOINTING level of bookings for July and August is adding to concerns about the 2005 tourism season among those in the industry in the South-West.

The two Dublin men accused of shooting publican, Charlie Chawke, have been remanded in custody to June 3, when their case will be mentioned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court again.