A GARDA superintendent whose officers searched a bingo hall and seized property in a case where the licence is in dispute said yesterday at the High Court in Cork that “the last thing I wanted to do was go down there and take bingo books from old ladies”.

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 controversial 1,000-seater bingo hall in Cork city will open for business tonight after securing a temporary High Court order.

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.

Staff are being recruited for a new 1,000-seat bingo hall in Cork city.

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.

The tell-all diaries of dead Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain are to be published later this year after being bought for €4.5m.