British pub chain JD Wetherspoons has defended charging Cork punters more for a pint of the city’s famous Beamish stout than in two of its bars in the capital.

UK pub operator JD Wetherspoon will open its newest pub and first Irish venture outside the capital in Cork next week following a €3.65m investment.

New chapters beckon at the premises of one of Cork City’s longest-established bookshops, Connolly’s, as owner Adrian Connolly prepares to retire after decades dealing in old and rare books, new books, and records.

UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon is looking to open a 100-room hotel and pub in the heart of Dublin city after it acquired Camden Hall Hostel on one of the city’s busiest night-time streets. Wetherspoon is looking for revised planning permission for the complex as part of a €4m development of the site which it says will create up to 75 jobs.

English pub chain Wetherspoon has acquired its second premises in Ireland, the former Newport Cafe in Paul Street Plaza in Cork City.

A 12,000 sq ft Cork City centre bar and nightclub complex has come to market as part of a liquidator/bank sale, guiding €875,000.