Residents relieved as lapdancing club licence application is adjourned

DUBLIN inner-city residents yesterday expressed relief after the licence application for Peter Stringfellow's new lapdancing club was adjourned.

The British businessman is planning to open a club in Parnell Street in Dublin but he has encountered fierce opposition from locals who believe it will bring down the image and safety of the area. The North Inner City Residents Group said they did not want the club in an area which had a girl's secondary school, a toy shop, a cinema and corporation flats for young children.

"The residents are not only appalled but we are fearful of how this proposed establishment will affect the area, which is residential and has lots of children," said spokeswoman Maria Mhic Mheanmain.