Ban on children in pubs ‘should be more flexible’

IT’S around 9.30 on a balmy night and a young English family is sitting outside a seaside pub in Kerry.

The father, who is aware of the ban on under-18s in pubs after 9pm, enters and asks the owner for permission for one of his children to use the toilet.

If the owner, who happens to be a Fianna Fáil councillor, says yes, he’s breaking the law. “Of course, I said yes,” declared Cllr Michael Cahill.