Crackdown on bouncers ‘not a moment too soon’

THE father of a man who died after being restrained by nightclub security staff has welcomed a new crackdown on unlicensed bouncers at pubs and clubs.

Under new rules being implemented by the Private Security Authority (PSA), publicans or nightclub owners who employ security staff not licensed with the PSA face €3,000 fines or up to 12 months in prison, if they flout new laws governing security at licensed premises.

“It’s not a moment too soon,” said Andrew Moynihan, whose son Adrian, 23, was found to have died as a result of being restrained by staff at a Cork City nightclub in 2001.