Shebeen owner guilty of drunkenness charge

A GARDA raid on the Southill shebeen sparked an incident that led to the man running the premises being summonsed yesterday at Limerick District Court.

Francis Kelly, aged 33, ran foul of the law over an altercation with gardaí after drink was seized at the premises during the first of four raids.

Kelly, of 9 Lilac Court, was yesterday handed a suspended jail sentence and bound to the peace.