Brave baker turns down Late Late Show invite

A DEFIANT Limerick bakery owner, who gave an exclusive interview to the Irish Examiner earlier this week about his life driving a bread van with armed protection, has said it would be too risky for him to accept an invitation to go on the Late Late Show.

Phil Treacy has lived under the threat of death since his son’s court evidence helped jail five members of the notorious McCarthy/Dundon family. He said he will not be driven out of business by the gang.

But he said: “The media have been on to me — they even wanted me on The Late Late Show ... Sure I can’t even go across the road, never mind going to Dublin.”