Landlord judge orders head shop owner to vacate premises

A DISTRICT Court judge who lets a premises to a head shop owner has ordered him to vacate the building and seek accommodation elsewhere.

Following media reports Judge John Coughlan is the owner of the building within which the shop Happy Daze in Naas, Co Kildare, is housed, the judge said he had no idea of its use.

In a statement the judge said it had been drawn to his attention a premises he let to a commercial tenant, the site of a former legal practice, was operating as a head shop.