Cork football legend fined €2,500 for illegal spirits

THE city centre bar belonging to Cork football legend turned publican Larry Tompkins has been fined €2,500 for housing undeclared cross-border bottles of spirits.

Cork football legend fined €2,500 for illegal spirits

Customs officials, a court heard yesterday, inspected Larry Tompkins bar “on receipt of information” on May 28, 2009.

Customs inspector Tom Farrell told Cork District Court a number of bottles of spirits with the British tax stamp scratched away were found in the downstairs bar.

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