Gardaí seize bingo books on hall’s opening night

JUST half an hour before it was due to open for the first time last night, gardaí raided a new 1,000-capacity bingo hall in Cork and seized all the bingo books.

The Rock Bingo Centre was due to open its doors in the former Waters Munster Glass premises in Togher at 6.30pm.

However, at 6pm, gardaí arrived and seized the bingo books. David Barber, one of the owners and directors of the bingo centre, said: “The gardaí have now come along, served us with a warrant in the belief there is about to be an offence committed under the Gaming and Lotteries Act.”