Eyes down: Bingo premises finally opens for business

THE first numbers were last night finally called at the 1,000-seater Cork bingo hall raided by gardaí on Tuesday evening just 30 minutes before it was due to open.

Within the first hour of opening, over 500 men and women of all ages had flocked through the doors of the Rock Bingo Centre in Togher — and within minutes the first whistles spread across the massive hall as caller John Purcell announced a “legs 11”.

Rock Bingo Centre was due to open at 6.30pm on Tuesday, but at 6pm gardaí raided the premises and seized the bingo books meaning the hundreds of people who turned up to play were left disappointed.