Icecream seller to challenge council’s beach trading policy in High Court

An icecream seller has told a High Court judge that Waterford County Council cancelled his beach trading licence in order to placate a local seaside shopkeeper whose custom had been hit.

Robert Gal, of Kilgabriel, Clashmore, Co Waterford, said that after being moved from a high-footfall area to a spot beside the site of an old toilet, his daily takings dropped from hundreds of euro to between €12 and €24 a day.

Barrister Michael P McGrath told the court that Mr Gal planned to sue the local authority for damages for loss of business and wanted leave to bring a legal challenge to quash a number of the council’s decisions.