Developer did not have a bar licence

Developer Niall Mellon did not hold a licence to sell drinks when proprietor of the Three Rocks Bar in Dec 2009, a court has heard.

Barrister Paul O’Neill told Judge Susan Ryan in the Circuit Civil Court that an insurance company was repudiating a policy it had sold Mr Mellon, proprietor of the pub, for damages cover for accidents.

Mr O’Neill there was no intoxicating liquor licence attaching to the premises when student Claire Graydon fell and broke a finger at a birthday party on the premises on Dec 5, 2009.