Recession has last laugh in Killinaskully

One of the best-known rural pubs in the country, made famous in a popular TV comedy series, has called time as a result of the recession.

An Bonnán Buí, in the North Tipperary village of Ballinahinch, which became known to millions of television viewers of Pat Shortt’s Killinaskully comedy series as ‘Jacksie’s’ pub, closed at the weekend after the recession eroded its customer base.