Dáil bar clocked up €7k sales on ‘lapgate’ night

Thirsty TDs and visitors to the Dáil bar drank their way through almost €7,000 worth of stock on the night of the infamous “lapgate” incident as they voted through the abortion legislation.

Records show the parched politicians and their guests set the record take last year during the all-night sitting for the Government’s Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

Oireachtas members avail of cut-price drink, with the members’ bar clocking up €3,326 worth of sales on the night — with €3,572 taken at the visitors’ bar as the taps flowed until after 5am.