Pub owner claims police harassment

A pub owner, his staff, and customers in Kilkenny have been consistently harassed by gardaí who want their business to go to another premises, it was claimed in the Dáil.

Independent TD Mick Wallace read out a written account from the owner of The Field Bar in High St, Kilkenny, about problems he has had with the force since he bought the pub after moving home from the US in 2007.

“We are at a loss to know what we did to deserve this treatment, but fully believe it is motivated by a desire to unlawfully force our customer base to go to other premises, so this process of nuisance has a purpose,” he said.