Healy Rae guilty of allowing late drinking on premises

Kerry County Councillor and publican Danny Healy Rae has pleaded guilty to allowing people to consume alcohol “after hours” in his Kilgarvan premises.

Kenmare District Court was yesterday told 30 people were on the premises, Healy Rae’s Bar, Main St, Kilgarvan, when gardaí arrived shortly before 2am on October 12, 2013 — an hour after closing time.

Garda Supt Flor Murphy, prosecuting, said gardaí arrived at 1.55am. “Drinking up time was between 12.30am and 1am,” he said