PantiBar donates to cancer charity

PantiBar, one of the country’s best-known gay venues, yesterday donated €750 to a cancer charity after pleading guilty to breaking the smoking ban.

PantiBar Ltd, operator of the bar on Capel St in Dublin — which is run by activist and drag performer Rory O’Neill aka Panti Bliss — was prosecuted by the HSE following an inspection by an environmental health officer.

The company yesterday pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to breaking smoking ban regulations and having a cigarette vending machine on the premises while not being registered to sell tobacco products.