Pub loses Supreme Court fight over underage drink

A pub found guilty of allowing drink be supplied to a child has lost a Supreme Court appeal which centred on its claim that the charge should have been dismissed because it exercised “due diligence” in assessing whether the girl was old enough to be served alcohol.

Waxy O’Connors, trading as Waxy’s Bar, Marlboro St, Cork, was convicted in the District Court of letting the 17-year-old to be supplied with beer in April 2006, contrary to the Intoxicating Liquor Acts 1988 and 2000.

Waxy’s claimed she had produced an age card with a fuzzy photo to try to gain entry and was refused by a doorman. He did allow her in when she produced a passport and driver’s licence, both of which, it turned out, did not belong to her.