Cork pub 'surprised' after former employee claims he quit after being told not to speak Irish

The management of a Cork pub which allegedly banned a Gaeilgeoir from speaking as Gaelige while he worked there has responded to claims he made on RTÉ radio.

In a statement, the Flying Enterprise said they were "surprised by the comments attributed to our former employee Cormac Ó Bruic" and emphasised that "this matter is certainly not about the Irish language".

"We currently employ up to seventy people and of them there are six diffeent nationalities who all speak their native language. They respect that while at work the most sensible and practical language to speak is English," they said.