Corbett pub fined for counterfeit vodka

The pub company of former Tipperary hurling star Lar Corbett has been fined €1,500 and ordered to close for two days after being convicted of a breach of Revenue legislation. The conviction was imposed at Thurles District Court yesterday in relation to 23 bottles of counterfeit vodka seized at Corbett’s bar, Coppinger’s, in Thurles.

Judge Elizabeth McGrath said Lar Corbett, who has two All-Ireland medals, was an “honest and fair witness” but said there was a “lack of a proper stocktaking process” at the pub.

Mr Corbett, the nominee of his company Marlstone Investments, denied breaching Revenue legislation by having 16.1 litres of spirits for sale at his pub in Thurles, Co Tipperary, without having paid the appropriate rate of tax.