Bar refuses elderly teetotal couple lemonade

A teetotal elderly couple and their son were refused drink in a Co Limerick pub, when all they wanted was lemonade.

Shortly after they dropped into the The Idle Hour Bar in Effin for a soft drink things turned sour.

The incident was recalled at Kilmallock District Court when Cornelius Hegarty snr, aged 79; his wife, Bridget, aged 78 and their son, Cornelius jnr, aged 57 sought damages from the pub owner, Sean Kenny, under the Equal Status Ac.