40 staff get ‘stay home’ texts as Clancy’s bar shuts down

Up to 40 people lost their jobs by text yesterday following the sudden closure of one of Cork City’s oldest bars.

Staff of Clancy’s bar and restaurant on Prince’s St, where a bar has been trading since 1824, got texts at 3.08am telling them the pub was closing.

“We are so so very sorry to say there is no need to come to work tomorrow,” the text read.