Burrito bar wins battle for wine licence

Gardaí objected to a new burrito outlet in Cork city getting a licence to serve wine on the basis that it was in the middle of “a public disorder hotspot”.

Judge Tim Lucey granted the licence stating it seemed to be a bona fide, professionally run restaurant and that it was for the gardaí to deal with the public disorder.

Inspector John Deasy described Winthrop Street as a public disorder hotspot with incidents observed by gardaí and reported by business people in the area to meetings at the joint policing forum. He said there were frequent incidents of public disorder and also some incidents of drug use and drug dealing on Winthrop Street.