Pub lays on festive dinner for free

A lonely Christmas fuelled by chicken nuggets and chips has provided the spark for a pub’s gesture of providing Christmas dinners to anyone who requests one.

Casey’s Bar in Clonakilty, Co Cork, will rustle up full Christmas dinners to take away on Christmas Eve for reheating on December 25, with owner James Casey saying that the food will be available to anyone seeking it from 12.30pm to 8.30pm tomorrow.

The 30-year-old, from Kiskeam near Millstreet, has been running Casey’s for the past four years and is the sixth generation of his family to be involved in the pub trade.