West Cork publican fined €2k over Covid and licensing breaches

Gardaí observed between up to eight people in the window of the bar, drinking, smoking, and playing cards, the court heard.

A sign for the Harbour Bar in Leap, West Cork.

A publican has been fined a total of €2,200 for a number of breaches of licensing and Covid regulations, with eight people found on the premises also pleading guilty after they said they were helping him ready the bar for re-opening hours before Covid laws were lifted.

Michael Boyle, of the Harbour Bar in Leap, West Cork, pleaded guilty through his solicitor at Skibbereen District Court in relation to breaches on three separate dates last year.