Kerry pub using 'dodgy' box to show matches must pay €20k damages to Sky

Sky representatives called to the Railway Bar in Lixnaw on eight separate occasions and found Premier League soccer matches shown on the television in the bar, court heard

The pub had no contract with Sky, and no licence to broadcast the matches,  the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee heard. Picture: Domnick Walsh 

A pub in a Co Kerry village which used a 'dodgy box’ to show Premier League soccer has been ordered to pay damages of €20,000 to the Sky broadcasting company.

The court heard when Sky representatives called to the Railway Bar in Lixnaw on eight separate occasions between 2018 and 2023, they found Premier League soccer matches shown on the television in the bar.