It takes 19 men to replace veteran publican Maudie
(Left to right) The directors of The Village pub and coffee shop in Rathgormack, Co Waterford, Stephen Flynn, Jim Harrison and Gerard Kirwan. The pub will be relaunched at the end of the month.
Last orders have been staved off in a Co. Waterford village after locals came together to buy their local pub.
A 19-strong group from Rathgormack, near Carrick-on-Suir, have bought the establishment, formerly known as Maudie's, and are opening it at the end of the month as part-pub, part-coffee shop.
