Benny McCabe defends Sin É pub after online abuse from far-right following Cork rally

Cork publican Benny McCabe says threats to staff and business after Cork rally are a warning sign of rising political extremism
Benny McCabe defends Sin É pub after online abuse from far-right following Cork rally

Benny McCabe, who runs a brewery and over a dozen pubs in the city centre, said he was absolutely shocked by some of the threats. File photo

A prominent Cork publican has spoken of disgust after some of his staff and his business were threatened online following claims from a far-right politician that attendees at a nationalist rally in the city were asked to leave one of his pubs.

Benny McCabe, who runs a brewery and over a dozen pubs in the city centre, said he was absolutely shocked by some of the threats made in response to the post on a social media account of former Irish Freedom Party and now independent South Dublin county councillor, Glen Moore.

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