The Venue for a new venture for veteran publican Dennehy

Having just stepped down from a three-year term as county chairman of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, publican Con Dennehy has taken ownership of The Venue bar, in Cork’s suburban Ballintemple.

One of Cork’s best-known bar owners, Dennehy is second-generation in the trade and long-associated with Dennehy’s bar on the Coal Quay.

Dennehy’s was run by his father, John, and, later on, by his mother, Maura.