Counter bid successful

The historic Woodford bar in Cork city centre, with a licensed and drinks trade link stretching back to 1750, has been bought out of receivership for c €1.25 million.

Its now in the hands of long-experienced bar operator Murt Lucey, whose own family links go back at least a generation to famed entertainment entities like Sir Henry’s/Grand Parade Hotel, the Stardust and ballrooms like the Majorca in Crosshaven, and Redbarn.

Set on Paul Street, with access also to Daunt’s Square by the Grand Parade, the Woodford is a sizeable (670 sq m) and impressive five-storey historic warehouse building and conversion, with relatively shallow bar roots of just 30 years or so, when it initially traded as Maguires.