McCabe buys Cork's iconic 'Pav' with plans to reopen in time for the Jazz

Benny McCabe and his brother Leo plan to return the venue to its glory days as a bar and cinema

Publican Benny McCabe at Rory Gallagher Place, Cork City. Mr McCabe and his brother Leo have just bought the former "Pav" nightclub for €1.3m with the sale handled by Behan, Irwin & Gosling.

THE owner of a string of Cork city’s best known bars, Benny McCabe, and his brother Leo, have bought the former Pavilion “Pav” Bar and Nightclub for €1.3m.

Mr McCabe is planning a return to the glory days of cinema at the venue with “lamps on tables and a high end cocktail table service” where audiences can sing and dance along to classic cinematic musicals like Grease, or popular contemporary productions such as Mama Mia.