Southern Star is Cork's latest city pub to be reborn

The pub had closed its doors in March 2020 but is set to reopen in November

Pandemic hangover nearing an end at The Southern Star as new owner Ernest Horgan sets plans in train for a November re-opening. Picture: Howard Crowdy

Some of the best yarns have been told after a few scoops, and the new owners of The Southern Star on High Street have first-hand knowledge of one of the most ingenious betting stings in horse-racing history as one of them is the son of the late Cork developer Tony Murphy, mastermind of what became known as “the Gay Future Affair”.

Conor Murphy and lifelong friend Ernest Horgan have acquired the well-known pub in an off-market lease purchase agreement with publican Niall Murphy, and the plan is to reopen it by the end of November.