Owner of Co Mayo pub that defiantly reopened has been arrested
Donal Byrne of Eileen s Bar rose to national attention after he declared the pub the first COVID-free bar in Ireland.
Dec 12, 2020
Eileen s Bar reopened during the Irish Government s Level 3 coronavirus restrictions despite not serving food. Eileen s Bar Facebook
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Gardaà arrested the owner of a Mayo pub on Thursday night after he defied the Irish Government s COVID-19 restrictions by offering customers rapid on-site coronavirus testing in order to reopen his wet pub .
Publican Donal Byrne, who owns Eileen s Bar in Aughamore, County Mayo, was arrested after he refused to comply with gardaà who visited the premises on Thursday night.