The Irish pub is back — and punters are getting the craic

There was a time when the Irish pub was as much a fixture of the British high street as the pound shop, the bookies and a Greggs.

O’Neill’s was everywhere, pouring Guinness, serving food, showing the sport and finding an excuse for somebody to pick up a microphone.

Scruffy Murphy’s colonised city centres and student towns. Waxy O'Connor's offered the more theatrical end of the market, with cavernous venues designed to make drinking a pint feel l... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...