The new owners of a popular Cork pub are hoping to inject some health and wellness culture into the Irish bar scene, as they launch a new 'wellness centre' and café at the bar.

The case against a man accused of arson by petrol bomb at Murphy’s Rock pub in Ballyvolane on September 1 will be struck out on November 25 if DPP directions are not available.

With the exception of a brief window during the city’s Covid lockdowns, the pub has been open nearly every day for the last 30 years. “People say, ‘Oh, you’re still here,’” Mr. Byrne said.