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A BAND contracted to pro- vide musical entertainment in a Kilkishen pub, were so loud that the customers took to drinking outside to get away from the noise.
The publican told a judge that he would never hire the particular group, or any- thing of their ilk again.
Judge Joseph Mangan heard of the exodus after being given a sound engi- neer’s report on noise levels at Gleeson’s pub.
In an earlier hearing, Theresa Holahan (78) of Main Street, Kilkishen told the district court that she was afraid to go to bed and couldn’t cope with the noise coming from the pub, which adjoined her home.
She had lived next door to Gleeson’s public house for the past 50 years and never had a problem with the OEUODICNMEUDNLAU Kee TlONE
In objecting to its intoxi- cating liquor licence, she
said she had suffered noise and disruption to her daily Tate
‘The level of noise is un- acceptable to me. I cannot use my garden. I cannot go to bed,” she said.
She told Judge Mangan that loudspeakers were po- sitioned over the back door of the pub, a very short dis- tance from her garden.
She said that at one stage, the level of noise was so bad at 4pm, she had to ring the gardai.
“T need my privacy. I need to be able to sleep. I cannot do anything. I cannot go to bed,’ she said, adding that her eardrums were “burst- ing’ on occasions, due to the noise.
Judge Mangan heard from the publican’s solicitor that undertakings were given at the last court hearing.
These were deliberately breached on one occasion to facilitate the engineer’s report and _ accidentally breached on another “be-
cause the band was so loud the customers all went out the back.
The publican did _ not know they would be so loud and he’s willing to give an undertaking that he will not hire this band or any band that loud again.”
The publican would also be willing to encourage customers to use the front of the premises for smoking and to raise the eaves on the smoking shed at the back, to help drown out noise.
Judge Mangan said that he wanted time to study the
report and make recommen- dations, “one of which will be installing a switch, which kills the music if it goes over a certain level.”
The case was adjourned to Ennis District Court on October 7.