One of Dublin's best-known political haunts has just changed hands. Dessie Hynes has sold his pub at Baggot Street Bridge for nearly £1 million. On Thursday, Tonight With Vincent Browne came from the upstairs lounge - and hardly a night goes by but some politico or other is seen on the premises, many of a FG hue. Dessie moves out at the end of January, but what Quidnunc wants to know is: are the political clients part of the deal?
Hynes moves on
One of Dublin's best-known political haunts has just changed hands
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