Judge warns pub licence is a ‘privilege’ after sexual assault during party

Just John Hughes told the pub's management it is an offence to serve a person who is intoxicated. Photo: Stock image

Andrew Phelan

A well-known Dublin pub where a human rights worker sexually assaulted a colleague during an office party has been warned by a judge that a drinks licence is “a privilege, not an entitlement.”

Judge John Hughes reminded pub management that it was an offence to serve a person they knew to be intoxicated.