The State has accepted before the High Court that a bingo hall in Cork, which had brought legal proceedings over having been raided by gardaí, has been operating within the law.
The declaration was made at the announcement of the settlement of the proceedings brought by Omega Leisure, trading as Rock Bingo Club, against Togher- based Garda Supt Charles Barry, the Garda Commissioner and the State.
The company brought the proceedings after bingo books and other documents were seized by gardaí from the premises at Deanrock, Togher, on foot of a warrant obtained from a District Court earlier. The seizure was made on November 1st last year, just half an hour before the first of Omega’s planned bingo sessions were due to start.
Yesterday, Mr Justice Frank Clarke was told the sides had resolved the issues and the matter could be struck out.
