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CORKMAN PUB FIRE AND ILLEGAL DEMOLITION BLOWS UP

Posted on October 28th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The backlash is building to the destruction of Carlton’s beloved Corkman Irish Pub, illegally demolished by its developer owners two weeks ago. Stefce Kutlesovski and Raman Shaqiri bought the pub for $4.76 million last year, and reportedly told previous owner

COURT CASE BEGINS AGAINST ARISTOCRAT, CROWN AND NOW RTP

Posted on October 26th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Federal Court has today seen the start of a case by a self-confessed former pokies “addict” against manufacturer Aristocrat and Crown Casino, now amended to also challenge RTP. Lead applicant Shonica Guy is being represented pro-bono by prominent Melbourne-based

OUTCRY AS HISTORIC MELBOURNE PUB ILLEGALLY KNOCKED DOWN

Posted on October 19th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Suspicion has turned to scandal following the illegal demolition of the beloved and historic Corkman Irish Pub in Carlton. The pub was purchased for $4.76 million in October 2014 by an unnamed local developer, and when the lease expired shortly

BRISBANE HOTELS ROBBED AS DRUG DETECTIONS SOAR

Posted on October 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane pubs have seen a recent blight of low-tech cash-grab robberies, with State research showing drug abuse up and alcohol down. The robberies have taken place late at night or even after closing, and each feature two men wielding weapons

SUGARMILL PATRON ARRESTED FOR PULLING FAKE GUN

Posted on October 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A 23-year-old man has been arrested for drawing and waving around a fake gun in Keystone’s Sugarmill Hotel, in Kings Cross. Around 9:30 on Saturday night in the Sugarmill’s Kit & Kaboodle, the man allegedly pulled the replica pistol out

HOTEL OWNER CHARGED OVER ARSON FRAUD

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The owner of the historic Premier Hotel gutted by arson in May has been suddenly charged with multiple offenses relating to the alleged fraud. In May news broke that a 125-year-old pub in Albany, Western Australia, was mostly destroyed after

IS THAT A TURKEY IN YOUR PANTS, OR …

Posted on August 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
An opportunistic thief was sprung in the act in ALH’s Vale Hotel, prompting threats with a handy steak knife and escape with a Wild Turkey down his pants. The would-be thief was seen trying to get into the cash register

BRUTAL 3-ON-1 PUB BRAWL LEAVES MAN IN COMA

Posted on August 1st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian police are investigating circumstances around a three-on-one brawl outside a Melbourne pub that put the one man in hospital with serious head injuries. Around 9:30 last Wednesday night a confrontation between one 42-year-old man and three others resulted in

EVICTED PATRON PUB ARSONIST CHARGED OVER DEATH

Posted on July 29th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A bikie has been charged with manslaughter and arson after setting fire to a Sydney pub and killing his mate in the process. Scott Keighran, 30, and Harley McKenna, 29, were evicted from O’Donoghue’s Irish Pub around 8pm on 9