Gardai had objected to the plan.
Burrito place ‘Boojum’ on Winthrop Street in Cork city have won their court dispute over acquiring a licence to serve wine.
Gardai had objected to the plans as the outlet is in the middle of “a public disorder hotspot”.
Judge Tim Lucey granted the licence stating it seemed to be a bona fide, professionally run restaurant and that it was for the gardaí to deal with the public disorder.
According to the Irish Examiner, when pleading their case, Inspector John Deasy said there were “frequent incidents of public disorder and also some incidents of drug use and drug dealing on Winthrop Street”.
Inspector Deasy testified that the new premises had plans to make a further application, if successful, for a beer licence. He outlined his concern that people would bring beer bottles out onto the street.
Judge Lucey granted Boojum the wine on-licence and said the sale of beer would have to be the subject of another application.
The judge said: “It is hard to blame someone setting up in business for public disorder. It is hard to see why they should be saddled with the public disorder”.
The popular burrito joint has locations in Dublin, Belfast, and Galway and just opened it’s doors in Cork a few weeks back.
