Ms Deirdre Devitt:

As a working publican with a pub in town and in the suburbs, I have a responsibility to run a premises where people enjoy themselves in a safe environment. I drop people around the block, which might save a senior citizen between €5 and €7, which he can spend on something else.

He has gone out to meet his friends and have a conversation that he would not be having at home. I quite often drive people home, even when there are taxis and buses available. I feel responsible and if I or my staff can do that, we do. We do not tell people to drink and drive.