David Norris (Independent)

I do not get the opportunity to behave too indecently in Cyprus, unfortunately. I am not rabidly anti-drink or against decent pubs. Pubs give great pleasure, particularly old style pubs where one can have a civilised conversation and not have one's ears split open.

I will conclude with an example. A pub with a beer garden on Parnell Street obtained a special extension. Elderly residents lived nearby but, due to the equipment being used at the pub, the noise would shatter the glass in Busaras. I complained and eventually got the sound turned off by saying I would object to the pub's licence on the basis of its disgraceful behaviour. It is not right that elderly residents were terrified by noise and although this was not the correct environment for the young, the pub intended to attract the young.