found-on
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Noun
found-on (plural found-ons)
- (Ireland, colloquial) A person found by the police consuming alcohol on licensed premises outside opening hours
- 2003 May 24 "8 hid in toilet during Garda pub search" The Irish Times:
- Judge Devins convicted Mr Kilkenny of after-hours trading and imposed a fine of €1,500. She also fined each of the found-ons €85 each.
- 2005 July 27, "Morris: Gardaí 'tarnished pub prosecution by planting witness'" Irish Examiner:
- Some Co Donegal gardaí tarnished after-hours drinking prosecutions against a Raphoe publican by planting a found-on in the pub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.
- 2017 March 2, Denise McNamara, "‘Found-ons’ leave award-winning pub fearing forced closure" Connacht Tribune
- 2003 May 24 "8 hid in toilet during Garda pub search" The Irish Times:
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