Popular Naas pub fetches €1.14m at auction

An estimated 120 people turned out for the auction, conducted by Paddy Jordan of Jordan Town and Country Estate Agents, which opened the bidding at €600,000

The Thomas Fletcher pub, which sparked intense bidding at last week’s auction

The Thomas Fletcher pub in Naas, Co Kildare was sold for €1.14 million last week at a public auction in Lawlor’s Hotel. When the hostelry was put on the market in mid-June, there had been strong interest in it.

An estimated 120 people turned out for the auction, conducted by Paddy Jordan of Jordan Town and Country Estate Agents, which opened the bidding at €600,000. It went up to €900,000 and then €1 ...