She's the senior mandarin whose partygate report laid bare the boozy culture of lockdown parties in Downing Street.But Sue Gray's old pub near Newry in Northern Ireland also seemed to have its own 'wine time Fridays', with revellers dancing and drinking way past official closing time at the height of the Troubles.At least, that's according to Patrick Kielty.During a stand-up show in Brighton, the Northern Irish comic recalled the Whitehall ethics chief's past life as a landlady.'Let me tell you about Sue Gray,' Kielty announced.'Sue Gray used to own the Cove Bar in Mayobridge, Co Down, 10 miles from where I grew up on the other side of the mountain. When she was working for the Northern Ireland Civil Service, cheap locksmith she bought the bar.'She married a country-and-western singer from Portaferry.

And this bar was meant to be officially shut most Friday nights at half eleven… and was flat to the mat with Willie Nelson at twenty to f**king two!'. Whitehall ethics chief Sue Gray pictured in Westminster in February 2022 This Google Street View picture from 2011 shows a building at the location of the Cove Bar near Newry in Northern Ireland called The Cove Bar & Lounge.

It was called the Cove Bar until 2011, and has since become a nursery. A car dealerships sits opposite the building Patrick Kielty attends the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2019 at The Royal Festival Hall in London on May 12, 2019 RELATED ARTICLES

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