Fire at popular Athlone pub and restaurant premises

Athlone Fire Services attended a fire at the premises of a popular Athlone pub and restaurant in the early hours of the morning.

Gertie Brownes Bar & Bistro and Hatters Lane Bisto was affected by the fire.

It's understood the impact of the fire was restricted to smoke damage.

The owners, in a post on Facebook, said nobody was hurt in the fire and that the premises would be closed "for the coming days" to treat the smoke damage.

They thanked Athlone Fire Station, An Garda Siochana and neighbours and friends who responded so quickly.

The Fire Service said two units attended the scene at 4.20am and managed to contain the fire. They remained on the scene for two hours.