A Kilkenny woman who cut herself on broken glass after a "full Monty" male strip show has lost her claim for compensation.
The woman was queueing to have her photograph taken with a male stripper when she fell over a table, cutting her hand on glass she claimed was on the floor.
Ms Majella Meaney, Butts Green, Kilkenny, sought up to €30,000 damages from the Kilford Arms hotel and nightclub in Kilkenny city.
Kilkenny Circuit Civil Court heard that the young mother of one attended a show by Dublin strippers, the Full Monty, in August 1999.
She claimed that she was shoved by other women in the queue, who knocked her over a table. Broken glass was strewn on the floor and she had to get 17 stitches to a deep wound in her palm, which left permanent scarring. She denied having a glass in her hand at the time.
After hearing evidence, Judge Michael O'Shea said he was satisfied there was no broken glass on the floor. He believed that, after she fell, Ms Meaney in fact cut herself on a glass she was holding in her hand. He dismissed her claim.
The owner of the Kilford Arms, Mr Pius Phelan, told the court that the strip show was a financial disaster. Only 91 women of varying ages attended the performance at the venue, which has a capacity of 1,200.
A bouncer, Mr Shane Leahy, disagreed that there was huge excitement and jostling among women in the queue.
Both Mr Leahy and Mr Phelan confirmed that they had seen the celebrated comedy, The Full Monty. But they said the female frenzy portrayed in the movie wasn't reflected among women at the Kilkenny show.