STAFF at a village pub are to toast their luck with the Irish after winning a mystery diner competition for the second successive year.

The Ram Inn, Cliviger, has been assessed and rated every month since last September on the quality of its service and has finished top of a league table of 180 others from the Vintage Inn chain.

Each pub was given a percentage score for the month's visit - the Ram Inn's average was 99.2 percent, more than one per cent higher than its closest rival.

As a reward, all 27 staff are to fly out to Dublin on an all-expenses paid two-day trip.

This was also the prize last year, as far as staff can remember following 48 hours on the Guinness.

Andy Devanney, assistant manager of the Ram Inn, said: "Last time we got to the pub at 5.45am and spent 24 hours on the beer. I think the staff worked harder so they could go back.

"This year we've worked hard to keep our standards up to show it was not a fluke last year."