It is three years since I last caught up with Padraic O’Kane, the restaurateur who has a high-profile side-line bringing two major US college football teams to Dublin each year. At the time, Fire Steakhouse & Grill in Dublin’s Mansion House and Sole Seafood & Grill on South William Street, the two well-appointed eateries that he co-owns with Dawn Farms Foods CEO Larry Murrin, had been shuttered entirely for three months due to the pandemic. Both were due to reopen days after our interview but had to operate at around 60 per cent capacity under distancing rules. Meanwhile, he had…

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