Chris Kelly had big plans for Sinnott’s for 2020. Located beneath the St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre and directly facing the Gaiety Theatre, the pub is an institution for sports fans, and 2020 was set to be a summer of sport. For the past three years, driven by a roaring trade in food, turnover at the business had increased steadily. A plan was being finalised to refurbish an outdoor area to deal with extra demand.  Like the rest of pubs in Kelly’s eponymous group, Sinnott’s is now shuttered, while the sports events that would have acted as a magnet for…

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