Ryan’s on Camden Street is a well-known bar in Dublin. It has been refused a new drinks licence to extend its bar into adjoining premises after the gardaí argued to do so would “reward the bad behaviour of the applicant”.
On Monday, the US lifestyle and pharmaceutical firm spent £33m buying up assets tied to troubled craft brewer BrewDog. Its Dublin outpost, which employs over 50 people, is among them.
Marshalling an army of relatives and staff, the Dublin publican is never finished re-inventing a generations-old business.
Locals had raised concerns over the height and scale of the 200-plus-bed project in the Blackpitts area. With permission granted, it will add to his growing stable of accommodation offerings in the capital city.
A low-key Irish firm has acquired and renovated dozens of apartments in 13 properties now for sale to institutional investors in one lot. Records show it is on track to double the capital invested.
Locals and business owners had raised concerns with Dublin City Council over the potential to attract on-street crowds and drinking and turn the area into “another tourist Temple Bar location”.
Shrewd, resilient, and ambitious, John Bruder has navigated Ireland’s property market from AIB to Treasury Holdings, founding Burlington, and now spearheading Gresham House Real Estate Ireland.
Luke Joyce found it hard to fit into an entrepreneurship degree and took a year out of college to start his business. A subscription model aims at turning it into a one-stop shop for home maintenance.
From Dublin to Dubai – Part 5: After opening her second premium dessert bar in the UAE, Irish entrepreneur Saifa Kajani has just decided to pull the plug on her original Dublin business The Drunken Cookie. She explains why.
A report commissioned by the developer estimates that a new healthcare facility on the site of the former Irish Glass Bottle factory could cost up to €190 million and treat 70,000 patients in its first year.
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