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A culture clash on Capel Street: How a laneway has become a frontier in a battle between big and small business

The Northern Irish group behind Belfast's Merchant Hotel is bringing its fashionable Bullitt brand to the former Riverdance HQ in Dublin. But its plans for the €30m hotel development have allegedly been jeopardised by a row with a local landlord.

Francesca Comyn

21st Sep, 2021 - 10 min read

Global capital is finally coming for the pubs

Low interest rates and wealthy investors are driving a boom in pub prices. Will there still be room for the little guy?

Ian Kehoe

10th Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

A new pub group has made its second acquisition – and it has much bigger ambitions

Dunmore has acquired the Wellington in Dublin 4, adding to a venue in Dún Laoghaire. One of its backers outlines the rationale for the deal and its strategy for building a group.

Tom Lyons

3rd Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

“I’m a self-employed single mother. I was trying to save my business while homeschooling my twin boys”

Ciara Crossan set up WeddingDates at the start of the last Irish economic crash and has spent the last 18 months battling the latest crisis. Covid has set her company back five years, but it has also given her time to think about what to do next.

Cait Caden

19th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

Restricted star: Wunderkind restaurateur censured for five years as a director following collapse of boutique eatery

Luna in Dublin was once named the best restaurant in Ireland. Now the creative force behind it has been restricted as a director while a liquidator continues to investigate what happened.

Tom Lyons

30th Jul, 2021 - 3 min read

From lock-ins to lockdown: Hospitality’s uphill battle for Covid cover

With indoor drinking and dining set to resume, The Currency looks at the hospitality industry's ongoing legal struggle with multiple insurers. In the wake of the landmark FBD ruling, uncertainty continues to reign.

Francesca Comyn

23rd Jul, 2021 - 9 min read

“In the UK, the hospitality-specific supports have been much better, much more targeted, and much more effective”

Stuart Fitzgerald has seen the pandemic from both sides – his restaurant chain Leon has suffered while his accountancy firm has thrived. He talks about dark kitchens, future expansion and why the hospitality sector needs tailored supports.

Cait Caden

15th Jul, 2021 - 7 min read

In the two years before Covid-19, Coppers paid €68.7m to its owners

Before they knew their night-club would remain closed for over a year, Cathal and Paula Jackson extracted the mountains of cash it had accumulated in preparation for its sale. Then they decided to hold on to the business and are now steering it through a year-long closure.

Thomas Hubert

12th Mar, 2021 - 2 min read

Ernest Cantillon: “I spent years behind the bar selling other people’s products. So, I said feck it, I’d like to sell my own”

His pubs may have been forced to shut, but Ernest Cantillon doubled turnover at his gin and whiskey company last year. He talks about navigating his businesses through the pandemic, taking out insurance with FBD and why he would never open a pub in Dublin again.

Full coverage: Hospitality

A culture clash on Capel Street: How a laneway has become a frontier in a battle between big and small business

Francesca Comyn

21st Sep, 2021 - 10 min read

Global capital is finally coming for the pubs

Ian Kehoe

10th Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

A new pub group has made its second acquisition – and it has much bigger ambitions

Tom Lyons

3rd Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

“I’m a self-employed single mother. I was trying to save my business while homeschooling my twin boys”

Cait Caden

19th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

Restricted star: Wunderkind restaurateur censured for five years as a director following collapse of boutique eatery

Tom Lyons

30th Jul, 2021 - 3 min read

From lock-ins to lockdown: Hospitality’s uphill battle for Covid cover

Francesca Comyn

23rd Jul, 2021 - 9 min read

“In the UK, the hospitality-specific supports have been much better, much more targeted, and much more effective”

Cait Caden

15th Jul, 2021 - 7 min read

In the two years before Covid-19, Coppers paid €68.7m to its owners

Thomas Hubert

12th Mar, 2021 - 2 min read

Ernest Cantillon: “I spent years behind the bar selling other people’s products. So, I said feck it, I’d like to sell my own”

Cait Caden

15th Feb, 2021 - 6 min read

Harry Clarke stained glass windows at the centre of landlord and tenant battle

Tom Lyons

29th Jan, 2021 - 2 min read

A culture clash on Capel Street: How a laneway has become a frontier in a battle between big and small business

Francesca Comyn

21st Sep, 2021 - 10 min read

Global capital is finally coming for the pubs

Ian Kehoe

10th Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

A new pub group has made its second acquisition – and it has much bigger ambitions

Tom Lyons

3rd Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

“I’m a self-employed single mother. I was trying to save my business while homeschooling my twin boys”

Cait Caden

19th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

Restricted star: Wunderkind restaurateur censured for five years as a director following collapse of boutique eatery

Tom Lyons

30th Jul, 2021 - 3 min read

From lock-ins to lockdown: Hospitality’s uphill battle for Covid cover

Francesca Comyn

23rd Jul, 2021 - 9 min read

“In the UK, the hospitality-specific supports have been much better, much more targeted, and much more effective”

Cait Caden

15th Jul, 2021 - 7 min read

In the two years before Covid-19, Coppers paid €68.7m to its owners

Thomas Hubert

12th Mar, 2021 - 2 min read

Ernest Cantillon: “I spent years behind the bar selling other people’s products. So, I said feck it, I’d like to sell my own”

Cait Caden

15th Feb, 2021 - 6 min read

Harry Clarke stained glass windows at the centre of landlord and tenant battle

Tom Lyons

29th Jan, 2021 - 2 min read

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