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Full coverage: Restaraunts

One of Dublin’s largest bar and dining complexes is quietly on the market

The Market Bar Group which owns multiple venues in the Fade Street area of Dublin 2 has appointed estate agents to find a buyer. The combined venues can hold almost 900 people.

Tom Lyons
16th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

O’Connell Street staple and Dublin construction firm the latest to seek Scarp rescue

The company behind Flanagan's Restaurant and Bar on O'Connell Street and Dublin construction firm JV Ledwith are the newest entrants into the scheme that aims to help small businesses avoid collapse.

Michael Cogley
10th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

How 200 companies and 700 documents tell the story of the fallen star of Irish hospitality

Cheyne Capital has sent in senior experts to turn Press Up around. A forensic investigation of the hospitality group's financial structures examines if there is still time.

Thomas Hubert
13th Sep, 2024 - 21 min read

Changing of the guard: Why KnightBridge scooped up Freshly Chopped

The private equity firm’s purchase of the health food chain is just the first salvo in a bigger plan to scoop up several more hospitality businesses.

Jonathan Keane
28th Jun, 2024 - 4 min read

Will the 9% hospitality Vat rate become an election issue? Rewinding the week that was

Peter Burke is asking voters to choose between tax breaks for restaurants or middle income earners. As a Fine Gael TD, this makes sense, but as enterprise minister, this is leaving hospitality entrepreneurs puzzled.

Thomas Hubert
2nd Jun, 2024 - 4 min read

Sign of the times? As the hospitality sector prepares to reopen, one restaurateur has opted to close for good

Dillon's Restaurant in Cork was coming up on five years in business. However, it will not be reopening along with other restaurants at the end of June. Between reduced capacity as a result of social distancing and lack of tourists, its co-owner Richard Milnes said it made little sense to reopen.

Cait Caden
17th Jun, 2020 - 3 min read
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