Il proprietario è “furioso” perché l’affollato bar del Castello di Dublino ha ordinato la chiusura per la presidenza dell’UE
https://www.thejournal.ie/silk-road-cafe-dublin-castle-closure-7037559-May2026/
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Il proprietario è “furioso” perché l’affollato bar del Castello di Dublino ha ordinato la chiusura per la presidenza dell’UE
https://www.thejournal.ie/silk-road-cafe-dublin-castle-closure-7037559-May2026/
di the_sneaky_one123
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A business of 25 years with 25 employees ordered to close at no fault of its own for 6 months with no compensation.
What the actual fuck is happening in this country??
What the actual fuck. Surely there needs to be compensation paid here or, and hear me out with this wild idea, it’s just left open and carry on trading.
Surely just get accreditation for the staff and leave it open? I’m sure the staff in Dublin Castle would appreciate having the coffee nearby over the next while
This is appalling
>He said that a six-month closure would make it impossible for the business to reopen at the end of the presidency.
and
>The café has been offered no compensation for the closure, Phelan said.
I always pop in on my visits home, their afternoon tea with a twist is always delicious & the staff are always so lovely. Utterly horrible that they’ve been treated this way. Independent cafés should be supported, not destroyed.
Feels like there is a lot going unsaid in this article.
Does his lease make provision for this kind of event?
What’s happened on previous big occasions in the Castle?
The Chester Beatty is well inside the Castle complex, will the place just be a ghost town anyway if it’s locked down?
Is the library going to be shut, and does the café have it’s own front door?
He doesn’t know who made the decision, but who told him?
The OPW heads of dublin castle are cunts. I know them all, all cunts.
Understandable that The Journal wouldn’t be privy to this info, but I’m curious what “security reasons” justify the closure.
It’s not really “at” the castle, it’s in the Chester Beatty Library which is a separate building. If the worry is security having to concern themselves with the foot traffic that doesn’t make sense since they’re not closing the library which is a sizeable tourist attraction, and the castle remains like 50 meters from the bustle of Dame Street.
Regardless of what is right or wrong, either he has a case to take here for disturbance against them or he had agreed to a legal clause in his occupancy documents allowing this to happen.
I’m always cautious when someone goes to the press instead of their solicitor on this kind of thing
Time to seek legal advice, surely?
OPW say the castle will be closed to all general public access from July to Dec as it is the principal venue for all EU meetings, receptions etc. Chester Beatty library will be closed as well according to their website.
The “no access” decisions will be made by the people managing security, not OPW.
That seems incredibly high handed. They really need to compensate him and furlough the workers for the duration of the forced closure or provide them with an alternative venue to relocate to for the duration of the move, and buffer their income.
I wonder which organisation actually made this decision.
The costs of disrupting and closing a business to facilitate a state event can’t just be dumped on the business and its workers. That’s utterly ridiculous.
Apart from that imposed from on high decision, how the hell do they even expect a long standing business to just go away with 6 weeks notice? Businesses have employees, contracts with suppliers, credit lines, services contacts, stock, equipment and all sorts financial and practical commitments that can’t just be wound up at short notice. A brutal decision like that could end up causing serious financial implications for everyone involved as well as costing everyone working there their livelihood.
This is insane. A six month closure could easily kill a business
Outrageous to do this with no discussion, no compensation.