Il ristorante Mamma Mia incolpa il vicino centro di elaborazione dell’asilo per la sua chiusura
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/09/08/dublin-restaurant-blames-proximity-to-asylum-processing-centre-for-closure/
di bigbadchief
Il ristorante Mamma Mia incolpa il vicino centro di elaborazione dell’asilo per la sua chiusura
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/09/08/dublin-restaurant-blames-proximity-to-asylum-processing-centre-for-closure/
di bigbadchief
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Headline misleading
In article it says blamesthe disruption around the processing centre not the centre
>Ms Hamilton said she did not blame asylum seekers for the closure of the restaurant, but she believes that their applications should be processed at Dublin Airport rather than in the city centre.
>“Customers were asking us if we were still open,” she said. “Once they get to the top of the road, they will not go down that road. A lot of our customers say they won’t visit us because of the situation on the street. The whole area is completely run down.
>“It really damaged our reputation as a small family-run business.”
>She said the closure is “100 per cent” as a result of the barriers and not because of rising costs that are affecting many other restaurant businesses.
Here we go again…
>Ms Hamilton said she did not blame asylum seekers for the closure of the restaurant, but she believes that their applications should be processed at Dublin Airport rather than in the city centre.
Where in Dublin airport would these be processed? Has she ever been to the airport? This often gets said and I’ve no idea why it does. The airport isn’t a big office complex, and it’s not like we have a fleet of passenger aircraft ready to do an international taxi service to drop would-be asylum seekers to where we think they might have originated from, and that’s before you get to the absurdity of thinking you can just turn people away on the apron.
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Look this is fair enough. The outdoor street toilet is not compatible with restaurants.
Forgetting about the absurdity of the barriers.
It seems very strange that a business would decide to close for 5 weeks if they are already on their knees as she said in May.
Pretty sad, the place was around for years.
Mount street has been hugely neglected since the IPAS disaster last year. It’s laughable that the barriers are still in place and it’s affected a huge amount of businesses on the street, seems like DCC don’t want to know.
I wonder how much they are renting those fences for
Sad to see them go, this was a nice little restaurant. To some extent they’re right, I definitely started avoiding Grand Canal and Mount Street area when they put up all those barriers.
“We have an international obligation to accept our fair share of immigrants”
A convenient excuse. I used to work in the area a year ago. The tents were a big problem a couple of years ago but were cleaned up in a big way. The truth is it was a tired old restaurant that wasn’t that good. There are loads of other restaurants and cafes in the area that continue to enjoy great success. Mamma Mia couldn’t compete with the likes of 3FE 50 metres away or the Storyteller pub.
Gutted, best pizza in Dublin.