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Dublin's Hipster Triangle is getting a 'bohemian and arty' new pub

It’s called the Chelsea Drugstore.

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DUBLIN’S ‘HIPSTER TRIANGLE’ is getting a ‘bohemian and arty’ new bar – owned  by the people behind The Market Bar.

Called the Chelsea Drugstore, the new venue will be in the shopfront that used to be the Oriental Emporium on George’s Street.

It is currently being refitted, but social accounts have shared some photos of progress.

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According to a post on the Market Bar’s Facebook page:

We’re delighted to announce that our new sister bar “The Chelsea Drugstore” will be opening up soon at number 25 Georges Street Dublin.Georges Street has long been the bohemian quarter of Dublin, this new ground floor bar The Chelsea Drugstore will embrace this by being fashionable without being a slave to it, arty without being pretentious and classical without being dated.

The Market Bar is owned by Jay Bourke – who has been involved with a number of high-profile Dublin spots including Pygmalion, The Globe/Rí Rá and the late lamented Cafe Bar Deli - and Electric Picnic founder John Reynolds.

The new bar is currently hiring cocktail bartenders and waiting staff for “Dublin’s most exciting new venue”.

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The original Chelsea Drugstore was a high-end shopping mall in 1960s London, used as a location in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and namechecked in the Rolling Stones song You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

Here’s the 1960s building:

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And here’s a drawing of the new bar shared by the Market Bar on Facebook:

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According to Publin, the Chelsea Drugstore was originally slated to open in March. However, the unit is only now being refitted. DailyEdge.ie has reached out to the owners for more details.

- Written by Michael Freeman and originally published on DailyEdge.ie

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    Nov 4th 2017, 8:55 AM

    Says it all really, ‘a dangerous criminal gets mugged in Dublin’, no wonder he went back north to turn himself in.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 10:43 AM

    @Salvatore Mazzani: Not just Dublin . The last time someone tried to run people down on an Irish street , this happened .
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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:06 AM

    I often wonder why these guys, who are on day release and coming towards the end of their sentences, throw it all away for a day or two on the lash. That’s another 5 years or more he’ll have to serve back in the high security wing. I wonder do these people just prefer being in prison to the uncertainties of life on the outside

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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:11 AM

    @Paul Devlin: as Chris said it’s too dangerous outside

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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:09 AM

    Comical Farce

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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:47 AM

    @John Culhane: The gardaí had no power to hold him as there was no European arrest warrant in existence for him & there’s no charge on our books for absconding from a foreign prison.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 11:35 AM

    @Donncha Ó Coileáin: Ah yes, common sense. Because, given all crap being being thrown at Gardai at the moment, the common sense thing would have been for Gardai to kidnap the man and illegally extradite him. This is the republic of Ireland, not the people’s republic of North Korea.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 4:16 PM

    @Donncha Ó Coileáin: so you’d be happy with gardaí acting outside of the law, so long as you approve of it?

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    Nov 4th 2017, 10:40 AM

    A nice big thank you to the “Citizen” who picked him up outside the court and drove him back over the border and had the PSNI waiting for him there.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 6:54 PM

    @MyBrokenKnees: those bloody dublin taxi drivers, always taking the long route and overcharging…..

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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:49 AM

    Doesn’t say much for the Garda when they release a know dangerous murderer on to our streets and I don’t by that they had to.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 9:52 AM

    @Austin hickey: I wonder who gave him a lift to the border ?

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    Nov 4th 2017, 10:09 AM

    @Austin hickey: so you’re complaining that the Gardai abided by the law?

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    Nov 4th 2017, 11:46 AM

    @Austin hickey: The Gardai didn’t release him onto the streets, a Judge did. FFS, the Garda in court even objected to bail, hoping he would be in custody until the PSNI got off their holes and applied for an arrest warrant valid here. But don’t let any of that get in the way of your anti-garda agenda.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 10:21 AM

    When the guards arrested that guy in Dublin they should of taken him up north and handed him in and forget about the courts.

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    Nov 4th 2017, 10:39 AM

    I wonder did AGS give him a breathalyser test, just to add to their tally?

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