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A PLANNING APPLICATION has been submitted for a tiny microbrewery in Dublin’s docklands area – and it looks to form part of Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog’s plan to open a pub in the capital.
The application for an “in-house micro-brewing facility” was earlier this week submitted on behalf of US real estate group Kennedy Wilson, which recently completed construction of the 690,000 sq ft mixed use development, Capital Dock, at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay.
According to a Sunday Times report, BrewDog recently applied for a licence to operate a bar and restaurant at the development in a two-storey building at Three Locks Square.
Kennedy Wilson submitted an application in December 2018 seeking retention permission to change the use of the building from a cafe or restaurant to a public house with “ancillary restaurant use” and a craft beer offering.
Dublin City Council is due to make a decision on whether or not to approve the proposed build on 1 April.
Separately, Kennedy Wilson has this week sought permission for an “in-house micro-brewing facility” measuring 50 sq ft and external seating that is intended to serve as an add-on to the planned pub.
“It will offer an artisan element and bring social and cultural elements to the traditional pub experience,” the plans stated.
The application did not disclose the name of the microbrewery operator and referred to the tenant only as “an operation that has been successfully established in other cities across the UK and Europe”.
BrewDog did not respond to repeated requests for comment this week. A Kennedy Wilson spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.
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The craft beer maker – whose portfolio includes dozens of ciders, spirits and beers including Punk IPA and Dead Pony Club – last year registered a local company. It previously announced plans to open its first bar in Ireland at the end of 2018, but the project was postponed due to a “challenging” property market.
In October, BrewDog’s international marketing boss, Dan Jones, told Fora that plans for the Dublin pub would be reignited in 2019.
According to the company’s ‘blueprint’, published late last year, the pub is scheduled to open in June – on top of seven other locations.
BrewDog was established in 2007 in north-east Scotland with two employees. It currently employs more than 1,000 people.
In 2010, the company opened its first bar in Aberdeen. By last year, it was running more than 50 outlets across the UK, the US, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Belgium – and one hotel.
Its pubs feature a wide range of on-tap BrewDog offerings, as well as guest beers from other craft beer makers. The outlets also provide food. Currently, it runs four breweries in Scotland, Australia and the US.
The company doesn’t yet have a physical presence in Ireland, but it has exported to here for several years.
In 2017, BrewDog recorded sales of more than £111 million and an operating profit of £2.7 million. Last month, it appointed Andrew Shaw as its new CEO.
Written by Zuzia Whelan and posted on Fora.ie
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Best if luck guys!
Mortal Kombat! Give them hell guys! You deserve proper redundancy payments!
and the girl in the glasses is very pretty
Seems to be a growing trend where companies are shutting up shop and to hell with the workers, and a lot of these companies are using the recession as an excuse to say they can’t afford redundancy payments, been happening with a few years now and it needs to stop and as usual the shower of muppets that are in government couldn’t give a flying fuck and they’ll still come after the workers for the household charge.
Not paying redundancy and getting the state to pick up the tab has been going on for years. Happened to me in 2008.
Well done guys and don’t give up the fight untill you actually get satisfactory results
Pack up the stock! I would be selling the stock.
Totally agree Lisa. There would be nothing that the administrators could do about it.
Better still, leave the store open and unsecured and what happens, happens…
yes yes
They wouldn’t get anything for that except prosecuted.
This non payment of redundancy is becoming more and more common! When the government decided to cut the states contribution to statutory redundancy, their wasn’t a peep from the unions! The reason for that’s quite obvious though! Because this massive cut in redundancy contribution from the state doesn’t affect public sector workers, the unions don’t care! As long as the Croke park agreement remains in place, unions will keep their heads down! Just look at how they had to be dragged into the household charge debate! Unions should have been the first on board to protest against something that massively discriminates against the less well off! Any private sector worker paying union dues might as well be throwing money down the drain!
Spot on Mike!
Thats feckin brutal. Fight Your case and squeez every penny you can out of them. Best of luck
I have two friends and one distant relative working for this company – two of which just got promoted a month a go.
Now they are sacked with little or no money!
They all have been working for “Game” for years.
Its a absolute disgrace that they are doing it and that also they can get away with it – but then our government is too busy bullying people themselves at the moment to be looking into this matter!
Support the GAME workers. They’re defending *your* rights too. Facebook page = facebook.com/GameIrelandFight and twitter = @GameIREFight . Please share those accounts with your friends.
Sorry but that’s hilarious, an angry woman holding an Angry Bird.
I hope the former employees get what they deserve, they’ve been treated very unfairly.
Fight your ground guys dont give in,oh and fill your cars with stock lol…
Best of luck, you have my support.
Good luck to you all. Stay strong. The workers in Cork are still there, fighting to the end. They mean business and I hope that their’s will be sorted soon.
Fine Gael have no idea how these people are feeling. One only has to look at the faces of the poor workers in Cork to see the stress they’re going through. Don’t give up, you have huge support.
Best of luck to all the staff at game I hope you get what you all deserve for years of service. God knows it’s not easy working in retail at the moment or for the last few years and you should at least get whats owed to you for your loyal service and hard work through what were no doubt tough times. Stay positive and keep the head up and hopefully you will be all back to work soon
Standing up for what is right (or sitting down in this case) is admirable. Plenty of video games around to pass the time :P
Good luck to the workers stick to your guns and it will be game set and match to you.
I notice you dont see sits ins in dail eireann when it comes to their pension payouts.Plus a big golden handshake as well
Those stock on the shelves will more than cover redundancy payments so make sure ye don’t let it out of the building till ye get paid .
Solidarity from the families of the vita cortex workers,stay strong and god bless.
Where are the 11 shops that are being occupied?
One in Cork
One in Limerick
One in Dublin (Ilac Centre)
???
All bar Galway and the branch in Hamleys, Dundrum.
Best of luck folks. Disgraceful treatment after all the loyalty yea gave to your jobs.Keep Strong and stay with it to the end and as previous comment said DO NOT PART WITH ANY OF THE STOCK till yea get what is owed to yea all
will there be a sale and when ? I do like cheap games :)
and good luck with the sit in
No. Staff were supposed to pack up all the stock to ship it over to the branches still operating in the UK.
Round 1 – Fight
And what government think about it?
I think the government should legalise “sell goods and get what should be yours” allowing legally to do it. And helping with accountancy.
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