Haha I was the first one to vote, when it came up with the results I couldn’t believe 100% agreed with me. I am stupid.

There’s an abrakebabra, a Papa John’s, a thinly disguised Supermac’s and a Milano in Temple Bar. If requested, McDonald’s have proven in other key locations around the world that they can make these kind of restaurants blend in with the look & feel of the area. Great for everyone who is desperately looking for a job. If you don’t like the food, simply don’t eat there…

Did we not learn, i suppose not,

Just look at o’connel street, the widest streep in europe and the only thing on it is fast food resteraunts and a big stupid spike that does nothing.

Shame on city planners

Mixed feelings on this one. I absolutely loath the idea of yet more fast food wrappers all over Temple Bar but it’s hard to say no to sixty jobs, even if they are in McDonalds…

I voted ‘Don’t care’ because I really don’t.
Sure, McD’s are a big monster company but they also employ local people and generally their supply comes from local farmers.

right in temple bar square! oh lordy. temple bar had this thing where it at least pretended it was of a certain refinement. i cant imagine that glass fronted art gallery opposite will be too pleased.

My main objection is the notion of describing McDonalds as a ‘restaurant’

Who cares? This is a drop in the ocean compared to the general tackiness of Temple Bar. Besides, it’ll create a few jobs – how bad shur…

An Bord Pleanala are a joke, they have made some awful decisions over the years that we are now stuck with. Get rid of them.

I don’t really see the point as there are at least 2 McDonalds within five minutes walk. I suppose if it creates jobs it will be a good thing but I think overall it will not fit in with the area.

Sad sad sad. Create new jobs sure. but what about the people who are currently in the restaurant that will close and what will happen to their jobs? There are probably about 30 on the payroll there + suppliers who are not squeezed on price to within an inch of their lives.

Also, do people really just believe what they read about Temple Bar… Churning out the exact same drivel re: stag and hens… Maybe that’s all you have ever seen but some of us go there to go to a gallery, a play, a small independent shop, quirky cafe, food market and find it a lovely part of the city to hang out in – especially during the day?

The saddest part of this is going to be the impact on the local businesses who will not be able to compete on price with McD’s McCafe. I hope and pray that this short sightedness doesn’t put people out of business and result in other job losses. People think this was an anti-globalisation thing from the objectors but it was actually a pro small independent business stance from the majority.

It won’t be good for restaurants in the Temple Bar area.

Temple Bar in Dublin reminds me of Soho in London, every big city has areas like this. Some people like it some people don’t. There is always some other place that you can go in Dublin if you don’t like Temple Bar.

Refuse the building of a children’s hospital because it impact the skyline of our city and then aprove a way of impacting our waistline.

I would only say yes because they are sourcing there beef in Ireland now….

at the end of the day no local people use t/bar It’s full of tourists and stag and hen parties better they puke on the floor of mcdonalds than someplace decent

Meh

Sad News. 60 unskilled jobs created and everyone is delighted. Residents of the building have to vacate, and staff, suppliers for Frankie’s lose jobs and business. I am really surprised this went ahead as I can think of a million reasons why this is a terrible decision on behalf of An Bord Pleanala.
Total sell out, which they have the cheek to parade as job creation. Jokers.

Can I have a brown envelope meal please?

Sure, would you like planning permission with that?

Rotten decision.
..But this is Ireland. Our elected heads and councils seem to make a lot of them – and get away with it.

Pathetic decision from An Bord plenala! What about the lost jobs of the Frankie’s restaurant staff?

As if we need another McD’s in the area!

Another magnet for scobies and the great unwashed

This is not as bad as the third Starbucks that just opened up in the area. Still if you need McDs just go to O’Connell St.

Temple mac bar

temple bar will soon show final result of unplanned inner city areas. tacky shops, tacky restaruants. a shame really as it could have been organised so as to provide an opportunity to offer a real alternative to o’connell street.

Close at midnight, mc donalds wont care, at least 3 mcdonalds around Temple Bar open 24 hours

There should be a Mickey D’s in every town and village in Ireland.

Did they supersize the place? Three floors? lol besides how could it take away from temple bar? Over priced pubs and pissed teenagers comes to mind when people think about temple bar!

For God’s sake, keep your children out of there. And make them clean up the wrappers and tins they’ll strew all over Temple Bar. You watch, within weeks of opening, you’ll be stepping over french fry bags and catsup foils.
Filthy, disgusting environmentally poisonous and biologically obscene corporation. They profit by poisoning you.

Ugh!! more baby Macs.

Why couldn’t they build a New Temple Bar full of all the horrible plastic shop chains, take away puke “restaurants” and pubs like Wetherspoons that every British High Street has way out in the sticks somewhere near Dublin Airport and divert all the hen and stag parties to there? Then ban those same shops in the 1000 year old Temple Bar area.

If everybody is so against this happening why didn’t they lodge an objection when the plans were submitted rather than rambling on about how it will take from the area on an Internet site!

I think Mc Donalds shud be open in the Dail, lol. Comfort food for real people. Try to say no to that???

first up fancy restaurant group, Fitzers Holdings Ltd.could not make a go of it so now they will rent it to mc ds , I mean what else is going to work ? For god sake Temple bar is an invented tourist trap a disused bus depot converted to the busiest place in Ireland at evening time , 5 very busy tourist pubs no more than 2 mins walk from this location. I work in tourism the 2nd most popular question after where is dublin castle ? is Where is there a starbucks ? I think its hard for planners to keep everyone happy but dont mention the soup kitchen behind farringtons pub or the gay bondage shop beside the IFI or bad ass cafe filling a shop front with household stairs and making tbar square a mess or AIB destoying another tbar sq shop space with 2 ATMs and trying to rent the remainder for 90,000 since temple bar began .. Dont get me started about the large prime space being used by artists to expressing modes of Social alienation rather than promoting tourism or keeping people in jobs

I think temple bar, as dublins cultural quarter, says more about what an bord planealas idea of ‘culture’ is than anything else. What other cultural delights can we expect from them? A strip club maybe? A Witherspoons?

Should improve the look of the area

Temple Bar is already recognised as a shit hole tourist trap…for the most part. So why should this be a big deal. I think we could do a lot better but whatever. I would like if people stopped talking about the place as though it’s some pristine place of cultural worship.

At least they can fill in all the gaps and holes in the cobblestones with burger fat and chips ;)

Wether spoons don’t make me laugh absolutely disgusting establishment both food wise and alcohol wise. Thank fully they were rejected because that would certainly be an eyesore in temple bar or any town or village.
As for McDonald’s….. It is creating jobs pity the steakhouse will close but that was happening regardless. Better a long term tenant in a building then an empty one as we do have enough of them.

Well, maybe a little hyperbole there…