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Well-known Cork café chain closes three outlets with immediate effect

The operators of Perry Street cafés said they were saddened to have to announce the closure.

A WELL-KNOWN chain of Cork cafés has closed its outlets in the city centre, in Grange in the suburbs, and Ringaskiddy in the county with immediate effect.

In a statement, the operators of Perry Street cafés Brian Drinan and Paul Coffey said that they were saddened to have to announce the closure of their outlets.

“It is with deep regret that we announce the immediate closure of all three Perry Street Market Café locations,” the operators said.

They said the hospitality industry has faced “unprecedented challenges in recent years” and that the difficulties are intensifying.

“Reflecting on the many good years, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who visited our restaurants. We have had the privilege of serving wonderful customers, watching families grow and sharing countless memorable moments with our community,” the statement said.

“A special thank you goes to our fantastic team who were truly the face of Perry Street. “Your dedication and warmth have been invaluable and we are incredibly grateful for everything you have done.”

They said that the decision to close “was not made lightly and we are genuinely heartbroken to reach this point”.

Meanwhile, spiralling costs, the high rate of VAT and increases in overheads has led to a number of high profile closures in the Irish hospitality industry in recent months.

Repeated calls by the hospitality industry for the reduction of the VAT rate from 13.5 percent to nine percent were not heeded in the recent Budget.

Over the past twelve months Cork has seen the closure of one of Ireland’s longest running Chinese restaurants Tung Sing, in addition to the popular Nash 19 cafe and the Jackie Lennox fish and chip takeaway.

Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, has said that Ireland is the second most expensive country in the EU, behind only Denmark, with consumer prices 42% above the EU average.

Ireland is the third most expensive country in the EU for restaurants and hotels – and the second most expensive for alcohol.

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    Jul 15th 2011, 1:11 AM

    Someone who arrives at an A&E with an alcohol related illness might think twice about clogging up valuable resources if they were sent a nice hefty bill for the pleasure. It’s the only way to knock some sense into some people.

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    Jul 14th 2011, 10:40 PM

    Point taken

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    Jul 14th 2011, 8:38 PM

    I’ll drink to that!

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    Jul 14th 2011, 10:31 PM

    Why are you assuming that a person in hospital because of alcohol related issues must be on the dole ??? Very small minded

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    Jul 14th 2011, 10:39 PM

    read my comment again Erin….I said that you pay (if you are working) ,and if you are not working then your dole gets reduced by some ammount. How is that small minded? Its a fair approach to ensure everyone pays something and thereby learns to take responsibility for the consequences of their drunken bed blocking!!

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    Jul 14th 2011, 7:46 PM

    interesting statistics, I’d quite like to see the numbers associated to the percentages, you have to keep in mind that men don’t have bed days associated with child birth which might push the women’s numbers down artificially.

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    Jul 14th 2011, 11:53 PM

    and the cost of Cannabis-related illness was……

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    Jul 15th 2011, 8:24 AM

    A New York type “Trunk Tank” might be a better deterrent.

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