Planning

TikTok wants public café scrapped over ‘security’ fears

Social media firm also asked Dublin City Council to close off pedestrian walkway beside new riverfront office

Tropical Fruit Warehouse office building on Sir John Rogerson's Quay

TikTok has said a planned public café on the ground floor of its Dublin headquarters cannot go ahead and a pedestrian walkway must be closed off due to “security considerations”.

The Chinese-owned social media company has rapidly expanded its presence in Ireland in recent years and has leased office space for up to 3,000 workers in Dublin.

In 2021, TikTok agreed to lease the Sorting Office on Cardiff Lane and also signed a deal to ...