Dunning nears deal to buy Temple Bar’s Button Factory

Paddy Dunning in the wax museum alongside the figure of Dermot Morgan

Businessman Paddy Dunning is close to signing a deal with investors to assist him in buying the Button Factory music venue in Temple Bar in central Dublin.

Dunning has engaged with Galway entrepreneur Enda O’Coineen’s Kilcullen Kapital in recent days, as he explores financing a deal to acquire the 99-year lease from the council for around €3.5 million.

The venue is a highly sought-after one: Tom Cleary, owner of the Temple Bar pub, ...