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They may be your little bundle of joy, but not everyone finds it joyous to be bundled in beside babies and buggies when eating out, writes Catherine O'Mahony.
Last week, a very modern social dilemma unfolded in Dublin. Robbie Fox, the owner of Bellucci's pizzeria in Ballsbridge, struck a raw nerve with parents and other diners when he decided he no longer wanted babies on his restaurant's premises at lunchtime. An American restaurant hit the headlines with a similar punch in 2011, after it banned children under six.
That venue was not a particularly posh or even well-known establishment; it was a local business...
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