The former Silverskin Coffee kiosk in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, which has been bought for a reported €8,919 per square foot Pic: Fergal Phillips
Colum and Ciarán Butler paid a reported €330,000 for a kiosk in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, last week. But is it just a marketing exercise, as industry insiders believe?
In 2008, Colum Butler, who along with his brother Ciarán operates 76 Starbucks coffee shops on the island of Ireland, gave a rare interview to the authors of a book called That’ll Never Work: Success Stories from Private Irish Business.
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