Commercial Property
Tourist trade becomes Temple Bar's economic salvation
An otherwise bruised hospitality sector is thriving in Dublin’s ‘cultural quarter’ thanks to brisk tourism traffic
The resilience of Temple Bar, Dublin’s city-centre’s ‘cultural quarter’, continues to defy the naysayers, not alone in civic society but also in the commercial sector, particularly in the face of recent high-profile restaurant closures around the country.
Earmarked in the 20th century for the development of a bus hub, Temple Bar was liberated from the clutches of the state sector by Charlie Haughey and became instead the hub for Ireland’s entrepreneurial hospitality sector boosted by ...
