Dublin Castle cafe at centre of security shutdown dispute to close permanently

The Silk Road Cafe, which created a security issue at Dublin Castle during Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, is to close down following final mediation talks.The 40-plus staff will receive their final wage packets on Friday.Terms of the settlement are to remain confidential. However, a source said mediators had made a deal with the tenant which had “encouraged him to leave”. Only two months remained of the six-month security shutdown period at the restaurant.Solicitor Tony Hanahoe, who with barrister Hugh O’Flaherty had fought the tenant’s side of the case, refused to divulge details of any agreement.The cafe’s owner, Lachen Phelan, had been granted an injunction restraining the Chester Beatty Library, his landlord, from closing it down for security reasons for the six months duration of Ireland’s presidency of the European Union.Dublin’s Silk Road Cafe granted injunction to stop landlord from closing it during EU presidencyO’Flaherty, representing…

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