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THE 132-YEAR OLD Clontarf seawater baths in Dublin will open to the public next week following the granting of a full seven-day publican’s licence by Judge Doirbhile Flanagan in the Circuit Civil Court today.
Publican and hotelier David Cullen was in court to hear the finalisation of his 25-year-long dream to re-open the baths development, consisting of an open seawater swimming pool, bar and restaurants which will be managed by his son David.
Cullen, of Seafield Hotel, Ballymoney, Gorey, County Wexford, owns the Clontarf Baths and Assembly Rooms company which has leased the baths complex from Dublin City Council at a rent of €25,000 a year and has spent €2.4 million in a major redevelopment scheme.
He told his barrister Dorothy Collins that he had obtained a declaratory order from the court last year guaranteeing him a seven-day licence on the basis the development was completed in accordance with planning permission which had been carried out to the satisfaction of the planning authorities, the fire department and the gardaí.
Collins, who appeared with Wallis Solicitors, Boatstrand, Co Waterford, said the company had recruited 33 employees who were currently undergoing on-site training in anticipation of next week’s opening.
The court had earlier been told that the company had completely reconstructed and refurbished the open-air seawater baths that had existed on the site since 1886 and which would use filtered water from Dublin Bay.
Swimming pool
Collins said the new development provided a fully modernised swimming pool for members of the public and would serve all of Dublin city and parts of Co Wicklow as the Dart operates very close to it.
She said the seawater baths are in a unique position within Dublin City Council’s linear park consisting of the grassy acres and walkways sited between the Clontarf-Howth Road and the Irish Sea.
The large swimming pool contains a sluice that will allow filtered and clean Irish Sea water to enter and pump it out again in a refreshment process every few weeks.
Part of today’s court application included the presentation of a food menu for the Baths’ two restaurants, it includes seaweed-seasoned cocktails and Dublin coddle pizzas. The main restaurant can provide seats for 160, with a further 90 seats available on a weather-proofed outside terrace – both with panoramic views of Dublin Bay.
In order for a new development to be granted a pub licence, an existing one has to be extinguished. Cullen, who owns the Seafield Hotel and Spa Resort in Co Wexford and the Turk’s Head in Dublin, bought out the licence formerly attached to Browns Bar on the Naas Road in Co Dublin for €60,000.
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I’m a partner who became a dishwasher
Mow that is what I call a community. Congratulations one and all
A KP was always referred to as a pot washer..it’s only when Head chefs and restaurant owners respect the job they do and pay them that respect will they ever understand “All” the cogs that makes a restaurant succeed. Well done Noma.
* deserve
Anyone who has ever worked in a kitchen will tell you a good KP is worth two decent chefs.
Sonko Dishwasher. He should trade mark that and license the name out to a leading manufacturer.
he doesnt look a day over 30
Doesn’t look a day over 30…that’s the fairy liquid…soft on the hands
Fake news
Absolutely, restaurant that needs publicity for rebranding (and a new dishwasher as current dishwasher is getting old) comes up with cunning plan
So cynical. Best restaurant in the world probably has a waiting list doubt they need advertise. Plus giving away 33% of the company, hardly a publicity stunt
It doesn’t actually say equal ownership anywhere, so the truth could be a long way from 33%. You could give him 0.1% of the place, and he’d still be a co-owner
Wow such an amazing story. I’ll have a tan in a few weeks as well.
More leftist drivel. Look at this hardworking dishwasher who was refused entry to the UK by racists!
Your an idiot for going off the subject, it’s about what Noma did, not politics.
Very much is about politics.
Clearly you have no common sense, a business man gives his most loyal staff a reward, and u get all political? Effectively noma is for the people run by the people, a co-op, this makes good business sense,!!!
What a really stupid and insensitive headline. That’s disgraceful . Why could you not say a person who washed dishes?
Blame the headline for using the title that his now-partners use for him? Stop being such a PC orifice that excretes waste.
I was hoping he was joking!
I’d prefer “a washer of tableware” myself lol
Urgh… you know nothing, privilege ridden neoliberal.
I think you’ll find the proper term is table wear sanitation engineer.
…next time I’ve a complaint about a dirty plate in a restaurant I will request to discuss the matter with the chief shiny dish plate sanitation engineer. CHDPSE!!!
Someone on here has the ability to red thumb repeatedly given just 22 comments.strange weirdos.
People don’t want to crash the app, sure if there was a comment for every red thumb you got the server’d be on fire!
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