Cork's Brick Lane bar is to shut after 11 years, with the operators saying the "sums don't stack up any more." "Unfortunately the sums don’t stack up any more but the memories will live on", the post added. Reidy's Vault Bar on Lancaster Quay sold for almost €600,000 in recent weeks, with plans for it to operate as a restaurant. The former Bull McCabe's on the Kinsale Road sold for €730,000 with plans for a residential development on the site. Recent weeks also saw the former Flying Enterprise bar reopen as The SouthGate following its sale last year for more than €5m.

Source: Irish Examiner April 06, 2026 12:59 UTC