"Lemongrass restaurant owner Camilla Grey claims a closure order handed to her by her landlord, Tetrarch, during the riots is still being used almost a fortnight later to deny the restaurant's staff and customers access to the site. After the first night of rioting, Grey - whose restaurant is in the Tetrarch-owned Golf Hotel on the campus - was handed a temporary closure notice from Tetrarch "as a security precaution, due to planned protests in the immediate vicinity of the Citywest Campus"."
"But Grey, who has operated the restaurant at Citywest since 2009, says she has since been informed in writing by a senior garda that the force had restricted access to the campus during the violent disturbances but was "not involved in any decision regarding any closure, or otherwise, of your business". Grey, whose restaurant is accessed through the lobby of the Tetrarch-owned Golf Hotel, has not been able to reopen Lemongrass at Citywest since the riots but has continued to pay its 35 workers."
A closure order handed by landlord Tetrarch during the riots remains in effect almost a fortnight later, preventing staff and customers from accessing Lemongrass. Tetrarch initially cited a direction from the Garda Síochána when issuing a temporary closure notice as a security precaution because of planned protests near the Citywest Campus. A senior garda later wrote that the force had restricted campus access during the disturbances but was not involved in any decision to close the business. The restaurant, accessed through the Tetrarch-owned Golf Hotel lobby, has stayed closed while continuing to pay its 35 workers and has received only an invoice for €9,225 monthly rent. Tetrarch sold much of the campus to the Government in September but retained the Golf Hotel (now Cityark Aparthotel), and a previously served forfeiture notice from June 2022 was rebutted and not pursued.
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