Dublin steakhouse Shanahans stops taking bookings amid fears over immediate future [Video]

THERE ARE FEARS for the immediate future of well-known Dublin steakhouse Shanahan’s on the Green in Dublin city centre.

The restaurant, situated by Stephen’s Green and the host of Hollywood celebrities such as Mark Wahlberg over the decades, has stopped taking bookings both online and by phone.

This evening the Irish Times reported that the steakhouse is to close temporarily due to financial challenges.

The uncertainty around Shanahan’s came as businesses marched through Dublin today calling for more support from government to deal with a “tsunami” of costs or the main streets of Irish towns will be left “hollowed out”, a protest heard.

The owners of restaurants, cafes and pubs, supported by groups such as ISME and the restaurants’ and hairdressers’ associations, marched past the Department of Finance to Leinster House over the lack of support offered to small and medium-sized businesses in Budget 2025.

It heard that there had been over 700 restaurant closures in …