Restaurateur allowed back into bistro amid rent row

A landlord has agreed to allow restaurateur Jay Bourke back into a Dublin bistro he says he was locked out of on Tuesday in a dispute over alleged rent arrears, the High Court has heard.

Mr Bourke said that on Tuesday he arrived at the Eden Bar and Grill, South William St, Dublin, to find a private security firm had taken over the premises and signs had been posted saying it was closed.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Bourke’s operating company, Zozimus Entertainments Ltd, got permission from Mr Justice Paul Gilligan to serve notice on the landlord that it would be applying for an injunction preventing a security company, which had taken over the premises, from re-entering it.