Dublin pub groups combine for group worth €50m in sales

Two of Dublin’s leading bar and restaurant groups are to merge to form a near €50m revenue-generating business with control of many of the capital’s leading hospitality venues.

The Frank Gleeson-controlled Mercantile Group is merging with the Capital Bars Group, with the new entity to go under the Mercantile name.

The move will bring under one ownership structure the likes of Whelan’s, The Green Hen, Pichet, The Mercantile Hotel, Cafe en Seine, Howl at the Moon, and The George.