Despite 'recovery' award-winning family-owned Cork restaurant forced to close

A popular restaurateur has spoken of her heartbreak and devastation after being forced to close her family’s critically acclaimed riverside business.

Sandra Murphy, who ran The Rising Tide seafood bar and restaurant in Glounthaune, on the eastern outskirts of Cork City, said it was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make.

Ms Murphy said she and her family had done everything they could to save the business, but it had been unable to survive the recession.