Soaring 'ball of costs' behind closure of Nash 19 in Cork

Claire Nash has revealed her heartbreak over the forced closure of her restaurant after 33 years in business, writes Eoin English and Joe McNamee

Claire Nash outside Nash 19 on Princes Street, Cork. The restaurant closed earlier this week for its traditional post-Christmas break, but it will not be reopening — the business is being wound up.
Picture: Dan Linehan

She survived floods, a recession and a global pandemic but soaring business costs have forced one of Cork’s best-known restaurateurs to close her city centre restaurant after more than three decades.

Claire Nash, who opened Nash 19 at 19 Prince’s Street in 1992, in the heart of the city centre, spoke of her devastation at having to wind up the business.