Citywest restaurateur says protests and hotel changes have 'eroded' her business

Restaurant owner Camilla Grey says protests, hotel repurposing, and planning confusion at Citywest have devastated her Lemongrass Fusion business

Camilla Grey, owner of Lemongrass restaurant on the Citywest Campus in Dublin. 'Our business is down by 65%.' Photo: Moya Nolan

Camilla Grey received the notice to close her business at 6pm on Tuesday. Ninety minutes earlier, a senior garda arrived at her door and asked whether she would co-operate with their preparations for the protest that was expected.

“I told him that there was a big empty car park here and anybody who wanted to use it in order to come into my restaurant could do so,” she says. “Our restaurant has been dealt blow after blow and now I was being told that we should turn people away.”