private industry entertainment and hospitality founded 1988 headquarters dublin ireland key people william l.b. o dwyer desmond o dwyer joint managing directors revenue 36.1 m 2004 number of employees slogan rest assured website www.capitalbars.com capital bars plc formerly known as break for the border group plc is an irish leisure company based in dublin . its core business is the acquisition development and operation of bars hotels and restaurants all based in dublin city centre . brothers desmond and liam o dwyer control the company as joint managing directors . after acquiring capital bars in 2001 the o dwyers took the company private the following year . 1 2 the company entered mixed examinership receivership on september 19 2009 ; five days after poor results showing a 10m euro loss in the previous year . 3 at that time the portfolio of five multi themed bars several of them superpubs included break for the border caf en seine howl at the moon the dragon and the george dublin . all were situated in key locations in dublin city centre . on october 13 2010 the freehold of cafe en seine was purchased by businessman louis fitzgerald owner of the fitzgerald pub and hotel group . four of the properties caf en seine the dragon the george and howl at the moon . were later sold for a reported 15 million in late 2014 . 4 capital hotels edit the hotel division includes trinity capital hotel a classic contemporary style hotel near trinity college and the grafton capital hotel a traditional georgian style townhouse hotel with 75 bedrooms at the top of grafton street . both hotels are located in dublin city centre . the business originally began in o dwyers bar and lounge in mount street dublin 2 . this small family run pub was extensively refurbished by elder brother liam o dwyer in the early 1980s 5 and became the first victorian style pub of which dublin is so well known for now . this was also one of the first pubs in dublin to sell pub grub at lunch times . references edit capital bars comes full circle with mbo approval . irish independent . retrieved 15 january 2015 . pub barons o dwyers in the red on trinity capital . irish independent . retrieved 15 january 2015 . hospitality firms seek court rescue to save 900 jobs . irish independent . retrieved 15 january 2015 . capital bars sell for far in excess of their guide price . irish independent . retrieved 15 january 2015 . liam o dwyer . irish independent . retrieved 15 january 2015 . external links edit capital bars website capital hotels website trinity capital hotel dublin grafton capital hotel dublin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capital bars & oldid 724128580 categories companies of irelandtourism in the republic of ireland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 june 2016 at 09 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view