Hoxton Hotel sues Yamamori Izakaya over noise nuisance in High Court
The Hoxton hotel, formerly the Central Hotel on Exchequer Street in Dublin, has brought a High Court action against Yamamori Izakaya, a restaurant and late-bar on George's Street, alleging noise nuisance that has forced the closure of 31 bedrooms and caused over €500,000 in lost earnings. The case was heard before Judge Mark Heslin, with the Hoxton seeking an interim injunction to restrain the alleged noise. In a separate matter before the same judge, a non-verbal teenage boy with autism and an intellectual disability was reported to have been detained in a windowless hospital room on an adult ward for 12 weeks due to the absence of a suitable residential placement, and to have lost part of his right index finger in a door incident at the hospital. The Hoxton-Yamamori case continues after the first day of the hearing, and the boy's residential placement, which would require up to 25 staff, could begin in July with one provider identified.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrestednot reported
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- In court25 Jun
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- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- The Hoxton hotel claims it has had to close 31 bedrooms due to guest noise complaints from the adjacent Yamamori Izakaya premises.
- The room closures have resulted in over €500,000 in lost earnings for the Hoxton.
- A non-verbal teenage boy with autism and an intellectual disability has been detained in a windowless hospital room on an adult ward for 12 weeks due to the absence of a suitable residential placement.
- The boy lost part of his right index finger in an incident involving a door in the hospital.
- A residential placement for the boy would require up to 25 highly trained staff on a 24-hour basis, and one provider has been identified with the placement potentially beginning in July.
- Where
- The Hoxton is formerly the Central Hotel on Exchequer Street, Dublin, and Yamamori is a restaurant and late-bar on George's Street.
- When
- Yamamori opened for trade in November following a refurbishment of the old Central Hotel building.
- In court
- The Hoxton opened its application for an interim injunction restraining the alleged noise nuisance at the High Court before Judge Mark Heslin.
- The case continues after the first day of the hearing and was listed for an update on Monday.
- Judge Mark Heslin authorised the boy's continued detention as no alternative was available, describing it as one of the most complex cases the HSE had ever had to resolve.
- Other details
- Trinity Hospitality has offered to pay for soundproofing works in the Yamamori basement.
15 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe Hoxton has had to close 31 bedrooms due to guest noise complaints. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe room closures have resulted in over €500,000 in lost earnings for the Hoxton. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe boy is non-verbal and has autism and an intellectual disability (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe boy has been detained in a windowless hospital room on an adult ward for 12 weeks (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe boy lost part of his right index finger in an incident involving a door in the hospital (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe boy has no access to the outdoors in the hospital (irishtimes.com)
- whatA residential placement for the boy would require up to 25 highly trained staff on a 24-hour basis (irishtimes.com)
- whatOne provider had been identified and the placement could begin in July (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe Hoxton is formerly the Central Hotel on Exchequer Street. (irishtimes.com)
- whenYamamori opened for trade in November following a big refurbishment of the old Central Hotel building. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe Hoxton opened its application for an interim injunction restraining the alleged noise nuisance. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case continues after the first day of the hearing. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was heard at the High Court before Judge Mark Heslin (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was listed for an update on Monday (irishtimes.com)
- otherTrinity Hospitality has offered to pay for soundproofing works in the Yamamori basement. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 26 Jun2026Boy with autism detained in windowless hospital room for 12 weeks due to lack of placement
High Court hearing on the boy's continued hospital detention; judge authorised detention as no alternative available; finger injury incident under urgent investigation; one provider identified for placement potentially starting in July.
victim, teen, male - 25 Jun2026Yamamori Izakaya ‘not providing a cultural institution to Dublin’, Hoxton tells High Court
First report of the High Court hearing on the Hoxton's interim injunction application against Yamamori Izakaya over nightclub noise; the case continues.