Belles Coffee Boutique opening in Dundalk on Monday

Belles Coffee Boutique will open in Clanbrassil Street on Monday with a special private launch event taking place from 6pm this evening.

The sister café of the popular Belles Tea Rooms in Blackrock, it will be located in The Cellars at McEvoy’s Department Store.

Tonight’s private launch night gets underway at 6pm with a wine reception and entertainment from local singer/songwriter Stewart Agnew.

Belles Coffee Boutique will then open to the public on Monday morning.

The new venture, run by Mark and Michelle McCumiskey, has been described as “an elegant shabby chic coffee room that serves the finest coffee and homemade pastries, savoury and sweet.”

For further details call 086 778 9361.

Dundalk café receives over 300 applications for handful of jobs

The desperation for work in the area has been highlighted by Belles Tea Rooms, who were advertising for a handful of positions recently.

Before Christmas, the Blackrock-based business – run by Mark and Michelle McCumiskey – announced they would be opening a second outlet in Park Street in the New Year.

They recently advertised a number of positions in the local press and online and received a whopping 287 applications as of Friday evening.

Belles hope to get back to applicants in the next few days and, from their point of view, should have no problem filling the various roles advertised. However, it shows how desperate people are for work in the area when so many have applied for jobs in a relatively small business.