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On
Saturday
9th
December
2023,
my
friend
and
I
(plus
my
2
well
trained
older
dogs)
battled
the
elements
and
took
the
lovely
walk
from
Drogheda
to
Old
Bridge
House
and
Gardens.
When
we
got
there
we
wanted
to
get
some
lunch
and
warm
up
before
visiting
the
museum
and
gardens.
We
then
saw
the
signs
no
dogs
allowed
in
the
gardens.
Fair
enough.
So
we
went
to
the
cafe.
We
asked
a
nice
young
employee
who
was
coming
out
the
door
if
we
could
sit
inside
in
a
quiet
corner
as
the
weather
was
stormy.
He
came
back
with
the
answer
No
and
we
could
sit
outside.
The
seats
were
soaking
and
there
was
no
shelter
from
the
heavy
rain.
He
pointed
us
to
the
front
of
the
cafe
which
had
a
cover
and
there
we
sat
in
the
freezing
cold
and
rain.
When
we
went
into
order
our
lunch
there
were
only
3
people
in
the
cafe,
a
couple
and
a
toddler
who
was
removing
the
Christmas
decorations
and
climbing
up
onto
the
ice
cream
cabinet.
The
staff
in
the
cafe
ran
by
Brambles
were
lovely
and
made
me
a
very
nice
veggie
sandwich
and
the
supervisor
was
very
apologetic
about
us
having
to
sit
outside
in
a
storm.
As
soon
as
we
had
eaten
our
food
a
person
in
a
security
rain
jacket
came
up
to
us
and
very
rudely
barked
at
us
that
there
were
signs
all
over
saying
dogs
are
not
allowed
in
the
garden
and
told
us
to
leave.
The
dogs
were
leashed
to
our
table
on
the
terrace
overlooking
the
garden
we
never
got
to
see.
We
were
absolutely
shocked
by
the
treatment
and
discrimination
we
received
from
the
OPW
employees.
We
will
NEVER
go
again
and
we
are
telling
everyone
we
know
about
our
experience.
I
own
bars
in
Dublin
and
our
daily
trade
is
made
up
mostly
of
dog
walkers
who
spend
a
lot
of
money
on
coffees
and
snacks
particularly
in
the
cold
months.
They
are
losing
out
on
a
huge
market.
If
we
were
to
run
our
business
and
run
our
customers
like
they
do
we
would
go
bankrupt.
