{"id":188271,"date":"2025-11-19T03:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/188271\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:39:11","slug":"popular-carlow-business-says-it-is-impossible-to-remain-open-amid-closure-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/188271\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Carlow business says it is &#8216;impossible&#8217; to remain open amid closure announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlowlive.ie\/section\/793\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlow<\/a> business has made the &#8220;tough decision&#8221; to close its doors after just a year in business in the town.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moka Coffee and Wine Bar have announced on social media that it will close its doors due to increased expenses and high running costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the post on Facebook, it said &#8220;This week marks one year since we opened the doors to our new home &#8211; a milestone that should be a time of celebration. But instead, it comes with some difficult news.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moka Coffee and Wine Bar says it is &#8220;impossible&#8221; to remain open in a sustainable way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlowlive.ie\/news\/local-news\/1945230\/carlow-christmas-lights-turned-on-in-memory-of-teenager-who-passed-away-earlier-this-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlow Christmas lights turned on in memory of teenager who passed away earlier this year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has thanked all of those who have supported the business over the past year saying those customers have been the &#8220;heart of\u00a0 Moka.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many people took to the comment section to express their sadness at the announcement, stating that the Coffee and Wine Bar was among their favourite places to visit in Carlow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You created a warm space that meant a lot to people. Sincere sympathy to all the staff and everyone involved. You will be missed,&#8221; one person said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not been announced when Moka will open for the final time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular Carlow business has made the &#8220;tough decision&#8221; to close its doors after just a year in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,1845,78786,2260,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-188271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-carlow","10":"tag-carlow-business","11":"tag-carlow-town","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115574286739204336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}