Dublin residents stand up to neighbor Google's plans to build pub on their front door

A general view of the nearly finished Bolands Quay new site on Dublins Barrow Street next Google EMEA HQ building (right-not in the picture), at the Grand Canal Docks, in Dublin. (Credit: Artur Widak—NurPhoto/Getty Images)

A small group of Dublin residents standing up to their $2.3 trillion neighbors after writing to protest Google’s plans to build a pub on its infamous campus in the city center, increasing tensions as the tech giant’s lofty new development encroaches on their homes.

Google Ireland filed an application with Dublin City Council last month to convert a ground floor and lower ground floor unit at its major new development from a “Retail/Café/Restaurant/ Marketplace” to a “Public House.”