My family is originally from Ballyfermot, and before we moved to Kildare a takeaway at Lam's on a Saturday night was always the highlight of our weekend.
So you can imagine my surprise when I heard that my hometown now has two Chinese takeaways called Lams within the same family. There's 'New Lams', which has just opened within the last two weeks, and the original 'Lams', which has been in business for 32 years.
Jonathon Lam, 39 had been working at his dad takeaway business for 20 years before asking for a pay rise and subsequently falling out with his father Ken, leading him to open his own takeaway with a very similar name right next door. Jonathon said that he had to make this decision to support his family.
