Hugely popular US fast food chain to open first restaurant in Ireland

Yet another American fast-food chain is coming to Ireland.

This is included as part of a €15 million investment in a new motorway service area at Junction 6 on the M3 in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath.

Along with the new Taco Bell, the new Dunshaughlin facility will feature a new Braeburn Coffee Café, a Burger King restaurant, and Crafted, Applegreen’s bespoke new deli offering.

There will also be an M&S Food shop-in-shop outlet.

Furthermore, the new service area will have an Applegreen convenience store, a service station forecourt, and an initial eight ultra-fast EV charging ports, capable of speeds up to 400kW.

More chargers are set to be installed when further power is available at the site.

Seamus Stapleton, Managing Director of Applegreen’s Republic of Ireland business, said in a statement:

"When we announced our plan to bring Taco Bell to Ireland back in April, we were thrilled to see that our customers were just as excited as we were about bringing Taco Bell here.

“We’re delighted to confirm today that Ireland’s first Taco Bell will be located at Applegreen’s new motorway service area on the M3 at Dunshaughlin and it will open in September.

"We plan to open several additional Taco Bell restaurants at our Irish locations over the next five years, and we will update consumers as soon as we have more news of future restaurants.”

The Dunshaughlin facility will be open 24/7, while the food outlets will be open daily from 6am until 11pm, with varying times for each specific food outlet.

The site, which covers almost 10 acres, is said to have "ample parking" and will be the largest EV charging hub on the M3.