Ireland Krispy Kreme sparks complaints

Noise complaints from neighbors forced Krispy Kreme to shut down the chain’s new 24-hour drive-thru in Dublin, Ireland.

The location, Krispy Kreme’s first in Ireland, opened Sept. 26 to wide acclaim, especially for its 24-hour drivethru. At least 300 people lined up at the door at 7 a.m. that morning, the Irish Times reported.

But the lines did not go away. Throughout the night and the week, customers seemed unable to get enough of the doughnuts.

Neighbors complained to local government and Krispy Kreme executives that the noise from the doughnut drive-thru had kept them awake for days, they told the Irish Times.

“We anticipated a warm welcome for Krispy Kreme in Ireland and have long wanted to open a store here, but the response has been way ahead of our most optimistic expectations,” Krispy Kreme Ireland said Wednesday in astatement on Facebook, announcing the shutdown of the overnight drive-thru.

The doughnut chaos has perplexed much of Ireland. After all, Irish people “had actually seen doughnuts in Ireland before all hell broke loose about #KrispyKreme’s arrival,” one Irish woman, Mim Donovan, confirmed on Twitter. “This is not like the first time that we have seen doughnuts,” confirmed another Irish person, Carl Kinsella, writing for JOE, an online Irish men’s lifestyle magazine.

The drive-thru will now remain open until 11:30 p.m. and will open back up at 6 a.m.