Insomnia Coffee Company is an Irish chain of coffee shops, with headquarters in Dublin.[3] Its first location opened in the back of a Galway bookshop in August 1997. The company has over 150 cafés and over 400 self-service units in operation around Ireland.[4] Insomnia outlets serve both hot and cold drinks, coffee, sandwiches, salads, soups, snacks, cakes, and pastries.
History
Insomnia has grown from a single location in an Eason & Son bookshop in Galway in 1997 to an estate of over 150 coffee shops [5] with both directly-owned and franchised outlets, and through partnerships with SPAR/Eurospar, Mace and Londis as well as other Irish retailers such as Eason & Son, Fresh, Meadows & Byrne,