New Shop Maynooth

Ah no! Really liked their curry.

Have they ceased trading in their other restaurants too?

Thanks! They'll be missed.

Well now, I have been to Lana Tralee many times.

It's good, but way more 'street' food than Kin Khao. I suspect it will be very popular although the location is still not ideal for sit down (Tralee way more central and lots of footfall).

Any idea what's happening to the building on Main St that appears to have been called The Red Door? Looks like it used to be a pub at a guess, so maybe not great timing for pub to reopen

It was a hotel/pub since the 18th Century, albeit there's basically no original fabric bar the front wall.

It closed as a nightclub a few years ago and permission was obtained to convert to student accomodation with a pub licenced restaurant.

The Red Door was a brief reopening during the "you can only have 15 punters in your pub" era last year, its owned by the owner of The Roost so he had spare staff, it had a licence, and he may as well have served 30 punters across two pubs.

Whether the student accom plan ever goes ahead is questionable but it's the current plan

I always apologise as my comments are never new shop related but anywho....

Any recommendations for turkey orders this year? Ordered from M&S last year and got a second from Aldi. The M&S was melt in the mouth moist...truly beautiful. The aldi one was dry like chalk and all ended up in the bin. Not looking for a huge one...one to feed 6 with some left over for a curry or something.

There was (is?) plans for Anytime Fitness to go into the unit to the right of Boots.

This has been the way since July 2020 at least, and there was some activity in the unit earlier in the year, but seems to have gone quiet again. The unit still has the same "for rent" signs in the window, but last time I checked it wasn't advertised online anywhere as available for rent, so I'm not sure if the sign has just been left there.

Their gyms here in Ireland are franchised, but Holohan Fitness seem to be behind them, so I tried ringing them a few months ago, but the phone number just goes in an answering machine loop, so couldn't get a human to ask if the Maynooth branch is still planned.

If you drive/cycle, the gym in MacFitness out the Rathcoffey road is decent I'm told.

I don't think they're awful but they were definitely better last year. I donated to this as my family enjoy it every year but I would like a little bit more transparency about how the money is used. 20k is a huge amount of money.

Lana is open. Had already bought some beige to reheat from Donovans so didn't try tonight, may do so tomorrow

A substantial amount of the lights cost is the electricity (standing charge all year), plus the take up/take down contractor and I'd presume insurance. Not a fan of the new lights or the GIANT CRIB but I remember a year when all we had were a few bulbs wrapped around the trees outside The Roost and nothing else.

Respectfully I couldn't disagree more. Businesses have been in a terrible state since Covid - sure pubs and restaurants are open a while but you can be sure their revenue has taken a huge hit over the last while - I think it's very unrealistic to expect them to take the hit for this cost. Furthermore it's in all our interests to shop local, especially in these times - if we want our local shops and businesses to prosper and not close lets support them.

I see the Dart Plus was approved by Government today, would this mean full steam ahead (sic) or still possibilities of delays by anyone challenging it?

Would be brilliant if this proceeds soon

All that's been approved is to send it for planning permission. The planning process will take quite some time, then they need to tender and agree to fund it.

Any idea what it's going to be? Curious as you said it looks impressive!

a reconfigured layout extension to existing shop level 60.35.OD and extension to residential unit over at first floor level 63.15.OD. Proposed ground floor extended shop floor area 26sq.m and residential entrance hall, stairs and store at ground floor area 19.5 sq.m. Proposed first floor residential unit extended floor area 57sq.m. The total proposed floor space new and existing shop area is 94sq.m. The total floor space residential 2 bedroom unit area is 132.5sq.m. Proposed replaced new shop signage, associated site development works and site services, safety lighting, boundary walls and revised car parking layout for 6 cars. Proposed private residential garden area of 50sq.m. Existing site access retained