New Shop Maynooth

At the expense of on-street parking absolutely but the bottlenecks that Ely, Picadareos, and Bistro created by their outdoor seating shouldn't be tolerated. More on-street seating along with the removal of the on-street parking on main street along with the monument to the motorway absolutely but the current situation shouldn't be tolerated.

I've zero sympathy for some of these businnesses and I'd hope they would have to pay handsomely for the use of outdoors areas. A lot of them including Bradys and Bistro 53 are purely ripping off people at the moment. And the quality is shocking too.

Let them pay for the pleasure of seating more customers.

Walk past Ely during the morning or afternoon school rush and you'll see it. It can be bad at anytime of the day too if it's busy. Picadareos and Bistro aren't as bad but both take most of the footpath in the evenings and I've had trouble getting past with the kids. I'd have no issue if we got rid of the parking along that stretch but one of the other should go. I meant on-street seating as in for the restaurants but what do you mean loitering you think we should pay to sit on our own main street?

No business pays rates ATM they've been suspended since covid a pity they didn't suspend the LPT too!!

I'm not sure wat people's problems are with it either. We've a double buggy and get by no problem. You should be happy we've such nice places here

Absolutely. The way that businesses on the main street can put seating on the footpaths is crazy. I'd wonder if I were to sit down for a rest one day could they actually remove me? It's public property after all.

Where does that happen on the Main Street though? I have seen it on Mill Street beside the bed shop but not on the Main Street. Taxis take the piss for sure up beside Oneills and the chipper blocking things.

People don't park on the footpath beside Ely,Picaderos, Donatellos, Bistro and so forth. It just doesn't happen. But the restaurants do impede on the footpath.

You obviously read my post from 26/8!!

Far better quality.

Can someone explain why the parking is €3 per hour on one end of Pound Lane and only €1 on the other end? €3 is a rip off.

The former Nutmeg has signs in the window for an imminent (September) reopening as a branch of the Rocksalt chain from Louth

Former/original manager there, yeah. The corridor in now-not-Nutmeg would be perfect for the giant prams that a lot of the daytime Shoda customers have - they managed to find, and capture, a market there with mothers of young kids making up a lot of the daytime trade in Shoda.

Never not busy when I've been by and I'd say I've stuck my head in to check for a table and left more often than I've actually found a table and eaten there.

I wasnt mad on it tbh.

No the council upheld objections to the existing one in Moyglare village so the developer turned it into accommodation and in Moyglare Hall allowed the dedicated shop unit be converted into a subsidized creche so there are now no suitable units. Nothing was built in Mariavilla either so we'll be waiting on the Moygaddy development if it ever gets out of the ground.

Hmm. That's the Eir exchange. Can't really do anything with that if you want your internet to keep working !!

Might be a good entrepreneurial idea for someone. If they setup a coffee type van with milk etc for convenience. No doubt though someone would complain.

A shop of the right size up there with a hot food counter and off license could do serious trade.

Has anyone heard anymore word on this? Dying to try out a new place in town!

There's signs in the window looking for staff too, so hopefully not too long now

I'm going on local rumour but it wasn't profitable as a small shop and the owner wanted to offer a hot deli but this was objected to due to food smells etc. so it was not feasible to reopen as a shop if they couldn't have a hot deli.

Rocksalt have decorated for Halloween, would be odd if they don't open for that with that effort.

Has anyone else seen that auld one going around the town on an electric scooter? I'd say she's about 80 and does be absolutely bombing it around the place. Makes me laugh every time.