New Shop Maynooth

Tango One

Anyone know what happened to the bike shop over at Newtown shops?

Reckless Abandonment

Closed earlier this year. Its a pharmacy now.

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121434763#Comment_121434763

There must be some money in pharmacies. Every town in Ireland seems to have half a dozen

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121434870#Comment_121434870

Really isn't - anymore. Lots of towns with multiple have them heavily owned by the same person who buys them up as they close. I know of a fair few closed down in Dublin in the past few years.

It was by comparison a licence to print money before the GMS and DPS payments were heavily cut during the crash.

Maynooth hasn't had a new one in a very long time though, over a decade since Boots opened so there may be enough growth in the market now. Would have made more sense before the GP surgery in Beaufield closed though

Pete123456

Zipyard seems to be gone - they’re painting the front a different colour. Any idea what’s replacing it or if it’s just rebranding?

tnegun

Looks like its just getting a new name, its up but I can't remember it now but was altering/tailoring related. The lady that owns/runs it was there yesterday too so looks like a rebrand.

FrankN1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121549517#Comment_121549517

Hopefully cheaper and better service. Zip Yard in general as a chain is awful.

evil_seed

I know it's been open a whileen, but Rock Salt is quite good. Very family friendly. Good vibe in there.

L1011

Zipyard rebranding as a bridal alterations place. I imagine the Zipyard branding isn't that cheap to use.

FrankN1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121587276#Comment_121587276

Hopefully it's not the same prices or service.

FrankN1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121587243#Comment_121587243

Very good actually. Best coffee in Maynooth in my opinion. Reasonably priced too compared with Costa. Definitely recommend.

Gusser09

McDonalds still the best cup of coffee for me and the best priced. Costa is astronomical money as are a lot of the independent places.

OwlsZat

Mackers coffee is ok but it's like a cattle mart with the amount of traffic and people indulging in fried fancies. Hardly hugely appealing. Tried JoJos the other day. Wow what a bland cup of Joe for a "artisan" coffee shop. Can't see it lasting too long if that's the offering. Rocksalt is a great shout 👍

Busi_Girl08

Rocksalt is great for coffee/pastries but I wonder how long they will last with the current set up of premade sandwiches they heat up. Very limiting for such a big space. Unless they plan to expand the menu as traffic builds?

granturismo

Rocksalt seem to be ramping up their menu in two stages so far, there is now a small breakfast option. Service is too slow for such a limited menu with premade sandwiches.

Busi_Girl08

Ah ok. That's good to hear.

D_s

Spoke to one of the staff in Rocksalt, said they're waiting on the head chef they're hiring in to finish working his notice period in his previous place before fully opening with the full menu. January timeframe was mentioned - I expect it to improve a lot when this happens!

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121593123#Comment_121593123

Reputation could be damaged by them though thats the issue.

Redsoxfan

Typo at the GAA club have a drive-thru window now.

SomeGuyCalledMi

I see that the Kildare Climate Action Plan was agreed last week. Each county council had to pick one town as their decarbonization zone and Kildare chose Maynooth. Here is a PDF link. They are now working on the new Local Area Plan for the town. Maybe primary schools will finally get cycle lanes...

https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/ClimateAction/KildareCountyCouncilClimateActionPlan2024-2029/County%20Kildare%20Climate%20Action%20Plan%20%20Chapter%205%20Decarbonisation%20Zone.pdf

Staplor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121686134#Comment_121686134

They can't complain about not having a ring road if it's the decarbonised town! Another victory for the Council.

tnegun

A councillor was out last week celebrating 50m of new footpath that ends in a private entrance complete with a telephone pole in the middle which seems to be standard in Maynooth. It's 10m shy of linking to the next footpath which might be worth acknowledging but we can't be knocking or CPO'ing someone's gate pillars we'll make 100's of kids walk around it on the road to get to the shiny new footpath instead! The bar here is incredibly low for any new infrastructure!

Reckless Abandonment

Not sure how I feel about maynooth been picked. It's probably the best town in kildare for growth opportunities, (not from maynooth but but think its a fantastic town) It will be interesting to see if this helps or hinders development .

L1011

Lidl's had a partial internal refit, which is a bit odd when its going to be knocked.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121689333#Comment_121689333

Frozen section has been expanded/changed to all high cabinets and the seasonal food section expanded along the back of those.

Pete123456

What’s the plan if it’s going to be knocked?

Sean Seoighe

Maynooth was selected as decarbonization town at least 3 years ago. We bought our house nearly 2.5 years ago and I remember that was something I came across in looking into the area.

Gusser09

Is there anything to be said for another set of lights.

Electric Nitwit

Looks like positive news for the ringroad...

L1011

New Italian in what was Meridien 16, with a terrible name (Tuck'in)

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555122857045

Falo is also expanding to non-pizza menu items, but the guy that promotes it on Facebook has shown themselves to be rather further right wing than someone I want to give business to, so I won't be trying that.