Naas Chat Thread

mightybashful

Duane Dibbley wrote: »

Dunnes on the mainstreet opens today I believe.

I thought Superquinn felt bigger when it was open there. Maybes it was the crowds there today...

Duane Dibbley

mightybashful wrote: »

I thought Superquinn felt bigger when it was open there. Maybes it was the crowds there today...

The car park seems very small

pad199207

From looking at the outside you would wonder how they all get it into the building.
But it works and first glance it seems to be a great store when I paid a visit today.

Certainty won’t have to go to CityWest or Kilnamanagh anymore.

Doodah7

Why were there crowds in a Dunnes Stores??? Has anyone who had to go on the first day never been in one before??

Bleedin' sheep...

Not in Kansas

Doodah7 wrote: »

Why were there crowds in a Dunnes Stores??? Has anyone who had to go on the first day never been in one before??

Bleedin' sheep...

Why would you begrudge people the small bit of excitement they managed to find in a store opening?

Bleedin' killjoy! :-)

sdraobs

Doodah7 wrote: »

Why were there crowds in a Dunnes Stores??? Has anyone who had to go on the first day never been in one before??

Bleedin' sheep...

There was free donuts and loads of offers. cashier in Tesco monread told me it was a very quiet morning as everyone gone to dunnes. id say its more bored people with nothing else to do as to opposed to being sheep.

soundman45

I must visit as soon as possible, I dont mind sitting in traffic on Sallins Rd for 15 minutes to get onto Main St to find a guy in high viz telling you the car park is full you cant get in, sure who would want to just go to Monread , drive in, park easily, shop. If the store causes congestion in town it might not have the positive affect its hoped for.

beertons

That car park won't be free for long.

Mantis Toboggan

Yeah not sure what benefit it will have in the middle of town. There's a reason why Tesco is so popular.

Doodah7

Not in Kansas wrote: »

Why would you begrudge people the small bit of excitement they managed to find in a store opening?

Bleedin' killjoy! :-)

You would want to be a particularly sad individual if the opening of a Dunnes Stores is a source of excitement!

mistersifter

Doodah7 wrote: »

You would want to be a particularly sad individual if the opening of a Dunnes Stores is a source of excitement!

You wouldn't be sayin that if you tasted the EPIC almond and pear cake I bought there yesterday. :pac:

wobbles-grogan

Anyone know of any allotments around the naas area?

Waterstown nor Jigginstown don't seem to be active anymore.

paddylonglegs

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Anyone know of any allotments around the naas area?

Waterstown nor Jigginstown don't seem to be active anymore.

There was allotments up along the canal on the way to digsby bridge. Not sure it’s there anymore but might be.

soundman45

paddylonglegs wrote: »

There was allotments up along the canal on the way to digsby bridge. Not sure it’s there anymore but might be.

Thats Waterstown Allotments

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Anyone got awful water pressure ? In oldbridge in sallins

The Helpful Engineer

Tom Cruises Left Nut wrote: »

Anyone got awful water pressure ? In oldbridge in sallins

Same here, I am also in Sallins. Our neighbour said it was caused by a burst main somewhere.

paddylonglegs

soundman45 wrote: »

Thats Waterstown Allotments

Ah I see

Anyone been down to Dunne’s yet? Nice to see that site back in use and local jobs

Article gives it a good write up but with only 45 car spaces I think people might get frustrated with the place-


https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/472853/warm-reception-among-kildare-shoppers-for-new-dunnes-stores.html

paddylonglegs

Anyone else’s water in sallins looking a bit brown/silty?

Looks like it happened after the water outage earlier

wilser

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Anyone else’s water in sallins looking a bit brown/silty?

Looks like it happened after the water outage earlier

Ours looks alright

IrishZeus

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Anyone else’s water in sallins looking a bit brown/silty?

Looks like it happened after the water outage earlier

Ours fine also.

Not in Kansas

Just to say that the new notion-y-Dunnes has brought my elderly mother into the town! Easy for her to park (she'd never be in there at peak times) gets a few bits done in the town (banking, charity shops and coffee shop so far) buys the paper and the lotto and maybe one or two items in Dunnes and off she goes. Twice in one week now and that's more than the last few months combined.

As notion-y as the new Dunnes is (not a word...I know) it is a good thing for the town!

Mantis Toboggan

Is the parking in dunnes free?

beertons

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Is the parking in dunnes free?

For now, yes.

anewme

Went to the new (posh) Dunnes today.

Beautiful store with Sheridans Cheesemongers, an instore bakery, James whelan butchers, decent fish counte, Nourish concession and a deli similar to Avoca.

I didnt like the car park, spaces were tight, wouldn't park my new car there as could well imagine the doors would be dinged so I drove back out and found a space on the street. The car park is too small for the shop, but they had limited space obviously.

Really liked the store. Quality of produce way above Tesco Monread but I'd say more expensive. It's an asset to the town definitely.

WishUWereHere

beertons wrote: »

For now, yes.

I would say all it will take is some jerk/s parking there at 09h00 and heading off to work for 8-9 hours to screw the free parking up big time.

anewme

WishUWereHere wrote: »

beertons wrote: »

For now, yes.

I would say all it will take is some jerk/s parking there at 09h00 and heading off to work for 8-9 hours to screw the free parking up big time.

There are security ppl there. I dont think they will get away with that at all.

Darc19

WishUWereHere wrote: »

I would say all it will take is some jerk/s parking there at 09h00 and heading off to work for 8-9 hours to screw the free parking up big time.

I would assume they'd be clamped fairly quickly.


Btw, where's the traffic chaos all the numpties on Facebook were forecasting.?

pad199207

anewme wrote: »

Went to the new (posh) Dunnes today.

Beautiful store with Sheridans Cheesemongers, an instore bakery, James whelan butchers, decent fish counte, Nourish concession and a deli similar to Avoca.

I didnt like the car park, spaces were tight, wouldn't park my new car there as could well imagine the doors would be dinged so I drove back out and found a space on the street. The car park is too small for the shop, but they had limited space obviously.

Really liked the store. Quality of produce way above Tesco Monread but I'd say more expensive. It's an asset to the town definitely.

Great shop with great options. Have been in it a few times already. Did the weekly shop there last Friday. Yeah more expensive then our usual Aldi shop but with the €10 euro off vouchers it brought it back down to the Aldi Total.

I will say though it is way too small for the population of the Naas/Sallins Area. Just a bit bigger than the Maynooth one would be ideal.

micks

anewme wrote: »

There are security ppl there. I dont think they will get away with that at all.

I was there thurs & Sat and both days most of the disabled spots were occupied by cars without badges displayed - not sure the "security" are doing much more than directing traffic

Great shop though and as said a great asset to the town