Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

Idbatterim · 26-04-2018 09:34AM

https://m.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/300-jobs-to-be-created-as-wetherspoons-start-work-on-new-dublin-pub-and-hotel-36846472.html

Muahahaha · 26-04-2018 02:38PM

The Abbey St venue sounds pretty decent

The development, expected to be completed well in advance of Christmas, will also have an outdoor beer garden and a roof terrace which will have a retractable roof.

The court heard Wetherspoons had employed a professionally qualified and accredited conservation architect to manage, monitor and implement to ensure adequate protection of the retained and historic fabric of the buildings during the works, including plasterwork, cornices and ceiling mouldings, staircases, balusters, handrails and skirting boards.

Judge O’Sullivan granted Wetherspoons a declaratory order assuring the company of a drinks license on completion to permitted plans.

It is due to open October this year. I would say it will be very busy, its just a few hundred metres from both OConnell St and Busaras/Connolly Station. Then on the same street there are thousands working in VHI and Irish Life. Abbey Theatre across the road too with shows a good few nights a week. It will be a great addition to the area.

Idbatterim · 26-04-2018 02:54PM

pity they didnt purchase somewhere around temple bar when prices were cheap during the recession!

BeerNut · 26-04-2018 03:05PM

Idbatterim wrote: »

pity they didnt purchase somewhere around temple bar when prices were cheap during the recession!

Doubt there'd be anywhere big enough. They did look at The Mercantile, I believe, but decided against it.

Muahahaha · 26-04-2018 03:33PM

iirc Tim Martin did an interview with one of the Sunday papers recently and said that he has long seen Dublin property as gone too expensive and he wont be investing any further for the foreseeable. Once Abbey St and Camden St are open that will be it for now.

Pity they didnt snap up the Ormond Hotel site when it was going for 3 million. Also the former Arlington Hotel on Lord Edward St is undergoing a renovation at the moment. Im guessing Louis Fitzgerald had to sell it as part of his debt re-structuring, not sure how much it went for but it would have been a good site for Spoons in Temple Bar.

thegeezer · 01-05-2018 07:10PM

Will that stop him investing outside of Dublin ? Already one in Cork, I would have thought Galway, Wicklow, Waterford and Sligo might be prime locations ?

Subcomandante Marcos · 01-05-2018 07:15PM

They already own properties in Carlow and Waterford and another location in Cork but there's no sign of they actually doing anything with them any time soon.

Reputable Rog · 01-05-2018 07:54PM

thegeezer wrote: »

Will that stop him investing outside of Dublin ? Already one in Cork, I would have thought Galway, Wicklow, Waterford and Sligo might be prime locations ?

Why not Limerick, Ennis, Tralee? They have a property in Waterford, they never bought the second site in Cork.

thegeezer · 01-05-2018 09:21PM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Why not Limerick, Ennis, Tralee? They have a property in Waterford, they never bought the second site in Cork.

Limerick would make absolute sense, Ennis and Tralee never been so can't comment. Guy is reasonably approachable, and will usually reply on Social Media (Tim Martin). Bit of a right wing twat but great business sense.

Other places Sligo, Wexford

Call me naive English, but why is nowehere in the midlands ever suggested ?

Reputable Rog · 01-05-2018 09:58PM

thegeezer wrote: »

Limerick would make absolute sense, Ennis and Tralee never been so can't comment. Guy is reasonably approachable, and will usually reply on Social Media (Tim Martin). Bit of a right wing twat but great business sense.

Other places Sligo, Wexford

Call me naive English, but why is nowehere in the midlands ever suggested ?

Ennis and Tralee are both larger than Sligo and Wexford.
Wetherspoons have quit social media, deleted their accounts.

thegeezer · 01-05-2018 10:57PM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Ennis and Tralee are both larger than Sligo and Wexford.
Wetherspoons have quit social media, deleted their accounts.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tim-martin-6b4365a

https://twitter.com/groovytimbo?lang=en

Greyling · 01-05-2018 11:02PM

thegeezer wrote: »

https://twitter.com/groovytimbo?lang=en

He's some craic that Groovy Timbo.

thegeezer · 01-05-2018 11:09PM

Greyling wrote: »

He's some craic that Groovy Timbo.

He is now, and him being CEO of the company and all :-)

thegeezer · 01-05-2018 11:11PM

Customer requested that we start paying our associates the living wage, but I was like 'Naah, spending the cash on Brexit beermats instead'

You could almost believe this

Muahahaha · 04-07-2018 09:47AM

Camden Street hotel construction is now well underway and due to open next year. The Old Borough in Swords is adding 14 hotel bedrooms at a cost of 1.1 million, they are due to open later this month or in August.

Stevek101 · 05-07-2018 06:43AM

Any word on Abbey Street, has construction started?

SteM · 11-10-2018 10:09AM

We were out in Blackrock last night and I was surprised to see a sign saying they were showing Sky Sports and BT Sports now. I though they usually steered clear of the pay TV channels.

L1011 · 11-10-2018 10:53AM

As a general rule they completely avoid them - but in the UK it's more common to have pubs without them as the pricing is more aggressive and there are more smaller pubs then here.

Suggests adaptability to local market conditions really, but will put some people off going who were going to avoid the sports crowds. I'd presume they are also going to break their usual rule of muting the TV if they're paying for content

Muahahaha · 11-10-2018 11:36PM

Noticed the football on in the Blanch Spoons since the World Cup last summer. Remember watching a Dublin GAA match in the Blackrock venue in the summer of 2017 so it is not a recent development to show sports. Thing is their pubs are pretty large so it cant be that difficult to have it on in one part of the pub and not the other. So long as the staff dont blow the whole pub out with volume it would be okay imo.

Any movement in the Abbey St venue?

Subcomandante Marcos · 11-10-2018 11:45PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Noticed the football on in the Blanch Spoons since the World Cup last summer. Remember watching a Dublin GAA match in the Blackrock venue in the summer of 2017 so it is not a recent development to show sports. Thing is their pubs are pretty large so it cant be that difficult to have it on in one part of the pub and not the other. So long as the staff dont blow the whole pub out with volume it would be okay imo.

Any movement in the Abbey St venue?

They'll not start in Abbey street until swords and Camden street are finished.

Blut2 · 12-10-2018 05:59PM

Is there an expected opening date for Camden St yet?

SteM · 12-10-2018 06:13PM

Blut2 wrote: »

Is there an expected opening date for Camden St yet?

There's a sign on the scaffolding saying autumn 2019.

Blut2 · 13-10-2018 01:27PM

Ah. Shame it was objected to, it really is taking a long time to get up and running.

Thundercats Ho · 17-10-2018 08:56AM

I saw on the Carlow forum that the Carlow Spoons is opening next year.

https://www.carlowlive.ie/news/home/342091/total-of-50-jobs-to-be-created-as-jd-wetherspoon-starts-workon-new-pubin-carlow.html

L1011 · 17-10-2018 09:17AM

That one was assumed to be dead as a dodo; wonder will Waterford and Douglas be dug up and tried again in that case?

donaghs · 31-10-2018 07:50PM

Blut2 wrote: »

Ah. Shame it was objected to, it really is taking a long time to get up and running.

Can see the builders in Camden st now. Looks like making some progress

Subcomandante Marcos · 31-10-2018 07:52PM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I saw on the Carlow forum that the Carlow Spoons is opening next year.

https://www.carlowlive.ie/news/home/342091/total-of-50-jobs-to-be-created-as-jd-wetherspoon-starts-workon-new-pubin-carlow.html

Benefit of this one is it's nearly turnkey. Minimal work needed. They'll just change the interior to their own style and it's good to go.

n97 mini · 01-11-2018 08:55PM

L1011 wrote: »

That one was assumed to be dead as a dodo; wonder will Waterford and Douglas be dug up and tried again in that case?

I'll believe Carlow when I see it. Doesn't fit in with their logistics, i.e. it's not on the road from Dublin to Cork.

Douglas has been abandoned. Didn't get planning, and I believe they've since sold the site.

Reputable Rog · 01-11-2018 08:57PM

n97 mini wrote: »

I'll believe Carlow when I see it. Doesn't fit in with their logistics, i.e. it's not on the road from Dublin to Cork.

Douglas has been abandoned. Didn't get planning, and I believe they've since sold the site.

They never bought it in the first place. It wasn't refused, they withdrew the application.

Eric Cartman · 01-11-2018 09:12PM

SteM wrote: »

We were out in Blackrock last night and I was surprised to see a sign saying they were showing Sky Sports and BT Sports now. I though they usually steered clear of the pay TV channels.

which is a shame, it was one pub I could count on going to to avoid the loud football/rugby crowds if I just wanted a drink, I suppose they have to compete but their 'no music / no tv' philosophy when opening was a delight to me.

Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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