Weatherspoons Sold

Upstairs and downstairs is Night and Day, like 2 different establishments.

Really? I've been in there about 50 times and while I've seen a few messy people I've never seen any trouble?

I'm just saying I'm in there a lot and I've never seen any trouble, maybe you're just unlucky.

Whatever about the pros and cons of Weatherspoons as a pub in the city at least the debate about its affect on locals is a lot more realistic than the usual local business heads sticking their oar in whenever a pub or cafe closes in Waterford.

Every time rents or rates or some other tax puts pressure on hospitality you have Flash Gordon with his sad face on the News and Star lamenting about how much his businesses will be hit by changes in VAT etc and that he doesn't know how he's going to survive. Give me a break. He has businesses all over Waterford like Boxworks Revolutions Oscars etc and is making millions. He is never going to close down no matter what happens, I'd put my life on that. He's just looking for free publicity when he plays the poor mouth on local media. Same with Cormac Cronin...my business is on a cliff edge..I don't know how I'll survive the winter..and so on. And miraculously both of them have survived despite claiming otherwise the last 10 years.

I would be sorry to see Weatherspoons go. Yes it can get a bit scummy but you don't have to stay all night. It's cheap but decent food and drink. Accept it at its own merits.

The begrudgery page in full swing. Chips on both shoulders obligatory.

Causeway taking over Wetherspoons this week apparently

A lot of stock gone up to Dublin branches

I liked Wetherspoons because (other than their nice ales) they invested a heap of money in doing a wonderful job on several very old properties in Waterford. They also had decent maintenance standards which ensured the properties were well kept. The Causeway gRoup properties are disgraceful. The Factory night club looks dreadful, the lack of care on the front entrance is shocking. As for Sinnot's and the buildings around it….

I would say he/she is suggesting that the pub was originally 3 different properties/units ie former Flanagan fish shop at front and former bank and something else at the rear…..?

I'd agree, although I never go into Weatherspoons, they did a great job on the buildings mentioned in what was an eye site for years. Even the naming of the pub was a throw back to Waterford history.

Causeway groups buildings leave a lot to be desired. Muldoons a prime example.

Yeah the Greenway Manor also for me has something missing. You can tell there’s shortcuts being done everywhere.

Where are the causeway group getting the money to buy up all of these places?

I don't trust them to run anything to a good standard. I've yet to hear anything positive about them, something is off about what they're doing.