At Your Service

Lady Chatterton · 09-01-2013 6:20pm

Skid wrote: »

Dear John and Francis,

We know you are reading this. Please can we come to your next barbeque?

Or just pop back on to the thread to say 'hello' to us! You know we are your biggest fans !!!! Having said that, we'll always be honest in our critic of the show

Skid · 10-01-2013 3:52pm

Francis Brennan is going to be a guest on The Mooney Show on Radio 1 after 3pm today.

Skid · 11-01-2013 11:34pm

In case you missed it, John and Francis were on The Late Late Show tonight.

They were the first guests, if you want to catch it on the RTE Player. Well worth a look.

Callan57 · 12-01-2013 12:01am

Skid wrote: »

In case you missed it, John and Francis were on The Late Late Show tonight.

They were the first guests, if you want to catch it on the RTE Player. Well worth a look.

I propose they dump Tubs & give the gig to Francis

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:32pm

Here we go..

twirlagig · 13-01-2013 9:33pm

Starting now folks!

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:33pm

"We were always builders"

Not a good start. Running a Hotel is very different to knocking up houses.

passremarkable · 13-01-2013 9:35pm

the brennan sisters are on:)

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:36pm

It's looks like the hotel in The Shining, and has about as many occupants..

baldbear · 13-01-2013 9:37pm

Jaysus i had a graduation there. I can't imagine it does great business.

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:37pm

Jaysus the tongue is hanging out of my head looking at that breakfast.... (And I only finished dinner five minutes ago)

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:38pm

John straight to the point as usual.

Family businesses where no-one is in control, it very rarely works. Someone needs to be in charge.

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:39pm

Jesus, I can feel the enthusiasm from them..

:D

passremarkable · 13-01-2013 9:40pm

this show is s***e

Lisha · 13-01-2013 9:43pm

Lol at your man handling the dress
Hope for the staffs sake they pull it out of the bag
Seem like nice enough men

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:43pm

They need someone else to take charge of the Weddings, the brothers seem like decent men but they wouldn't strike me as great designers or planners.

Lisha · 13-01-2013 9:44pm

Skid wrote: »

They need someone else to take charge of the Weddings, the brothers seem like decent men but they wouldn't strike me as great designers or planners.

Yeah they def need an events manager alright

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:44pm

Is there an Elephant in The Room here? Stock going 'missing'?

Lisha · 13-01-2013 9:46pm

I really love their hotel in kenmare
Oh I need a small lotto win ASAP

passremarkable · 13-01-2013 9:46pm

how do these brothers have a show, these the last 2 idiots i would want to deal with if i was getting married.

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:47pm

Lisha wrote: »

I really love their hotel in kenmare
Oh I need a small lotto win ASAP

Have you been there, Lisha?

It looks lovely. Francis said on the Radio lots of people drop in just to have a chat with him. I would probably do the same if I was passing

:)

amdublin · 13-01-2013 9:47pm

Great idea doing that little wedding display in the corner.

I agree Skid, think they are going to have to hire a wedding co-ordinator/events & banqueting manager or something.

twirlagig · 13-01-2013 9:47pm

Lisha wrote: »

I really love their hotel in kenmare
Oh I need a small lotto win ASAP

You're not the only one!

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:49pm

amdublin wrote: »

Great idea doing that little wedding display in the corner.

You're late checking in...

They dont seem to have the personality to run a business. Three very subdued individuals..

passremarkable · 13-01-2013 9:50pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

You're late checking in...

They dont seem to have the personality to run a business. Three very subdued individuals..

agree the lads are minus craic;)

Lisha · 13-01-2013 9:51pm

Skid wrote: »

Have you been there, Lisha?

It looks lovely. Francis said on the Radio lots of people drop in just to have a chat with him. I would probably do the same if I was passing :)

Stayed in kenmare for a week a few yrs ago
Could not resist popping in hotel for afternoon tea one day
Dear God I still remember the home made biscuits amazing. Really lovely gardens I spent ages there with my little boy
Really welcoming staff sadly neither John nor Francis were around

scrubber72 · 13-01-2013 9:52pm

Ha fag flicked into the fire. Class work editor

Skid · 13-01-2013 9:52pm

I wonder if they are prepared to invest in the Hotel, to get more Wedding functions?

They only came into the business by accident, having bought the place to stick Apartments on the site.

byhookorbycrook · 13-01-2013 9:53pm

I stayed in the Park as a special treat. It was lovely, an old type place, not a souless box,like so many of our hotels.
I arrived to reception with my bag and the guy there was all apologies for not coming out to meet me. He brought me to the room and I gave him a tip. Only copped after that it was John himself!!!

amdublin · 13-01-2013 9:53pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

You're late checking in...

They dont seem to have the personality to run a business. Three very subdued individuals..

Sorry sir I had to do a late room service run.

They should lash through the rooms seeing as they are ex builders etc.

baldbear · 13-01-2013 9:55pm

Its like 1970s knocking shop.

Lisha · 13-01-2013 9:55pm

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

I stayed in the Park as a special treat. It was lovely, an old type place, not a souless box,like so many of our hotels.
I arrived to reception with my bag and the guy there was all apologies for not coming out to meet me. He brought me to the room and I gave him a tip. Only copped after that it was John himself!!!

It really is lovely the suit of armour in reception is fab

amdublin · 13-01-2013 9:55pm

What the hell is a "beauty board" by the way???

I love the trim around the bathroom door.

passremarkable · 13-01-2013 9:56pm

the bed is way too low. nearly like sleeping on the floor

amdublin · 13-01-2013 9:57pm

The room looks fantastic i.e. like every hotel's banqueting room in Ireland

JonathanAnon · 13-01-2013 9:58pm

Not mad on the room design. I think the room looks like the backdrop you would use for a stall at a trade show

amdublin · 13-01-2013 9:58pm

I love John & Francis

Lisha · 13-01-2013 10:00pm

3 months later and still no E on the hotel sign on top of roof ! !

Skid · 13-01-2013 10:01pm

amdublin wrote: »

I love John & Francis

I think they should be on every RTE show.

Primetime, The Daily Show, Fair City, The Football, The Weather - every show could be improved by having more John & Francis.

twirlagig · 13-01-2013 10:01pm

Could they not have replaced that missing E from the roof sign??

68Murph68 · 13-01-2013 10:02pm

Skid wrote: »

Is there an Elephant in The Room here? Stock going 'missing'?

If they are only doing stock take every six months its almost guaranteed there are shortages.

I know a lot of hotels where its a full stock take every two weeks.

The fact that no-one was checking deliveries is criminal.

You can guarantee that a lot of the suppliers will have made "mistakes" with deliveries if they werent checking them.

And guess what none of them would be overages.

There's a fair few builders running hotels around the country the vast majority of them arent up to it.

Its a completely different mindset and skillset to the building trade.

Skid · 13-01-2013 11:28pm

We are heading down to Rosslare next week ...

Hoteliers Francis and John Brennan are called in by St Helen's Bay Golf Club near Rosslare Harbour in Co Wexford to help improve the business and turn loss into profit. Under the guidance of the commercial masterminds, owner Larry Byrne works on a plan to attract families and non-members and to revamp the neglected holiday cottages around the site. But wild weather proves challenging as the Irish summer fails to materialise

Lady Chatterton · 20-01-2013 9:31pm

Good Evening Folks!

We're off to Rosslare tonight

Programme 3: St Helen's Bay Golf Club

It's a first for hotel experts John and Francis Brennan. They've been called in by St Helen's Bay Golf Club near Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford to help them makeover their golfing business.

Owner Larry Byrne is first and foremost a golfer but the Brennans want him to realise the potential of the site to attract more than just golfers. The Brennans come up with a plan to attract families and non-members and to revamp the neglected holiday cottages. But wild weather proves challenging as the Irish summer fails to materialise.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/atyourservice.html

twirlagig · 20-01-2013 9:32pm

All tuned in everyone?!

Lady Chatterton · 20-01-2013 9:34pm

The view of Tuskar Lighthouse is beautiful.

twirlagig · 20-01-2013 9:35pm

Loving Francis' trousers!

JonathanAnon · 20-01-2013 9:36pm

The pink trousers on him.. lol.. He thought the ladies tee box was the green... :pac:

Lisha · 20-01-2013 9:36pm

It is gorgeous there

The golfing is hilarious

I'd say there's no fear of rory s job with Francis

Lady Chatterton · 20-01-2013 9:36pm

twirlagig wrote: »

Loving Francis' trousers!

I love the pink trousers, good to see he is in touch with his feminine side

Lady Chatterton · 20-01-2013 9:38pm

This place has tonnes of potential.

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