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Finesse is going to be more about fitness classes I think, some therapist rooms also. The nutrition and supplement side of it is more of an add on I'm guessing, so H&B shouldn't really effect it. Forgot about the Gas place! You're OLD!Also, I notice there's now a health food shop called "Finesse" in what was Budgies / the gas shop further back in time. This may dissuade the Holland & Barrett that's still apparently 'opening soon' down in Dunnes.
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Did anyone hear? The previous owners of mantra objected to the renewal of the mantra license last Tuesday, seemingly the guy who owned it stood up in court and told the judge that he had all his loans up to date, and that there were serious issues with mantra. The judge has said he is going to give a full day to hear the case. My dad is a barrister and seemingly he says the old owner will close it down!! Anyone know about this?
To be honest, I hope it is closed down. Awful place. I don't wish for staff to lose jobs or anything, but the place has seriously ruined Maynooth and brought a ton of the wrong kind to the town.
Certain areas of the town already have these kind, we don't need to attract more!!
We have enough bars like the Roost, Brady's, O'Neills etc all within a short disance. Although they are not spectacular, they would be far better if Mantra wasn't there0 -
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the_big_kahuna wrote: »To be honest, I hope it is closed down. Awful place. I don't wish for staff to lose jobs or anything, but the place has seriously ruined Maynooth and brought a ton of the wrong kind to the town.
Certain areas of the town already have these kind, we don't need to attract more!!
We have enough bars like the Roost, Brady's, O'Neills etc all within a short disance. Although they are not spectacular, they would be far better if Mantra wasn't there
I'm not sure it has ruined Maynooth to be honest, in fact I'd be sure that it has been quite a boost for Maynooth.
Would you rather a night out in the old Leinster Arms followed by the Glenroyal and the mandatory fight on the main road outside the GR, which usually ended up with a wild west like brawl on the main street outside Romayos like the good old days?
With the "wrong" kind come plenty of the "right" kind too remember (whatever your defenition of the right or wrong kind is!)
A good few bars in Maynooth benefit from punters popping in for a few before the nightclub, the restaurants benefit too from pre mantra punters, the taxi drivers... to name a few.
I haven't been in it in ages and prefer not to venture in to it personally, and there was a definate nose dive in the amount of excursions outside of Maynooth since it opened, but it does bring money to the town in a time when there doesn't appear to be much of it around.0 -
I'm not sure it has ruined Maynooth to be honest, in fact I'd be sure that it has been quite a boost for Maynooth.
Would you rather a night out in the old Leinster Arms followed by the Glenroyal and the mandatory fight on the main road outside the GR, which usually ended up with a wild west like brawl on the main street outside Romayos like the good old days?
I was never in the LA. Never liked the look of the place. It was the Maynooth Hitchin' Post! I was very seldom in the Glenroyal. But this was the main place for the 'wrong' kind as you have explained above by saying Wild West like Brawl
(brilliant description!!) At least they always went there so it reduced the amount in the main street bars where they couldn't get in
While I do think Mantra was the reason for the Roost sorting itself with a makeover, it took away from the other bars in the town. It's only in the past year to 18 months that people are starting to return to the Roost / Brady's / O'Neills instead (This is not just my observation, I've had many a conversation with locals )With the "wrong" kind come plenty of the "right" kind too remember (whatever your defenition of the right or wrong kind is!)
I completely agree with this statement, but there wasn't enough of the 'right' kind! It was/is overflow with the 'wrong' kind unfortunately.A good few bars in Maynooth benefit from punters popping in for a few before the nightclub, the restaurants benefit too from pre mantra punters, the taxi drivers... to name a few.
While I agree it does bring benefit for taxi's, I doubt it brings a significant amount of people who go to restaurants before going to Mantra. A very small minority. Bar's do benefit alright, but with Mantra out of the picture, they would benefit more. The nightclub in Mantra upstairs is piss poor
but it does bring money to the town in a time when there doesn't appear to be much of it around.
It's bringing money but I think it is clinging on for life by dropping their clientele age. Remember when it first opened, big bouncers being ar5eholes to everyone :mad: Now they let most people in because they need to get the money to cover costs0 -
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