WETHERSPOONS’ LATEST IRISH outlet will open in Blanchardstown today, on the site of the former Light nightclub.
It’s a large building over two floors, with two bars and a beer garden:
Like other Wetherspoons outlets, the pub will open from 8am daily – before it is allowed to begin serving alcohol. Until the licence begins at 10.30am, it will serve breakfast and coffee.
Also like other outlets in the chain, it will have wine on tap…
… and various local and craft beers.
It won’t serve Guinness or Heineken, after well-publicised rows with distributors over the chain’s low prices which at one point saw Wetherspoon pull Heineken products from every single one of its 900-plus UK branches.
(A deal was later reached which saw the beer reinstated – but not in Ireland.)
The company’s Irish expansion has seen a mixed reception, with some hailing its low prices as a welcome influence on the market here. Others have expressed fear that the chain will undermine long-established local pubs.
George Collins, manager of the Great Wood, said: “Myself and my team are looking forward to welcoming customers into the pub and we are confident that it will be a great addition to the Blanchardstown community.”
