New pub and club venue opening in navan

Navan is set to have a new bar and late night venue, and a number of pubs are reopening in villages around the county, as life is once again breathed into premises that have been empty as a result of the recession.
Stephen Moran and his brothers, David and Gary, are next week reopening the former Knights premises on Watergate Street in Navan as a funky, jazz-driven bar, called Fortyone.
“I’d describe it as New York driven, loft style,” Stephen, a member of a well-known Navan furniture manufacturing family says. The Moran brothers’ father, Colin, is also involved in the business.
With a background in promoting and DJing, Stephen began looking around Navan for a venue last year, and in January, decided that the Watergate Street premises was ideal. Designers were brought on board, and in July work started on the fit out. The fruits of that collaboration are visible now, in a mix of the traditional style bar with classic furnishings, to the high tech dance area, with DJ cage, LED screen and a high spec lighting and sound systems. The steel cages theme is evident throughout the premises, formerly Robbie O’Malley’s and Ross’s, and in an earlier period, Brazzil’s. The success of Stephen’s Carpe Diem dance promotion company provided him with the encouragement to look at doing something in his home town, and when his brother, David arrived home from working in bars in New York, they decided to go for the NY-style venue. It will employ up to 20, and formally opens on Thursday 11th December, with David Pache, familiar to many from his Beechmount Hotel days, as manager.
Also due to open this month is Ryan’s in Robinstown, formerly Chandler’s, and previously the Klondyke. Denis Ryan, a Tipperary man who has been involved in the construction industry, has bought the premises which was on the market for some years, and hopes to have it open for the festive season.
On Friday night, Carberry’s Bar opened in Dunshaughlin after being closed for a period. The former Peters’ family pub has been bought by Ratoath man Noel O’Reilly and his family. They have undertaken a complete refurbishment of the popular Dunshaughlin public house, which was very busy over the weekend.
It is anticipated that a number of other public houses around the county that have been closed over recent years will open in the new year.