Nightclub to reopen with creation of 50 jobs

Date Published: 07-Feb-2011

BY CIARAN TIERNEY

Two former members of staff at Cuba night club and the Cellar Bar are set to open their own new club this weekend with the creation of 50 new jobs.

Just five weeks after the liquidation of the bar, club, and Harvest off-licence chain, former managers Jason Glynn and Brendan McGowan have taken over the former GPO club on Eglinton Street which also went out of business in November of last year.

Almost 1,000 people have applied for new jobs at the Carbon night club and a Facebook group has attracted over 1,300 members since they set it up on Sunday afternoon.

They are set to open the revamped premises with a set by UK dance act Utah Saints this Friday night and hope to attract a loyal following of clubbers five nights a week once the club is fully up and running.

Both men jumped at the chance to open the new business when new leaseholder Rory Collins approached them with an offer just hours after they lost their jobs last month.

“Both of us would have worked in the GPO before at some stage and the opportunity just presented itself with the liquidation of Cuba,” said Mr Glynn yesterday.

“All of us have extensive experience of the night club business in Galway. The opportunity just presented itself and we were in two minds as to what we should do. We sat down and talked about it and we agreed that it could work.”

The GPO went into receivership in November and Mr Collins approached the two managers with a proposal when a lease for the club became available last month.

Jason Glynn said that they intended to employ 50 people, between full-time and part-time staff, by the end of next week.

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