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Conor McGregor is building up hype for the opening of his pub The Black Forge Inn next month, having shared a sneak peek to his Instagram.

Photo: Nick Prezioso, courtesy of Ashley Bianca Corts Ashley Bianca Corts Ashley Bianca Corts is best known for Black Forge Coffee, her metal-themed coffee shops located in Allentown and McKees Rocks, but now she is expanding her expertise to weed. In January 2021, her business went mobile when she kicked off a nationwide Save Our Stages tour, foc...

Conor McGregor has been jogging around his old stomping ground in Dublin - but did not seek an exemption to be 30km away from his home in Kildare. The MMA fighter who just penned his contract to avenge his loss to fighter Dustin Poirier for a third time at the upcoming UFC 264 on July 10th has been blasted for jogging in the south Dublin city area on at least two separate dates during the current Level 5 lockdown. Sports teams and individuals would normally seek an exemption from sport authorit...

The 32-year-old pro mixed martial artist and boxer has reportedly sunk more than $3 million into the Black Forge pub in the south Dublin suburb that actor Gabriel Byrne and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott have called home.

THE exact amount of money Conor McGregor paid for his pub in Dublin can finally be revealed – €1.9m. The revelation is made in auctioneer Lisney/Morrissey’s Licensed Premises report for 2020, which discloses that 13 pubs sold in Dublin last year for a total of over €41m compared to 16 transactions totaling €57m in 2019. The €1.9m payout by McGregor is close to the €2m estimate industry sources originally told Sunday World last year was speculated the UFC fighter paid for the Black...

An influx of private equity money meant that the market for Dublin pubs did not collapse during 2020, as it did for pubs outside the capital. Thirteen Dublin pubs sold last year for a total of over €41m, compared to 16 transactions totalling €57m in 2019. According to the Lisney/Morrisseys Licensed Premises report for 2020, there was however significant downward pressure on prices. It was a very different picture for pub sales elsewhere. "No notable sales were recorded in the cities of Cork...

MCKEES ROCKS — From the Grand Canyon to Cleveland, and California to back home in McKees Rocks, Black Forge Coffee House is doing what it can to help devastated concert venues. Black Forge Coffee created its own Save Our Stages blend of java, available for $25 a bag, with proceeds given to independent concert sites whose employees are out of work due to the pandemic. Believing the mission needed to be spread coast-to-coast, Black Forge owner Ashley Corts bought a van and hit the road, sell...

Black Forge Coffee roasters is road-tripping around the country selling coffee and raising funds for independent music venues.

CONOR McGregor has given his own personal stamp of approval to the Dublin pub he has splashed out €3 million on - by namechecking his  Proper 12 whiskey brand on its sign. New signage has just been unveiled on the Black Forge Inn in Dublin, which shows that the UFC fighter has kept the original name of the bar. But he has left locals in no doubt that he’s the new landlord of the boozer by highlighting ‘Proper 12’ in small writing underneath the name Black Forge Inn. Proper 12 is the na...

A JUDGE has granted the transfer of the Black Forge Inn in Dublin ahead of its relaunch by MMA star Conor McGregor. The premises was purchased earlier this year and a successful application was made today at Dublin District Court by new operators, Jemi Ventures Ltd, to transfer of the pub licence. The firm’s director is Alan Geraghty and the company secretary is Dee Devlin, McGregor’s partner. The popular Drimnagh venue has been closed for a major revamp ahead of it’s reopening. Along wit...