Applegreen opens €15m Naas Ball service area, creates 150 jobs
Popeyes, Taco Bell, M&S Food, Crafted Kitchen & Deli & Braeburn Coffee all located onsite
Print30 September 2026
Applegreen recently opened its new €15 million roadside service area close to the Naas Ball at Junction 9 on the M7.
Applegreen has created 150 new jobs at the Naas site, which includes Popeyes and Taco Bell outlets, M&S Food, Crafted Kitchen & Deli, Braeburn Coffee, and an Applegreen forecourt and convenience store.
Drive-thru and fast charge
The Popeyes outlet in Naas is the first Popeyes Drive-Thru in the Republic of Ireland.
Applegreen noted that will open additional Drive-Thru brands at its new Naas site later this year.
The site will also have eight Applegreen Fast Charge ultra-fast EV chargers with a total of 16 charging points, and a separate truck stop for HGV fuelling.
“We’re thrilled to have opened our new service area in Naas,” said Seamus Stapleton, managing director of Applegreen’s Republic of Ireland business.
Customer rewards
The new site opened at 9.30am, but customers queued from 3am in the morning to avail of special opening day offers such as free chicken sandwiches for a year and free burrito meals for a year.
Three customers were rewarded with free Popeyes Chicken Sandwiches for a year, while three customers received free Taco Bell Burrito Meals for a year, Applegreen noted.
Hundreds of customers also availed of free food from Popeyes, Taco Bell and Crafted Kitchen & Deli. There was free merchandise available for customers.
Popeyes provided entertainment for customers on the opening day, with a brass band in the morning and a DJ in the afternoon.
Second major new services area
The new Naas site is the second major new services area that Applegreen has opened in Ireland in the past 12 months.
Last September, it launched a new €15 million site at Junction 6 on the M3 in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath.
Over the past 12 months, Applegreen has introduced both Popeyes and Taco Bell to its Irish operations.
Applegreen noted that it has also continued to expand the reach of its partnership with M&S Food, which is now available at 43 Applegreen locations, and is also growing both its Braeburn Coffee brand and its Crafted Kitchen & Deli offer.
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