We Hope That Long-Term CSNA Member Ray Connors Will Milk The Publicity For All It’s Worth!
Niall Horan brought Lewis Capaldi to get his first chicken fillet roll over the weekend. The musicians made their way over to Niall’s hometown of Mullingar on Saturday for the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. And during their travels, former One Direction star Niall made sure to introduce Lewis to a beloved Irish delicacy: the chicken […]
Irish Farmers Journal Week 3 Competition Winner – FINAL WEEK THIS WEEK!

Last week’s winner was CSNA Member Michael Ryan from Annacotty, Co Limerick. Michael dedicates extra shelf facings to the Irish Farmers Journal each week.” Congratulations to Michael and enjoy the break! The Irish Farmers Journal is the largest selling national newspaper title for most retailers every Thursday and it makes commercial sense to position the […]
Revolut Glitch That’s Hard To Correct

A member in the Midlands has brought to our attention an unusual feature of his Payzone Terminal accepting the Revolut card for payment. In a number of instances customers have seen the payment in his store listed as paying a local auctioneer instead. This could lead to issues whereby the customer may seek a refund as […]
CSNA Members Win Big At Shelflife C-Store Awards

CSNA were overjoyed to see so many of our members stores recognised at the recent Shelflife C-Store Awards. We would like to congratulate each and every one of our members that won and were nominated at the awards. These awards recognise the finest stores and people within our industry. CSNA CEO Vincent Jennings was delighted […]
CSNA Assists Laois Member With Stolen Tobacco Products Using Track And Trace!
A local Laois retailer and CSNA member had the misfortune of their premises being burgaled on Thursday evening (10/10/19) . The theives stole many products from the store amoungst which were tobacco products. Since May 2019, it became compulsory for tobacco retailers to be registered with Revenue’s Track and Trace identifier codes, each code is […]
CSNA Member Store Celebrates Euromillions Win
EuroMillions players in the seaside town of Portmarnock in North County Dublin are being urged to check their tickets today after one lucky ticketholder won the €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize in Tuesday night’s draw. The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold yesterday at the Spar Store on the Strand Road in Portmarnock, Co. Dublin. […]
Branding Success for CSNA Member
CSNA Michael Kelly discusses how rooting himself in the community has helped the business thrive, his background in retail and finding the right symbol group for his store in the Barry Group.
Laois CSNA Member Sells Lucky €1 Million Euromillions Raffle Winning Ticket
There is huge speculation and excitement in Laois over who the lucky €1 million EuroMillions lotto raffle winner is. The winning ticket for the ‘Ireland Only Raffle’ was sold in CSNA member Kevin Bracken’s Maxol Gala store on Stradbally Road in Portlaoise. The draw took place on Friday 05th July and the National Lottery revealed […]
CSNA Member, John Eivers Owner Of Applegreen & Spar Irishtown Sells Rare White Cadbury Crème Egg Worth €10,000!
Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA) Member, John Eivers proprietor of Applegreen and Spar store in Irishtown, Kilkenny sold a very rare crème egg in his store in this week to a very happy customer, Ciara Monaghan. The discovery of one of these very rare ‘white’ crème eggs is worth a whopping €10,000 to each […]
CSNA Member Thomas Ennis wins Maxol Excellence Award
CSNA Member Store Maxol Longmile Road has been honoured in the ‘Excellence in Customer Experience’ category. The Excellence Awards promote and reward excellence based on merit across a number of categories throughout the Maxol network across Ireland. Maxol Longmile Road has been honoured in the ‘Excellence in Customer Experience’ category. The Excellence Awards promote and […]
