Ben Dunne shuts half his gyms due to impact of Covid-19

'We were making operating profits of €6m a year - in my lifetime we won't be back at €6m.'

Gyms in Lucan, Jervis Street, Beacon and Sandyford in Dublin along with Navan and Waterford have closed.

Businessman Ben Dunne has completely shut down half the number of gyms in his gym group due to the business impact of Covid-19.

He described the business impact on his gym business as ‘horrendous’ with the number of gyms reduced from 12 to six. “I’ll give you an insight into what Covid has cost us. Our revenues are less than 50 percent of what they were pre-Covid.” He said that the business was heading towards €13m in revenues pre-Covid “and in the current year we are heading towards €6m”.