private industry fitness clubs genre fitness founded 1997 founder ben dunne headquarters dublin ireland area served greater dublin ireland liverpool uk manchester uk key people ben dunne mark dunne conor troy judy eivers sandra delaney patrick whelan john gunnigle parent barkisland developments ltd 1 website www.bendunnegyms.com ben dunne gyms is an irish chain of gyms with nine locations in ireland and the uk . the company was founded in june 1997 when they opened their first gym in blanchardstown dublin . 2 originally a mid to high end full service health club chain the company reevaluated the market and is now focused on providing no frills gym facilities at affordable prices . a typical ben dunne gym has facilities such as freeweights resistance machines cv machines and functional training zones . they also offer a range of group classes free to members and personal trainers at additional cost . some of their larger and older locations also have 25 metre swimming pools steam rooms and hot tubs . although they have stated that they will no longer be including such facilities in any new clubs going forward . by 2012 the group has over 40 000 members 3 and the carlisle location is reputed to have the largest gym membership in europe . citation needed references edit ben dunne to expand his fitness clubs chain . irish times . 3 april 2009 . retrieved 17 august 2015 . ben there dunne that now he s doing it all again . irish independent . 16 february 2003 . retrieved 17 august 2015 . ben dunne gyms show 1.7 m profit . irish examiner . 16 april 2012 . retrieved 17 august 2015 . external links edit ben dunne gyms website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ben dunne gyms & oldid 699287145 categories health clubs in irelandcompanies of irelandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 january 2016 at 12 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view