Keenan Ear Clinic

05/02/2026

Keenan Ear Clinic....pictures from a day's work

29/01/2026

When the client denys using cottonbuds but the cottonbud surrounded by ear wax says otherwise! 🤭🤭🤭🤭🥰

27/01/2026

Need i say anymore ❤️☕️

27/01/2026

"YOU JUST HADN'T SEEN ME DRESSED AS LOVE YET"
I don't ever put anything personal on my social media but today I read this beautiful piece of work written about grief!
For me, grief has felt like an exhausting constant companion as i lost my mama in 2025, but today these words hit my heart in a different way....a good way.
So i thought, I will post this written piece of work because it might just help someone else 💓

27/01/2026

I don't ever put anything personal on my social media but today, I read this 👇🏾
it hit my heart in a different way, in a good way as it's so beautiful.
Grief for me has felt like an exhausting ever constant companion as I lost my mama in 2025, this post has changed something and so I thought....why not share as it might help someone else
Lesley
Keenan Ear Clinic

23/01/2026

Ben Madigan's Bar and Kitchen well said and incredibly truthful

I don’t often talk about the ‘business’ of Ben Madigan’s on our social media. We try to keep our page, lighthearted and fun, our customers have enough going on in their own lives and we try to keep their minds off the serious stuff. However it has to be said, running a local bar in has never been harder.

Yesterday’s increase in business rates comes at a time when hospitality is already under serious pressure.

For Ben Madigans, this means a 61% increase in our business rates. For our neighbours at Seatons of Sailortown, it means a staggering 282% increase.

These rises come on top of:
•Employers National Insurance increasing from 13.8% to 15%
• A lower NI threshold so we pay employers NI from a lower level (an extra £40k increase in our wage bill this year when coupled with NMW increases)
• Rising utility bills
2021 - £25k
2023 - £43k
2025 - £53k
• Higher food and drink costs

These aren’t luxuries — they’re the basic costs of keeping local businesses open. Unfortunately increases like this simply can’t be absorbed. Margins are being squeezed at every opportunity and unfortunately prices will have to rise, more than we would like.

On some quick back of the envelope calculations I worked out that the Government take over 6 times more from our business in taxes than we are left with profit. Through VAT, National insurance, PAYE, Employers National Insurance, Business Rates, Corporation Tax, and Dividend Tax among others.

Our industry has become glorified tax collectors.

Behind every bar and hospitality venue throughout the country, there are real people: local staff, families and suppliers who depend on hospitality for their livelihoods.

We’re proud to serve our North Belfast community and we’ll continue to do everything we can — but the reality is that the cost of doing business is rising faster than most people realise.

Hospitality doesn’t need sympathy — it needs fairness, understanding and meaningful support. It needs action from our elected representatives, and that action needs to be taken NOW, not tomorrow, or next financial year or at the time of the next election.

👉 If you value local pubs, local jobs and local communities, please support your local hospitality businesses when you can — and let your local representatives know that hospitality matters.

Every visit, every pint and every share truly makes a difference ❤️🍻

Kelvin Collins
Director

Hospitality Ulster John Finucane MP Carál Ní Chuilín MLA Nuala McAllister MLA Brian Kingston MLA Phillip Brett MLA Gerry Kelly MLA

20/01/2026

The weird and wonderful objects found in ear canals 👂🏽

09/01/2026

Happy Friday from Keenan Ear Clinic 👂🏽 😀

20/12/2025

A few appointments left for Monday, pop online at keenanearclinic.com....only if you want to hear what everyone is saying over Christmas 🎄 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️👂🏽

20/12/2025

Too funny and wanted to share 🤣
If you want to hear everyone over the Christmas period hop online at keenanearclinic.com for an appointment. There are a few left for Monday !

19/12/2025

Truly amazing 👏🏾 🫶🏾
Best clients in the world

19/12/2025

A client popped into clinic yesterday evening to deliver what he called a very special treat that only certain family members recieve at Christmas.
Well to say I was honoured was an understatement 👂🏽🫶🏾