Business closures around the county

hairyprincess · 12-10-2012 4:58pm

The Indian in Ardara has closed, Taj Palace. And The Hills pub next door has also closed

airdog · 12-10-2012 10:23pm

The hills pub is open had a pint there today

hairyprincess · 12-10-2012 10:24pm

airdog wrote: »

The hills pub is open had a pint there today

My bad

In fairness, it was secondhand information

byte · 12-10-2012 10:34pm

ednwireland wrote: »

le fournil open today
alzheimers charity shop opening where sherry fitzgeralds used to be (diamond centre)

Do you mean that place that also used to be a furniture shop, opposite the Reel Inn? Or Timony's "Diamond Centre"?

henke · 13-10-2012 12:56am

hairyprincess wrote: »

My bad In fairness, it was secondhand information

The Hills was closed for about a year but recently bought and they tidied the place up a bit and it reopened under new management there about a month or so ago.

ednwireland · 13-10-2012 8:35pm

byte wrote: »

Or Timony's "Diamond Centre"?

actually no timonys is called the castle centre, diamond centre is the diamond, next to ohehirs

byte · 13-10-2012 9:37pm

ednwireland wrote: »

actually no timonys is called the castle centre, diamond centre is the diamond, next to ohehirs

Ah God yeah! LOL! Duncan's place.

I think it's the hairdressers in Timony's that put me astray as it was called Diamond Edge.

That's my excuse anyway

ednwireland · 14-10-2012 4:26pm

byte wrote: »

I think it's the hairdressers in Timony's that put me astray as it was called Diamond Edge.

thats gone, timonys is knocking through that and abrekebabra and putting in a spar

byte · 14-10-2012 10:23pm

ednwireland wrote: »

thats gone, timonys is knocking through that and abrekebabra and putting in a spar

Yeah, I was aware of that. Strange that there will be 2 Spars in the town (Quinns on Water St being the other). Timony's as it is though, is quite cramped, so the extra space will be good for it I think, especially when I reckon it's harder to get people to lease out units nowadays. (I'd wonder if Foody's had much affect on Timony's business model).

danniemcq · 14-10-2012 10:27pm

in good news, oasis is reopening and they seem to have the licence to sell food this time round.

Finally the the guys playpen is back while the girls hit penneys!

byte · 14-10-2012 10:32pm

danniemcq wrote: »

in good news, oasis is reopening and they seem to have the licence to sell food this time round.

Finally the the guys playpen is back while the girls hit penneys!

Presumably that is the pub in Letterkenny SC/Tesco? Good to hear it's open again.

buckfasterer · 14-10-2012 11:33pm

danniemcq wrote: »

in good news, oasis is reopening and they seem to have the licence to sell food this time round.

Finally the the guys playpen is back while the girls hit penneys!

It's Galfees that are opening it. From what I've heard though, its gonna be the sort of place they had before so not gonna be a pub as such.

Mint Sauce · 15-10-2012 11:43pm

danniemcq wrote: »

in good news, oasis is reopening and they seem to have the licence to sell food this time round.

Finally the the guys playpen is back while the girls hit penneys!

Used to be one of my favourite pubs, and had some memorable nights there, and not so memerable due to being under the influence.

buckfasterer wrote: »

It's Galfees that are opening it. From what I've heard though, its gonna be the sort of place they had before so not gonna be a pub as such.

Mint Sauce · 15-10-2012 11:48pm

byte wrote: »

Yeah, I was aware of that. Strange that there will be 2 Spars in the town (Quinns on Water St being the other). Timony's as it is though, is quite cramped, so the extra space will be good for it I think, especially when I reckon it's harder to get people to lease out units nowadays. (I'd wonder if Foody's had much affect on Timony's business model).

Will be unusual not seeing a takeaway there, always remembered on there. Mr T's, Abra's, and the most recent one.

So will it all be one unit, Timonys, (former) Abra, and the hairdressers? What will happen re access to the upstairs?

ednwireland · 16-10-2012 8:14am

irish-stew wrote: »

Will be unusual not seeing a takeaway there, always remembered on there. Mr T's, Abra's, and the most recent one.

So will it all be one unit, Timonys, (former) Abra, and the hairdressers? What will happen re access to the upstairs?

he's moving the shop from the righ to the left everything else will stay the same (as far as i know) and there will be an empty unit on the right

byte · 16-10-2012 10:55pm

ednwireland wrote: »

he's moving the shop from the righ to the left everything else will stay the same (as far as i know) and there will be an empty unit on the right

Aye, that's my understanding too.

17-10-2012 12:12am

I noticed a new shop in the Courtyard where Speers used to be - World of Stuff.

Unique Gifts opening where ShoeZone were.

A new costume shop opening in the tesco shopping centre

2moreMinutes · 17-10-2012 12:18am

salonfire wrote: »

Unique Gifts opening where ShoeZone were

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Its gonna be strange not seeing a shoe shop in that unit with a closing down sale on. Been a closing down sale on there for as long as I can remember.:D

CastorTroy · 17-10-2012 10:28pm

salonfire wrote: »

I noticed a new shop in the Courtyard where Speers used to be - World of Stuff.

Unique Gifts opening where ShoeZone were.

A new costume shop opening in the tesco shopping centre

World of Stuff is the comic shop from down by the toilets expanded and under a new name. So just bigger shop now selling dvds, statues, etc. At least I think it's calle dWorld of Stuff now.

The costume shop in Tesco seems to just be for women's costumes, but looks like the staff dress up in the costumes as well.

annascott · 18-10-2012 11:11pm

I heard today that Books Direct are closing in the (Tesco) Shopping Centre. There will be a small Easons in the old Proctors unit instead.
It is a shame, they always had a great selection of books, and were really cheap too.

donegal_man · 21-10-2012 12:08am

annascott wrote: »

I heard today that Books Direct are closing in the (Tesco) Shopping Centre. There will be a small Easons in the old Proctors unit instead.
It is a shame, they always had a great selection of books, and were really cheap too.

Was talking to one of the lads who works in Books Direct today, he was telling me that they've been taken over by Eason and are moving into what used to be the newsagents in the Shopping Centre. They're having a closing down 3 for 2 sale though so no more cheap books, just the regular Eason prices

NIMAN · 15-11-2012 12:34am

More bad news for Donegal, this time in Lisfannon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20322106

donegal_man · 15-11-2012 1:50am

NIMAN wrote: »

More bad news for Donegal, this time in Lisfannon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20322106

And according to the site that cannot be named the staff are being treated shamefully as well <SNIP>

Mod edit: Its not to be named or LINKED TO.

donegal_road · 15-11-2012 1:56am

4 Lanterns in Ballybofey is gone, also the Indian in Stranorlar

NIMAN · 15-11-2012 2:01am

donegal_man wrote: »

And according to the site that cannot be named the staff are being treated shamefully as well LINK

Time for a sit-in and get this on the news. :mad:

buckfasterer · 15-11-2012 9:18am

NIMAN wrote: »

Time for a sit-in and get this on the news. :mad:

I think its an absolute disgrace that this wasn't covered in any of the mainstream media yesterday. If this was a Dublin business you'd be sure they would be up in arms calling for the politicians to intervene.

NIMAN · 15-11-2012 10:02pm

Where are our local politicans on this story?

Shame on them, they should be standing up for their constituents.

Firblog · 15-11-2012 11:19pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Where are our local politicans on this story?

Shame on them, they should be standing up for their constituents.

Sorry lads, but what do you expect some local TD (none of whom have any business experience afik) to do about this? Companies make these decisions based on one criteria... profit. All the TD's would be good for is getting a few lines in the newspaper beside a picture of them wringing their hands an calling the govt to do something.

danniemcq · 16-11-2012 8:46am

Firblog wrote: »

Sorry lads, but what do you expect some local TD (none of whom have any business experience afik) to do about this? Companies make these decisions based on one criteria... profit. All the TD's would be good for is getting a few lines in the newspaper beside a picture of them wringing their hands an calling the govt to do something.

they can't do much/anything but it would be nice to know they cared or at least knew about it.

Haven't heard anything

ednwireland · 16-11-2012 10:32am

danniemcq wrote: »

they can't do much/anything but it would be nice to know they cared or at least knew about it.

Haven't heard anything

there your problem the only thing they care about is making sure they get their wages/expenses/pensions

donegal_road · 16-11-2012 12:54pm

companies like these were given grants by the government to set up in Ireland, as soon as the grant money runs out they pack up and leave

ednwireland · 09-12-2012 10:25pm

just in case you dont read the cycling forum

**New Bike shop Donegal Town**
Teds Bike Shop

https://www.facebook.com/tedsbikeshop

on the Killybegs road beside Doherty Tiling

opens tomorrow mon 10th December 10AM

overshoot · 10-12-2012 11:47am

handy, need a new tube for the back wheel

ednwireland · 10-12-2012 11:56am

overshoot wrote: »

handy, need a new tube for the back wheel

hopefully he has the right size in !

overshoot · 10-12-2012 11:59am

in that case my lazyness may continue a while longer! been gone for a while

The Assistinator · 05-01-2013 6:09pm

just seen today marys is clossing its doors next week half price sale at the minute but not alot left in it

bohsboy · 05-01-2013 9:14pm

Mary's is going? Wow. I was in there today and there's nothing left on the shelf. Didn't realise it was closing down.

The Assistinator · 05-01-2013 10:09pm

bohsboy wrote: »

Mary's is going? Wow. I was in there today and there's nothing left on the shelf. Didn't realise it was closing down.

didnt know this myself overheard a member of staff telling somone but a pity all the same one of those shops that you always remember.

byte · 06-01-2013 12:28am

martyo wrote: »

just seen today marys is clossing its doors next week half price sale at the minute but not alot left in it

Yeah, it's an awful shame to see it's closing.

Was always handy for buying tools, etc. that I'd only use occasionally so wouldn't need expensive branded stuff from the hardware stores. In fact, I think the tools part of the shop was the only section I frequented much!

It had been noted by the OH how small the Xmas section was compared to other years. I guess now we know why.

I heard from one staffer that they were only told last Wednesday.

Another empty (large) unit in the town.

Mint Sauce · 06-01-2013 1:18am

martyo wrote: »

didnt know this myself overheard a member of staff telling somone but a pity all the same one of those shops that you always remember.

I remember when it was foodland.

byte · 06-01-2013 1:25am

irish-stew wrote: »

I remember when it was foodland.

Aye, back when the Diamond was a carpark!

Mint Sauce · 06-01-2013 1:31am

byte wrote: »

Aye, back when the Diamond was a carpark!

Foodland was there along time after the carpark was paved over wasn't it.

Although the metal ramp (outside marys) from the kerb to the road is still there.

2moreMinutes · 06-01-2013 1:49am

I would have imagined that these type of discount stores would have been doing quite well in recent times. (Dont think I've ever been in Marys but I always figured it for a larger type of pound shop place.)

donegal_road · 06-01-2013 3:12am

irish-stew wrote: »

Foodland was there along time after the carpark was paved over wasn't it.

Although the metal ramp (outside marys) from the kerb to the road is still there.

I remember Foodland being there up to 1997. Anyone remember the Four Masters Bookshop fire?

Firblog · 06-01-2013 6:16pm

MJ's Bar (opposite the peak/National) has also closed this week.

The Assistinator · 06-01-2013 7:11pm

Firblog wrote: »

MJ's Bar (opposite the peak/National) has also closed this week.

yeah think hie lease is up cant see it been left closed to long it would be a good enough spot, but maby high rent could be a factor.

mk2 · 07-01-2013 12:45am

I heard today that the shop beside the glencar inn,the Atlantic take away on the Pearse rd and jiffys cleaners on Oliver plunked rd all closed down,bad times.

byte · 07-01-2013 12:48am

martyo wrote: »

yeah think hie lease is up cant see it been left closed to long it would be a good enough spot, but maby high rent could be a factor.

Yeah, I believe it's just that the lease has expired, I doubt that pub will be closed for long as it does seem to get an OK footfall.

I understand that O'Donnells bar is up for lease too, as he puts his efforts into Bayview Hotel.

WRT Foodland, yeah, I'm pretty sure the car-park was gone whilst Foodland supermarket was still open. The ramp must nearly be there as long as the building LOL

ednwireland · 07-01-2013 9:31am

byte wrote: »

WRT Foodland, yeah, I'm pretty sure the car-park was gone whilst Foodland supermarket was still open. The ramp must nearly be there as long as the building LOL

i used to shop at foodland when i moved here in 1997, it was open for a couple of years after that

Firblog · 21-01-2013 10:44pm

McGee's Photo/Gift Shop in SuperValu centre in Donegal is closing down.

Business closures around the county

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