Mac Donagh Station Shopping Centre

Raze_them_all

There's always shops coming soon

cmpunk

Why is there still no topmen/topshop up there that's what it needs badly

JohnMc1

hithere10 wrote: »

Why is there still no topmen/topshop up there that's what it needs badly

Probably because no decent retail chain wants to pay the outrageous rent prices here. If a stall in the middle of the floor costs 500 euros for a weekend the rent for an actual store unit must be out of this world.

road_high

Would like to see Burger King (for the odd treat), couple of designer menswear like Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste, H&M that kinda thing.

road_high

Hope the Carrig Donn is not a closure of their High St store and merely moving over?? They surely have a good tourist trade going near the Castle and all.

KatCookie

I think that the article doesnt clearly state that they are actually creating a new Carrig Donn shop in MacDonagh, it seems to me that Carrig Donn might just be expanding their shop on High Street and it just got added to that article...

just-wonderin

KatCookie wrote: »

I think that the article doesnt clearly state that they are actually creating a new Carrig Donn shop in MacDonagh, it seems to me that Carrig Donn might just be expanding their shop on High Street and it just got added to that article...

was there today Carrig Doon are going in where Tom Tailor was it's going to be a second shop they will have in kilkenny

Stephen

Tell me, is there still no free parking in McDonagh Junction?

road_high

Stephen wrote: »

Tell me, is there still no free parking in McDonagh Junction?

No Steph, it's €1 per hour. Think it's 5 for the day or something.
And you get a free hour if you €10 in Dunnes.

road_high

Just see BB's Coffee shop is opening over there...just what they need, another crappy over priced coffee joint. Do they not have focus groups there or listen to what people are saying. Bar Eddie Rocketts there is no where decent to eat over there (even Eddie's is debatable but I like to go there the odd time and they have a meal deal at last).

gunner11

think their trying to make it an upmarket foodcourt, i.e. no riff raff fastfood patrons! u'd think at this stage market demand would kick-in, like how many coffee shops can kk support anyways!

cmpunk

BB's are nice going to be my new number 1 coffe shop now

catbear

gunner11 wrote: »

think their trying to make it an upmarket foodcourt, i.e. no riff raff fastfood patrons! u'd think at this stage market demand would kick-in, like how many coffee shops can kk support anyways!

Well that's easily solved, Andy can move his chip van in at a moments notice. No fitout required, just an empty space to pull up. I'm really surprised no one has ever tried to set up a mobile hotdog stand in Kilkenny. Is there anything to legal impediment to this kind of vending?
It's very common in the US and on the continent.

highgiant1985

I was up there today it seemed busy enough esp in hmv. I also learned I must look younger than my age as I got asked for ID when I went to buy a dvd in HMV .

t63m

catbear wrote: »

Well that's easily solved, Andy can move his chip van in at a moments notice. No fitout required, just an empty space to pull up. I'm really surprised no one has ever tried to set up a mobile hotdog stand in Kilkenny. Is there anything to legal impediment to this kind of vending?
It's very common in the US and on the continent.

Sure is -the council and HSE would have you shut down within the hour

catbear

t63m wrote: »

Sure is -the council and HSE would have you shut down within the hour

Why?

catbear

catbear wrote: »

Well that's easily solved, Andy can move his chip van in at a moments notice. No fitout required, just an empty space to pull up. I'm really surprised no one has ever tried to set up a mobile hotdog stand in Kilkenny. Is there anything to legal impediment to this kind of vending?
It's very common in the US and on the continent.

I know someone who got hepatitis from eating from one of those chip vans!

catbear

Whether food is prepared in a solid or mobile facility, food poisoning is a direct result of poor hygiene standards.
by your logic zorro, no one should eat food from venders in temporary structure like that found at music festivals, sports events etc....
I'll rephrase my question for who are rationally challenged; why would the council and HSE shut down any food vending operation that passes hygiene standards on the basis that it is not in a fixed premises?

bennyob

Is some sort of a 'trading licence' required and if so, are they location specific?

If the answer to the above is yes and the vendor doesn't have one, then they could be closed.

fabbydabby

I know someone who got hepatitis from eating from one of those chip vans!

What? You're joking right? Is that even possible?

Unless of course by 'chip van' you mean something totally different, like 'scumbag's crotch'

pueblo

ooooh I've got an itchy chip van..

just-wonderin

was down in Mac Donagh Junction there today place was very busy, few new shops opened The Jean Scene looks like it will be opened before the weekend not to many empty units left now, The place is really starting to fill up, It has to be the best shopping centre in the southeast by far, I know other neighbouring town's have most of the same shops but a lot has to be said for having them all under the one roof.

fabbydabby

Except a Tesco and an Aldi.

getz

just-wonderin wrote: »

was down in Mac Donagh Junction there today place was very busy, few new shops opened The Jean Scene looks like it will be opened before the weekend not to many empty units left now, The place is really starting to fill up, It has to be the best shopping centre in the southeast by far, I know other neighbouring town's have most of the same shops but a lot has to be said for having them all under the one roof.

i will be over there in feb just where is the new shopping centre ?i will be coming in from carlow

just-wonderin

fabbydabby wrote: »

Except a Tesco and an Aldi.

Do we really need Tesco maybe we should be proud we dont have one
as for Aldi they have got permission to build on the hebron rd and a descision is due to be made about one over beside lidl on the 23 of dec so by this time next year we'l prob have 2,

just-wonderin

getz wrote: »

i will be over there in feb just where is the new shopping centre ?i will be coming in from carlow

As you enter city from the Dublin/Carlow Road MacDonagh Junction is located on your right hand side beside the train station and the Car Park entrance is immediately after old AIB Bank on your right and just before St John’s Church.

getz

just-wonderin wrote: »

As you enter city from the Dublin/Carlow Road MacDonagh Junction is located on your right hand side beside the train station and the Car Park entrance is immediately after old AIB Bank on your right and just before St John’s Church.

thanks we have always loved killkenny ,and we will have a month to spend walking there and carlow'

getz

its just clicked in my brain they have been building it for the last three years,just one more thing , are dogs allowed into the main shopping centre ?

just-wonderin

i wouldn't think so, can't say i ever seen anyone with a dog in there why would ya want to bring a dog shopping

getz

just-wonderin wrote: »

i wouldn't think so, can't say i ever seen anyone with a dog in there why would ya want to bring a dog shopping

when we come over to ireland we always bring our dog with us,as he is a very special and big english bulldog worth over £2.500,i cannot leave him in the car or in the cottage because he would most certainly be stolen,normally when i am in killkenny i take him with me into the shopping centre ,and as the the wife shops, i stand with him outside pennies [with a big crowd around me] i am ok as far as eating goes as you know killkenny has many outside cafes ,i just asked so i wont find myself turning into a shopping area and not being able to get him out of the car