Stores Closing in Sligo **mod warning post #720**

barneyrub

It's not due to happen until November. You'll be able to do all banking as normal in any other branch.

Vlove

barneyrub wrote: »

It's not due to happen until November. You'll be able to do all banking as normal in any other branch.

Its desperate, Pearce road is a ghost town

Basq

Shame to see that ATM go..

T-Bird

On a similar note, Bank of Ireland are gone from the IT. I think they lost tender for new contract and AIB will be replacing them.

red sean

Vlove wrote: »

Its desperate, Pearce road is a ghost town

Perase Rd. is a residential area! The atm is the big loss.

whatswhat

Oxmount Furniture shop in Collooney closing down this weekend. I was in there yesterday and they said that Abbey Foods next door to them will be next to go which is a real shame as they are doing well and dont want to leave at all. It seems the council are piling on the pressure to get them out because they have had complaints from other food retailers that they should not have been allowed to ever start up there in the first place. I heard one of the shops that complained is in Ballymote which is hardly on its door step. Its a real shame that these small buisnesses are having to negotiate bigger problems than the recession, they dont stand a chance.

another question

whatswhat wrote: »

. I heard one of the shops that complained is in Ballymote which is hardly on its door step. Its a real shame that these small buisnesses are having to negotiate bigger problems than the recession, they dont stand a chance.

That's Ballymote people for you. I've been out there a couple of times recently and they are like a breed of their own. They are damn right rude the majority of them.

Vlove

whatswhat wrote: »

Oxmount Furniture shop in Collooney closing down this weekend. I was in there yesterday and they said that Abbey Foods next door to them will be next to go which is a real shame as they are doing well and dont want to leave at all. It seems the council are piling on the pressure to get them out because they have had complaints from other food retailers that they should not have been allowed to ever start up there in the first place. I heard one of the shops that complained is in Ballymote which is hardly on its door step. Its a real shame that these small buisnesses are having to negotiate bigger problems than the recession, they dont stand a chance.

Omg that is such a shame, Abbey Foods have great quality food there and very helpful staff. I wouldn't want the two stores to go at all

whatswhat

I personally think that the real opposition to Abbey Foods in Collooney was closer to home than Ballymote and Ballymote was probably used as a decoy. I will change the real name to avoid any issues but I strongly suspect Mr Brightside who likes the retail monopoly of two neighbouring villages.

Say Your Number

O'Grady's Ice Cream shop in Johnston's Court is gone, it only opened around the start of the year.

Vlove

Say Your Number wrote: »

O'Grady's Ice Cream shop in Johnston's Court is gone, it only opened around the start of the year.

It probably opens during the summer

Say Your Number

Vlove wrote: »

It probably opens during the summer

I think it might have opened around Christmas time, the coldest time of year. If it is open for summer is it not closing a little early, surely they would stay open for a few weeks more, would they not wait till the start of October when the coldness starts to kick in.

fillefatale

Say Your Number wrote: »

O'Grady's Ice Cream shop in Johnston's Court is gone, it only opened around the start of the year.

Didn't even know this place existed! I'm a loyal fan of Fabios, best ice cream I've had outside Italy.

tomhenryford

I didn't know it existed either! I must walk through Johnston's Court at least once a week and I never noticed it. Whereabouts was it located out of interest?

Say Your Number

It was between Vodafone and H Samuel, there used to a place selling smoothies there, but that closed a few years ago.

Mint Sauce

Tom Tailer in Johnston Court closed? All stock removed. Is this not the second time they have closed. Not a good sign that two of the anchor stores are both lying empty.

Vlove

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Tom Tailer in Johnston Court closed? All stock removed. Is this not the second time they have closed. Not a good sign that two of the anchor stores are both lying empty.

There was hardly anyone going into it, I sometimes stopped there to look around and the prices were quite high!

Mint Sauce

Vlove wrote: »

There was hardly anyone going into it, I sometimes stopped there to look around and the prices were quite high!

Was only in it about twice my self. Both times nearly the only one there.

Wonder who will move in, I would vote for an M&S, but I imagine extremely unlikely.

Vlove

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Was only in it about twice my self. Both times nearly the only one there.

Wonder who will move in, I would vote for an M&S, but I imagine extremely unlikely.

Well I hope whatever goes in that unit creates more jobs but sure where old HMV and MAD was, there seems to be absouletely no one taking them!

Henlars67

Vlove wrote: »

There was hardly anyone going into it, I sometimes stopped there to look around and the prices were quite high!

Price of men's clothes was reasonable

sligono1

Rates are a huge problem stores cannot sustain themselves between rates and rents and this before you sell any item or pay staff it's a difficult place to trade in sligo town

Mint Sauce

ATM being 'manoeuvred' away from the former Ulster Bank on the Pearse Rd this morning,, and a bricky filling in the gap with breeze blocks.

Henlars67

Mint Sauce wrote: »

ATM being 'manoeuvred' away from the former Ulster Bank on the Pearse Rd this morning,, and a bricky filling in the gap with breeze blocks.

they weren't breeze blocks

Mint Sauce

Henlars67 wrote: »

they weren't breeze blocks

Well what ever they were, they were pretty big blocks he was filling the hole in with.

Charliebull

Tom tailor was good shop for men's clothes very reasonable

Sligo is fooked, more in castlebar and carrick now,

We will soon be just a forgotten little town

sligono1

Our. Mighty chamber of commerce what are they doing looked after their own interests in the past and to hell with the town now,it will be a bleak Christmas for retailers shoppers will go else where.

Henlars67

The Chamber of No Commerce have fu*ked this town in favour of their own vested interests.

The thing is that they were too stupid and short-sighted to realise what was in their best interests, and are now paying the price themselves.

Mint Sauce

I thought the Chamber were just against out of town developments.

Necro

Dunno if this is the right place but rumours going mad around Ballymote this morning that Tighes Newsagents is shutting up shop Sunday. No idea why. Massive loss for the town if true. Big 40% off sale on everything today so hope it is just rumours.

Slideways

That would be very sad.

He has made a big effort to build on what he got when he took over from Hurleys.