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

AllGunsBlazing

Kettleson wrote: »

Oh wells...nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MPn05o416E

Jaysus, now that is a trip. My older brother used to hang around with a few of those lads. You'd always find them propping up a wall in Quinnsworth arcade of a Saturday. I was only a wee fella during the grim years of the 80s - but Sligo seemed as good a place as any to grow up in.

Radharc na Sleibhte

That's for sure. There was / is / always will be worse places than Sligo. It has its character(s) and charm.

curtisbrown

KG Tool Hire on the docks is closing, or has closed.

magnumlady

curtisbrown wrote: »

KG Tool Hire on the docks is closing, or has closed.

I wondered why the shutters were down yesterday.

Basq

Cromleach Lodge has closed..

Andy From Sligo

Basq wrote: »

Cromleach Lodge has closed..

real shame that - what a lovely place

red sean

I wonder what the domino effect will be. How many suppliers and service providers are owed money and likely to hit the wall as a result.

TireeTerror

Basq wrote: »

Cromleach Lodge has closed..

Someone said on their facebook page it was closed by Revenue. Whether thats true or not I dont know.

Basq

Basq wrote: »

Cromleach Lodge has closed..

I have never been there before but I heard it's fantastic from the amount of reports on TripAdvisor! It's sad!

sligojoek

Someone said she was on Joe Duffy blaming revenue for the closure.

sligojoek

Sorry. I just listened to the podcast. The "She" was a woman who had a wedding booked, not the owner.

Andy From Sligo

sligojoek wrote: »

Someone said she was on Joe Duffy blaming revenue for the closure.

the fella on RTE's Operation Transformation had the revenu people come into his restaurant in Belmullet and shut him down - whats up with them? - sounds like there is no leniency, rather than keep the places open on the hope arrears can be paid back they go in and shut these places down! (if thats what it is)

littlejp

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

the fella on RTE's Operation Transformation had the revenu people come into his restaurant in Belmullet and shut him down - whats up with them? - sounds like there is no leniency, rather than keep the places open on the hope arrears can be paid back they go in and shut these places down! (if thats what it is)

I would imagine they have tried all other options before shutting somewhere down. Revenue don't want to close businesses but they do want to get paid. Also sends a message to other businesses to make sure they pay.

dingding

littlejp wrote: »

I would imagine they have tried all other options before shutting somewhere down. Revenue don't want to close businesses but they do want to get paid. Also sends a message to other businesses to make sure they pay.

Agreed, the people who pay are subsidising the people who don't.

FoxyVixen

Basq wrote: »

Cromleach Lodge has closed..

Such a shame. Was there for a wedding, beautiful spot.

Radharc na Sleibhte

dingding wrote: »

Agreed, the people who pay are subsidising the people who don't.

Very true.

Personally I think it's such a cop out to say "revenue shut us down". Your not paying your bills like most other businesses is what shut you down. As for what revenue expects a viable business to pay, I better not start or
I won't be able to stop.
Shame to see them gone, they tried to do something a step above other places. Whether they succeeded or not is another thing but again this government both locally and nationally seem to want to shut businesses instead of encourage them. Especially here in Sligo.

magnumlady

The restaurant upstairs in Dunnes closed down on March 1st.

Jayop

littlejp wrote: »

I would imagine they have tried all other options before shutting somewhere down. Revenue don't want to close businesses but they do want to get paid. Also sends a message to other businesses to make sure they pay.

IF you believe the buck from Belmullet then he apparently had a deal in place with revenue and he was paying what he had agreed. The total was a very small amount anyway and the Sheriff still shut him down.

Hard to believe that though.

shanec1928

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Very true.

Personally I think it's such a cop out to say "revenue shut us down". Your not paying your bills like most other businesses is what shut you down. As for what revenue expects a viable business to pay, I better not start or
I won't be able to stop.
Shame to see them gone, they tried to do something a step above other places. Whether they succeeded or not is another thing but again this government both locally and nationally seem to want to shut businesses instead of encourage them. Especially here in Sligo.

It wasn't the first time they done that either.

red sean

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Very true.

Personally I think it's such a cop out to say "revenue shut us down". Your not paying your bills like most other businesses is what shut you down. As for what revenue expects a viable business to pay, I better not start or
I won't be able to stop.
Shame to see them gone, they tried to do something a step above other places. Whether they succeeded or not is another thing but again this government both locally and nationally seem to want to shut businesses instead of encourage them. Especially here in Sligo.

Whats the Govt. got to do with it?
They didn't pay their bills and had to close down. They didn't tell the people they took hard earned cash from as deposits that they were going to pocket the money and give them nothing in return.
I recall a couple of years ago a local plumber (i think it was) who had to put a picket on the place to get paid for work he had done and never got paid for.
So it didn't all happen overnight.

Andy From Sligo

magnumlady wrote: »

The restaurant upstairs in Dunnes closed down on March 1st.

:mad: - thats shame, handy little to have a little cuppa sit down and snack when your out shopping in there

Radharc na Sleibhte

red sean wrote: »

Whats the Govt. got to do with it?
They didn't pay their bills and had to close down.

They set and collect ridiculous prohibitively high taxes and rates that small businesses are expected to pay and still survive. That's what Cromleach blamed their closure on. They blamed Revenue.

I do have some sympathy because I know first hand about these costs, but then most of the rest of us manage to pay our bills and don't take €500-€1000 cash deposits off people or leave suppliers unpaid.

They would have had the benefit of 9% rate there too wouldn't they, or was that axed?

red sean

9% rate remained after last budget, so they have better rates than other types of business.
My sympathies lie with the employees, service providers, suppliers etc.
Taxes are high for all of us but then services have to be paid for.
And believe me after a long time in business I know!

Radharc na Sleibhte

red sean wrote: »

9% rate remained after last budget, so they have better rates than other types of business.
My sympathies lie with the employees, service providers, suppliers etc.
Taxes are high for all of us but then services have to be paid for.
And believe me after a long time in business I know!

I've spoken to two mutual suppliers just this morning who are owed substantial money on account.

Andy From Sligo

well I hope someone else opens up the cafe upstairs in Dunnes cranmore again one day, even if its only for coffee, tea and snacks/biscuits/sandwiches (from downstairs) , i personally wouldnt even care if they didnt offer hot cooked meals any more to keep costs down but for standard refreshments i reckon its needed there.

sligojoek

It was handy alright. I've a few friends working in the revenue office and used often meet up with them there during their breaks. I could park and it saved them having to come up town.

magnumlady

magnumlady wrote: »

The restaurant upstairs in Dunnes closed down on March 1st.

Oh! Didn't know that, that's also a shame, it was a grand cafe!

sligono1

Looking like the gloom is set to continue,saw a FB post about Fureys pub paul the guy that runs it saying that's it after 9 years his lease is up and that's it.im guessing it closing.

Basq

sligono1 wrote: »

Looking like the gloom is set to continue,saw a FB post about Fureys pub paul the guy that runs it saying that's it after 9 years his lease is up and that's it.im guessing it closing.

It's a shame as Fureys was practically my local but it's been absolutely dead most nights I've been in lately.

And to be honest, Paul took on Connollys and that place is booming in comparison!

magnumlady

The Curiosity Shop on Harmony Hill has gone.