Cinema ennis road

munstergirl

According to headline on limerick leader over the weekend, cinema for ennis road was granted planning permisson. Beside woodies.

dids6457

munstergirl wrote: »

According to headline on limerick leader over the weekend, cinema for ennis road was granted planning permisson. Beside woodies.

Do people think we need another cinema? I suppose there isnt one at this side of the city! Interesting

Insect Overlord

I only bought the Limerick Leader this weekend so I could read that story!

Absolutely delighted about the news. Storm and the Omniplex are grand cinemas, but they're not really worth the hassle of getting across town. Not very often, anyway.
There's definitely a market for it on this side of Limerick and parts of Clare too.
7 screens seems an appropriate size as well.

decskelligs

Planning was already granted for one at coonagh cross but it never went ahead. Having been to Storm Cinema and the Omniplex lately i dont know whether there is enough cinema goers in Limerick to warrant a third cinema.

phill106

decskelligs wrote: »

Planning was already granted for one at coonagh cross but it never went ahead.

Was just going to say the same thing! I do hope it goes ahead, though I will admit to not going to the cinema as often as i used to. Looks like it will be the 3 units to the right of smyths toys? Lot of parking, and a mcdonalds right there. Hope it pans out!

Kess73

Yep planning was granted for one in Coonagh before and that got messed up for various reasons.

Planning was also approved for one beside the Jetland near Smyths toys before as well so I would not believe it until it is fully built and the doors are open to the public.


Planning was also applied for, for a cinema on Catherine street, but I am struggling to recall the ins and out of that other than the general location as I cannot remember the name of the pub that was where the planning was applied for.

The pub was on the left hand side of Catherine street as you walk towards town. The Ulster bank/HSE buildings were across from it and there were snooker or pool tables upstairs.

talkingclock

Highstool?

zuroph

Highstool.

Limerick_Lass

I think its the city center that needs a cinema

Kess73

zuroph wrote: »

Highstool.

Did it have a different name in the 90's?

bazz26

Kess73 wrote: »

Did it have a different name in the 90's?

The Desmond Arms.

Kess73

bazz26 wrote: »

The Desmond Arms.

That's the name I was trying to remember. Cheers.


It was that part of that block where planning permission was applied for before. Would have been last year I think.

AnCapaillMor

They have to do something with coonagh, as for woodies, it'd be a small cinema altho there's 3-4 free units by smyths. More importantly where's the KFC that was meant to be out that side of town.

Jofspring

I think its going to be a great idea. Covers a large area including people from clare etc.. Also i think its a pizza place this side of town needs too, not someting like KFC. I know town isn't too far away but the only food option missing is a pizza delivery place (Pizza Hut, Dominos etc..). Most of the other sides of town have two or three differnent places to choose from.

LimerickCity

Jofspring wrote: »

I think its going to be a great idea. Covers a large area including people from clare etc.. Also i think its a pizza place this side of town needs too, not someting like KFC. I know town isn't too far away but the only food option missing is a pizza delivery place (Pizza Hut, Dominos etc..). Most of the other sides of town have two or three differnent places to choose from.

Supermacs on the Ennis RD do pizzas.

Jofspring

LimerickCity wrote: »

Supermacs on the Ennis RD do pizzas.

Half the time they tell you the cooker isn't on or think of some excuse to not make them and they don't deliver either which is a pity. If they put Papa Johns in there instead of Relish i'd say they'd make a killing.

phill106

Remember the good old days when supermacs had slices of pizzas all ready to be sold in the little spinny display..Mmmmm

Not in shannon or limerick anymore. I have seen it in galway one though!

Jofspring

phill106 wrote: »

Remember the good old days when supermacs had slices of pizzas all ready to be sold in the little spinny display..Mmmmm

Not in shannon or limerick anymore. I have seen it in galway one though!

Ya they did them up till recently in Supermacs on O'Connell Street. Haven't been in there in a while but i loved getting a Pizza meal in there.

phill106

Dam now i want pizza.....

dave 27

i hope this ACTUALLY goes ahead, the north side of town has pritty much everything except a cinema, now we can all head to dunnes for nibbles before hand!

They certainly needed it over here if you look at the population and areas;

Caherdavin - 7,000+
Moyross - 4,500+

then you have ennis road,
clareview
ballynanty
clonmacken
ashbrook
north circular road
westfields
woodview
and many more

TestTransmission

Jofspring wrote: »

Ya they did them up till recently in Supermacs on O'Connell Street. Haven't been in there in a while but i loved getting a Pizza meal in there.

I only got some there last Sunday after a feed of pints ...nyom nyom

AnCapaillMor

If there's a zombie movie in the new cinema will this thread be closed?

talkingclock

only if you talk about that zombie movie

tippboi

Works have begun on the cinema!!

AnCapaillMor

Cool so i take it its by smyths\woodies.

phill106

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Cool so i take it its by smyths\woodies.

They have those 2-3 buildings parralel to smyths i believe (to the right)

rok

tippboi wrote: »

Works have begun on the cinema!!

Hallelujah! could it really be happening?!

marienbad

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I only bought the Limerick Leader this weekend so I could read that story!

Absolutely delighted about the news. Storm and the Omniplex are grand cinemas, but they're not really worth the hassle of getting across town. Not very often, anyway.
There's definitely a market for it on this side of Limerick and parts of Clare too.
7 screens seems an appropriate size as well.

Just great news , I go all the time with the grandkids and it is a real hassle treking over to the Omniplex or Storm.

Storm seems to me to be very expensive compared to the Omniplex, only 4.80 each for the kids and 6.70 before 6 pm. Storm seems a lot more expensive. Lets hope the new one is reasonable .

With a bit of luck the new cinema won't have 3D and I will be able to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 instead of Kung Fu Panda 4 !

AnCapaillMor

A KFC next and i'll never have to cross the river again except for work.

Berty

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

A KFC next and i'll never have to cross the river again except for work.

With a drivethrough..................:eek: I'd move out to that side of town in that case. :pac:

kiersm

Finally I was beginning to think it was never going to happen.

Anyone heard anything bout a date when it'll be ready?

pappyodaniel

That's great news for us on the Clare side of the river.

Story_Bud

Another Nail In The Coffin For The City Centre

phill106

Story_Bud wrote: »

Another Nail In The Coffin For The City Centre

What city centre cinema would this be competing with?

irishleedsfan

How exactly? Not as if there is a cinema in there and not likely to be one in the next decade. All the councillors like to do is talk about saving the poor city centre but they dont have the bottle to actually do anything to help the situation and seem oblivious that it was most of them there now that contributed to the current state of the city centre with crap planning decisions :mad:

Story_Bud

There Is None In The City Centre Thats The Point...

Jofspring

Story_Bud wrote: »

There Is None In The City Centre Thats The Point...

Didn't seem to be anyone making any kind of a move to have one in the city either so it would be unfair to stop someone putting one out the Ennis road. If the opera centre had gone a head then there may have been one in there but we all know how that's turned out.

If the council where so worried about having a cinema in town they should have put some kind of incentive to get one in there. Cheaper rates for a period of time, easy up on the planning permission costs etc...... They love to talk about how businesses should open in town but we never hear of any solutions or good ideas from them. Most the businesses in town have had to get together and fend for themselves just to stay afloat.

Story_Bud

Im Happy That There Will Be A Cinema On The Ennis Road And I Will Certainly Use It Plenty of Times Its Just I Would Have Like One In City!If i Didnt Live In The City I Would Never Set Foot Here .. There is No reason To

kronsington

glad this is nearly open and i hope it's a success. hopefully they employ ushers as i am sick of people constantly chatting and ****ing around on their phones every time i go to a movie. hopefully also it isnt full of scumbags from day one

Letsdoit

kronsington wrote: »

glad this is nearly open and i hope it's a success. hopefully they employ ushers as i am sick of people constantly chatting and ****ing around on their phones every time i go to a movie. hopefully also it isnt full of scumbags from day one

When is the opening date?

AnCapaillMor

I heard next friday the 16th. Definately will start going to the cinema more it was a pain in the ass going to opposite sides of the city.

TestTransmission

Read the 16th aswell somewhere

pappyodaniel

^^
Front and 4th page of The Limerick Post.

Jofspring

Yup the 16th.

A leaflet handed into my house has it on it.

It also says that you will not be charged extra for 3D. The glasses will be €1 when you first go to a 3D movie and after that you can just keep bringing the same glasses and not pay extra.

It also mentions a VIP screen and that there will be wall to wall screens.

Icky Thump

do they not have a website?????

found it with alot more detailed searching

dave 27

largest screen can hold 350 people and smallest is 100 people, with 7 screens, so they are quite a consistantly big size

Poxyshamrock

Icky Thump wrote: »

do they not have a website?????

found it with alot more detailed searching

http://www.showtimecinemas.ie/

krudler

they have a facebook page too, from an update recently the luxury screen has 70 leather seats in it, guess they're big recliner type ones, really looking forward to seeing what its like, all digital projection too, the standards in Storm have gone to the dogs recently so maybe new competition will give them a kick in the ass.

Comhrá

I'm looking forward to being able to go to the cinema locally and conveniently again! (Living in Caherdavin)

Wonder if the opening night (March 16th) will be packed out??

It will be interesting to gauge the initial enthusiasm,and hopefully it will be well
patronised.

Mc Love

krudler wrote: »

they have a facebook page too, from an update recently the luxury screen has 70 leather seats in it, guess they're big recliner type ones, really looking forward to seeing what its like, all digital projection too, the standards in Storm have gone to the dogs recently so maybe new competition will give them a kick in the ass.

As long as the high standards are kept and anyone messing gets thrown out.

meoklmrk91

I will definately be paying a visit to see the Hunger Games, Storm is gone to the dogs, haven't been there in ages and won't be going back. The omniplex isn't better by much. Comfy seats are a must, I'm not even that tall but often feel cramped in the cinema, if there are comfy seats I will keep going back. Competitive pricing would be nice too.