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.

salonfire · 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

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