Empty shop up on Ballybricken?

spankmemunkey

Whats up with that shop in Ballybricken ye know the one its been empty a good while now, Is there anything suppose to go in there? its between billy burkes and kervicks! Im sure you know the one, I think it was a londis before.

kryogen

Bescos

dlofnep

Bescos - No idea. Was a handy supermarket in it's day.

wellboytoo

As far as I know it was part of the Tweedy group but open to correction.

spankmemunkey

Its a good position and all, wheres the nearest shop i suppose you have aldi down the other way maybe thats whats detering any potential investor!

Im sure the shop needs a complete refurb anyway! so throw in another 50-100 thousand, yeah i can see why its empty!

Wanderer2010

It used to be Bescos/Londis for years up until about 2007 when they had a fire close down the shop for a few weeks, everyone assumed the insurance would sort it out and the place would be open again but the rumor was that the owner didnt have the place covered for fire and started a legal battle with the insurance company over costs etc and in the end he lost and was left paying a lease on an empty and ruined building so sadly it has been lying derelict ever since.

I heard it was being turned into a nightclub back in 2009 but im pretty sure thats rubbish now!

Ronnette

Just seen this post! Just want to make it clear that the owner of Londis was completely covered by insurance and was not left paying any bills after the fire. They merely decided to retire but its amazing how rumours are started and spread about! Tweedy was never romotely involved in getting into the premises! The shop was bought by John Power who owns the pharmacy in Ballybricken! Whether he still owns it now or not I don't know!

Ronnette

sorry Morgan Power

wobbles

Funny how many rumours were floating around over that place. I heard a few years ago Tesco were looking at turning it into a Tesco Metro.

.Henry Sellers.

Ah Besco's, for a place so big on Ballybricken you'd never really notice it, would make a great place for farmer's markets if it was cleared out.

ziedth

Christ,

This thread got out of hand. I have deleted questionable post in this thread but if there are any more posts in the future that are damaging to a business or people without linked proof then bans will be handed out.

Cheers

Aquos76

You just beat me to it :-), I've only just read through this thread for the first time, my god, what a train wreck, just to clarify, second hand information and hearsay rumours are not fact!

ziedth

And just a further point (and if somebody did thank you I might have missed it) if you see posts that your not happy with please report them. I don't get a chance to read every thread anymore so I Kind of rely on the reported posts to nip things like this thread in the bud. Thanks again

thesaturdayman

out of curiousity, can i ask why was my post deleted? i didnt name anyone and merely told the chief protaganist to zip up and cop on to him/herself?

ziedth

It was an across the board clean up, your post was perfectly fine mainly if i had left it stand it wouldnt have made any sense in the current state of the thread. It's just easier when the thread is such a mess to give it a fresh start.

Ronnette

ziedth wrote: »

It was an across the board clean up, your post was perfectly fine mainly if i had left it stand it wouldnt have made any sense in the current state of the thread. It's just easier when the thread is such a mess to give it a fresh start.

Cud u delete wanderers last comment in reply 2 mine then please seen as that's how it kicked off! It's FULL of lies about my parents yet at the end they say fact! It's 1 of the main comments that shouldve been taken down!

Aquos76

Ronnette wrote: »

Cud u delete wanderers last comment in reply 2 mine then please seen as that's how it kicked off! It's FULL of lies about my parents yet at the end they say fact! It's 1 of the main comments that shouldve been taken down!

That post has now been deleted.

ziedth

Ronnette wrote: »

Cud u delete wanderers last comment in reply 2 mine then please seen as that's how it kicked off! It's FULL of lies about my parents yet at the end they say fact! It's 1 of the main comments that shouldve been taken down!

HI Ronnette, sorry. I must have missed that one somehow, I was using the mobile today and it's a little awkward to clean up threads when your not on a pc. Lad Aquos sorted it

thesaturdayman

No issue at all! Happy enough once the other rubbish was dealt with! Resident vigilante that I am and all!!

Ronnette

ziedth wrote: »

HI Ronnette, sorry. I must have missed that one somehow, I was using the mobile today and it's a little awkward to clean up threads when your not on a pc. Lad Aquos sorted it

No probs, thanx a mil :-)