Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

D Trent · 26-09-2013 5:54pm

Paddyfield wrote: »

The owner of the premises, Dermot Ryan, told me but he didn't tell me the name of the shop but he told me the type of shop it is.

Well what type of shop is it gonna be Paddyfield?

Mrs OBumble · 26-09-2013 6:46pm

Spoted last weekend, a new antique shop on francis st beside oconnors cafe, and a new sex shop on upper abbeygate st just up from sally longs.

ben.schlomo · 27-09-2013 9:13am

The Asia/Manila Store on Abbeygate St has crossed the road and taken over the former Olio and Farina shop unit. Fresh meat counter there too now.

snubbleste · 27-09-2013 9:17am

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Spoted last weekend, a new antique shop on francis st beside oconnors cafe, and a new sex shop on upper abbeygate st just up from sally longs.

A new sex shop :eek:

Russian Blue · 27-09-2013 9:35am

snubbleste wrote: »

A new sex shop :eek:

Its needed. What else is there to do for people.

snubbleste · 27-09-2013 9:46am

Russian Blue wrote: »

Its needed. What else is there to do for people.

dunno, be comfortable in their old sex.

bonzodog2 · 27-09-2013 11:03am

There's a new charity shop being fitted out in St Augustine Street, near the Abbeygate St end, between an estate agent and a family planning place, for COPE. I think it used to be a clothes retailer?

beardybrewer · 27-09-2013 11:06am

Help Stock Our New Shop and Support COPE Galway

COPE Galway are excited to announce that we will be opening a shop at Lismoyle House, St. Augustine Street in October.

Help Stock Our Shop and fund our work in the area of homelessness, domestic violence and older people.
Do you have any surplus, good quality Clothes, Accessories, Jewellery, Bric-a-Brak, Paperback Books or CDs?

Your donations fund our work with some of the most vulnerable and isolated people and families in Galway and provide them with a helping hand, a place to listen and vital support.

HOW TO DONATE your unwanted goods:

Drop at the shop at St. Augustine Street between 2pm and 6pm Monday to Friday

Drop at our offices at Calbro House, Tuam Road between 8:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Friday

Contact us for free collection at your home or workplace

It's great they have so many options to donate... the free collection service in particular will be handy.

D Trent · 27-09-2013 11:16am

Homestore and more is going in where Toy store was in Wellpark, between Woodies and PC World

wowee · 27-09-2013 8:51pm

Just passed Cookes there and it was closed up. It would be very unusual for it to be closed on a Friday evening. Anybody know if its closed for good or not? Would be an awful pity if it had to close down. Sign of the times I know but it always had a nice crowd in it and the guy and his wife who ran it were very nice people.

SeanPuddin · 27-09-2013 9:08pm

What the actual ****, are you for real?

ben.schlomo · 27-09-2013 9:16pm

wowee · 27-09-2013 9:32pm

Oh I didn't know that. Was only in it a couple of times and was just surprised to see it closed. I would have been in it for a couple of drinks on a Friday evening early around five and that was it. No undesirables at that stage....

gordongekko · 27-09-2013 9:34pm

Well a friend of mine who tried to rent it was told its gone so im guessing It will be open soon enough under new management.

Eeden · 27-09-2013 10:21pm

I think it's been closed for at least a week now (not sure). I was very surprised to hear it as well, but don't know the story behind this.

wowee · 27-09-2013 10:42pm

Yeah, just seems like a very sudden closure so especially with Arthur's Day coming up. Surely it would have been a chance to make some money if they had known they were going to close soon after? Strange...

Mrs OBumble · 28-09-2013 10:00am

Re Cookes: I heard it was closed 2-3 weeks ago, didn't post here because neither Mr O'B or I had seen it for ourselves.

biko · 28-09-2013 5:20pm

Indeed, hence we kept it outside this thread for a bit. Several peeps have confirmed it's not open so added to main thread. We'll see if it's opening again and under who. If anyone has any news links that'd be great.

sallybongers · 28-09-2013 8:33pm

D Trent wrote: »

Homestore and more is going in where Toy store was in Wellpark, between Woodies and PC World

Any idea when exactly it will be opening... I've a few things I want to get there! Hope it's soon, would save me some petrol money

D Trent · 28-09-2013 8:56pm

No idea when exactly, but according to this 'in a few weeks'
http://www.connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/1411-triple-vote-of-confidence-in-galway-s-retail-sector

sallybongers · 28-09-2013 9:31pm

D Trent wrote: »

No idea when exactly, but according to this 'in a few weeks'
http://www.connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/1411-triple-vote-of-confidence-in-galway-s-retail-sector

Cheers

saw a really nice bench on their website. It's on sale, so I'd probably be better off getting it now rather than waiting for the Galway store to open! No doubt I'll end up spending some money at the Galway one at some point

fishy fishy · 30-09-2013 10:03am

wowee wrote: »

Just passed Cookes there and it was closed up. It would be very unusual for it to be closed on a Friday evening. Anybody know if its closed for good or not? Would be an awful pity if it had to close down. Sign of the times I know but it always had a nice crowd in it and the guy and his wife who ran it were very nice people.

been closed for the last two to three weeks. Would have posted at the time but got banned from biko before for not providing links with posts so unfortunately the news is now out of date.

D Trent · 30-09-2013 10:58am

sallybongers wrote: »

Cheers saw a really nice bench on their website. It's on sale, so I'd probably be better off getting it now rather than waiting for the Galway store to open! No doubt I'll end up spending some money at the Galway one at some point

I Pm'd their facebook page to ask them and they replied today saying they hope to open in the new year, so I suggest you get the train to Dublin and Limerick and treat yourself to that bench:)

Timmyctc · 02-10-2013 4:18pm

Anyone know what's going on at fujifilm shop on shop st?

D Trent · 02-10-2013 5:20pm

They have moved to Corbett court in eyre sq shopping centre opposite Shake milkshake bar and beside Timpson locksmith

Timmyctc · 02-10-2013 5:40pm

What's going into gujifilm tho. Doing work on it recently

Malena72 · 02-10-2013 6:54pm

Also work going on today in the unit beside Barratt's shoe shop in Eyre Square centre...

D Trent · 03-10-2013 6:18am

<snip> has applied for planning permission to <snip>

Mod note: this is a rumour until the poster has found a proper source.

aw · 03-10-2013 7:10am

D Trent wrote: »

<snip> has applied for planning permission to <snip>

Do <smip> already own it or have the master lease on that unit?

antoobrien · 03-10-2013 8:58am

D Trent wrote: »

<snip> has applied for planning permission to <snip>

It'll be interesting to see if the *person* that objected to paddypower applying for a unit in the Trappers Inn on moral grounds will object to this one too.

Edit: for the benefit of those who have not heard of the frivolous nature of the objection (including the mod):

A fourth appellant, Liam Madden of Vitruvius Hibernicus Limited, Convent Road, Longford has also objected to the development on moral grounds

In a submission to city planners, Mr Madden said the planning enactments in the State are intended to “reflect the prevailing moral and cultural climate” and that gambling is considered a mortal sin in Islam, which he said is the fastest growing religion in the State.

He also suggested that gambling should not only be discouraged, but forbidden in Ireland, and that there is “no public merit whatsoever” to the proposal to develop the betting office at the Trapper’s Inn.

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