New Businesses opening in Dublin 15

Toto Wolfcastle

The empty unit that they've been working on on the same row as Rudys has signs up saying that an internet cafe is opening soon. There's also a sign around the side of it that mentions tanning I think but I didn't see it that well.

former total

Saw the sign for the Internet Cafe. That's a bizarre business to be starting in 2016. Better than a vacant unit, but not by much.

January

former total wrote: »

Saw the sign for the Internet Cafe. That's a bizarre business to be starting in 2016. Better than a vacant unit, but not by much.

Not in Dublin 15.

SnakePlissken

January wrote: »

Not in Dublin 15.

People in Dublin 15 don't have smartphones?

It's an incredibly dated business model, I wish the mad feckers well.

January

They'd have smart phones, but the vast majority of people from, around my area especially. Don't have access to PC's or laptops. Even things like printing isn't easy for them. I think it will do well in Blanchardstown.

rockatansky

January wrote: »

but the vast majority of people from, around my area especially. Don't have access to PC's or laptops.

I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe, a printer maybe, but not a laptop.

Best of luck to them but I will be very surprised if it is still open in 6 months time. You just don't seem them around anymore.

SnakePlissken

January wrote: »

They'd have smart phones, but the vast majority of people from, around my area especially. Don't have access to PC's or laptops. Even things like printing isn't easy for them.

It's a shame there's no library in Blanchardstown where all these services can be accessed... Oh wait.

Larbre34

All we need now are a money exchange, a turkish barbers and an asian massage house and it will be just like a neighbourhood version of Dorset Street..

ongarboy

rockatansky wrote: »

I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe, a printer maybe, but not a laptop.

Best of luck to them but I will be very surprised if it is still open in 6 months time. You just don't seem them around anymore.

Agreed. While I've been stuck once or twice not having printer facilities, even that has become rarer. I can always check in at airports, hotels, trains, shows, concerts etc using my smartphone these days instead of carrying a printout. CVs/ college assignments etc rarely need to be printed anymore also.

Saying that, considering D15 surely has up to 100000 people living here, I'd say one Internet cafe is probably justified....for the short term anyway.

Murt10

Planning permission applied for a new off licence in Westend Park beside the AIB in the Centre.

Brave people. Lidl are at the other end of Westend Park right beside them and are open until 10.00 pm every night except Sunday (9.00pm).

They are going to find it hard to compete on price and Lidl are getting into upmarket French wines in a big way.

I doubt the rent on their premises will be cheap either.

Zaph

There's also Molloy's just a couple of minutes away on Clonsilla Road and they have a good selection of beer, so they'll be tough competition too.

ThisRegard

Murt10 wrote: »

Planning permission applied for a new off licence in Westend Park beside the AIB in the Centre.

Brave people. Lidl are at the other end of Westend Park right beside them and are open until 10.00 pm every night except Sunday (9.00pm).

They are going to find it hard to compete on price and Lidl are getting into upmarket French wines in a big way.

I doubt the rent on their premises will be cheap either.

I wouldn't agree, Lidl is the last place I go to when going buying alcohol, and I don't shop for it based on price.

dodzy

ThisRegard wrote: »

I wouldn't agree, Lidl is the last place I go to when going buying alcohol, and I don't shop for it based on price.

Agreed. The only immediate competition is the offy within the main building itself. Lidl would not cross my mind either when shopping for alcohol. Anyway, ballsy venture and best of luck to them.

OldMrBrennan83

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Polar101

dodzy wrote: »

Lidl would not cross my mind either when shopping for alcohol.

That sounds a little bit strange - they don't just sell their 'own' brands you know.

eviltwin

Polar101 wrote: »

That sounds a little bit strange - they don't just sell their 'own' brands you know.

I'd buy Lidl alcohol if I happen to be shopping there anyway. No way am I going to queue up though just to buy a bottle of wine if there is an offy up the road.

ThisRegard

Polar101 wrote: »

That sounds a little bit strange - they don't just sell their 'own' brands you know.

As well as the hassle of queuing, their selection of other brands is brutal.

1123heavy

Sure what's the story with Ongar and this new halal shop? Would do a great bit of business from me alone

Though on another note, I've lived in Ongar for 7 years now and rarely venture into the village, especially not since I've heard of the rapings and the Dunnes Stores fiascos.

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

Though on another note, I've lived in Ongar for 7 years now and rarely venture into the village, especially not since I've heard of the rapings.

Care to elaborate at all?

1123heavy

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Care to elaborate at all?

Just over a year ago a young Polish girl (about 16 if memory serves me right) was raped by a group of men in Ongar village.

That's what I know of so one can only imagine what else has happened that we haven't heard of.

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

Just over a year ago a young Polish girl (about 16 if memory serves me right) was raped by a group of men in Ongar village.

That's what I know of so one can only imagine what else has happened that we haven't heard of.

A gang rape in the middle of a busy Dublin village, that's never been reported on by the media, nor have the Gardai ever released any statement regarding...

Incredibly irresponsible to be fabricating such tales on a public forum, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Zaph

1123heavy wrote: »

Just over a year ago a young Polish girl (about 16 if memory serves me right) was raped by a group of men in Ongar village.

That's what I know of so one can only imagine what else has happened that we haven't heard of.

Well no, you know of one confirmed report, but that doesn't mean that it automatically extrapolates into multiple unconfirmed rapes. If there are proper crime statistics to support your supposition that's one thing, but baseless speculation is nothing more than scaremongering.

SnakePlissken

Zaph wrote: »

Well no, you know of one confirmed report.

Confirmed report? Confirmed by whom?

eviltwin

I'm pretty sure the gang rape of a minor would have made the news and local bush telegraph. Never heard of it myself. Is this a genuine story?

1123heavy

SnakePlissken wrote: »

A gang rape in the middle of a busy Dublin village, that's never been reported on by the media, nor have the Gardai ever released any statement regarding...

Incredibly irresponsible to be fabricating such tales on a public forum, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Well they were hardly doing it outside Domino's pizza.

Nothing to be ashamed of for reporting fact.

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

Nothing to be ashamed of for reporting fact.

Fact eh, so you witnessed said attack? Any particular reason why you or the alleged victim didn't report the incident to the Gardai?

1123heavy

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Fact eh, so you witnessed said attack? Any particular reason why you or the alleged victim didn't report the incident to the Gardai?

You seem to be under the impression that everything gets splashed onto the front pages. It happened and I remember there being quite some talk about it, many people stopped allowing their kids into the village alone etc. I'm a grown man and as I said, I rarely venture into it.

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

I'm a grown man and as I said, I rarely venture into it.

They're raping grown men now also?

This monstrous rape gang really need locking up, it's a shame the Gardai haven't been notified on any of this.

Maybe the community in Ongar could form a posse?

1123heavy

SnakePlissken wrote: »

They're raping grown men now also?

This monstrous rape gang really need locking up, it's a shame the Gardai haven't been notified on any of this.

Maybe the community in Ongar could form a posse?

I didn't say they're raping grown men. I said due to the high crime rate and such despicable incidents having taken place, walking through Ongar village doesn't exactly make for a nice evening stroll on any night. Therefore I avoid for safety fears.

OldMrBrennan83

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1123heavy

Patww79 wrote: »

At the rate Dunnes gets robbed in broad daylight you're probably safer out of it anyway.

Most certainly, unless I have what I need to cook I order a takeaway to avoid going Dunnes in Ongar, it's like the wild west out there.

December2012

I have not heard a thing about it and I'm on the Main Street every single day. I also know the local heralds (aka the shopkeepers) who are great for the updates, and never heard the like.

1123heavy

The 2015 Ongar rapings aside.

I know someone who went to the new halal shop today and said it was great. I like the spices and other things these places sell. Anyone here been as well? I might try venture in some day to witness it all.

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

The 2015 Ongar rapings aside.
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Ah yes, let's pretend you didn't just disparage a community by stating "as fact" that it's prone to the odd gang rape or two.

Spoofing online is one thing, but when it's at the cost of a communitie's reputation that is quite something else indeed.

Once again, as a grown man, you should feel shame for trying to paint such a repulsive lie as fact.

Zaph

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Confirmed report? Confirmed by whom?

Yes, apologies, incorrect choice of words from me there. I should have said it was one incident known to the poster, although nobody else seems to know anything about it.

January

It wasn't a gang rape though? AFAIR that rape, (the one shown on crimecall?) was one man.

oblivious

ThisRegard wrote: »

As well as the hassle of queuing, their selection of other brands is brutal.

For the price conscience craft beer consumer, they have some very good beers

1123heavy

Quite solid evidence was provided for the Ongar rapings of 2015. Trying to deny them is trying to deny fact, and I wouldn't think the victim's families would appreciate people denying them just because they never heard of them.

Now can someone please provide me with some more information on the halal food shop and what they think of it? I'm trying to decide whether to go into the village to see it or not. Many thanks.

ThisRegard

oblivious wrote: »

For the price conscience craft beer consumer, they have some very good beers

I find it hit and miss though, with a very limited selection. But that's how they operate i suppose.

Gaspode

Lots of interesting topics coming up on this thread, but lets stick to discussing new businesses opening in D15

1123heavy

Gaspode wrote: »

Lots of interesting topics coming up on this thread, but lets stick to discussing new businesses opening in D15

Yes please. Now can someone please provide more info about the new halal store in Ongar village? Reviews?

SnakePlissken

1123heavy wrote: »

Now can someone please provide me with some more information on the halal food shop and what they think of it? I'm trying to decide whether to go into the village to see it or not. Many thanks.

No Halal food is good enough to take the risk of getting gang raped surely?

SnakePlissken

Gaspode wrote: »

Lots of interesting topics coming up on this thread, but lets stick to discussing new businesses opening in D15

I agree fully on principal, and I do not wish to drag this thread any further from topic, however someone has repeatedly claimed "as fact" that there has been multiple gang rapes in Ongar.

As this thread could be found in the future by someone researching the area, I feel it's important to stress to those possibly considering Ongar, that no gang rapes have ever been reported to the Gardai, nor have any gang rapes been reported on by any media outlets.

There's good and bad in many areas, but it's wholly irresponsible and unfair to the community to just fabricate the bad wholesale.

Murt10

eviltwin wrote: »

I'd buy Lidl alcohol if I happen to be shopping there anyway. No way am I going to queue up though just to buy a bottle of wine if there is an offy up the road.

That depends. Big article in the Sunday Business Post last Sunday.
Since Superquinns stopped doing their big winesale after being taken over by Supervalue, there has been a huge gap in the market.


In September Lidl are puttig on a major french wine sale. Bottles around E35 each. The papers wine critic reckoned some of these were a steal at that price.

Won't be buying any at tbat price myself, but each to his own.

ThisRegard

Murt10 wrote: »

Since Superquinns stopped doing their big winesale after being taken over by Supervalue, there has been a huge gap in the market.


In September Lidl are puttig on a major french wine sale. Bottles around E35 each. The papers wine critic reckoned some of these were a steal at that price.

Won't be buying any at tbat price myself, but each to his own.

Didn't see the article, but Superquinn/valu still do wine sales? I've bought plenty at them.

eire1

Anybody got any ideas what is opening in the old school book shop? I drove past today and noticed that the old entrance had been bricked up and a new one put in facing out onto the car park.

jeffk

eire1 wrote:

Anybody got any ideas what is opening in the old school book shop? I drove past today and noticed that the old entrance had been bricked up and a new one put in facing out onto the car park.

The wool shop that use to be in newsread beside supervalu

1123heavy

Is it just me or does anyone else notice that some of our fellow habitants have difficulty following the one way system outside the Dunnes Stores entrance? I ventured into the village yesterday afternoon and it was like standing in the middle of a bumper car platform.

And I don't even know where to begin with the attempts at parallel parking I witnessed on the main street outside the pharmacy.

py2006

Anybody try that new restaurant/presecco bar in village opposite the Greyhound?

Typer Monkey

py2006 wrote: »

Anybody try that new restaurant/presecco bar in village opposite the Greyhound?

Yeah have had dinner and brunch there. Found both very good, particularly the dinner menu. I'd recommend