Thurles

MetzgerMeister · 20-07-2018 9:38am

The Corolla owned by the people in the house opposite the train station entrance? They've had that car from new as far as I know. They used run a shop there back the years.

Grab All Association · 20-07-2018 5:47pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The Corolla owned by the people in the house opposite the train station entrance? They've had that car from new as far as I know. They used run a shop there back the years.

It's a Japanese import. Would have came to Ireland in the mid 1990s.

MetzgerMeister · 23-07-2018 3:39pm

Grab All Association wrote: »

It's a Japanese import. Would have came to Ireland in the mid 1990s.

Hegartys scrapyard picked it up by mistake and were in the middle of crushing it when they realised.

Oops! · 25-07-2018 1:07am

Bit late to be putting it back now!

MetzgerMeister · 25-07-2018 10:01am

Indeed. They are paying the owners the value of the car plus a bit more for the "minor inconvenience" :rolleyes:

Grab All Association · 08-08-2018 2:02am

Heatons are closing in October according to one of the workers. I dont know if this is permanent or if temporary (planning application to extend upstairs)
If the latter no doubt it'll be rebranded as Sportsworld/Sportsdirect

http://tippfm.com/news/heatons_in_thurles_to_be_revamped/

splinter65 · 08-08-2018 8:19am

Grab All Association wrote: »

Heatons are closing in October according to one of the workers. I dont know if this is permanent or if temporary (planning application to extend upstairs)
If the latter no doubt it'll be rebranded as Sportsworld/Sportsdirect

http://tippfm.com/news/heatons_in_thurles_to_be_revamped/

Local councilors in particular Doran of SF are on Facebook very much playing down the notion that Heatons will be revamped and blaming the TDs as if Lowry could tell Heatons not to go. On line shopping is killing all these places all over the world and it can’t be helped. I live in thurles and I haven’t been in Heatons for 5 years.

yesnow · 08-08-2018 12:19pm

Heatons are temporarily closing and refurbishing stores across the country at the moment. Roscommon and Carrick-on-Shannon were both closed down for a couple of weeks this year so I would be genuinely surprised if this was permanent.

shmeee · 08-08-2018 1:15pm

Thurles store is closing and not re-opening as a Sports Direct as people think. The cost to renovate the building was too high.

Building has since been sold and a new store will open in it places, a Dealz / Mr. Price type store.

That is coming from a sickened employee who worked there for as long as I can remember. They are devastated, more jobs gone in Thurles.

Mantis Toboggan · 08-08-2018 1:24pm

Hopefully it's dealz, love a good dealz.

splinter65 · 08-08-2018 2:45pm

shmeee wrote: »

Thurles store is closing and not re-opening as a Sports Direct as people think. The cost to renovate the building was too high.

Building has since been sold and a new store will open in it places, a Dealz / Mr. Price type store.

That is coming from a sickened employee who worked there for as long as I can remember. They are devastated, more jobs gone in Thurles.

Maybe the employee will be re employed in Dealz?

MetzgerMeister · 08-08-2018 2:51pm

I hate Dealz. It just screams RECESSION and the sooner we get that idea out of our heads the better.

shmeee · 08-08-2018 2:54pm

splinter65 wrote: »

Maybe the employee will be re employed in Dealz?

Wouldn't be too sure of that, the pay in Dealz / Mr. Price would step them back a fair bit and they tend to have little staff in them stores.

Zero hour contracts compared to what was available in Heatons along with mostly Part Time hours (4 hour shifts). Managers pay ain't good for the workload either.

Imagine trying to pay off a mortgage from the money you were on to a job in which you don't actually know how much will be coming in at the end of the week.

The new store will have nothing to do with the staff of Heatons unless they apply for the jobs again. The new store will have their own recruitment drive and aim to mostly hire student, entry level workers on poor contracts / min wage etc.

shmeee · 08-08-2018 2:59pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I hate Dealz. It just screams RECESSION and the sooner we get that idea out of our heads the better.

Fact.

Dull shops, brands thrown in your face, warehouse type feel, I try to avoid them as much as possible.

OwaynOTT · 09-08-2018 3:30pm

shmeee wrote: »

Fact.

Dull shops, brands thrown in your face, warehouse type feel, I try to avoid them as much as possible.

Rambling around in one for more than few mins is what I'd imagine purgatory is like.

Grab All Association · 09-08-2018 3:48pm

If Dealz move in McKevitt and Dwans are f****d. Frank Roches will be fine as he's more into paint and ornaments these days. I use Dealz a lot in Limerick/Dublin for chargers and lightning cables. I never carry around the original Apple cables as they break too fecking easy.

Tom Barry's Supervalu seems to be doing very well. Went in for a pack of sausages yesterday and the shelves were literally cleared. Same last weekend. The new staff added in there are very nice too.

Mr. Price on the other hand would just look ridiculous on the main street.

MetzgerMeister · 09-08-2018 4:13pm

Shelves being cleared isn't always a good sign. It could mean that his suppliers won't supply him.

lisasimpson · 09-08-2018 7:08pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Shelves being cleared isn't always a good sign. It could mean that his suppliers won't supply him.

Any sign of a facelift inside yet

Purple Mountain · 09-08-2018 7:25pm

Joannes is having closing down sale.
Any truth in rumour that Stakelums women's is closing?
That'll be...Joannes, Stakelums, Elegance and First Editions gone from the square.

Grab All Association · 09-08-2018 10:20pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Shelves being cleared isn't always a good sign. It could mean that his suppliers won't supply him.

Oh they were restocked. I know this because of the dates on produce. Crowes, Superquinn etc sausages are a massive seller in Tipperary. All that was left was the sugar filled <60% pork stuff. Crowe’s deliver to stores in Thurles every Tuesday. They were all gone by Wednesday.

road_high · 10-08-2018 2:57pm

I was just over in Thurles for an hour and went into the town- first time in years. I was genuinely shocked at how bad it’s gotten. Every second or third store in the Main Square is either empty or about to close. With Heatons closing that’ll be another blow. You can see everywhere that the economic recovery is very very slow there

Grab All Association · 10-08-2018 3:48pm

road_high wrote: »

I was just over in Thurles for an hour and went into the town- first time in years. I was genuinely shocked at how bad it’s gotten. Every second or third store in the Main Square is either empty or about to close. With Heatons closing that’ll be another blow. You can see everywhere that the economic recovery is very very slow there

A lot is to do with retirement and you can't force people to stay open when they want to retire to be fair.

HcksawJimDuggan · 16-08-2018 4:34pm

Heard today that reunion chinese is closed now too. Any truth to it? Didn't seem to be getting the same business since it changed from Jumbo which must have been there since the mid 90's.

lisasimpson · 17-08-2018 7:38pm

There is a tapas european restaurant opening on old baker street

Grab All Association · 17-08-2018 10:13pm

Something going on with Longs Newsagents from the look of it. Roller shutter opened and brown paper on the windows/door

Purple Mountain · 17-08-2018 10:47pm

HcksawJimDuggan wrote: »

Heard today that reunion chinese is closed now too. Any truth to it? Didn't seem to be getting the same business since it changed from Jumbo which must have been there since the mid 90's.

It's in darkness the past few nights anyhow so looks like it.

jonnybravo · 22-08-2018 10:19am

Seems like its not Dealz moving into Heatons. At least this should be a decent shop for the town and hopefully will last.

https://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/thurles/330802/thurles-set-for-retail-boost-as-dv8-announce-plans-to-open-new-store.html

Grab All Association · 24-08-2018 2:25am

jonnybravo wrote: »

Seems like its not Dealz moving into Heatons. At least this should be a decent shop for the town and hopefully will last.

https://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/thurles/330802/thurles-set-for-retail-boost-as-dv8-announce-plans-to-open-new-store.html

Been in the one in Nenagh. It's very expensive for Converse. McMahons in Thurles is actually the cheapest place for high-tops. €59.99 but €30 on sale every few months.

They have a lot of the same Superdry stock as Morans too. Moran is cheaper with this. More a Hollister/A&F wearer. Jumper I seen the other day in his for €25 is €66 on their site.

Up to "70% further reduction" sale still ongoing in Nenagh too. How this works is normally 1 item is 70% off and the rest is at most 30%.

It'll be a shame to see heatons go but it was all Sports Direct/mega value crap and they didn't even get in new fashions or styles. Those Tapout hoodies are on every skanger around. Leecooper, Slazenger etc.

I hear Mirror Mirror is selling these brands too.

Navilluso · 16-09-2018 9:35am

Am heading up to Féile Classical this Friday. Just wondering if there’s any ‘pop up’ campsites we could pitch a tent in? I’ve got tent and all the add ons so really don’t want to pay €80 a head to glamp. Might be a sad oul drive back to Galway otherwise - anyone interested in a few bob for a back garden?!

splinter65 · 16-09-2018 11:05am

Navilluso wrote: »

Am heading up to Féile Classical this Friday. Just wondering if there’s any ‘pop up’ campsites we could pitch a tent in? I’ve got tent and all the add ons so really don’t want to pay €80 a head to glamp. Might be a sad oul drive back to Galway otherwise - anyone interested in a few bob for a back garden?!

Go to Facebook Thurles buy and sell and see how you get on. Make sure you find out exactly where your being offered as you don’t want to be walking miles in the rain...

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