Flying Tiger is gone from Tullow Street!

Rasher2903

What a shame....thought things were looking up!

Agent Coulson

Meteor looks like it gone or moving as well and the clothes shop at the front of Haddens is also closed.

That end of tullow street looks rightly fcuked these days.

Be well and win

furniture shop at the top of the street is also closing.

Mr E

People have no reason to go down there. I like the Fairgreen but the collateral damage to Tullow St. over the years has been slow and steady.

road_high

Mr E wrote: »

People have no reason to go down there. I like the Fairgreen but the collateral damage to Tullow St. over the years has been slow and steady.

Sucked the life out of the place. Took the focus of Carlow town away and it's not properly linked to Tullow st which it could have been.
Rents are still totally out of kilter and I keep coming back to this. As are rates. They don't reflect the new realities at all.

Owryan

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Meteor looks like it gone or moving as well and the clothes shop at the front of Haddens is also closed.

That end of tullow street looks rightly fcuked these days.

Meteor is re branding as eir, dunno if they will be keeping the shop tho, they already have a unit in the fairgreen.

Have to agree with other comments,i very rarely have any reason to go near Tullow St. Only ever went to tiger, the bookshop or Tullys.

Nokia6230i

Eir're keeping the Meteor shop on Tullow St. alright. Had thought they might ditch it with rebrand as Fairgreen one would suffice but maybe they're tied into a lease on Tullow St.?

screamer

Tullow street is just really sad to walk down. So many closed and empty shops. No atmosphere there at all. Parking is a pain in the ass and very difficult to access from the carpark if you have kids in a buggy compared to fair green.
I dunno it has a few pubs and clubs maybe that's the future direction for the area more for socialising and dining than shopping?

RoisinClare6

Meteor is being renovated far as I know.

So that's the wine buff, the old Eurogiant, shoezone, tiger, office shop and mirelle on the one side of the street all empty as of this year!

The clothes shop in the front of haddens has moved into the main shaws building.

Gladiator hairdressers has moved from the upper part of tullow street has moved to Kennedy street. Billies on Kennedy street seems to be gone. It says its closed for renovations but that's the 3rd time since they have opened.

Board.surf

It's baffling to be charged to park in Carlow. The streets such as Tullow should be one way or pedestrianized, with free parking from the Dinn Ri across through the bombed out old penneys and that park no one uses that is covered in empty beer cans. It's so depressing going down town. People need to have higher standards. Even walking into Shaws, it's like a market from an indiana jones movie.

BarryD2

road_high wrote: »

Sucked the life out of the place. Took the focus of Carlow town away and it's not properly linked to Tullow st which it could have been.
Rents are still totally out of kilter and I keep coming back to this. As are rates. They don't reflect the new realities at all.

Compare and contrast Carlow centre with Kilkenny centre or Wexford. The latter two county towns have retained vibrant main streets, whilst Carlow has migrated outwards leaving a hollow centre. That's Carlow planning in the making for 20 years I'd reckon.