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  • 08-05-2018 11:36pm
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    HughCassidy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭


    What has happened with it down there last Sunday the amount of buildings that is boarded up is unreal, for once a thriving regional town cant believe how delepated its gone.


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    Mr Gumby
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Mr Gumby


    Easy answer the bridge and traffic


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Another easy answer - Waterford city 15 mins away


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    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    HughCassidy wrote: »
    What has happened with it down there last Sunday the amount of buildings that is boarded up is unreal, for once a thriving regional town cant believe how delepated its gone.

    Rates, max 2 hours parking, gateway to Waterford, low incomes, online shopping etc.


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    jimmyging
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭jimmyging


    Did you go into town centre ? There is one pub on the quay that’s boarded up but the rest of the town is open for business , a few boarded up shops doesn’t make it any different than main town Ireland .


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    HughCassidy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭HughCassidy


    jimmyging wrote: »
    Did you go into town centre ? There is one pub on the quay that’s boarded up but the rest of the town is open for business , a few boarded up shops doesn’t make it any different than main town Ireland .

    The whole place has decayed so badly, walked from the car park on the quay up as far as the Ross inn had a lovely coffee in the restaurant I think its Mary street loads of places closed up may be that's a problem people cant see its a pity because it was a booming place as I remember it that's not so long ago.


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    DefinitelyMarc
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭DefinitelyMarc


    It's honestly doing way better than it was doing ten years ago.

    We have a new swimming pool/gym/fitness center (Apex), the Quay has been completely revamped, the old swimming pool has been replaced with the new library park, Barrack Lane (A troubled area) has been completely replaced by aforementioned new park and we have new businesses along quay (Harveys, o' Farrell fitness, some knitting kind of shop). Honestly the only bad things I can remember happening in recent years is that Xtra Vision closed down (And it was the best place to get videogames/DVDs!).

    What I'm trying to say is that if you think it's bad now, you should have seen it a decade ago :pac:


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    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Why was the old bridge demolished when the new one was built?
    Retaining it would surely have alleviated the traffic problems.


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