Enniscorthy

Flats at the Abbey Centre are closed up,must be due for a refurb.

Was there something about them not being fit for habitation a while back?

Height of what passes for a tourist season and not a seat in the town is painted/varnished - picture does not do justice to how scruffy they all are. Needless to say the 1798 monument is still spoilt with grease (?) and some idiot has written their name on it.

Elsewhere scum continue to deface Church of Ireland property at St.Mary's - including messing up freshly painted doors, writing initials on gravestones and leaving their filth all over the place.

A certain few around the town have zero respect for anything, the same as any town I suppose.

There's always a focus on cutting grass and planting flowers around the town but basic maintainence of stuff such as park benches is forgotten about. They did paint the round bollards in Market Square so I suppose that's a start.

In more optimistic news, the new pet store at Bellfield is due to open this weekend.Hopefully it will be well stocked and save me making trips to Wexford to get what I need.

St Senan

zerks wrote: »

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In more optimistic news, the new pet store at Bellfield is due to open this weekend.Hopefully it will be well stocked and save me making trips to Wexford to get what I need.

There is already a pet store open beside Enniscorthy cabs , its been there about 1 year now its called Pet Corner i buy all my dog food there. Its the only place that i can get a proper Maintenance food plan for my dogs.

Navarre wrote: »

There is already a pet store open beside Enniscorthy cabs , its been there about 1 year now its called Pet Corner i buy all my dog food there. Its the only place that i can get a proper Maintenance food plan for my dogs.

I know the place,they don't stock fish or aquarium supplies. Grand for mammals but that's it.
Typical Enniscorthy, "we have some of what you need but not everything, enjoy your drive to another town to get what you want".

EverythingGood

zerks wrote: »

A certain few around the town have zero respect for anything, the same as any town I suppose.

There's always a focus on cutting grass and planting flowers around the town but basic maintainence of stuff such as park benches is forgotten about. They did paint the round bollards in Market Square so I suppose that's a start.

In more optimistic news, the new pet store at Bellfield is due to open this weekend.Hopefully it will be well stocked and save me making trips to Wexford to get what I need.

****ing CBS lads wreck the centre every school day.

TitianGerm

EverythingGood wrote: »

****ing CBS lads wreck the centre every school day.

It's not just them. Plenty of people on Friday and Saturday nights messing the place up.

A couple of weekends ago someone threw a Cone up onto the monument in the square. A picture was posted on Facebook early on Sunday morning, later that day the cone fell down and hit a child on the head. That should have been removed especially as it was a busy weekend in the town.

MichealD wrote: »

Traffic going to be tasty around Bellefield for the next few months! Road desperately needs resurfacing though.

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No work started yet,that letter states the 27th July.They must have forgotten about the builders holidays.

zerks wrote: »

I know the place,they don't stock fish or aquarium supplies. Grand for mammals but that's it.
Typical Enniscorthy, "we have some of what you need but not everything, enjoy your drive to another town to get what you want".

I was there this week for doggy waste bags - out of stock!! Another person was there at the same time to book their dog in for something but the young lad didn't even have a phone number for the owner....

Del.Monte wrote: »

I was there this week for doggy waste bags - out of stock!! Another person was there at the same time to book their dog in for something but the young lad didn't even have a phone number for the owner....

Try Dealz for the scented nappy bags,do the same job and €1.50 for a box of them.

Roadworks have started at Bellfield,as usual there's chaos in the town.In fairness though,somebody trying to parallel park can hold up half of Enniscorthy.

jpb1974

zerks wrote: »

Roadworks have started at Bellfield,as usual there's chaos in the town.In fairness though,somebody trying to parallel park can hold up half of Enniscorthy.

I'd say its a nightmare.

I told me folks... "better of going to Wexford or Bunclody if you need anything from Aldi/Lidl in the foreseeable future".

jca

jpb1974 wrote: »

I'd say its a nightmare.

I told me folks... "better of going to Wexford or Bunclody if you need anything from Aldi/Lidl in the foreseeable future".

It isn't really, they're doing one side of the road at a time. The road badly needs to be done and they're doing it properly which is good.

More evidence this morning of late night activities at St.Mary's - and I doubt it was the parishioners!

Of course this sort of carry-on is nothing new but is not helped by certain publicans who are blasé about securing their property and that of their neighbours. :mad:

TheChevron

jca wrote: »

It isn't really, they're doing one side of the road at a time. The road badly needs to be done and they're doing it properly which is good.

It seems to be a one way system going up towards Aldi and back down through Moran park. Which is a lot better than a stop/go system imo.

jca

TheChevron wrote: »

It seems to be a one way system going up towards Aldi and back down through Moran park. Which is a lot better than a stop/go system imo.

Definitely, it's working very well, certainly nicer than the usual sweat inducing right turn at maxol.

Only effective until they reach the Workshop though.

TheChevron

kneemos wrote: »

Only effective until they reach the Workshop though.

They could reroute traffic incoming from the milehouse and from Lidl/aldi through Gort Na Greine and back up the Ross road.

A one way system, even if its a bit longer, is much better than a stop go system.

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Only up the road

There's a high turnover of shops in Gorey too, and while it may be like a boomtown when compared to Enniscorthy one shouldn't get caught up in a combination of lazy journalism and property porn.

St Senan

Del.Monte wrote: »

There's a high turnover of shops in Gorey too, and while it may be like a boomtown when compared to Enniscorthy one shouldn't get caught up in a combination of lazy journalism and property porn.

Also no mention that Gorey is a booming town because a lot of the population of Gorey/Courtown/Ballymoney and the surrounding areas are from originally from Dublin and nth Wicklow and that most bought houses there as property prices in Dublin were too high during the boom. Gorey is now less than an hours commute to Dublin for work. Hopefully when the bypass is finished it will be a boost to Enniscorthy also. Bunclody is a booming town and that's thanks a lot to free parking.

jpb1974

I really think people need to take a long, hard think about what a "boost" would mean for Enniscorthy.

Look at what happened to the town during the "Celtic Tiger" years - houses everywhere and no significant infrastructure/facility improvements or sustainable employment opportunities to accompany it. I think we're possibly heading straight back to this and it really killed the country the last time when the bubble burst.

I've no problems with growth/expansion... but it can't just be warm bodies, houses and cars.

TitianGerm

jpb1974 wrote: »

I really think people need to take a long, hard think about what a "boost" would mean for Enniscorthy.

Look at what happened to the town during the "Celtic Tiger" years - houses everywhere and no significant infrastructure/facility improvements or sustainable employment opportunities to accompany it. I think we're possibly heading straight back to this and it really killed the country the last time when the bubble burst.

I've no problems with growth/expansion... but it can't just be warm bodies, houses and cars.

I think people would prefer amenities for locals already in Enniscorthy. Cinema, Playhouse for kids, better variety of shops for start.

According to the front page of today's "The Chronicle" freesheet, the Council are going to spend/waste €700,000 on Templeshannon urban renewal, €1 million on town centre 'enhancement' and a staggering €1 million on Enniscorthy Courthouse! You couldn't make this stuff up. :mad:

Del.Monte wrote: »

According to the front page of today's "The Chronicle" freesheet, the Council are going to spend/waste €700,000 on Templeshannon urban renewal, €1 million on town centre 'enhancement' and a staggering €1 million on Enniscorthy Courthouse! You couldn't make this stuff up. :mad:

The work on Templeshannon will be most welcome,the town centre needs shops that people want to visit,not a bit of tarting up that for some reason will cost €1 million.As for the courthouse, that is beyond farcical. A fortune spent on it before and then it was abandoned and now they want to spend €1 million on it,absolute madness.

I thought the bulk of the investment was for the Templeshannon regeneration, yet somehow it's being left short while the bulk of the money is being wasted on vanity projects,I'd love to know who managed to pull that stroke.

How are they spending a million the courthouse,it's just a featureless box with a few offices at the back? They could knock it down and rebuild it twice over for that.

Obviously Templeshannon needs sorting out but it is still going to be a disaster zone for traffic even after the bypass - therefore zero potential for anything except low grade chippers and doorways for vomiting in - or am I missing something?

Del.Monte wrote: »

Obviously Templeshannon needs sorting out but it is still going to be a disaster zone for traffic even after the bypass - therefore zero potential for anything except low grade chippers and doorways for vomiting in - or am I missing something?

There was great plans for widening the street and having more parking with new retail units but €700k would only stretch as far as cosmetic works and resurfacing the street,a complete sham job and cop out by those in charge.
What's the bets that the revamp of the square will involve taking down the raised area back to street level the way it used to be and have it for parking.

Is there a plan for the courthouse or is it spend a million on it and leave it to rot again?