Athlone thread

L.Jenkins · 08-10-2018 04:20PM

Rasmus wrote: »

Ok! So the Daybreak is dead. What's going in there?!

Is there signs of something else going in there already?

flazio · 08-10-2018 06:10PM

Just a sign outside saying Ticketmaster is moving out on September 3rd, check Facebook in the morning for the new location.

holyhead · 10-10-2018 09:24PM

Anyone know why O'Neill's is still a vacant site. It's just opposite Dunnes in Irishtown

Zubeneschamali · 10-10-2018 09:50PM

holyhead wrote: »

Anyone know why O'Neill's is still a vacant site. It's just opposite Dunnes in Irishtown

The building was from 1900, so you can't just take the site and build any old thing. You have to rebuild the redbrick 1900 pub - impossibly expensive.

veryangryman · 10-10-2018 09:50PM

holyhead wrote: »

Anyone know why O'Neill's is still a vacant site. It's just opposite Dunnes in Irishtown

Irishtown is your answer. Slowest area of town to recover. Showing some hope finally with Harvey Norman and Junction bar but a long way from its past self.

4ensic15 · 10-10-2018 10:01PM

That site should be cleared and the road widened with compensation paid to the site owners. It is a ridiculous eyesore as it is and it can't be brought back to what it was.

martin1 · 10-10-2018 10:11PM

Tapas place in Pearse Street closes its doors.
Guess it was a bit ahead of its time

holyhead · 10-10-2018 11:04PM

veryangryman wrote: »

Irishtown is your answer. Slowest area of town to recover. Showing some hope finally with Harvey Norman and Junction bar but a long way from its past self.

Harvey Norman is going in where? Is there a Sports Direct and Iceland going into the old Texas Centre?

Sunny Dayz · 11-10-2018 09:52AM

Sad to see the Top Deck Bistro closing. Many's a good meal I've had in there and milestones celebrated down through the years. The type of place that catered for everyone's tastes, was always busy and made you feel like an important customer.

11-10-2018 10:49AM

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Sad to see the Top Deck Bistro closing. Many's a good meal I've had in there and milestones celebrated down through the years. The type of place that catered for everyone's tastes, was always busy and made you feel like an important customer.

When is it closing?
We've often eaten there, sad the hear that it's closing.

Sunny Dayz · 11-10-2018 11:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

When is it closing?
We've often eaten there, sad the hear that it's closing.

According to their facebook page they closed at the start of this month.

cena · 11-10-2018 01:04PM

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

According to their facebook page they closed at the start of this month.

They are reopening December first. Under new management

Saint_Mel · 11-10-2018 02:06PM

Ticketmaster relocating to SuperValu on the Ballymahon road

cena · 11-10-2018 02:28PM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Ticketmaster relocating to SuperValu on the Ballymahon road

should be in easons

L.Jenkins · 11-10-2018 02:59PM

cena wrote: »

should be in easons

Easons would be the best place for it. Higher footfall and all that craic.

Zubeneschamali · 11-10-2018 03:00PM

L.Jenkins wrote: »

Easons would be the best place for it. Higher footfall and all that craic.

Easons back in Golden island days, maybe. The current Easons is a bit crap, seldom go in there.

L.Jenkins · 11-10-2018 04:23PM

Not sure which shop would be better then. Maybe the music shop in the New Shopping Centre?

flazio · 11-10-2018 07:57PM

The newsagents in Golden Island probably. I think it's beside the toilets, driving licence gap so you could put a snake queue in there for large concert sleep outs.

11-10-2018 08:00PM

flazio wrote: »

The newsagents in Golden Island probably. I think it's beside the toilets, driving licence gap so you could put a snake queue in there for large concert sleep outs.

I would imagine that's precisely why it isn't going to Golden Island, the staff/store owners don't want all nighters to watch the crowd.

veryangryman · 11-10-2018 08:02PM

Deleted User wrote: »

flazio wrote: »

The newsagents in Golden Island probably. I think it's beside the toilets, driving licence gap so you could put a snake queue in there for large concert sleep outs.

I would imagine that's precisely why it isn't going to Golden Island, the staff/store owners don't want all nighters to watch the crowd.

As they used to in Music World. That said, I think Tesco was 24 hour at the time so wasn't as big an additional overhead with the usual minimum security needed

flazio · 11-10-2018 10:18PM

Probably the same reason for not going into Town Centre either.

nice_guy80 · 12-10-2018 02:22PM

apple green would be the ideal spot for it so

sam ford · 15-10-2018 09:25PM

charlieIRL wrote: »

Politicians will go to the opening of an envelope if its going to get some media coverage, always have, always will.

Don’t know what all the fuss is about.

this is overdone, photo op anywhere anytime, and not sorting problems for people won't always work forever, the word gob s**t comes to mind,

Mearings · 16-10-2018 11:26AM

sam ford wrote: »

this is overdone, photo op anywhere anytime, and not sorting problems for people won't always work forever, the word gob s**t comes to mind,

I wonder who will unveil the inevitable plaque commemorating the opening of the one way Church Street, Athlone?

Zubeneschamali · 16-10-2018 11:42AM

Mearings wrote: »

I wonder who will unveil the inevitable plaque commemorating the opening of the one way Church Street, Athlone?

Boxer, of course.

Mearings · 16-10-2018 11:50AM

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Boxer, of course.

I think I'd prefer McGregor.

adox · 16-10-2018 01:37PM

Heading to Athlone for a couple of nights next week to meet with some family.

Looking to stay in a fairly central hotel so have it narrowed down to The Sheridan or The Radisson. Are they much of a muchness or anyone recommend one above the other?

demanufactured · 16-10-2018 01:39PM

adox wrote: »

Heading to Athlone for a couple of nights next week to meet with some family.

Looking to stay in a fairly central hotel so have it narrowed down to The Sheridan or The Radisson. Are they much of a muchness or anyone recommend one above the other?

Both are decent.
I'd choose the Radisson .

White lighting · 16-10-2018 04:11PM

adox wrote: »

Heading to Athlone for a couple of nights next week to meet with some family.

Looking to stay in a fairly central hotel so have it narrowed down to The Sheridan or The Radisson. Are they much of a muchness or anyone recommend one above the other?

Shamrock Lodge is probably friendliest out of all central hotels in the town. Sheraton would be nicer than the radisson. Prince is in decent central position too.Lodge or sheraton your best bet

I says · 16-10-2018 06:30PM

adox wrote: »

Heading to Athlone for a couple of nights next week to meet with some family.

Looking to stay in a fairly central hotel so have it narrowed down to The Sheridan or The Radisson. Are they much of a muchness or anyone recommend one above the other?

Shearaton very central and right beside shopping centers and fatted calf restaurant

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