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stick-dan

Lately it has been said that there is not enough interest in the carlow board and that some sort of live needs to be brought back into the board. This although hurtful to carlow inhabitants is a very valid point. Our forum is used enough and we really do need to bump up the number of posters on this forum and show certain other counties in the couth east that we can compete with the "BIG BOYS":D *(patrick knows what i mean by this)

So my input into the idea is to make the forum a bit "looser" and more Enjoyable. My input being this thread. Maybe we could use it to talk about anything at all, no guidelines, usual rules just post on whatever topic you want. Might be a chance for carlow people to get to know each other better outside the debates on current events with regard to the county. Maybe no-one or the mods will see this as an asset to the board but it's worth a shot. As a poster in the soccer forums they have recently started such a thread and it seems to be working a treat as distractions usually do.So use it at you're will and SULLY/DUB13 feel free to make the moderations to it as you deem fit or pm me regarding the matter. Lets see how it goes!

Nothing else to say exept who wants to be the first post???:D

Edit : Please also note that there is a count on the Thread too....As in like if you agree with someone instead of having to post a big long complicate reply just say "+1" or if you disagree "-1" or "-100" dependant of what your views may be...:D

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iano.p

Nickyc1 wrote: »

Is that Cullens Maintenance

Yup that's him

madmaggie

Nickyc1 wrote: »

Can anyone recommend someone to pave a drive way in Carlow town

Justin Townsend, trading as Hardscapes Landscaping near the Harrow cross on the back road to bagenalstown.

Nickyc1

madmaggie wrote: »

Justin Townsend, trading as Hardscapes Landscaping near the Harrow cross on the back road to bagenalstown.

Thanks Maggie I’ve bought paving there before didnt know he laid it too

tommycahir

Anyone know when screwfix is opening in the four lakes business park?
Looking to pick up a specific item from them and their delivery times are crazy as coming from UK so want to pick it up in the store.

iano.p

tommycahir wrote: »

Anyone know when screwfix is opening in the four lakes business park?
Looking to pick up a specific item from them and their delivery times are crazy as coming from UK so want to pick it up in the store.

Not sure when it's open. But I have collected stuff from the kilkenny shop last week. If you know anyone going that way.

JackTC

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/two-rushed-hospital-gardai-investigate-23815989

Anyone know what the story is here? The Guards were stationed outside the house for over 24 hours with the area tapered off.

[Deleted User]

JackTC wrote: »

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/two-rushed-hospital-gardai-investigate-23815989

Anyone know what the story is here? The Guards were stationed outside the house for over 24 hours with the area tapered off.

I passed that yesterday as it was happening while out for a walk there was two women kicking lumps out of door they had come out of the house beside it as the squad car and van with about 7 or 8 guards turned up seemed like a fight between neighbors. I didn't hang about as both women looked off there heads on drugs and there were lads shouting from inside both houses that were converted into bed sits.

Nokia6230i

ALDI're to submit P.P. for extension, by 32% in floor space size, of their Carlow (Hanover) store which will create 5 extra jobs > https://kclr96fm.com/aldi-ireland-aiming-to-replace-and-revamp-carlow-outlet-with-five-more-jobs-to-be-created/?fbclid=IwAR1A7XrWTikNBT7UFha-Ztau5IoYqfE0uOh2n3zPIrULX11_9rra09wT9Ic

Carlow Nationalist article on same > https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2021/03/31/carlow-town-to-get-a-new-bigger-adli-store-with-five-new-jobs-being-created/?fbclid=IwAR3eRga92UH3UXor8JtAL9iuPWN3UckPfzrlg8KywXp-IFpRJkYu06WwabQ

Dboy85

Anyone have a recommendation for someone to run a cable duct underground from my house to the fiber access point/pole outside at the road?

It's about a 40m run.

Nokia6230i

Braun site up for sale....again...........as per front page of todays paper, this weeks Nationalist > https://www.facebook.com/CarlowNationalist/photos/a.240867515975175/4006192612775961/

Nokia6230i

Mattress Mick's opening in Four Lakes Retail Pk. on Dublin Rd. this Friday the 16th at 11am.

iano.p

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Mattress Mick's opening in Four Lakes Retail Pk. on Dublin Rd. this Friday the 16th at 11am.

I wonder what the mattresses are like out of there. I need a new one. I don't know anywhere in town that has decent quality ones.

Thundercats Ho

JYSK still planning to open in the old Ivy Rooms unit, this summer.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0414/1209847-jysk-criticses-time-it-takes-to-lease-new-irish-stores/

The country manager for UK and Ireland of the Danish home retail brand JYSK has criticised the length of time involved in acquiring space to rent here.

Roni Tuominen claimed the company has found the process "very difficult" since it began operating here.

"In comparison to other European countries, we can issue and sign a lease contract within 2-4 weeks, whereas in Ireland, this is taking up to four months in some cases," he said.

JYSK has been trying to rapidly roll out a retail network here since it launched two years ago and has already opened nine outlets.

It has three more stores due to open this summer in Little Island in Cork, Carlow and Tralee.

But in order to drive its expansion forward, the firm says it needs more retail space, which is proving hard to secure.

"To achieve the volume of stores we want in the Irish market and increase job opportunities in regional areas, we need to secure a steady flow of new locations and that is something we're actively pursuing right now," Mr Tuominen said.

As a result, JYSK is inviting Irish landlords to contact it about retail properties of around 1,300 sq m that may be available across the country that it could lease.

Financial results for JYSK UK and Ireland for the financial year 2019/2020 show total sales reached €41 million, an increase of 74%.

In July of last year, the company announced the merger of JYSK Ireland and JYSK UK to form one organisation.

JYSK was founded in Denmark in 1979 by Lars Larsen and now has operations in 51 countries, with more than 3,000 stores employing 26,500 people.

byhookorbycrook

What about the Braun site for JYSK?

iwillhtfu

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

What about the Braun site for JYSK?

Far too big. They work to the argos type shopping in that their stores have limited stock and it's usually click and collect.

That Braun site will eventually be razed. There was an almost identical site in my home town that stood empty for around 20 years and just recently razed for a Lidl distribution centre.

Agent Coulson

No one is going to pay €6m for that Braun site.

iwillhtfu

Agent Coulson wrote: »

No one is going to pay €6m for that Braun site.

Is that what they have it up for? :eek: Little wonder it's still sitting there.

Nokia6230i

Concerning for the Braun site that under the ownership of Clyde Developments Ltd. it was rezoned from simply Industrial to General Employment and they still couldn't get tenants for it; Amazon & Ikea're the two big ones to come to mind & obviously we'll never know, officially I guess, who, if anyone, expressed even vaguest of interests in either buying it or leasing it in past.

As per this weeks paper they/he didn't want to offer it in different units/break it up as he felt it could be something more and would sell/lease easier I guess?

You're looking at a Pfizer, Amazon, ALDI, LIDL, IKEA type business but they're already here in some cases (Amazon to come if not already opened in, I think, Mulhuddart?) in other locations which, for logistical reasons, were more suitable.

BattleCorp

Nokia6230i wrote: »

You're looking at a Pfizer, Amazon, ALDI, LIDL, IKEA type business but they're already here in some cases (Amazon to come if not already opened in, I think, Mulhuddart?) in other locations which, for logistical reasons, were more suitable.

Pfizer, Amazon, Aldi, Lidl and Ikea are all specialist sites. The Braun factory wouldn't suit their needs. So it would have to be razed to the ground before they would begin any development. And in such a case, it would be far cheaper for them to get a green-field site somewhere else.

Regarding it being turned into a big distribution centre, the Company I work for looked at it a few years ago. The site wasn't exactly what they were looking for but another issue that was raised was the population of Carlow. It was too low.........hear me out before you start attacking me.

Distribution centres typically have a high turnover of staff mostly due to the low wages and the demanding physical work. Given that our main distribution centre currently has a turnover of somewhere between 5 to 10 people per week, we'd reach a stage in Carlow after a number of years where we could no longer staff the distribution centre.

[Deleted User]

Between the Braun site and the old sugar factory site that is a lot of land just left empty.

Nokia6230i

Tony 10 featured on BBC Radio 4s/BBC Sounds "Life Changing" Podcast; he's now a full-time gambling addiction counsellor with Extern Problem Gambling; it's short enough, it'll only take 27 Minutes & 29 Seconds of your time > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v61m

Agent Coulson

A lot of work being done on the house of tiles on Shamrock square hopefully something is going onto it.

Nokia6230i

Agent Coulson wrote: »

A lot of work being done on the house of tiles on Shamrock square hopefully something is going onto it.

The one which borders Barrack St. & Staplestown Rd.?

Carpenters secured P.P. for Funeral Home on the site in December 2019 > http://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19377/0

lways seems to be a lot of conditions outlined but most're simply box-ticking exercises & standard enough; not onerous but there's a development levy & I hope I'm understanding it wrong and that's it's a 4 Figure amount and not the 6 Figure amount outlined; maybe I'm out of touch on the issue.

The Royal Scam

For anyone from the Ballon, Tullow and Kildavan areas will be familiar with the amenity at Aghade bridge which has been a popular spot for many generations of locals for swimming, fishing and kayaking. In particular it would have always been a popular spot for teenagers and this has been tarnished by the behavior of one group from outside the area about 3 times over last summer when litter was left and some evidence of drinking and nitrous oxide use. This has lead to the knee-jerk reaction and they have now installed massive spiked fences to eliminate all access to the river at Aghade.
The fencing went up yesterday evening in the dark and they actually bolted the fences to the bridge itself which is a protected structure. Really sad and many locals are frustrated that now nobody can enjoy the amenity and 95% of the well behaved teenagers that used it all summer long for years will now have nothing like it all summer. I used to bring my kids for walks along the banks of the river but will now have to find somewhere else.

BattleCorp

The Royal Scam wrote: »

For anyone from the Ballon, Tullow and Kildavan areas will be familiar with the amenity at Aghade bridge which has been a popular spot for many generations of locals for swimming, fishing and kayaking. In particular it would have always been a popular spot for teenagers and this has been tarnished by the behavior of one group from outside the area about 3 times over last summer when litter was left and some evidence of drinking and nitrous oxide use. This has lead to the knee-jerk reaction and they have now installed massive spiked fences to eliminate all access to the river at Aghade.
The fencing went up yesterday evening in the dark and they actually bolted the fences to the bridge itself which is a protected structure. Really sad and many locals are frustrated that now nobody can enjoy the amenity and 95% of the well behaved teenagers that used it all summer long for years will now have nothing like it all summer. I used to bring my kids for walks along the banks of the river but will now have to find somewhere else.

Bolted you say.

Nokia6230i

Carphone Warehouse're closing down across Ireland > https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/carphone-warehouse-to-close-irish-stores-cutting-almost-500-jobs-1.4543393

iwillhtfu

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Carphone Warehouse're closing down across Ireland > https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/carphone-warehouse-to-close-irish-stores-cutting-almost-500-jobs-1.4543393

The writing has been on the wall for a while now. I went in a few weeks ago and almost no stock and network choices were few. A shame to have another empty building in a prominent area.

Nokia6230i

Not sure who appealed Penneys plans to ABP and why, for what reason but ABP've ruled against them & the development proceeds as per this Cllr. Andrea Dalton FF post with screenshot of details > https://www.facebook.com/Cllrandreadaltoncarlow/photos/a.2008458972740633/2828218817431307/

Co. Co.'d 27 Conditions attached to original P.P.; ABP've went with 17; would that be in addition or taking the 27 into account they've decided 10 may not be applicable etc.?

iwillhtfu

It's never going to happen. Patch the carpark, painting in some spaces and maybe a bit of sprucing on the facade is probably the best result we'll see. Penny's have settled where they are and seems to be working well for them.

Grassy Knoll

Penneys might breath a bit of life into the town centre. I moved away about 30 years ago and have kept in touch through family and a few friends still living there. Carlow town centre seemed much more vibrant then in terms of shops, good pubs, maybe rose tinted glasses, I dunno. Definitely a town now punching way below its weight in my humble opinion. The retail parks circling the town centre have not helped, in fact suck life out if it.

Also Carlow is generally not well served by its public representatives, councillors who are more interested in point scoring and headline grabbing than doing anything constructive. There was one or two there who didn’t run with the herd, but either retired or one in particular lost his seat.

For me the whole discussion on the Barrowcycle track is a microcosm of what is wrong. A hugely under developed tourist resource, a little over an hour from Dublin where a huge market exists for people who would do a short break or family day trip being rejected. Something like that could be a huge shot in the arm for the likes of all the towns along the track Carlow, Leighlin, Bagnalstown etc ...

God forbid it could create a few jobs and frankly breathe some life into towns and villages that are in the ‘left behind category’. Some places in the south of the county have huge potential- Borris springs to mind. Anyway Waterford and the new South Kilkenny greenways will be glad of the business