The Donnybrook Fair in Dundrum TC that they've just invested millions in?
IV vitamin drips, sustainable fashion and ‘gentle futurism’ – inside the new €10m Brown Thomas shop
Didn't realise Brown Thomas was opening as quickly as next month in Dundrum. I thought it was still some way off.
No loss with PP closing. No need for a shop for gambling anymore anyway.
Diep is a Celtic Tiger relic and has been "old" generic thai type food for a decade now. Not sure they've ever changed the menu.
My theory, young people's disposal income is impacted badly.
If they are stuck renting, less wonga for buying of takeaways.
Donnybrook Fair will be gone too. Footfall has dropped big time.
I don't think it's ever bad news when a Paddy Power closes down. I expect the staff are just shunted elsewhere in the chain.
Oh dear. After the good news regarding Penneys with the announcements of more commercial partnerships in Dundrum TC yesterday. This news on Diep & Paddy Power is disappointing. Was Covid the main reason that those businesses closed their doors today?
Diep in Dundrum is closed down, so is Paddy Power
After a bit of speculation on whether Pennys would proceed to take 2 floors of the old house of Fraser (the other two are already under construction to create a Brown Thomas) seems its still going ahead.
Leaves two big shops (the existing Pennys and BT2 to fill, guess they could refigure them).
Borzas has been desperate for a good few years now. The current owners must have plenty of money. I've never known a chipper to ignore custom like it. And it's been a disappointment any time it has been open.
My issue with Borza is the few times i have been down for a few pints and looking forward to a bag of chips afterwards its closed, they seem to keep whatever hours suit them to be honest.
Jesus, chill out. I was only pointing out that Starbucks and other coffee chains were proactively and vigorously ignored by the local community on the basis that they were chains that threatened "local" businesses. This is a fact. Take it up with the Dalkey Village community group, I don't live there so it means jack all to me. Most prospective retailers will look back at that history and likely run a mile.
I never said anything about petrol stations or supermarkets and the reference to them is irrelevant because nearly every petrol station or supermarket in urban Ireland is a chain or a franchise.
None of those would add to the village. They are generic and found in most towns in Ireland. It’s nice that Dalkey offers a choice in the sane way Monkstown does.
nothing worse than going away and finding the exact same shoe and restaurants as every where else you’ve been.
don’t get me wrong I do like a good zaytoon at 4:30 in the morning after leaving temple bar. I would not be upset if it replaced Borza which had gone to 5hit since they done it up. Feels dirty and grubby. Chippers need to show the food being made.
Boojum has 17 restaurants across the island of Ireland while Zaytoon are only 4 strong. Not exactly multinationals the world over by any means. Yes, there are 5 Boojum branches in Belfast which is technically the UK. However, it isn't exactly overseas. Even by typing this, I cannot believe I am pandering to the xenophobic nonsense.
As @josip rightly pointed out, Dalkey is hardly devoid of chains. It's got a Circle K at the entrance which is as multination as it gets which I do NOT have a problem with. The hatred which Dalkey has for chains is rooted in champagne socialism in spite of the fact that the bulk of the wealth in Dalkey is the result capitalism. I have zero problem with people running a business (be it local or international) in a hamlet, village or town as long it brings jobs to that locality. In my opinion, use of the cliched term "heritage town" to object to chains is a form of obscurantism.
Perhaps a "Matt Damon exhibition including his much photographed plastic bag and a half eaten Pecan.
i dont love Cafe Nero but i would wager one would do quite well. Something like a mini dunnes, or Avoca or similar would also go well.
For some reason i thought Barnhill stores were going to put a cafe upstairs, must have imagined that.
Cafe Nero tried opening in Dalkey a few years back and the objections, especially those from the owner of a certain health food store/oil supplier, we’re somewhere between hysterical/comical and xenophobic.
Hopefully its not fast food and if you want eddie rockets there are plenty close by, whatever goes in there they need to protect the main street, how paddy power ever got permission for their gaudy livery is beyond me, its something the english protect very well in certain locations, we should follow suit.
Ironically what dalkey could do with is a large eat in coffee shop, most of the coffee shops are takeaway or very small, nothing particularly family friendly.
Dalkey even has a EuroSpar as well. But I don't see people complaining about that either.
Depends on the chain. It's got Borza, Paddy Power, Sherry Fitz, Lisney, O'Briens and a Catholic church among others.
Dalkey hates chains. The local community ran Starbucks out of there.
With AIB Dalkey permanently closed, it will be interesting to see what opens up there.
Being such a prominent retail unit, it would be cool if a Mexican restaurant like Boojum or a Zaytoon type eatery or an Eddie Rockets opened up there.
Now, it depends on whether or not it is to remain serving as a bank under a new name.
Either-way, there's a tonne of possibilities.
Yeah it's a shame but you can still catch them (no pun intended) under another name at the People's Park market
https://www.facebook.com/jarekskitchen/
Hook'd fish & chips in the Blackrock Market has closed permanently. Such a pity the food was first class.
Looks temporary?
As in for good or just due to staffing issues? Sounds a bit odd....source?
They also run the bar amd restaurant up at Salmo RFC.
Wow really?? That was a great spot. Any reason why?
Step inn, Stepaside = gone
VHI opening a new 5,000sqm facility at Carrickmines, signage is up already, is opposite Costa Coffee.
Looks like it includes a Swiftcare clinic too.
https://www.vhi.ie/about/press-release/2021/10
Dunnes appealing store refusal in Monkstowm to purpose a site they already have there.
Dunnes Stores asks appeals board to overturn Monkstown store refusal (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/dunnes-stores-asks-appeals-board-to-overturn-monkstown-store-refusal-1.4769592
'Frascati management' is a contradiction in terms.
If I were an investor in that absolute shambles, I'd be suing everyone in sight and a few I couldn't see.
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