[Closed] Limerick Businesses Closed V 2.0 [Mod note post 1]

That's what should have been done ages back given it is a pedestrianized street. Not sure eif there is still seeing as Thomas/Catherine St. have stolen the march there.

The council don't even seem able to make something as small as the Milk Market into an Al fresco food court.

I was in that Wickham market a couple weekends ago and was very impressed, i couldnt get over the space in there either! It has huge potential as a space.

The thoughts of trying to get to that argos around Christmas is already giving me drivers rage.

I'd believe that about the crescent, that's why I can't understand that womens clothes shop that has been closed since last year yet still has the lights on every day with full rails of stock and mannequins dressed in the window. How are they getting away with it? It's the one near the escalator.

That's the thing and why I'm glad the city centre is moving away from relying on chain shops.

They could not give a fk about you and your traffic problem as long as the profit margin is better by having one store. And when somewhere new comes along they will all be out of Childers and we will have another empty dump.

Well the traffic will get worse the more stuff concentrates on Childers.

Also traffic is different for different people depending on where you live.

You could argue the same points for keeping only one of the other stores open instead of the Childers Road one too. It obviously came down to which store was the most profitable which is the bottom line with any business.

I know, I lived near by before moving out of the city 15 years ago. The retail park was a product of the Celtic Tiger/brown envelope era. But I don't think consolidating something like an Argos store will make much difference to traffic problems in the city as a whole at Christmas to be honest. Every city is the same.

No, it won't make the traffic worse. I was just making the point that if I was ordering something in argos at Christmas, I'd hate to have to go there. I always use the one in the crescent.

Well ya. I suppose I'm glad the city centre has finally copped that and is changing focus cause they ain't ever coming back.

Here's another one. When entering the retail park when you know it's busy then park anywhere on the right hand side and then when you go to leave and there's a mad queue then go down passed the door of KFC, around the back of Costa and arrive out to the front of the queue looking to leave. Only works if you are going left onto the road, not towards Parkway.

You can also park outside Claughaun GAA club and just walk across to the retail park.