Shops/Businesses opening/closing

Briarhill Butchers old shop been cleared out and A let by Mulryans Auctioneers sign on it!

Anyone know what's going in there?

That’s exactly what I thought was going to happen regarding Eyre Square. I’m surprised that they’re keeping the branch in Tuam open - it’s interesting as they haven’t had a branch in Tuam up to now.

For Liosban, Permanent TSB used to have a branch where the Travelodge is, and still maintain a branch in Galway Shopping Centre. I can’t see them keeping both the Shopping Centre and Liosban open. At a guess I would say Liosban will close.

Ya the yellow cladding is being/has been removed. Hopefully it's a change of use, but I doubt it.

Cake My Day opening soon on Eglinton St, in the old pharmacy I think.

Any source or link to back that up? Surely there's need to be some form of change of use planning?

I'd be delighted if it was gone, an eyesore and blight on the area.

They are on Facebook. Moore's Butchers.

yeah one of teh few places around town you could regularly get full sized spinach. Among other things.

So yeah, shame it's going. Was it still familly managed shop and subsequently lacking somebody from teh next generation interested in keeping it going full time or something.

Has been there for years anyway. Decades, like.

New sewing and haberdashery shop opening on Eye Street . Think it may have something to do with Stitches so may incorporate both material/sewing accessories and a repair shop. Not seen a date for opening but will be good if it is quality and decent prices. Town could definitely do with a good outlet especially now that Hickey's has closed.

Will be interesting if Eyre Street becomes a shopping street cos i don't think it's really been one. Not sure if it is ready for the amount of pedestrian traffic that would mean though.

Also been reminded by the Entanglement exhibition being in the Fairgreen gallery during GIAF that presumably that stretch of glass fronted shops was intended to be a shopping zone prior to the 2008 crash. & wondering how different things would have been if it had managed to sustain beyond that point.

And adding a fabric and haberdashery element which the poster pointed out.

On haberdashery, Cregal Art have a range of ribbons, fabrics, material, sewing accessories etc too.

Probably is a shop that adds local colour to some extent in a way that another chain outlet wouldn't

It's not closing, I don't think anyone suggested it was. It has been bought out. They'll more than likely keep it the same for a while, introduce some of their own products e.g Donnybrook Fair stuff and other things from their catalogue while reducing some of the McCambridges own brand and other suppliers too. Closing it and making it a Centra or such down the line would be a horrendous decision.

Reading it back it seems one poster was, as it seems they often are, a bit confused by the article. Or else they didn't read it.

The café side will probably end up carrying the "Frank & Honest" brand. This is probably as close to buying the Grafton Street Bewleys as it's possible in Galway.