Limerick Businesses Closed V 3.0

Bring back burgerland.

William Street really is taking a beating 😞

Been vacant nearly 20 years so I'd imagine a lot of work would be needed. It's 3 floors so plenty big enough.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's replaced with another vape/phone repair/slop food/general cheap tat shop like everything on William Street these days...

I see there's a planning application submitted to convert the Wickham on Wickham Street to two ground floor apartments. A shame to see another pub potentially lost and (imho!) turned into substandard housing.

I have a real issue with the conversion of ground floor retail units into residential accommodation which is becoming more and more prevalent in the city centre. It does little to help footfall on our streets by reducing active uses at ground floor level and does very little to address the housing crisis only rely on the most vulnerable and marginalised in our society to fill modern-day bedsits in a 'stack em high' manner.

Went on Tuesday and surprised it was closed, wondered what was going on

Went into receivership about 18 months ago.

Hadn't been a proper pub for a long time. It have very sporadic and changeable opening times usually centred around students.

That little bar lookrd nice but overall and from an operational point of view it was no loss.

la Piccola Italia (55 O’Connell St) is closing in the coming days after nearly 50 years. Sad to see.

Per their Facebook page:

After almost 46 wonderful years, the time has
come for our family to say goodbye to a very
special chapter as we prepare to close our
restaurant at the end of this month.
What began all those years ago with my parents
grew into something far greater than we ever
could have imagined — a place woven into the
heart of Limerick, filled with generations of
families, friendships, celebrations, first dates,
anniversaries, and unforgettable nights.
Hospitality has never just been a job. It is long
days, late nights, endless hard graft and
sacrifice — but it is also community, laughter
and people. Our family poured our hearts into
this restaurant for decades, and we are
incredibly proud of what it became and the
memories created within its walls.
Following many years in the industry, and after
navigating the enormous challenges hospitality
has faced in recent times, we have made the difficult decision to step back and begin a new
chapter.
While this is an emotional decision, it feels like
the right time.
To every customer who walked through our
doors, every staff member past and present,
every supplier, neighbour and friend who
supported us over the years — thank you. Your
loyalty and kindness helped make this little
restaurant part of Limerick’s story for nearly five
decades.
We hope to see many familiar faces over the
next few days as we celebrate the memories, the
people and the incredible journey this restaurant
has been.
With love and gratitude,
Stefano & All the team at La Piccola Italia ❤️

Texas Steakout.

Is that place worth going to? In Limerick for 5 years and keep meaning to go there the forget about it straight away.

The dreaded "closed for renovations" sign has gone up. Which usually only means one outcome. Although I heard from a neighbouring business owner today that there was possibly a sewerage issue in Esquires and that's why it's closed. So hopefully that is the case and it'll be resolved shortly.

sewerage around there has always been an issue, used to work in one of those buildings and the smell of sewerage would knock you out sometimes. Wasnt one of the local business' there affected by sewerage just recently. Hopefully it just just renovations, was always busy and staff were nice.

I don't know that it's an overreaction. The night-time economy manager has been doing great work with Twilight Thursdays (copied by a few other councils at this stage) so there's definitely merit in considering it

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Unless they are going to build a massive shopping centre in the city you will never get the multinationals in the centre. Look at the floorplates of any of those and ask where would they actually go in the city? That was the plan for the opera centre originally but no major units were ever built in the city.