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sioda · 23-07-2020 3:34pm

I see Robin Archers t shirt print shop on Ellen street is closed but they are still in business elsewhere.

Cafe Lazio at the market gone again

kilburn · 23-07-2020 4:15pm

Pebbled Pathways creche closed also

JamesBond2010 · 23-07-2020 4:54pm

kilburn wrote: »

Pebbled Pathways creche closed also

I know name sounds familar, was that in grove island ?

23-07-2020 11:43pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

I know name sounds familar, was that in grove island ?

A mate of mine living in Corbally only mentioned to me that the creche they use won't be re-opening so thats probably the one.

johnnyryan89 · 24-07-2020 9:28am

Yeah that's the crèche when you turn in to where St Mary's RFC is and head down towards the roundabout. Kings Island community crèche is closing for 4 to 6 weeks from Monday because of lack of staff, if anyone knows someone from that crèche in Corbally looking for work then Northside Family Resource Centre are hiring.

JamesBond2010 · 24-07-2020 10:47am

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Yeah that's the crèche when you turn in to where St Mary's RFC is and head down towards the roundabout. Kings Island community crèche is closing for 4 to 6 weeks from Monday because of lack of staff, if anyone knows someone from that crèche in Corbally looking for work then Northside Family Resource Centre are hiring.

Thanks it was10yrs since i was @ that place dropping off. It was in the papers & facebook so they would prob know already about kings island.

A2LUE42 · 24-07-2020 12:30pm

If Pebbled Pathways is closed, it wouldn't be that surprising. The drop in standards in the last few years is quite dramatic.

kilburn · 24-07-2020 1:32pm

Plus one on this

All the staff let go by email as well didn't even have the courtesy to ring them individually

A2LUE42 · 24-07-2020 4:17pm

kilburn wrote: »

Plus one on this

All the staff let go by email as well didn't even have the courtesy to ring them individually

That wouldn't be out of character either. Some great staff treated very badly in recent years also.

Jofspring · 27-07-2020 6:27pm

Has Ampersand across from CBS closed or is it just closed on a Monday? Was all shut up today when I passed.

sioda · 27-07-2020 7:00pm

Acorn cafe on Thomas Street up for let so not reopening

topcat72 · 27-07-2020 8:00pm

Horrible news on Pebbled Pathways - http://pebbledpathways.com/creche-closure-july-2020/ - both my kids went there when younger.
I hope teh staff are snaoped up by other creches/ childcare facilities.

Irish Wolf · 27-07-2020 8:50pm

sioda wrote: »

Ambassador dry cleaning in Arthur's quay is gone.

Caherdavin one is gone as well.

A2LUE42 · 27-07-2020 9:46pm

topcat72 wrote: »

Horrible news on Pebbled Pathways - http://pebbledpathways.com/creche-closure-july-2020/ - both my kids went there when younger.
I hope teh staff are snaoped up by other creches/ childcare facilities.

If any of the staff are reading this the crèche in Clonlara are looking for people.

godfrey · 27-07-2020 10:30pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

They had a post on Facebook in the last few days with a photo, it has been gutted so they can redesign it with social distance measures in mind.

Opening this week

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Glenomra · 31-07-2020 8:50am

Any word on Easons in the city. Bog loss... for my browsing.

sioda · 31-07-2020 9:06am

Glenomra wrote: »

Any word on Easons in the city. Bog loss... for my browsing.

Still closed but defo people in and out of there this week

CosmicFool · 02-08-2020 7:13am

Irish Wolf wrote: »

Caherdavin one is gone as well.

The one in Dooradoyle is closed too.

JamesBond2010 · 02-08-2020 11:55am

CosmicFool wrote: »

The one in Dooradoyle is closed too.

isnt their base still in Raheen business park

Jmccoy1 · 03-08-2020 12:53am

sioda wrote: »

Still closed but defo people in and out of there this week

Apparently the basement flooded while the store was closed, lots of damage is supposed to have occured.

JamesBond2010 · 03-08-2020 10:37am

Jmccoy1 wrote: »

Apparently the basement flooded while the store was closed, lots of damage is supposed to have occured.

ya there was they found this in the basment

dashoonage · 03-08-2020 11:44am

Thats poor Bond....very poor.

Glenomra · 03-08-2020 11:50am

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

ya there was they found this in the basment

No it's quite a good one or maybe I have been lockdowned too long. Found those leeks in the natural history section I presume....

Mr E · 03-08-2020 12:17pm

Easons open on Friday August 14th.

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/563437/easons-reveals-when-it-plans-to-re-open-limerick-store.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

JamesBond2010 · 03-08-2020 2:40pm

dashoonage wrote: »

Thats poor Bond....very poor.

:p I know old dad jokes

JamesBond2010 · 03-08-2020 2:41pm

Mr E wrote: »

Easons open on Friday August 14th.

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/563437/easons-reveals-when-it-plans-to-re-open-limerick-store.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

I guessed right

Poxyshamrock · 03-08-2020 3:53pm

Scallions? :pac:

Treepole · 04-08-2020 1:24pm

Garden World on Ellen St is closing. Disappointing as it was the only shop of that type in the city. They are planning on relocating but have no new premises yet.

Cookiemunster · 04-08-2020 1:27pm

Treepole wrote: »

Garden World on Ellen St is closing. Disappointing as it was the only shop of that type in the city. They are planning on relocating but have no new premises yet.

The building they're in is part of the Opera site, so they have no choice but to move.

mdmix · 04-08-2020 3:32pm

I didn’t realise that was included also. I liked the stonework, is it to be retained or knocked?

Cherrycoke · 04-08-2020 3:52pm

Treepole wrote: »

Garden World on Ellen St is closing. Disappointing as it was the only shop of that type in the city. They are planning on relocating but have no new premises yet.

Aw that's a shame. I loved buying plants there. We still have the newer garden centre open beside Burger King.

Cookiemunster · 04-08-2020 4:24pm

mdmix wrote: »

I didn’t realise that was included also. I liked the stonework, is it to be retained or knocked?

Retained. Everything on the block except for 1-4 Rutland St is part of the development.

OfTheMarsWongs · 04-08-2020 5:18pm

Quay Books gone from Arthur’s Quay. They still appear to be selling off their website though.

JamesBond2010 · 04-08-2020 5:50pm

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Quay Books gone from Arthur’s Quay. They still appear to be selling off their website though.

That was in the centre of the floor wasnt it? Covid probably screwed that.

lasno · 04-08-2020 7:23pm

I heard that a new bookshop is opening in a unit beside Modern Man across the road from the abandoned Dunnes stores.

kilburn · 04-08-2020 7:43pm

lasno wrote:

I heard that a new bookshop is opening in a unit beside Modern Man across the road from the abandoned Dunnes stores.

Having a brain melt moment where is that

04-08-2020 8:12pm

kilburn wrote: »

Having a brain melt moment where is that

A few doors up from The Pier Hotel

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 04-08-2020 8:21pm

kilburn wrote: »

Having a brain melt moment where is that

Sarsfield Street.

OfTheMarsWongs · 05-08-2020 9:39am

lasno wrote: »

I heard that a new bookshop is opening in a unit beside Modern Man across the road from the abandoned Dunnes stores.

Quay Books have a post up on their FB this morning re closing the stall in Arthur’s Quay that says “Chapter two of our story will commence at 11 Sarsfield Street sometime next week”

colm_mcm · 05-08-2020 9:42am

Is it the old Alchemist search shop they’re moving into? Saw them yesterday morning but never considered what was there before.

OfTheMarsWongs · 05-08-2020 9:47am

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is it the old Alchemist search shop they’re moving into? Saw them yesterday morning but never considered what was there before.

I had to look on Google Earth. There’s a building between Pier One and Alcehmist that has three units. Modern Man is one, a clothes alteration place ‘Zipped’ next to that and an empty unit. Not sure what was there last though.

colm_mcm · 05-08-2020 9:54am

Alterations place comes up as 11 Sarsfield St but it may be split into 2. Looking on Streetview it seems to be the unit to the left of that.

Hope they have success in the new place. I often wondered how well they were doing in Arthur’s Quay.

Glenomra · 05-08-2020 10:28am

colm_mcm wrote: »

Alterations place comes up as 11 Sarsfield St but it may be split into 2. Looking on Streetview it seems to be the unit to the left of that.

Hope they have success in the new place. I often wondered how well they were doing in Arthur’s Quay.

Very well I would have assumed. Great footfall, cheap books, almost nonexistent overheads had to be very viable. I think Tesco wanted them gone to get space for covid queuing.

phill106 · 05-08-2020 12:37pm

Yes saw that quay books had moved in near pier one, hopefully they get some good passing traffic.

colm_mcm · 05-08-2020 1:00pm

Glenomra wrote: »

Very well I would have assumed. Great footfall, cheap books, almost nonexistent overheads had to be very viable. I think Tesco wanted them gone to get space for covid queuing.

I would have thought the rent would have been massive. I know the units there were astronomical rent.
Maybe the stalls were cheap. Great footfall but not sure how many were buying books.

breezy1985 · 06-08-2020 9:48am

Glenomra wrote: »

Very well I would have assumed. Great footfall, cheap books, almost nonexistent overheads had to be very viable. I think Tesco wanted them gone to get space for covid queuing.

If thats true hopefully Tesco have to pay the rent for a while. The move might also be in anticipation of the new student village

Cookiemunster · 06-08-2020 9:58am

breezy1985 wrote: »

If thats true hopefully Tesco have to pay the rent for a while. The move might also be in anticipation of the new student village

Student village? If you mean the old Dunnes site, it's due to be purely an educational facility, not an accommodation block. And with the pandemic (and change of President at UL) is years away from anything happening.

breezy1985 · 06-08-2020 10:00am

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Student village? If you mean the old Dunnes site, it's due to be purely an educational facility, not an accommodation block. And with the pandemic (and change of President at UL) is years away from anything happening.

I always thought people would be living there. My bad.
Im not holding my breath on the construction either shure were still waiting for Opera 15 years on

moonage · 07-08-2020 2:15pm

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Quay Books have a post up on their FB this morning re closing the stall in Arthur’s Quay that says “Chapter two of our story will commence at 11 Sarsfield Street sometime next week”

It'll be a lot easier to browse their stock on shelves in a shop.

In Arthur’s Quay the books were often in piles, with some piles often obscuring other piles.

YFlyer · 08-08-2020 3:12pm

Heard the company over Smyths Icon are pulling out.

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