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Shops/Businesses opening/closing

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  • #1252
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Just to be clear, the "City Council" and "Council members" are 2 completely different branches of the same entity, each with their own priorities.

    City Council - enforces planning regs, responsible for the running of the city services

    Council members - must get re-elected to remain relevant so all activities and actions will be governed by this goal without shame

    So, Council members saying "well done, fair play" means literally nothing in the context of breaches of planning regulations. It is only being done to curry favour and possibly get exposure

    He said "member of the council" so not sure what side that falls into.
    They Council are happy enough to ignore regulations from time to time (I believe all those branding facades on buildings in the city centre are in breach) but I'll leave it to others with more interest to argue that kind of thing. A local guy trying to run a successful business employing a fair chunk of people in extraordinary times. The Council should be doing whatever they can to support. Particularly when the national government is encouraging just such endeavors.


  • #1253
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    xckjoo wrote: »
    He said "member of the council" so not sure what side that falls into.
    They Council are happy enough to ignore regulations from time to time (I believe all those branding facades on buildings in the city centre are in breach) but I'll leave it to others with more interest to argue that kind of thing. A local guy trying to run a successful business employing a fair chunk of people in extraordinary times. The Council should be doing whatever they can to support. Particularly when the national government is encouraging just such endeavors.

    I'm all for trying to make the best of a bad situation, however breaking the rules is not the way to go about it, unless of course, you want businesses breaking planning regs like Pat McDonagh & Supermacs who have been taken to task by councils all over the country for flouting of rules and erecting signage all over the shop


  • #1254
    beardybrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,926 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    Blackrock coffee van operating in regular spot today. Maybe they got something sorted or just said feck it with the sun out? Also coffee dock at Galway Bay Hotel looked like a nice spot, front garden of hotel connected to Circle of Life by a walkway, plenty of standing only tables, menu clearly posted, looked to be doing a fair trade.


  • #1255
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They're appealing that decision so maybe they can stay open during the appeal process.

    That Galway Bay coffee place opens at 7.30am - great for an early morning coffee on the prom.


  • #1256
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm all for trying to make the best of a bad situation, however breaking the rules is not the way to go about it, unless of course, you want businesses breaking planning regs like Pat McDonagh & Supermacs who have been taken to task by councils all over the country for flouting of rules and erecting signage all over the shop

    Hardly the same thing. One is a good faith effort to keep a business profitable in crazy times and the other is a flaunting of regulations to squeeze out some extra advertising.
    It would be good to see the council making the effort to support local businesses through this even if it involves temporarily ignoring regulations.


  • #1257
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    xckjoo wrote: »
    Hardly the same thing. One is a good faith effort to keep a business profitable in crazy times and the other is a flaunting of regulations to squeeze out some extra advertising.
    It would be good to see the council making the effort to support local businesses through this even if it involves temporarily ignoring regulations.

    Why do you think that Pat McObesity wants to squeeze out extra advertising? Could it be that his local businesses are competing for custom against multi-national chains with huge advertising budgets.


    Many many businesses have "no takeaway sales" clauses in their planning permissions. The council is (rightly) ignoring all of these breaches.


  • #1258
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    xckjoo wrote: »
    Hardly the same thing. One is a good faith effort to keep a business profitable in crazy times and the other is a flaunting of regulations to squeeze out some extra advertising.
    It would be good to see the council making the effort to support local businesses through this even if it involves temporarily ignoring regulations.

    Semantics


  • #1259
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Semantics

    Intent would be a better word


  • #1260
    Bredabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Sign on the window in the ex Full Duck on Salthill prom, saying spar opening soon.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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  • #1261
    shenanagans
    Registered Users Posts: 896 ✭✭✭shenanagans


    Le petit delice cafe have a new shop opening in town .....Truffle.


  • #1262
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    shenanagans wrote: »
    Le petit delice cafe have a new shop opening in town .....Truffle.

    That's announced ages ago. It's near java. Was due to open in February I think. But with level 5 I don't think they got the fit out finished yet


  • #1263
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    gordongekko wrote: »
    That's announced ages ago. It's near java. Was due to open in February I think. But with level 5 I don't think they got the fit out finished yet

    Passed it a few days ago. Looks fancy


  • #1264
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    gordongekko wrote: »
    That's announced ages ago. It's near java. Was due to open in February I think. But with level 5 I don't think they got the fit out finished yet

    Fit out is pretty close to finished (construction is closed my arse).

    I reckon they'll open soon enough, maybe when the restrictions next lift a bit.


  • #1265
    shenanagans
    Registered Users Posts: 896 ✭✭✭shenanagans


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Fit out is pretty close to finished (construction is closed my arse).

    I reckon they'll open soon enough, maybe when the restrictions next lift a bit.

    Ya. Looks close to opening. Primarily a specialty chocolate shop.


  • #1266
    Bredabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Does anyone know what's going into the old post office space in Salthill village?

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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  • #1267
    JnarF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭JnarF


    Bredabe wrote: »
    Does anyone know what's going into the old post office space in Salthill village?

    Specialty Coffee Wine and Design shop

    https://instagram.com/re_galway?igshid=9o3stgo8837h


  • #1268
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    New restaurant?/take away opened in the Latin Quarter, not sure what building can't make it out from pics
    Looks nice.
    Galway oyster house

    https://instagram.com/galwayoysterhouse?igshid=vr5x9ir4wrt6


  • #1269
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Looks to be Riordan's


  • #1270
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Failte Ireland office on Forster St, next to Citylink office, has closed. Leaving no tourist office in the city currently.


  • #1271
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It's temporary though, just like other covid affected businesses.
    https://www.google.com/maps/search/Tourist+information+center/@53.3370262,-9.6959444,9z/data=!3m1!4b1?hl=en-GB


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  • #1272
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    biko wrote: »
    It's temporary though, just like other covid affected businesses.
    https://www.google.com/maps/search/Tourist+information+center/@53.3370262,-9.6959444,9z/data=!3m1!4b1?hl=en-GB

    No it's not temporary, the office has been completely cleared of all furniture and branding in the last week Unlike temporarily closed ones.


  • #1273
    Pistachio
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭Pistachio


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    No it's not temporary, the office has been completely cleared of all furniture and branding in the last week Unlike temporarily closed ones.


    That's correct, the Forster Court extending into the former tourist office.
    https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/plans-submitted-for-expansion-of-forster-court-hotel/


  • #1274
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,006 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    The corner retail unit opp Debenhams adj Dealz on Eyre St is being refitted for something


  • #1275
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Pistachio wrote: »
    That's correct, the Forster Court extending into the former tourist office.
    https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/plans-submitted-for-expansion-of-forster-court-hotel/

    Nope, that's the old unit which they vacated over a year ago.


  • #1276
    wily minx
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭wily minx


    zell12 wrote: »
    The corner retail unit opp Debenhams adj Dealz on Eyre St is being refitted for something

    Candyland is moving in there from Abbeygate Street, according to their facebook page.


  • #1277
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    wily minx wrote: »
    Candyland is moving in there from Abbeygate Street, according to their facebook page.
    That's great! It's a bigger place than they currently have I think. Not the kind of shop I go into much but nice guys and I'm glad they're doing well.


  • #1278
    shenanagans
    Registered Users Posts: 896 ✭✭✭shenanagans


    Possibly ice cream parlour/cafe setting up opposite Buster Browne's.


  • #1279
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Carphone Warehouse gone, Galway & nationwide

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #1280
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    News Agent opened in Galway Shopping centre, in the old NewsDay unit


  • #1281
    NeftDaslari
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭NeftDaslari


    Article in the Sunday Times (paywalled) says Sports Direct has taken a lease on the old Debenhams premises in the Corrib centre.


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  • #1282
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    NeftDaslari wrote: »
    Article in the Sunday Times (paywalled) says Sports Direct has taken a lease on the old Debenhams premises in the Corrib centre.

    Ya I've been hearing the rumour solidly for a few weeks now but hadn't posted as I had nothing concrete.


  • #1283
    Yyhhuuu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Yyhhuuu


    M&S seeking redundancies...of some staff...


  • #1284
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    NeftDaslari wrote: »
    Article in the Sunday Times (paywalled) says Sports Direct has taken a lease on the old Debenhams premises in the Corrib centre.

    Screenshot


  • #1285
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    NeftDaslari wrote: »
    Article in the Sunday Times (paywalled) says Sports Direct has taken a lease on the old Debenhams premises in the Corrib centre.

    Expect a multi brand shop - Sports Direct, USC clothing and Brand Max as they have done in other locations


  • #1286
    xtradel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭xtradel


    Darc19 wrote: »
    Expect a multi brand shop - Sports Direct, USC clothing and Brand Max as they have done in other locations

    I've seen jobs advertised for Heatons which they also own and would fit the layout of the centre.


  • #1287
    cfeeneyinterior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭cfeeneyinterior


    xtradel wrote: »
    I've seen jobs advertised for Heatons which they also own and would fit the layout of the centre.

    Yep...https://www.peoplebank.com/pbank/owa/pbk24w12.main?p=cjlfnZobjgjggn3oD67Y9ZL@YSN9naoddjdjdjn


  • #1288
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,761 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    cfeeneyinterior wrote: »
    Yep...https://www.peoplebank.com/pbank/owa/pbk24w12.main?p=cjlfnZobjgjggn3oD67Y9ZL@YSN9naoddjdjdjn

    Great wages!!! €31,000 per hour.


  • #1289
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    thesandeman wrote: »
    Great wages!!! €31,000 per hour.

    They'll make you work for it I'd say.


  • #1290
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Ya I've been hearing the rumour solidly for a few weeks now but hadn't posted as I had nothing concrete.

    Connacht Tribune also published a story on this today.


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  • #1291
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,266 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Windsor Dublin Rd moving to the Monivea Rd on May 31st.


  • #1292
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Coming to tuam shopping centre
    1pwqYOI.jpg


  • #1293
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,006 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    zell12 wrote: »
    Corner Cafe at St Francis Street has been gutted. Anyone know when it closed?
    20 months empty.
    Monster Donuts moving in there soon
    "We are a local donut shop. Homemade, fresh, soft and fluffy donuts made with heart and passion!"

    Edit: wrong timeframe


  • #1294
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    zell12 wrote: »
    20 months empty.

    Closed first last March when almost everything did.

    Reopened again in summer, but didn't last long, maybe a few months. Pretty sure I still got coffee there when it was takeaway only in October.

    Most definitely not empty for 20 months.


  • #1295
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,006 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Really?
    I posted it was emptied in Nov 2019. Have not noticed it open at all since
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=111731684


  • #1296
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    zell12 wrote: »
    Really?
    I posted it was emptied in Nov 2019. Have not noticed it open at all since
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=111731684

    You totally missed that Galway Roast moved in and out of the site, twice, since.

    Specsavers have branches in Eyre Square and the Galway Shopping Centre.


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  • #1297
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    When is the new Spar supposed to open in Salthill, up beside Colm's Casino and the Creamery in the promenade area.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #1298
    spurshero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭spurshero


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    When is the new Spar supposed to open in Salthill, up beside Colm's Casino and the Creamery in the promenade area.

    Passed it today pretty fitted out looking . Presume it will open in next few weeks . Think it’s a mace ?!


  • #1299
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    spurshero wrote: »
    Passed it today pretty fitted out looking . Presume it will open in next few weeks . Think it’s a mace ?!

    It's a Spar. Shelves were being stocked today.


  • #1300
    [Deleted User]
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    Jungle Beach Break at Ladies Beach in Salthill has opened again! Was closed since December.


  • #1301
    spurshero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭spurshero


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    It's a Spar. Shelves were being stocked today.

    Is it a spar ? Fair enough . The person that was walking with me today said there was a mace sign up .


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