subway donegal town gone ?

ednwireland · 01-09-2009 4:39pm #1

looks like subway has gone in donegal town, sign down, windows smeared up, place is starting to look like a ghost town. gonna be a quiet winter

North_West_Art · 01-09-2009 7:23pm

They mustnt have been able to hang on until the school re-opened... are rates on the Diamond a bit high, someone was saying

byte · 01-09-2009 10:01pm

Jeez, another shop gone.

Salvelinus · 01-09-2009 10:14pm

Doesn't this and the other thread make the developments (especially the apartments) seem a bit pie in the sky?

ednwireland · 02-09-2009 9:21am

byte wrote: »

Jeez, another shop gone.

starting to look a bit of a ghost town, we really needed those bigger developments to keep the town rolling, shame they'll never happen

byte · 02-09-2009 11:39am

Agreed. I haven't heard any more about the proposed Aldi out the Mullans after the "observations"

As for the Magee or mart site... :rolleyes:

Salvelinus · 02-09-2009 2:23pm

ednwireland wrote: »

starting to look a bit of a ghost town, we really needed those bigger developments to keep the town rolling, shame they'll never happen

It's Donegal Town, not Galway or some city. Wasn't there meant to be 200 apartments going up? For who?

Carrickman · 02-09-2009 2:48pm

Seen that yeaterday in fact was in it last week for lunch anytime I went by there was always people eating in it so I find it surprising for a company like Subway to close like that you would think the School trade would keep it going during the winter.

North_West_Art · 02-09-2009 2:51pm

New appartments above the new Super Valu in Ballybofey, every one of them empty... office space upstairs beside the new Balor theatre, empty.... new appartments at Reids filling station at McClay's corner, mostly empty. Aisling Court new estate on way into Ballybofey on left, more than half empty. Abandoned estate of half finished houses opposite The Beeches estate. Units behind Heany's car park, all vacant. Letterkenny retail units, half empty. Hotels unoccupied mid week, new estates half empty.... not counting the numerous two story detatched houses....all for sale

30% of houses in Doneagl unoccupied on the night of the last census, alot more houses have gone up since then. Moss growing on the roofs of the unoccupied houses and the front lawns overgrown with weeds. Estate agents closing up.

dazza21ie · 02-09-2009 4:23pm

North_West_Art wrote: »

.......30% of houses in Doneagl unoccupied on the night of the last census, alot more houses have gone up since then. Moss growing on the roofs of the unoccupied houses and the front lawns overgrown with weeds. Estate agents closing up.

At least there are some positives!!!

ednwireland · 02-09-2009 4:48pm

Salvelinus wrote: »

It's Donegal Town, not Galway or some city. Wasn't there meant to be 200 apartments going up? For who?

meant possible tesco dunnes pennys, the apartments were always a dodgy one, but there was always a shortage of 1 and 2 bed accom.

North_West_Art · 02-09-2009 5:24pm

dazza21ie wrote: »

At least there are some positives!!!

I think that must have been the most negative post I ever wrote... its only tongue and cheek dramatics :pac:

LoanShark · 02-09-2009 6:22pm

I bet the Landlord of those premises is livid that there is no new developments happening in Donegal Town, because if we had those developments, the town would have a greater footfall and business would have a good chance of survival....:o

So thats,
Subway-Gone
Filet of Sole- Gone
The Indian-Gone

I heard a rumour of a chemist and a hotel also being in bother!! (anyone else hear this?)

bohsboy · 02-09-2009 10:44pm

Chemist gone, Eske Pharmacy I think it was although why it even opened I dont know with the opposition already well in place.

KFC are supposed to be moving in to the Subway spot but not 100% sure on this. The boutique located in the arch is shutting down this week too. Place is looking really bare.

On a side note, went to buy the young fella a pair of runners today in a sports shop in the town and an uninterested 16 year old "Sports Advisor" dragged himself away from the Sun at the desk to mumble that he was'nt sure if they had his size and could'nt find the foot measuring equipment.

After an uncomfortable silence we just left and went around to another sports shop where we waited ten minutes for the young attendent to finish her conversation with her friend and walk straight by us to another friend who had only walked in to the shop a minute earlier.

Good luck, I'll buy elsewhere from now on. I thought the town was desperate for trade?

kippy · 02-09-2009 10:55pm

I looked at this thread and thought first:
"Feck, there was a subway in Donegal town? Its hardly big enough to have a subway, they kept it fairly quiet. I wonder if it's like New York or Londons one?"

On a serious note, Subway is franchised and an expensive franchise to get into at that. Together with relatively high rents and that fee as well as staff costs etc, you really do need to be turning over a fair bit. A sign of the times I suppose.

irish1967 · 03-09-2009 12:44am

Have to agree about the sports shop service. Experienced the complete lack of it last weekend. Why employers won't invest a little on staff training techniques etc or even go down the commission road is beyond me. Ah well you reap what you sow I guess.

byte · 03-09-2009 1:01am

KFC are supposed to be moving in to the Subway spot but not 100% sure on this.

Funny, I heard the same thing today, but you hear all sorts of crap these days.

I also heard there's a pizza place opening where Juicy News was.

BTW, I didn't realise Eske Pharmacy closed? They're not long open, but yeah, would've been hard to compete with the already established chemists/pharmacies.

As for shop service in the sports shops, it's not unique to these IMO. A few various shops come to mind where general courtesy from staff doesn't seem to be part of their job description.

muffler · 03-09-2009 1:02am

irish1967 wrote: »

Have to agree about the sports shop service. Experienced the complete lack of it last weekend. Why employers won't invest a little on staff training techniques etc or even go down the commission road is beyond me. Ah well you reap what you sow I guess.

Sorry, couldnt resist

An 18 year old itininerant lad gets a job in a sports shop.

The boss explains the selling tactics to him and tells him to always
make sure the customer gets the right product for its intended use use.

A bit later a young lady enters the shop and the boss tells the itinerant lad to observe as he sells the right item.

She asks for a pair of tennis shoes and the boss says: "Are they for clay or grass" ? She indicates grass and the boss picks out the correct type of shoes for her.

Some time later a man enters the shop and the boss sends the young lad to serve him.

Lad: "can I help you"

Man: I am looking for a baseball bat.

Lad: "Is it for a wedding or a funeral"

irish1967 · 03-09-2009 1:14am

Touché

ednwireland · 03-09-2009 12:00pm

LoanShark wrote: »

I bet the Landlord of those premises is livid that there is no new developments happening in Donegal Town, because if we had those developments, the town would have a greater footfall and business would have a good chance of survival....:o

So thats,
Subway-Gone
Filet of Sole- Gone
The Indian-Gone

I heard a rumour of a chemist and a hotel also being in bother!! (anyone else hear this?)

when did the indian go ? was going to get a curry saturday night but got chinese instead never heard that

dont starton hotels or byte will lock the thread

LoanShark · 03-09-2009 6:21pm

KFC-OMG! (secretly I cant wait if this would be true!)

The pizza place seems to have died a death,He was all go in doing it about four months ago..I think that would be a runner!

The indian was shut last saturday night when I was going around.

I never thought both sports shops had bad service, I was not too pushed on the Chain Store one because they never had much of an offering..But the other one was always good!

Kippy--You didn't know there was an Subway in donegal town!!!! It runs from the castle to the old abbey;)

North_West_Art · 03-09-2009 6:25pm

LoanShark wrote: »

Kippy--You didn't know there was an Subway in donegal town!!!! It runs from the castle to the old abbey;)

You heard this rumor too?

I first heard this way back when I was at the AVS... I heard they sent a dog down one time to see if it would come out the other side and it never reappeared.....:eek:

irish1967 · 03-09-2009 6:27pm

LoanShark wrote: »

Kippy--You didn't know there was an Subway in donegal town!!!! It runs from the castle to the old abbey;)

Dont you mean it runs from The Olde Castle to The Abbey . Now that would be a very handy tunnel late on a wet night.;)

byte · 03-09-2009 9:51pm

ednwireland wrote: »

dont starton hotels or byte will lock the thread

That's gonna be impossible for me to do!

WRT the Indian, I didn't realised it was closed down? Maybe it's closed for Ramadan? *shrug*

CB11 · 03-09-2009 10:12pm

Heard them rumors 2 while workin in the sports store in Donegal(the chain 1).

usually work in LK 1 so dont worry i dont take any offence 2 any of the comments

ednwireland · 04-09-2009 10:16am

byte wrote: »

That's gonna be impossible for me to do!

WRT the Indian, I didn't realised it was closed down? Maybe it's closed for Ramadan? *shrug*

sorry meant muffler (appropriate really

)

muffler · 04-09-2009 10:22am

ednwireland wrote: »

sorry meant muffler (appropriate really )

Thats why I choose that nick

byte · 04-09-2009 8:58pm

Noticed Shapla was closed tonight also. So they're either gone or closed for Ramadan.

Broxi_Bear_Eire · 04-09-2009 9:48pm

byte wrote: »

Noticed Shapla was closed tonight also. So they're either gone or closed for Ramadan.

Never ever heard of an Indian restaurant closing for Ramadan before very strange

ednwireland · 04-09-2009 10:35pm

was told shapla's closed today (talking to a friend who's closing up:( )

byte · 04-09-2009 10:44pm

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Never ever heard of an Indian restaurant closing for Ramadan before very strange

Aye, but the all-day temptation would be there!

Anyway, seems Ed has confirmed its demise.

Anyone know if the one in Letterkenny is still open?

subway donegal town gone ?

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