Limerick Businesses Closed

the drifter

leakyboots wrote: »

Passed City Diesel last night, pumps gone, priceboard taped over - big green signs on all the windows saying "closed due to planning issues".

Pity, I use them a bit. Where else is good for cheap diesel?

Ya called in there last night...dont know what the story is...they just put new tanks in the ground just last week!!

1huge1

the drifter wrote: »

Ya called in there last night...dont know what the story is...they just put new tanks in the ground just last week!!

I suppose that might explain the planning issue's then.

Funkstard

Was that place legit? Looked hilariously dodgy whenever I went by it.

L.T.P.

Looks like O'Connor Murphy Gubbins auctioneers are closing:

http://www.insolvencyjournal.ie/notices/11-07-25/O%E2%80%99Connor_Murphy_Gubbins_Auctioneers_Ltd.aspx

Poxyshamrock

Siam Corner on corner of Mallow Street and Henry Street is gone!

zuroph

L.T.P. wrote: »

Looks like O'Connor Murphy Gubbins auctioneers are closing:

http://www.insolvencyjournal.ie/notices/11-07-25/O%E2%80%99Connor_Murphy_Gubbins_Auctioneers_Ltd.aspx

OMG!!! :eek:

Mc Love

They had let people go though as well I think, so hardly surprising

RonMexico

Read over the first 20 pages of this 60 page thread and compiled a list of the businesses that have closed, will try to go through entire thread and update this.

01 Dunnes Sarsfield St
02 Fergusons Pharmacy Thomas St
03 Sasha William St
04 Benneton Sarsfield St
05 Falks Lighting Henry St
06 Topshop Sarsfield St
07 Dunnes O Connell St
08 Empire Music O Connell St (soon to close)
09 Budget Travel Sarsfield St
10 Fuschia Queen Thomas St
11 Early Learning Centre - Crusies St
12 Next - Crusies St
13 Barratts Shoes, Cruises St.
14 Chartbusters Crescent SC
15 Brulee
16 Dorothy Perkins - Cruises St
17 Evans - Cruises St
18 Kielys
19 Clancy electrical
20 Sony store
21 TRIL recruitment
22 Heirlooms in the Crescent SC
23 Spar Ballycummin Village
24 Japan Cruises St
25 Mr E Arthurs Quay
26 Davern & Bell art gallery/shop Thomas Street
27 Bakers Kitchen William Street
28 Kranks Corner Thomas Street
29 O' Brien's sandwich bar on William Street
30 Fries With That - Chipper Cornmarket
31 Dr Acupuncture and Herbs O' Connell Street
32 Fergusons Chemist O' Connell Street
33 Executive Travel Roches Street
34 Internet cafe above Xtravision Thomas Street
35 Empire Music - O' Connell Street
36 Prémaman - Jetland SC
37 Car Zone - Jetland SC
38 Golden Disc - Jetland SC
39 Dr.China - Jetland SC
40 Sasha - Jetland SC
41 O Briens Sandwiches - Parkway SC
42 Pat Keoghs
43 The Bank Bar - O'Connell St
44 Harris Pub - Riverpoint
45 Fifteen Restaurant - Riverpoint
46 Cocoon - Thomas Street
47 Nuvo - Parkway SC
48 Limerick Independent
49 Hallmark - Jetland
50 Motorzone - Dock road
51 Wheelers Grill - Groody Roundabout
52 Lipstick - Crescent SC
53 Newsagents - Crescent SC
54 Gerry Haugh's Furniture
55 Clancys - Parkway Roundabout
56 Remix - Williamscourt Mall
57 Cafe Aroma at junction of Roches/Catherine street
58 O' Connell Grill - O' Connell Street
59 Two Mile Inn Hotel
60 Loaf - Roches St
61 Roxy Music - Crescent SC
62 Yellow Road Take Away - Edward Street
63 The Centerpiece Restaurant - Crescent SC
64 Food Outlet - Thomas street (beside health food shop)
65 Yankee Candle Co.
66 Nasirs - Mayorstone
67 Topaz across from Woodies
68 McGovern's Menswear - William. St.
69 Quilty's Pub and Off-Licence - Thomondgate
70 PJ's Plaice Chipper - Thomondgate
71 Luigi Malones - O'Connell St.
72 Bakers Underground
73 Ryan's Menswear - Thomas Street
74 Ballyneety Golf Club
75 The Lobster Pot/New York Pizza
76 Sequoia Lane - O'Connell St
77 Du pareil au meme - Crescent SC
78 Heiton Buckleys - Dock Road
79 Foodfair - O'Connell Street
80 The Vineyard off license - Mount Kenneth
81 Eamon Grimes Off Licence - Upper William St.
82 The Lodge Nightclub
83 Birthdays - O'Connell Street
84 JR Fashions - Thomas Street
85 Suds launderette - Henry Street
86 Heirlooms - Cruises Street
87 Xtravision - Thomas Street
88 Click - Crescent SC
89 Irwin Bros Jewelers - Patrick Street
90 Xtravision - Grove Island
91 Little Feet - Grove Island
92 The Golfexperiencestore - Henry Street
93 Tony and Guy hairdressers
94 Choice ladieswear - William Street
95 Spurs - Crescent SC
96 Goosers bar - Corbally
97 Trinity Rooms
98 Clohessys - Raheen
99 Bitterend - Bedford Road
100 O'Donnells Bar - Wickham Street
101 M Sign - Mallow Street
102 Golden Vale - Lansdowne
103 EcoWarm
104 Nevaeh - William Street
105 Fine Food Fair Kiosk - O'Connell St
106 Babyworld
107 Eve's - Roches St.
108 Golf shop - raheen
109 City Diesel
110 O'Connor Murphy Gubbins Auctioneers
111 Siam Corner - Mallow Street

Mc Love

Jesus thats depressing

Diairist

true....

All these people queuing in local welfare office...

RonMexico

That is just from the first 20 pages of this thread...

Kess73

Diairist wrote: »

true....

All these people queuing in local welfare office...

What is an eye opener is the length of the line outside the dole office every Wednesday (and I assume on other sign on days), which stretches from the front door to around the corner from the building. The line can still be going around the corner from the building 15 minutes after the doors have opened.

Just a scary amount of people going in there, many of whom would love to work but are having no luck at all getting work, probably due to the huge number that are unemployed in Limerick that apply for any job they see going.

The last set of figures I saw was for almost 23,000 unemployed in Limerick city and county and with around 13,000 of those being in the city limits. That is just a frightening number for a place as small as Limerick.

I think the population within the city limits is around the 55,000 mark, so having 13,000 unemployed gives Limerick city an unemployment % of almost 24%, which is miles above the national average.

Berty

Bear in mind that not all those people were working when times were good. We still had high unemployed in Limerick during the boom times but this unemployment was voluntary unemployment.

SarahBeep!

Beer Baron wrote: »

Bear in mind that not all those people were working when times were good. We still had high unemployed in Limerick during the boom times but this unemployment was voluntary unemployment.

As well as those who don't/can't work during the summer. My mam is let go every June and taken back every September.

RonMexico

Beer Baron wrote: »

Bear in mind that not all those people were working when times were good. We still had high unemployed in Limerick during the boom times but this unemployment was voluntary unemployment.

True but when you combine that "element" with the recent massive rise in unemployment figures it makes for a devastating effect on the local economy.

I think that Limerick is distinct from the rest of the country. We are in a depression while the rest of the country is in a recession. It is frightening and once more it looks like Limerick is being ignored by our Government.

The people of Limerick need to take to the streets and make their voices heard.

EDIT: Finished the list

01 Dunnes Sarsfield St
02 Fergusons Pharmacy Thomas St
03 Sasha William St
04 Benneton Sarsfield St
05 Falks Lighting Henry St
06 Topshop Sarsfield St
07 Dunnes O Connell St
08 Empire Music O Connell St (soon to close)
09 Budget Travel Sarsfield St
10 Fuschia Queen Thomas St
11 Early Learning Centre - Crusies St
12 Next - Crusies St
13 Barratts Shoes, Cruises St.
14 Chartbusters Crescent SC
15 Brulee
16 Dorothy Perkins - Cruises St
17 Evans - Cruises St
18 Kielys
19 Clancy electrical
20 Sony store
21 TRIL recruitment
22 Heirlooms in the Crescent SC
23 Spar Ballycummin Village
24 Japan Cruises St
25 Mr E Arthurs Quay
26 Davern & Bell art gallery/shop Thomas Street
27 Bakers Kitchen William Street
28 Kranks Corner Thomas Street
29 O' Brien's sandwich bar on William Street
30 Fries With That - Chipper Cornmarket
31 Dr Acupuncture and Herbs O' Connell Street
32 Fergusons Chemist O' Connell Street
33 Executive Travel Roches Street
34 Internet cafe above Xtravision Thomas Street
35 Empire Music - O' Connell Street
36 Prémaman - Jetland SC
37 Car Zone - Jetland SC
38 Golden Disc - Jetland SC
39 Dr.China - Jetland SC
40 Sasha - Jetland SC
41 O Briens Sandwiches - Parkway SC
42 Pat Keoghs
43 The Bank Bar - O'Connell St
44 Harris Pub - Riverpoint
45 Fifteen Restaurant - Riverpoint
46 Cocoon - Thomas Street
47 Nuvo - Parkway SC
48 Limerick Independent
49 Hallmark - Jetland
50 Motorzone - Dock road
51 Wheelers Grill - Groody Roundabout
52 Lipstick - Crescent SC
53 Newsagents - Crescent SC
54 Gerry Haugh's Furniture
55 Clancys - Parkway Roundabout
56 Remix - Williamscourt Mall
57 Cafe Aroma at junction of Roches/Catherine street
58 O' Connell Grill - O' Connell Street
59 Two Mile Inn Hotel
60 Loaf - Roches St
61 Roxy Music - Crescent SC
62 Yellow Road Take Away - Edward Street
63 The Centerpiece Restaurant - Crescent SC
64 Food Outlet - Thomas street (beside health food shop)
65 Yankee Candle Co.
66 Nasirs - Mayorstone
67 Topaz across from Woodies
68 McGovern's Menswear - William. St.
69 Quilty's Pub and Off-Licence - Thomondgate
70 PJ's Plaice Chipper - Thomondgate
71 Luigi Malones - O'Connell St.
72 Bakers Underground
73 Ryan's Menswear - Thomas Street
74 Ballyneety Golf Club
75 The Lobster Pot/New York Pizza
76 Sequoia Lane - O'Connell St
77 Du pareil au meme - Crescent SC
78 Heiton Buckleys - Dock Road
79 Foodfair - O'Connell Street
80 The Vineyard off license - Mount Kenneth
81 Eamon Grimes Off Licence - Upper William St.
82 The Lodge Nightclub
83 Birthdays - O'Connell Street
84 JR Fashions - Thomas Street
85 Suds launderette - Henry Street
86 Heirlooms - Cruises Street
87 Xtravision - Thomas Street
88 Click - Crescent SC
89 Irwin Bros Jewelers - Patrick Street
90 Xtravision - Grove Island
91 Little Feet - Grove Island
92 The Golfexperiencestore - Henry Street
93 Tony and Guy hairdressers
94 Choice ladieswear - William Street
95 Spurs - Crescent SC
96 Goosers bar - Corbally
97 Trinity Rooms
98 Clohessys - Raheen
99 Bitterend - Bedford Road
100 O'Donnells Bar - Wickham Street
101 M Sign - Mallow Street
102 Golden Vale - Lansdowne
103 EcoWarm
104 Nevaeh - William Street
105 Fine Food Fair Kiosk - O'Connell St
106 Babyworld
107 Eve's - Roches St.
108 Golf shop - raheen
109 City Diesel
110 O'Connor Murphy Gubbins Auctioneers
111 Siam Corner - Mallow Street

highlydebased

Remix is still open- it's in Arthurs Quay now though.

Lisa2011

I believe Trinty rooms is open again.

PJs Plaice is open and under new management and name

Kranks Corner is open and under management and name

Topaz near supermacs on the ennis rd is now Gala express

Bakers kitchen may be gone but there is a business operating in the premises

O'Connor Murphy Gubbins is gone but the company is being split in two back to the way it was prior to merger.

TheInquisitor

Jean scene on Thomas Street closed down a year ago after taking over from Fergusons and there's now a shop called Book Bargains selling cheap books in there

Kess73

Beer Baron wrote: »

Bear in mind that not all those people were working when times were good. We still had high unemployed in Limerick during the boom times but this unemployment was voluntary unemployment.

The unemployment figure for Limerick city in terms of the % of the city population unemployed before the economy went belly up was almost 11% if memory serves.

Which was still way above the national level at that time, but the circa 24% it is at now is a disgrace to be honest.

Cookiemunster

There's a half page advert on pg 25 of this weeks Post for Ecowarm. Doesn't look like they're actually gone.

CiaranMT

And Bitter End is now Foxy's, with the Still House closing.

hatetherain!

RonMexico, it's horrible to see so many names on that list

Where will it end? limerick dosent deserve this. Hope you won't need to add any more names anytime soon

Dont mean to be pedantic but Empire music is on the list twice!

Amazotheamazing

CiaranMT wrote: »

And Bitter End is now Foxy's, with the Still House closing.

Seems the Still house will be re-opening under new management soon, sign on their window.

Jofspring

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Seems the Still house will be re-opening under new management soon, sign on their window.

Flanagans Bar I believe.

Soulcrew09

Spurs is now an Italian Restaurant

Spar in ballycummin is still open, well it was a few days ago

Isn't Benetton now in Cruises St where the ELC use to be

kilburn

I think the whole one shop has closed and another has opened in its place is a bit stupid keep that to the business opening thread or we will be here all day. Cannocks closed but is now called pennys under new management. Same for Roches Stores under new management and called Debenhams. Capiche

Busi_Girl08

Soulcrew09 wrote: »

Spurs is now an Italian Restaurant

Spar in ballycummin is still open, well it was a few days ago

Isn't Benetton now in Cruises St where the ELC use to be

I could have sworn that Benetton closed down as well. It never even had any signs up outside.

Kess73

Baileys on Parnell street now has a big To Let sign in the window.

ninty9er

Kess73 wrote: »

Baileys on Parnell street now has a big To Let sign in the window.

A wider problem with that is that I've lived in Limerick all my life and this thread is the first time I've heard of this "Baileys" place on Parnell Street.

Kess73

ninty9er wrote: »

A wider problem with that is that I've lived in Limerick all my life and this thread is the first time I've heard of this "Baileys" place on Parnell Street.

It was the furniture place near the credit Union. Pretty sure it was there for a few decades.:)