Clonmel Thread

Maggie 2

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

Was that all rubbish about the Supermacs owner buying GBM (Renault) garage so?

I imagine that there were difficulties about the deal that we won't know about. That deal was supposed to have been done a year ago.

copy1

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

I see The Original Rudeboys are coming to Danno's tomorrow night, sounds like a good crowd going aswell.

i taught that was a teenage Disco thing ??

ScummyMan

copy1 wrote: »

i taught that was a teenage Disco thing ??

Nope, over 18s AFAIK.

darragh o meara

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Supermacs are going in not at the GBM garage but at the site beside Tesco where there was a furniture store at one stage.

Menarys left Clonmel because of health and safety concerns regarding the building. How it passed regulations in the first place I will never know but there is serious subsidence there and also flooding in the basement. AFAIK Menarys highlighted these problems from an early stage but the owner refused to deal with them. Health and Safety became involved and closed the whole store down. Whether or not Menarys will return is debateable but that building is condemned at the moment.

Wow. Never knew that about Menarys. Thought they pulled out due to the economic downturn.

tippspur

alexmcred wrote: »

Was up in Tesco today and there is construction going on beside the warehouse and there is a Supermacs truck parked there as well

Saw this aswel today and assumed it to be the site of the new supermacs,there was a supermacs van over there also.

Loughc

darragh o meara wrote: »

Wow. Never knew that about Menarys. Thought they pulled out due to the economic downturn.

My sister in law used to work there, and she was told it was due to the fact they weren't taking in enough sales and the was a decision by the UK head Office to pull out of Clonmel, heard nothing of the likes about H&S, I would love to know your source on this information Clonmel1000.

Clonmel1000

H&S shut Menarys in Clonmel. The store was open and trading the morning the H&S people came down. No closing down sale, no mention of lay offs or otherwise. I'm sure Menarys in Clonmel like Menarys everywhere was feeling the pinch due to the times we live in but this was not an economic decision. AFAIK Menarys paid little or no rent to the owner of the building once they identified the problems that existed with the premises.

chris2008x

tippspur wrote: »

Saw this aswel today and assumed it to be the site of the new supermacs,there was a supermacs van over there also.

http://www.southtippcoco.ie/eplan41/FileRefDetails.aspx?file_number=1113&LASiteID=3

Could be a Supermacs. To see the application, drawings submissions etc you will need to download DJVU

Mountainsandh

Hi all, are there any Christmas markets going on in Clonmel any time soon ? Are the car boot sales finished for the season ?

Royco

alexmcred wrote: »

Was up in Tesco today and there is construction going on beside the warehouse and there is a Supermacs truck parked there as well

I think you may be correct as higgins owns that building and his company bekan properties has change of use planning permission in paper this week for that premises plus supermacs will want a drive thru and that would be perfect

GullibleOne

Originally Posted by alexmcred
Was up in Tesco today and there is construction going on beside the warehouse and there is a Supermacs truck parked there as well

tippspur wrote: »

Saw this aswel today and assumed it to be the site of the new supermacs,there was a supermacs van over there also.

where is this warehouse? What business was there before?

Clonmel1000

Just to clarify Supermacs are not going into the old GBMgarage and havent been for over 12 months now, They are putting a new drive through where Avonmore had a wharehouse on the right has you enter into tescos. There is somebody currently selling stone/clay or something similar there at the moment. Perfect locaation for a drive thru, that Tesco's is a gold mine constantly busy

GullibleOne

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Just to clarify Supermacs are not going into the old GBMgarage and havent been for over 12 months now, They are putting a new drive through where Avonmore had a wharehouse on the right has you enter into tescos. There is somebody currently selling stone/clay or something similar there at the moment. Perfect locaation for a drive thru, that Tesco's is a gold mine constantly busy

while some of the staff shop in aldi i am told

Insect Overlord

GullibleOne wrote: »

while some of the staff shop in aldi i am told

No harm in shopping around! I know a lad who worked in Tesco for a while, did some of his shopping in Mace, Centra and Dunnes as well depending on what he needed.

Clonmel1000

GullibleOne wrote: »

while some of the staff shop in aldi i am told

tippspur

Very busy around the centre of Clonmel today,very Christmassy feel about it I have to say.The free parking must be having an effect.

Clonmel1000

Yeah a bit of kudos to Clonmel Borough Council for allowing free car parking each Saturday for the month of Devember in their car parks. I see there is a winter festival planned for next Saturday, Santa parade, mini train shuttling through town, switching on of Xmas lights by Roz Purcell

andrewdeerpark

Also a good olde buzz in the shopping centre, first time I have seen it anything like capacity in a while.

pooch90

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Yeah a bit of kudos to Clonmel Borough Council for allowing free car parking each Saturday for the month of Devember in their car parks. I see there is a winter festival planned for next Saturday, Santa parade, mini train shuttling through town, switching on of Xmas lights by Roz Purcell

But the lights are already on??

Clonmel1000

I'd say its more of a symbolic swirching on than anything else. The lights in O Connell Street are very nice in fairness.

callaway92

Ya, the lights in O' Connell street are very nice. Saw them for the first time last night. Almost as nice as the lights at the quay in Waterford.

Royco

Sad to see more shop closures with the discount store on o connell st and now the sweet shop beside pennys closing this weekend after 2 years things are fair bad when shops have to close before xmas so can imagine what post xmas will bring.

Royco

Have to say the railway bridge is great, was worth the wait and you just realize the amount of traffic that goes over it when you see the backlog it caused when it was closed, BUT heres my question, can anyone explain why there is such a dip in the road at new littleroundabout? it just seems to effect you when you go over bridge into lane towards prior park.

darragh o meara

Royco wrote: »

Sad to see more shop closures with the discount store on o connell st and now the sweet shop beside pennys closing this weekend after 2 years things are fair bad when shops have to close before xmas so can imagine what post xmas will bring.

On the plus side there is a new photo shop opening up beside Menarys. But yes definitely sad to see shops closing. Thought that sweet shop was doin ok? As for the discount shop, there's a lot of them opening selling the same kinda stuff, there really can't be enough custom for all of them.

Clonmel1000

Also a coffee shop going into the old Irish Nationwide premises.

Very disappointing to see any closures. Discount World was shut by the liquidators and there stores closed nationwide. The old world sweet shop was always going to struggle in recession times unfortunately. Very sad to see it close although to my sternal shame I nver was in there.

tippspur

Royco wrote: »

Sad to see more shop closures with the discount store on o connell st and now the sweet shop beside pennys closing this weekend after 2 years things are fair bad when shops have to close before xmas so can imagine what post xmas will bring.

No more Fizzle sticks:(

Meathlass

Anyone else see the Weekend Review section of The Irish Independent on Saturday. Story about the Saint Vincent de Paul's work in the town.

andrewdeerpark

Is this the article ?

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/i-worked-for-vincent-de-paul-then-i-was-just-weeks-away-from-calling-them-for-help-myselfjohn-meagher-on-the-poverty-new-and-old-thats-now-stalking-ireland-3319141.html

A few good quotes from Brian Mordaunt (a decent guy, father of "Shepards Pie" George) plus an example case of a couple needing assistance. Tough times in a lot of homes this Christmas.

Meathlass

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

A few good quotes from Brian Mordaunt (a decent guy, father of "Shepards Pie" George) plus an example case of a couple needing assistance. Tough times in a lot of homes this Christmas.

I presumed it was his brother Brian (who's definitely involved with SVP) rather than his father?

Thanks for the link.

andrewdeerpark

No I am fairly certain it was Brian senior, though both are involved in the SVP. Both totally different to George.

Brian Mordaunt Snr has done, and continues to do a lot of decent work within the SVP in Clonmel.