Adult shop on shop street

Ficheall

Just as a matter of interest - have the people who are complaining about this premises actually seen it?

The only indication that it might be a sex a shop are the words "Lingerie", "Adult Toys" and something else I can't remember, printed on the window upstairs.

pseudonym1

I wouldn't find such a store in such a location appealing . So no haven't been in there.

Ficheall

I don't mean inside it - I meant from the outside.

pseudonym1

Yes, tre tacky.

The Cool

I love how people here are making out that Ann Summers is not the same as a sex shop. The only difference is that the Ann Summers brand is marketed towards women. But to whoever said it, however many pages ago, that AS don't sell bondage or whips or "hardcore" stuff like that? You obviously haven't looked at an AS catalogue in, oh, ever. I have nothing against sex shops, just don't be thinking AS is just a run of the mill lingerie shop! "High class establishment", you're making it out to sound like it's La Senza!

At the end of the day, it's a storey up, and nowhere on the outside does it say that it is a sex shop, or advertise anything that children shouldn't see. It says that it is an adult store dealing in hen and stag party merchandise. Nothing there that will make a child ask awkward questions.

Speaking of which, do you all think that no children ever walk down Dominick Street and the sex shop there that has all its stuff openly shown in the window?

Furthermore, if a child looks up in a certain aisle in Tesco, they'll see the Durex range etc. Do ye think then, that all that stuff should be banned from supermarkets?

And as for what has been said about the tourism - most other Europeans, from my own experience, are a lot more accustomed to having adult shops around. I noticed in France and Spain that they had no qualms about having magazines with pornographic images on the cover, on the bottom shelf! I think that, to them, they are like, "meh!" It's just our Irish society that is unbelievably prudish!

Time we got with the times I reckon!

softmee

The Cool wrote: »

Time we got with the times I reckon!

You are late with this about 20 years.. now "the times" are rather to protect children from porn etc.

mitsuko045

JustMary wrote: »

I dunno why the pink-ness is upsetting people

I find it far nicer than the bright yellow of the shop underneath!

Maybe it was the offensive colour scheme of the two shops combined was what was really bothering OP?

Or maybe the saucy wink of the poor lasses face who's on the front of the building?

Smeh, if people are so picky about what should be on shop street and whether it's tacky or not, they should remember that taste is personal and if I was allowed get rid of everything I thought to be tacky on shop st we'd have no McDonalds, Zhivago's, empty shop fronts or tourist tat shops (which in my opinion are way worse than sex shops, at least they aren't absolutely ripping people off for a wooly jumper)

Soo... we all going to be listening in to Joe tomorrow?
I know I am

ben.schlomo

softmee wrote: »

You are late with this about 20 years.. now "the times" are rather to protect children from porn etc.

'Protect children from porn'? What, is it coming in the windows and doors? Christ get over your issues and relax a bit will you.

Das Kitty

I couldn't give a flip tbh.

What I do find offensive though is having to pass through a group of people holding massive photos of dead babies to get to Eason. That's something that's actually bad for tourism.

Krieg

While the main argument here is that the shop looks tacky, Id just like to point out that theres been a sex shop on shop st for the last 10+ years. The jokeshop above that butlers cafe, They sell adult toys

GarIT

Buisness start up wrote: »

Shop street is equal to Dublins Grafton street and my opinion the standard should be highly maintained. Leave the sex shops for the back alleys.

Nowhere in Ireland is equal to Grafton street, I doubt any backstreet sex shop could afford the €500k to €1 million rent a year.

Buisness start up wrote: »

Yes I do care about it, I would like tourists to country and my children to walk down the jewel of Galway city without seeing shops that sell mechanical sex devices, hard core pornographic audio and visual and Nurses uniforms that any real nurse would catch puenomia in.

They have them in every other country. There on the main streets in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris and Milan. Why should Dublin be different. Just because its not what you into why should other people have to hide from you?

biko

Some off-topic removed.

A sex shop and a gay night club on Shop Street? Wow, this must surely be driving some people insane!

pseudonym1

For the wonderfully open minded people perhaps open your mind to a vision of the city in a couple of years when it is polluted with neon tacky shops. That the kinda place you wanna be? Well there are plenty of places like that and few with the charm of Galway all am saying is it is worth preserving that image!
As liberal forward thinking young-ish person I think that tacky sex shops on Galway’s main street (and it is Galway so it is the main city thoroughfare) is simply not in the best interest of the city’s development. Tasteless cheap and tacky is not a reputation that the city has, but that can change all too quickly which will isolate a certain demographic and loose the wonderful appeal of an attractive cool diverse modern city.


I have said this as many possible ways as possible.. one more word TAYLORS!!

ben.schlomo

pseudonym1 wrote: »

For the wonderfully open minded people perhaps open your mind to a vision of the city in a couple of years when it is polluted with neon tacky shops. That the kinda place you wanna be? Well there are plenty of places like that and few with the charm of Galway all am saying is it is worth preserving that image!
As liberal forward thinking young-ish person I think that tacky sex shops on Galway’s main street (and it is Galway so it is the main city thoroughfare) is simply not in the best interest of the city’s development. Tasteless cheap and tacky is not a reputation that the city has, but that can change all too quickly which will isolate a certain demographic and loose the wonderful appeal of an attractive cool diverse modern city.


I have said this as many possible ways as possible.. one more word TAYLORS!!

quit living in the past Marge, its Le Paradis now and just like every other city in Europe we have a lap dancing club. Who cares, they cater to a demographic which obviously enjoy it and as long as it doesn't encourage anti-social behaviour then whats the problem. Its the same with the shop selling adult toys, its not a problem,im not expecting to see droves of tourists going past O'Briens and suddenly shrieking in horror. I take the point about a tacky looking Shop St but at the end of the day if shops are gonna open then rents need to drop as do rates and that doesnt look likely, so fair play to anyone who does open a business.

pseudonym1

ben.schlomo wrote: »

quit living in the past Marge, its Le Paradis now and just like every other city in Europe we have a lap dancing club. Who cares, they cater to a demographic which obviously enjoy it and as long as it doesn't encourage anti-social behaviour then whats the problem. Its the same with the shop selling adult toys, its not a problem,im not expecting to see droves of tourists going past O'Briens and suddenly shrieking in horror. I take the point about a tacky looking Shop St but at the end of the day if shops are gonna open then rents need to drop as do rates and that doesnt look likely, so fair play to anyone who does open a business.

I commend and admire anyone who starts their own business, but I am not sure it was the best location decision.


There is a time and a place for everything (and mine is very much in the present thankyou) I don’t think that Le Parades is a good location. I live right by there so aware how it has developed the area and are you going to suggest it has been for the better for the locality or for "trade"?!!!


I believe that it is a good opportunity to learn from mistakes. I am not saying down with all these sort of thing, just dont have tacky seedy places prime location ..
BTW my name is not Marge

ben.schlomo

pseudonym1 wrote: »

I commend and admire anyone who starts their own business, but I am not sure it was the best location decision.


There is a time and a place for everything (and mine is very much in the present thankyou) I don’t think that Le Parades is a good location. I live right by there so aware how it has developed the area and are you going to suggest it has been for the better for the locality or for "trade"?!!!


I believe that it is a good opportunity to learn from mistakes. I am not saying down with all these sort of thing, just dont have tacky seedy places prime location ..
BTW my name is not Marge

I think Paradis is in a good location, far better than if you put it down a quiet street with no pubs or restaurants like Augustine or Market or Merchants Road. At least back the west it has pubs every couple of doors and restaurants and takeaways to absorb it all together in one fine blend of decadence.

pseudonym1

ben.schlomo wrote: »

I think Paradis is in a good location, far better than if you put it down a quiet street with no pubs or restaurants like Augustine or Market or Merchants Road. At least back the west it has pubs every couple of doors and restaurants and takeaways to absorb it all together in one fine blend of decadence.

Do you remember the Wechst before it was there?

ben.schlomo

pseudonym1 wrote: »

Do you remember the Wechst before it was there?

I do, was more quaint and quieter. With the advent of 7 night late night opening in Roisin, the casino opening and more bars its definitely made the area far busier and created more jobs in the process.

cats.life

Krieg wrote: »

While the main argument here is that the shop looks tacky, Id just like to point out that theres been a sex shop on shop st for the last 10+ years. The jokeshop above that butlers cafe, They sell adult toys

oh yeah forgot about that little shop, went in there in my younger days, dont think it has changed that much .

pseudonym1

ben.schlomo wrote: »

I do, was more quaint and quieter. With the advent of 7 night late night opening in Roisin, the casino opening and more bars its definitely made the area far busier and created more jobs in the process.

It was always a busy area; it was once more atmospheric, less threatening with less drugs and prostitution. IMO its not the correct location for it but thats just my opinion. Galway is a jewel of a town its in the best interest to preserve its charm as much as possible.

ben.schlomo

pseudonym1 wrote: »

It was always a busy area; it was once more atmospheric, less threatening with less drugs and prostitution. IMO its not the correct location for it but thats just my opinion. Galway is a jewel of a town its in the best interest to preserve its charm as much as possible.

well said, didn't realise there is a prostitution problem down the west? As for drugs, they are evrywhere in town, in almost any pub you could see it of a busy night.

challengemaster

Jesus, by this logic Amsterdam with its thriving tourist industry should be evacuated and napalmed.

pseudonym1

ben.schlomo wrote: »

well said, didn't realise there is a prostitution problem down the west? As for drugs, they are evrywhere in town, in almost any pub you could see it of a busy night.

As for the latter each to their own that is something that has become part of social culture as for the former learn something new every day!

pseudonym1

challengemaster wrote: »

Jesus, by this logic Amsterdam with its thriving tourist industry should be evacuated and napalmed.

Do I sense a hint of sarcasim there?? :eek:

Head The Wall

pseudonym1 wrote: »

It was always a busy area; it was once more atmospheric, less threatening with less drugs and prostitution. IMO its not the correct location for it but thats just my opinion. Galway is a jewel of a town its in the best interest to preserve its charm as much as possible.

Where should these be located so in your opinion?

pseudonym1

"These" as in strip joint? .. salthill would be better, or prehaps down by the docks IMHO.

grosser

This has made for some interesting reading and made me laugh a good bit too.
Okay so it seems that people have a prob with a sex shop on a street that is galways main shopping area.Tourists don't come here to shop, they come to see the whole city and surrounding areas. Im sure if you walk down shop street now you wont find as many tourists as there might be on quay street.to be honest i think shops operating in the spaces on shop street is far better looking than empty lots, which would make it look like a ghost town( insert fr ted joke here).
And whats wrong with Galways' other streets for tourism. Galway isn't defined by a street full of shops.

inisboffin

pseudonym1 wrote: »

as for the former learn something new every day!

Lord save us! Sure there's hardly enough room to barely squeeze by on the footpath on Dominic St without being knocked down or clocked by a car mirror, or body slammed by a bouncer! How on earth are we supposed to believe that the poor streetwalkers manage to walk?:P

pseudonym1

inisboffin wrote: »

Lord save us! Sure there's hardly enough room to barely squeeze by on the footpath on Dominic St without being knocked down or clocked by a car mirror, or body slammed by a bouncer! How on earth are we supposed to believe that the poor streetwalkers manage to walk?:P

I dont think they do to much walking...