Limerick Businesses Closed V 2.0 [Mod note post 1]

CosmicFool

dominatinMC wrote: »

Yep, as far as I know, they owned all three. This decision doesn't make any sense on the face of it, especially when you consider the developments and growth predicted for the Mungret area

True. It is sad that all the staff were let go without very much warning or so I'm told anyways. Did they own the Westward Go or just ran it?

md323

CosmicFool wrote: »

True. It is sad that all the staff were let go without very much warning or so I'm told anyways. Did they own the Westward Go or just ran it?

Own the westward ho.
Only run finnegans for a group of investors from Dublin.

damowill

I know the Curraghgower and Finnegans are always busy.

Was the Westward Ho quiet?

tommy249

Not really a Limerick business but RTE have announced that they are closing their limerick studios and moving Lyric Fm to Cork and Dublin

dominatinMC

tommy249 wrote: »

Not really a Limerick business but RTE have announced that they are closing their limerick studios and moving Lyric Fm to Cork and Dublin

A small blow to Limerick, but it's for the greater good - at least Lyric won't be closing now. Mornings wouldn't be the same without Marty!

un5byh7sqpd2x0

Will that be the end of Will Leahy on the radio?

ChewBerecca

Moon Dice wrote: »

Westward Ho is gone. Quite shocked at that. Rang to make a reservation and was told it closed at the weekend. Instagram account gone too which was quite active. Seems strange

Was in there on Saturday afternoon and it was busy enough with tables booked out for dinner.

Hoping it's just a temporary closure, it was a great spot for food.

banie01

Quite surprised at the Ho TBH.
Was always quite busy anytime I was there and with the quality of their food I'm not at all surprised.
We are a big fan of their family platter, but all their offerings were top notch.

ChewBerecca

banie01 wrote: »

Quite surprised at the Ho TBH.
Was always quite busy anytime I was there and with the quality of their food I'm not at all surprised.
We are a big fan of their family platter, but all their offerings were top notch.

I'm in a bit of shock.

We're out in Annacotty, could literally walk to Finnegans, but would rather drive to Mungret and not have a drink because the food was so much better than Finnegans.

fryup

dominatinMC wrote: »

A small blow to Limerick, but it's for the greater good - at least Lyric won't be closing now. Mornings wouldn't be the same without Marty!

did Marty broadcast from Limerick ?

dominatinMC

fryup wrote: »

did Marty broadcast from Limerick ?

He did as far as I know. He regularly tweeted pictures of Limerick sunrises from the roof of the Lyric RTE building anyway..

Mc Love

banie01 wrote: »

Quite surprised at the Ho TBH.
Was always quite busy anytime I was there and with the quality of their food I'm not at all surprised.
We are a big fan of their family platter, but all their offerings were top notch.

From what I've heard from locals is that they wanted it to be more about the food and so neglected the local population in terms of it being a local pub.

Sad really because when I was growing up the place used to be very busy as well as the place across the road from it. Mungret really does need a local pub that isnt Russells.

tfitzgerald

ChewBerecca wrote: »

I'm in a bit of shock.

We're out in Annacotty, could literally walk to Finnegans, but would rather drive to Mungret and not have a drink because the food was so much better than Finnegans.

I think it was the food that was terrible. I ate in their and I just didn't like it. In a group of 20 last night and 17 did not like the food. Mind you 3 loved it.the bucket has much better food

dominatinMC

Mc Love wrote: »

From what I've heard from locals is that they wanted it to be more about the food and so neglected the local population in terms of it being a local pub.

Sad really because when I was growing up the place used to be very busy as well as the place across the road from it. Mungret really does need a local pub that isnt Russells.

Ya I'm surprised that there isn't a pub in the region, there is surely the population (and projected growth in population) to sustain one. Russells falls in between two stools (pardon the pun) and is a bit of a dump imo

Mc Love

Agreed DMC - its the age of the super pub but I never liked it. Dont like Collins either. Prefer pubs that have a bar and lounge and they're separated. The Ho was like this.

Moon Dice

Mc Love wrote: »

Agreed DMC - its the age of the super pub but I never liked it. Dont like Collins either. Prefer pubs that have a bar and lounge and they're separated. The Ho was like this.

Yeah I'm the same. Live near Collins but not mad about it. Feels too open or something

CosmicFool

dominatinMC wrote: »

Ya I'm surprised that there isn't a pub in the region, there is surely the population (and projected growth in population) to sustain one. Russells falls in between two stools (pardon the pun) and is a bit of a dump imo

Food used to be good in russells. Lately it's not. Had a pdoblem with takeaway recently and the staff were pure useless. Didn't give a ****e. Management never even bothered to get back to me either. Won't be going back.

Mad_maxx

dominatinMC wrote: »

The Yellow Lemon on Denmark Street(I think?) has closed. Citing a decline in daytime footfall as the reason. I am surprised to hear them citing "declining daytime footfall", when all the evidence points to the contrary. From what I can see, Limerick seems busier than it has in years, and the opening of numerous cafes in recent times suggests that is the case. Maybe it is the increased competition, in the form of these new cafes, that has led to the demise of The Yellow Lemon

Place is for sale via Bidx1 which means that the banks took it

source

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Place is for sale via Bidx1 which means that the banks took it

While that's possible, it's not always the case that a property on auction by Bidx1 is a repossession case. Anyone can submit a property to them for sale.

On topic of businesses closing, is Subway on Henry Street gone? I walked past today and noticed that all the posters are gone off the windows, the place is in darkness and door closed.

JamesBond2010

source wrote: »

While that's possible, it's not always the case that a property on auction by Bidx1 is a repossession case. Anyone can submit a property to them for sale.

On topic of businesses closing, is Subway on Henry Street gone? I walked past today and noticed that all the posters are gone off the windows, the place is in darkness and door closed.

that subway wasnt always the best

I found it to be very poor quality compared to the rest. not that suprised. Lot better around.

Expunge

dominatinMC wrote: »

He did as far as I know. He regularly tweeted pictures of Limerick sunrises from the roof of the Lyric RTE building anyway..

Are you joking? The man lives in a 3million Euro house alongside other celebs in Malahide. Do you think he picks his way through the broken glass, puke and piss around Smith's of a morning?
I think you'll find some flunkey has to run the Twitter account and do everything else. Marty'll be grand. It's the poor eejit in Limerick making him look good will be searching for a new job.

Mad_maxx

source wrote: »

While that's possible, it's not always the case that a property on auction by Bidx1 is a repossession case. Anyone can submit a property to them for sale.

On topic of businesses closing, is Subway on Henry Street gone? I walked past today and noticed that all the posters are gone off the windows, the place is in darkness and door closed.

Why would anyone need to sell via Bid X 1 right now when the city is booming?, Limerick business don't let just anyone buy commercial property and that goes for the auctioneers in Limerick too, spent eighteen months from mid 2014 trying to buy two different commercial properties in that very area, bid the asking price, still couldn't get them, one ( cassa nova) sold afterwards for less than i offered rooneys

Two likely explanations here

1. Repossession?

2 repossession and Current owner is acting in a Beligerent way and no local agents want the sale?

Townie_P

Mad_maxx wrote: »

bid the asking price, still couldn't get them, one ( cassa nova) sold afterwards for less than i offered rooneys

A common tale I'm afraid

source

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Why would anyone need to sell via Bid X 1 right now when the city is booming?, Limerick business don't let just anyone buy commercial property and that goes for the auctioneers in Limerick too, spent eighteen months from mid 2014 trying to buy two different commercial properties in that very area, bid the asking price, still couldn't get them, one ( cassa nova) sold afterwards for less than i offered rooneys

Two likely explanations here

1. Repossession?

2 repossession and Current owner is acting in a Beligerent way and no local agents want the sale?

That may be, but I'm just saying from my experience working within the Debt Management world, Bidx1 doesn't just do repossession cases. Just because it's being sold on Bidx1 doesn't automatically mean that the property owners were in difficulty with their lender. It's possible, but not always the case.

Mad_maxx

source wrote: »

That may be, but I'm just saying from my experience working within the Debt Management world, Bidx1 doesn't just do repossession cases. Just because it's being sold on Bidx1 doesn't automatically mean that the property owners were in difficulty with their lender. It's possible, but not always the case.

Are you familiar with this property and location?

Not main St or posh in the least but businesses opening everywhere now, seems odd that they didn't keep the sale local?

source

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Are you familiar with this property and location?

Not main St or posh in the least but businesses opening everywhere now, seems odd that they didn't keep the sale local?

I'm familiar with the property and the area, I'm not saying it's not a case where an Asset Receiver is processing the sale, just that it MAY not be and we should probably be careful throwing around accusations like the ones you did without any proof, as it could be damaging to the owner's reputation if it's not the case.

ciog52

Just heard today its being taken over by Russell's??

Sinead Mc1

Plenty of dramz on fbook regarding the closure of Giftworks, Parkway. Many customers have paid in full for items they have yet to receive, some of which are expected Xmas morning. Fbook page deleted and phone line disconnected. A shocking thing to do to people at this time of year. Disgraceful

Sinead Mc1

Sinead Mc1 wrote: »

Plenty of dramz on fbook regarding the closure of Giftworks, Parkway. Many customers have paid in full for items they have yet to receive, some of which are expected Xmas morning. Fbook page deleted and phone line disconnected. A shocking thing to do to people at this time of year. Disgraceful

Spotted that. To be honest I didn't even know the place existed until now and I'm in the Parkway at least once a week. 3 times this week. Its Limerick Now FB page are having a field day with the news.

I'm struggling to understand how a business based in a shopping centre can just close up disappear like that overnight though?

JamesBond2010

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Spotted that. To be honest I didn't even know the place existed until now and I'm in the Parkway at least once a week. 3 times this week. Its Limerick Now FB page are having a field day with the news.

I'm struggling to understand how a business based in a shopping centre can just close up disappear like that overnight though?

it was ongoing for a while now a few months he was just fobbing people off with their orders saying it is delayed & be delivered next week.