Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

civis_liberalis

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Many stories in free newspapers aren't written in-house, they're press releases sent from companies/politicians that are published in the paper.

It's not just free newspapers that do this, but free ones tend to do it more.

This is fairly well known. Purposely disguising an ad as a sports article is what I have issue with.

Edit: If that's what has happened that is.

ben.schlomo

RoboKlopp wrote: »

It's a free paper. No doubt if they put a charge on it, even with better stories, people would moan.

Obviously some would but if it was of good enough quality then a reasonable price would be okay.

smurf492

No more than the observer before it these small independent papers will have a tough time surviving. That said i always read through it as i do with the advertiser so hope something comes along to replace it.

Guffy

As far as i know, the indo didnt have and internal sports department. The sport section was done by a third party and was essentially "a favour". Cant remember the guys name, Fallon?

Redo91

Guffy wrote: »

As far as i know, the indo didnt have and internal sports department. The sport section was done by a third party and was essentially "a favour". Cant remember the guys name, Fallon?

John Fallon always covered the rugby anyhow. It was probably him that ran it.

Guffy

Redo91 wrote: »

John Fallon always covered the rugby anyhow. It was probably him that ran it.

That's the lad. His company provided, or at least used to, the sport content for the indo. This was a number of years ago, unsure if it is still the case.

Mrs OBumble

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Obviously some would but if it was of good enough quality then a reasonable price would be okay.

How do you rank the Connacht / City Tribune?

FWIW, for display advertising that I've purchased, the tribune cost approx 1/3 of what the Advertiser did for the same ad - and got better results (possibly because less ads = better position in the paper).

ben.schlomo

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How do you rank the Connacht / City Tribune?

FWIW, for display advertising that I've purchased, the tribune cost approx 1/3 of what the Advertiser did for the same ad - and got better results (possibly because less ads = better position in the paper).

Tribune is grand, plenty of actual news articles etc. Far more informative than the advertiser.

Gadgetman496

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Tribune is grand, plenty of actual news articles etc. Far more informative than the advertiser.

It is grand but it will be the next local print media casualty me thinks.

Guffy

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

It is grand but it will be the next local print media casualty me thinks.

Why? Sells better than most papers on a friday feom what i see.

ben.schlomo

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

It is grand but it will be the next local print media casualty me thinks.

Based on?

topcat77

What is this thread about!?

i thought it was Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

smurf492

topcat77 wrote:

i thought it was Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

topcat77 wrote:

What is this thread about!?

Cue backlash

nuac

?Cee?view wrote: »

The only thing worth reading in the Galway Independent was Willy Henry's regular history piece. The quality of the rest of the paper was abysmal. Hopefully he'll get a regular column in one of the other local papers.

Sad for the staff. Hopefully they'll be treated property and get work elsewhere.

Wm Henry knows his local history.

Hope he continues to write somewhere else

_Whimsical_

I was talking to someone in Supervalu today and she was saying all the Supervalu brand produce is being taken off the shelves from today in case you have any favourites you want! They'll be getting in food from the cash and carry to keep going themselves for now but Joyce's aren't taking over until Oct 29th!

Oh and there's no online shopping and delivery service planned. That's over as of today too.

sgthighway

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I was talking to someone in Supervalu today and she was saying all the Supervalu brand produce is being taken off the shelves from today in case you have any favourites you want! They'll be getting in food from the cash and carry to keep going themselves for now but Joyce's aren't taking over until Oct 29th!

Oh and there's no online shopping and delivery service planned. That's over as of today too.

I will miss the Superquinn sausages.

gordongekko

sgthighway wrote: »

I will miss the Superquinn sausages.

You can get them in most centra's

GerardKeating

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I was talking to someone in Supervalu today and she was saying all the Supervalu brand produce is being taken off the shelves from today in case you have any favourites you want! They'll be getting in food from the cash and carry to keep going themselves for now but Joyce's aren't taking over until Oct 29th!

Oh and there's no online shopping and delivery service planned. That's over as of today too.

Same happened when they took over the SuperValu in Indreabhán, they sold off all the SuperValu branded stuff quickly and cheaply

_Whimsical_

GerardKeating wrote: »

Same happened when they took over the SuperValu in Indreabhán, they sold off all the SuperValu branded stuff quickly and cheaply

Well she said "all that will be taken off the shelves now today and tomorrow" so I actually assumed they were packing it up and sending it back.

Seems strange to have over a month before the take over though. If I was starting a business I wouldn't leave a month hanging in the balance when the places reputation could either rise or fall.

kefir32

anyone hear about potential Nando's coming to Galway???

Guffy

Wasnt there a 5 guys meant to come too?

45mhrc7evo1d3n

I heard Mr Waffle is opening in Salthill soon, don't know where though.

45mhrc7evo1d3n

Delighted to see the old Waterfront premises on the prom is to let. It's been a shame to see a big premises like that in such a great location unoccupied for so long.Hope a decent bar/restaurant opens there. Or cafe/retail like McCambridges would be fantastic.

D Trent

Guffy wrote: »

Wasnt there a 5 guys meant to come too?

No I think there's been a mix up
You see Toni and Guy took on 3 new lads there recently

Bredabe

Jacoby Loose Streetcar wrote: »

Delighted to see the old Waterfront premises on the prom is to let. It's been a shame to see a big premises like that in such a great location unoccupied for so long.Hope a decent bar/restaurant opens there. Or cafe/retail like McCambridges would be fantastic.

I
I always thought that would make a great market or family shop supermarket type place.
Parking could be a small issue. I would hate to see another restaurant or the like there. No shortage of them.

westgolf

Bredabe wrote: »

I
I always thought that would make a great market or family shop supermarket type place.
Parking could be a small issue. I would hate to see another restaurant or the like there. No shortage of them.

I'm glad to see something being done with it. With the Eglinton hoping to convert to holiday apartments it could lift that section of Salthill. Having said that for 6 months of the year you have Galway Bay rain and storms coming in the front door so that could be a factor.

Bredabe

westgolf wrote: »

I'm glad to see something being done with it. With the Eglinton hoping to convert to holiday apartments it could lift that section of Salthill. Having said that for 6 months of the year you have Galway Bay rain and storms coming in the front door so that could be a factor.

Honestly, I would be shocked if it turns out to be anything useful to the resident community, given the strong and in my view limited focus on tourism.

Redo91

kefir32 wrote: »

anyone hear about potential Nando's coming to Galway???

No but I hope this is true.

Redo91

kefir32 wrote: »

anyone hear about potential Nando's coming to Galway???

No but I hope this is true.

testtech05

Has wooza been closed for long? Just walked by for first time in a while yesterday but seen it was all closed up. Pity, I was only there once but it was very nice!