Liveline Thread 10/04/2015 to 16/06/2015

Fujitsu10

Whats with prepared statement rubbish.....?

somesoldiers

Hamilcar wrote: »

If everybody that complained about the closure of Clerys actually shopped there....... It might still be open

O'Connell st has gone to the dogs years ago, what do your shopping and have the bags robbed off you by the unwell on the way up the street

tafkach

When will people understand.. These union bullies have no power outside of the public sector, where the Government just backs down and lets them walk all over them.

woejus

ownded

Atlantic Dawn

If you look at the other 2 major stores in the city Arnotts and Brown Thomas, they went through hard times to but revampted the stores and more importantly stocked premium items that people wanted to buy, the stock Clerys had wasn't with the times.

Harry Palmr

Joe wants answers!

Dept stores are a very old fashioned concept from the late 19th century

ThisRegard

'Member dat sez Joe.

Doesn't take a genius to realise that Joe, everyone living in Dublin, or not, who passes it regularly could see it was always dead.

Hitchens

Young Mr Cleary said "you've all done very well"

somesoldiers

The mandate people don't work at 5.30 on Fridays!!

mrsdewinter

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

Whats with prepared statement rubbish.....?

It was appalling. At least Joe cut her off.

Atlantic Dawn

If my wages were unsure I would have locked myself inside the building or else took my wages in stock with me leaving them a receipt for moneys owed.

somesoldiers

Hitchens wrote: »

Young Mr Cleary said "you've all done very well"

pushed along in his wheel chair by two dolly birds

Dan Jaman

Oh, a missed sit-in. Joe would have been down there giving them moral support.

dvcireland

Next caller, one of the great unwell.

".....it was a great place, to go on the stroke....."

JONJO THE MISER

Very simple they could not keep up with times and could not make a profit.

Fujitsu10

While I feel sorry for this person loosing her job, its not like she is the first person ever to be involved in a situation where the employer went into liquidation.

Atlantic Dawn

I was in it in December, it didn't have the feel of it going under but then again given the month that was in it footfall was very low.

neris

Hamilcar wrote: »

If everybody that complained about the closure of Clerys actually shopped there....... It might still be open

was the same ****e with bewleys when that closed.

Atlantic Dawn

Did the lads who flipped it make the few bob from the sale?

Hitchens

somesoldiers wrote: »

pushed along in his wheel chair by two dolly birds

"glass of water for Mr Duffy" :pac:

ThisRegard

did dey......did you ever meet any of dem.....

Joe is certainly in his oul Dooblin town mode today.

WTF, does he hide within clothes rails in there spying on de peeple ?

tafkach

It is very sad, and I have found memories of Christmas in Dublin and the Clery's window, but unfortunately it's a fact of modern retail...

somesoldiers

Welcome to the world of business love, shops don't exist to keep the staff in a job, families and all Moriya, they exists to make a profit. They should have got Norah Casey in there to do The Takeover

tafkach

I hope RTE have a Plan B for D'Arcy, Joe...

Atlantic Dawn

Arnotts owed €260 million in 2010 to Anglo Irish Bank but it is still afloat..

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/anglo-to-take-control-of-struggling-arnotts-26667113.html

neris

clearys is in a rubbish location out of the way from where most ppl go shopping in dublin

JONJO THE MISER

Thats buissness ya dumbo.

Atlantic Dawn

It wasn't the protests that shut it down.

ThisRegard

He's still pushing the bus strike. FFS, a day or two which weren't even on a weekend. Idiot.

Fujitsu10

"The taxpayer is going to pay the redundancy" is this true??

Roger_007

The water protestors were in buying bottles of water?

tafkach

"And the hard pressed tax payer is gonna be left to pay the statutory redundancy".

Well, if you feel that bad for the tax payer, dont accept the payment!!

Atlantic Dawn

This might stop idiots buying people vouchers as gifts. I always use cash and wrap a Post It note to it saying where they should spend it, if they don't want to they can spend it wherever the feck they want and not complain to me after that the shop went bust.

brooke 2

my friend wrote: »

Reminds me of the married Garda from Limerick deep undercover down New Orleans way , that story went very quiet ... Maybe Joe could contact him for tips?

That was the first thing which came to my mind also!!

tafkach

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

"The taxpayer is going to pay the redundancy" is this true??

Government has to pay the statutory part. That was four weeks for every year worked in the company when I got redundancy (about ten years ago).. The company paid an extra two weeks...

White Horse

Department stores are a dead 20th century retail concept. If properly used, the Clery's building can yield more employment by providing a retail experience that people actually want.

ThisRegard

What's Joe got against buses these days ?

He's blaming everyone but bloody Clerys themselves.

Atlantic Dawn

"Serving my time", it wasn't the marines you were in.

neris

man worked in clearys in 1958 and joe asks him what he thinks the reason is....................

my friend

Tinder is what killed it Joe, ya don't have to meet under the clock of Clerys for the ride anymore

Wacker The Attacker

We the people, the proletariat, the grass roots and the working man

mrsdewinter

'Hector Gray' *downs shot*

Fujitsu10

tafkach wrote: »

Government has to pay the statutory part. That was four weeks for every year worked in the company when I got redundancy (about ten years ago).. The company paid an extra two weeks...

AFAIK the Government no longer make any contribution toward redundancy payments, since about the last few years, however perhaps if the employer goes into liquidation this is not the case?

Harry Palmr

No point mentioning Guineys and Penny's - cheap tat and that's want people want, or high end - higher than Cleary's.

They are a classic example of the squeezed middle market.

ThisRegard

De whizz kids.

Atlantic Dawn

Any retail business not opening on a Sunday would be gone under quickly.

White Horse

If only it was bought by the Grace Brothers.

somesoldiers

Gresham Taxi mafia member

wonder does he push the car along the rank rather than spend the petrol- clever

neris

do these people not realise that times on and the retail environment moves on. if things were to stay as they were we,d be buying everything off wooden market stalls in the town square 1 day a week

ThisRegard

Taxi driver reporting on something he heard 3rd hand. Well who would have believed that would ever happen.