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Shops/Businesses opening/closing INFO thread

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    #272
    Wompa1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,172 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The Galway Daily has filled the gap exceedingly well

    https://www.galwaydaily.com/

    Cool. Had been a fan of galwaynews which is now https://connachttribune.ie which doesn't seem to get updated over bank holidays.


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    #273
    Moyglish
    Registered Users Posts: 726 ✭✭✭Moyglish


    Anyone know what dates Aldi Oranmore are closing and reopening due to the refurbishment going on? Are they open today?


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    #274
    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭sgthighway


    Aldi is open today and not closing until 12th. Not sure when it is reopening.


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    #275
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.


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    #276
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    Arghus wrote: »
    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.

    :(


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    #277
    RichT
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭RichT


    Arghus wrote: »
    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.

    According to its Christmas shopping hours it was always going to be closed on New Years Day.

    How do know it's not re-opening as usual tomorrow?


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    #278
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    RichT wrote: »
    According to its Christmas shopping hours it was always going to be closed on New Years Day.

    How do know it's not re-opening as usual tomorrow?

    There's a sign on the door saying they are closed after 30 years of trading.


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    #279
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,143 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    RichT wrote: »
    Arghus wrote: »
    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.

    According to its Christmas shopping hours it was always going to be closed on New Years Day.

    How do know it's not re-opening as usual tomorrow?
    Same question,what's your source Arghus?


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    #280
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Same question,what's your source Arghus?

    There is a sign on their door saying that they are shut after 30 years of business.


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    #281
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,143 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Arghus wrote: »
    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Same question,what's your source Arghus?

    There is a sign on their door saying that they are shut after 30 years of business.
    My edit didn't work on my above post, cheers.


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    #282
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,437 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    That shop has been open for more than thirty years. It must have changed ownership part of the way through.


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    #283
    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭sgthighway


    I know of two other shops closing. One a clothes and the other a clothing accessories shop. Online trading is too competitive. A lot of people just using the end of year as a finishing line.


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    #284
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Many a Slush Puppy I bought there before going to the Omniplex.


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    #285
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Arghus wrote: »
    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.

    Bit of a shocker that. I seem to remember they sold a lotto winning ticket or two some years back...


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    #286
    StonedRaider
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭StonedRaider


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Bit of a shocker that. I seem to remember they sold a lotto winning ticket or two some years back...

    Yes, I've bought a couple of winning tickets there myself. Biggest single ticket win of €168 in 2016.


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    #287
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,227 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Arghus wrote:
    Happy Days at Galway Shopping Centre is closed. A bit of an institution gone.


    Great for a photocopy or two without worrying about parking. Will miss them for that. Staff always very helpful.


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    #288
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Great for a photocopy or two without worrying about parking. Will miss them for that. Staff always very helpful.

    Staff were always very helpful for sure. I hope they got treated with a bit of respect, it seems like it was a quick end to the business.


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    #289
    Bazzy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Bazzy


    Where will i get cheap lucky bags for the kids

    Thats a shocker always seemed busy and stocked EVERYTHING


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    #290
    youngrun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭youngrun


    Arghus wrote: »
    Staff were always very helpful for sure. I hope they got treated with a bit of respect, it seems like it was a quick end to the business.[/QUOTE

    Id say the store was losing money, no margin in retail unless you have Scale and multi sites its a waste of time given changing times...
    Sad day, more to come Id say especially independent operators .
    Also not sure how all the coffee and food places around town will survive
    VAT hike means either a 5 percent hit to the bottom line and most arent making much more OR a 5 percent price rise, most likely the latter in full.
    I know the town is Addicted to coffee etc and its like an arm extension but how high will you go ?


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    #291
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    youngrun wrote: »
    Arghus wrote: »
    Staff were always very helpful for sure. I hope they got treated with a bit of respect, it seems like it was a quick end to the business.[/QUOTE

    VAT hike

    No vat hike took place. Let's not rewrite history. This is the removal of a tax break which was paid for by the government robbing private pension schemes through a levy.


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    #292
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    gordongekko wrote: »
    youngrun wrote: »

    No vat hike took place. Let's not rewrite history. This is the removal of a tax break which was paid for by the government robbing private pension schemes through a levy.

    Our rate of vat is crazy high to begin with. Should be no more than a single digit percentage.


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    #293
    connemara man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭connemara man


    OK let's get this thread back on topic


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    #294
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,227 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    m17 wrote:
    This is where the westwood hotel used to be


    Odd circular structure fenced off in centre of Westwood site.


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    #295
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,654 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Odd circular structure fenced off in centre of Westwood site.

    Did the hotel have a basement or something?


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    #296
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lift shaft maybe.


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    #297
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    New sign in the former Cooke's corner shop on Rahoon Road opposite the old Higgins hardware store and it says "Flanagan's Dancewear".

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #298
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    New sign in the former Cooke's corner shop on Rahoon Road opposite the old Higgins hardware store and it says "Flanagan's Dancewear".

    About time! They have been working on that shop for over a year now.
    For a shop that depends on customers traveling to it, the parking is extremely limited. Hope it works out for them nevertheless!


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    #299
    Snapgal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭Snapgal


    Is it true what I hear that Happy Days shop in closing? If so such a pity. Have great memories as a child given a treat from there.


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    #300
    Bredabe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,109 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Snapgal wrote: »
    Is it true what I hear that Happy Days shop in closing? If so such a pity. Have great memories as a child given a treat from there.
    Yes, there is a sign on the door, a photo of the sign on their fb page.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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    #301
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I spent many hours in happy days reading car magazines when I was younger sad to see it go but not a place I’ve been into myself for a long time which I suppose is similar for a lot of people.

    Still would have thought it would have enough footfall where it is to do ok.


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