Limerick Businesses Closed V 3.0

Red Silurian · 27-03-2025 01:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303214#Comment_123303214

Perhaps do yourself a favour and read what I say in full before making ridiculous claims.

Poxyshamrock · 27-03-2025 01:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303142#Comment_123303142

Take the Crescent or Blanchardstown as an example. People are happy to drive to a point, get out their car and then make the rest of the journey on foot.

Some people need to adopt this logic for the city centre too. If people want to drive in and park in front of the shop, then they should just accept that the city centre isn't for them. You can't have city facilities with village convenience. It doesn't work like that.

Red Silurian · 27-03-2025 02:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303250#Comment_123303250

For sure. But all of those shopping centres come with the added convenience of not driving around for ages trying to find a free parking space, that's something our city centre doesn't offer anymore.

I don't think anybody expects or would even want village conveniences in a city but if we are not going to prioritise places to park cars we should expect other city conveniences such as joined up cycle lanes and proper timely public transport

breezy1985 · 27-03-2025 02:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303353#Comment_123303353

Where do you suggest we put the free city centre parking ?

The idea that it used to be easy park for free in the city centre outside every shop is a myth. At least it is for the duration of my life so far.

geotrig · 27-03-2025 02:23PM

Just thinking about parking and something that never really registered to me before, entering the city from different routes, I come in from Corbally direction and have easy and early enough access to parking to not enter the city in my car, i.e. grove island parking, sheep street, milk market and then the euro carpark near the "doc's" ,although I'd nearly classify that entering the city at that stage and while traffic in Corbally is crap and lacking access to other routes it's one nice benefit.

For most other routes in you don't have that early access to car parks unless you ,a) park on the street as you get near the city or b) go around another route to access a car park or c) enter the city , yes there is car park in the city and they are needed but there is a lack of outskirt parking for the city. I know the talk about park and rides etc. and this would help this somewhat but i'd also class that as slightly further out access, akin to parking at Tesco express in Corbally and getting the bus in.

the likes of costellos yard was lost coming in from tipp side , you need to go dock road to get to a car park from Mungret /Raheen.

Poxyshamrock · 27-03-2025 02:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303391#Comment_123303391

From Castletroy, you have a car park at Summer Street if you come in by Ballysimon Road, if you come in by Clare Street you have Charlotte's Quay and Sheep Street.

If you're coming from the northside, you have The Strand and Cleeves.

If you come from the Dooradoyle section you have two multistoreys by Mount Kennett and also the train station.

Not forgetting the option to just go right into the centre car parks like Dunnes or Arthurs Quay for when people are buying larger goods like sofas, televisions and Easter island heads.

breezy1985 · 27-03-2025 02:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123303424#Comment_123303424

Pretty much everyone I know gets absolutely sick at the idea of walking "all the way" from Cleeves or Strand into "town".

Mix of laziness and small town mentality.

Same people think the London Underground picks everyone up at their door and drops them directly to the shop/work.

JamesBond2010 · 27-03-2025 03:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123302641#Comment_123302641

Its a cafe thats going there isnt it ? Your one had it on her page.

MarkR · 27-03-2025 03:25PM

I had a look at the opening post, and there isn't any particular rules laid out. As the thread title is about Limerick Businesses closing, I'd suggest we keep to the topic. I'd ask you all to keep it civil. As for the issues facing retail in the city, I'd say we could do with a thread separate from this, and from the improvement projects. If someone actively wants to discuss these problems, post one up. I do feel it might turn into a but of a rant, but it might be interesting to get various opinions on it.