The Marshes Shopping Centre in Dundalk.

Dundalk Online · 12-02-2006 1:15am

Also, Burger King is open in just over a weeks time

Nickibaby* · 12-02-2006 1:51pm

Dundalk Online wrote:

Also, Burger King is open in just over a weeks time

Yippee

neacy69 · 12-02-2006 1:56pm

hellboy99 wrote:

if i go up in the car for a takeout will i have to pay for the car park :rolleyes:

the first little while for free I think bout 15-20 mins before you have to pay

12-02-2006 2:15pm

neacy69 wrote:

the first little while for free I think bout 15-20 mins before you have to pay

that's no good, was in KFC the other day to get a take out, so much for fast food :rolleyes: . was waiting in the que for 10 minutes, got to give my order, waited another 5 minutes got my order and it was wrong. so i told the black one behind the till it was wrong ( don't know which one cause they all look the same in there ), waited again and again it was the wrong order. this went on four times till i got the right order :mad: . hire people that can speak and understand english will you :mad:

Dundalk Online · 14-02-2006 7:01pm

The staff in subway have much better english than the KFC ones...

20 Times 20 Times · 14-02-2006 10:11pm

hellboy99 wrote:

that's no good, was in KFC the other day to get a take out, so much for fast food :rolleyes: . was waiting in the que for 10 minutes, got to give my order, waited another 5 minutes got my order and it was wrong. so i told the black one behind the till it was wrong ( don't know which one cause they all look the same in there ), waited again and again it was the wrong order. this went on four times till i got the right order :mad: . hire people that can speak and understand english will you :mad:

I have a two strike rule, this is your first one. Careful now !

15-02-2006 2:13am

Sarge wrote:

I have a two strike rule, this is your first one. Careful now !

what did i do

Dundalk Online · 15-02-2006 8:52am

i think it might have been one of the black comments...

mise_me_fein_V2 · 15-02-2006 3:58pm

Do you know there's no Burger King's in France anymore

Dundalk Online · 15-02-2006 5:02pm

i didn't.... um... why?!?

dundalk cailin · 15-02-2006 5:23pm

mise_me_fein_V2 wrote:

Do you know there's no Burger King's in France anymore

still have maccy d's

oh and Quick which is basically the exact same

15-02-2006 6:58pm

Dundalk Online wrote:

i think it might have been one of the black comments...

well i didn't say anything bad or racist ( i'm not racist either ), was just trying to make a point that the people there couldn't understand english too well.

neacy69 · 15-02-2006 7:18pm

hellboy99 wrote:

that's no good, was in KFC the other day to get a take out, so much for fast food :rolleyes: . was waiting in the que for 10 minutes, got to give my order, waited another 5 minutes got my order and it was wrong. so i told the black one behind the till it was wrong ( don't know which one cause they all look the same in there ), waited again and again it was the wrong order. this went on four times till i got the right order :mad: . hire people that can speak and understand english will you :mad:

if this is the black reference that you "dundalk_online" and "sarge" are refering then i think a warning was very harsh all he said was the black one (in red) that is in now way a racist slur or a derogatory term if it was the comment in orange then i spose that fair enough

20 Times 20 Times · 15-02-2006 10:29pm

hellboy99 wrote:

it was wrong. so i told the black one behind the till it was wrong ( don't know which one cause they all look the same in there ), waited again and again it was the wrong order. this went on four times till i got the right order . hire people that can speak and understand english will you

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15-02-2006 10:39pm

fair enough then Sarge, maybe i should of said non-national but if i did people might think i have something against them and i didn't want it starting off a non-national bashing thread either.
anyway i was just trying to make a point that if your going to hire staff that will have to deal with majority english speaking customers it makes sense to have someone that can speak and understand the language.

**Timbuk2** · 10-04-2006 9:28am

did anyone see the Marshes ad on TV... I saw it the other day... twas on TV3 I think

Merrick · 10-04-2006 6:27pm

Ooh they have ads on telly for it now?

sofireland · 11-04-2006 9:08am

why bother, there is nothing in it!

Merrick · 14-04-2006 7:42pm

sofireland wrote:

why bother, there is nothing in it!

Well there is a Sweet Factory. That's the most important part of the place, of course.

avicbebaldemelt · 03-05-2006 11:35am

heard one of these is opening up in the food court

eugenedonaghy · 01-12-2006 4:41pm

Any directions from the Armagh road went round dundalk looking 4 it earlier 2day thought it was on the old bypass cudnt get anywhere 2 park as well

kluivert · 01-12-2006 4:53pm

From the Armagh Rd. ok

At the traffic lights at the Lisdoo turn right.
Cross the bridge and turn left (keep left).
At the cross roads turn left.
Turn right onto the Eastern By Pass at junction.
At the third set of traffic lights turn right.
At the roundabout take second exit on your left.
At the roundabout take second exit.
Welcome to Marshes Shopping Centre.

You can either park on your left or continue forward to another car park.

antopanto · 17-12-2007 9:04am

woody wrote: »

Yeah but who wants to goto MARS BAR Land they all look funny down there and think they are Jackheens

Although my brother in law would not agree

What is Mars Bar Land and what is a Jackheen, never heard of these expressions before

Bard · 18-12-2007 2:56am

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

did anyone see the Marshes ad on TV... I saw it the other day... twas on TV3 I think

This it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg8r50CEEl8

Wertz · 21-12-2007 3:48pm

antopanto wrote: »

What is Mars Bar Land and what is a Jackheen, never heard of these expressions before

Mars bar land = Drogheda....ask someone from there to say mars bar to see why.
Jackheen is slang for someone from Dublin.

WRT to the Marshes; they don't need to advertise, they just need to remove the ridiculous parking rates....€1 for up to one hour is feckin' ridiculous, and no validation system for people actually buying stuff in the shops.

Bard · 02-01-2008 2:18am

Regarding the parking issue that you raise there, Wertz, parking is free after 5.30pm and all day on Sunday, and you get 2 hours free parking if you spend €20 or more in Dunnes Stores.

Wertz · 02-01-2008 11:39am

Bard wrote: »

you get 2 hours free parking if you spend €20 or more in Dunnes Stores.

Oh I know about the free periods....ie. when the UDC stop charging for their spaces round town.
Wasn't aware of Dunnes' offer, certainly isn't made too clear anywhere.
My point on validating parking stands; took a mate into it a few weeks back to get is son a PS3....that's around €500 dropped in a shop and I got to pay a euro for parking for 10 minutes? If anyone from Marshes happens to be reading, get a proper validation policy...not all your visitors are shopping in Dunnes.

While I'm here, the amount of people who clog up the feed roads around the centre by double parking, sitting on yellow lines or on corners and reduce visibilty for those passing is another symptom of the pay parking policy. They are sitting there waiting to pick up people leaving the centre and obviously don't want to be caught for fees...I narrowly avoided rear ending some idiot in a merc last week, who decided it would be a wonderful idea to just suddenly abandon her car on the last corner before the traffic lights on to the ramparts, to wait on her companion. Good few taxis do this as well.
In fact the marshes has a lot to answer for WRT general traffic problems on the ramparts and subsequently back up into park st at busy times....but that's something that we'll just have to live with...

Mr Magnolia · 02-01-2008 2:06pm

I think the first 10/15 minutes is free at the Marshes.

I've gone to validate my ticket a few times after a quick dash to the pharmacy only for the machine to tell me there's no charge?

Dunnes are the Anchor Tennant, the free parking with €20 spent was rolled into their contract.

Wertz · 07-01-2008 5:55pm

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

I think the first 10/15 minutes is free at the Marshes.

BZZZT!

Got caught out earlier after popping into Easons for something...I was less than 5 minutes from the barrier going up to getting back to the pay machine...
€1 charge... and that was after dropping €15 in Easons.

Ridiculous.

Bard · 08-01-2008 2:21am

Strange,... As far as I know, 15 minutes is the limit that they start charging at and it's free when you're there less than that..- I've NEVER paid a penny for parking when I've spent less than 15 minutes there. It always said "€0.00" on screen at the paystation and spat back out the ticket. Really, though, the first 30 minutes (if not the first full hour) should be free parking, but I can't see that happening...

The people parking on the double yellow lines (particularly at the corner of Dunnes as you come out of car park 2/the service yard, and at the barrier behind the Easons loading bay) to pick people up seriously piss off the car park staff and yes, they ask them to move on fairly regularly - although they don't have enough staff to get to all of them...

Frankly, it's idiotic - most of the time I encounter these people (who are often waiting to pick staff up after work), it's after 5.30pm and they could have parked for free anyway instead of blocking the bloody road.

I'm glad I won't be working in the Marshes after this week...

sandyg · 14-01-2008 12:23pm

Does anyone know whats happened to virgin meagstore in the Marshes. It was there before xmas (i bought a few vouchers as gifts). Notice there is a new record store there yesterday when i was in (First time since xmas)

Wertz · 14-01-2008 12:27pm

Virgin have changed their company branding to Zavi or some such bullsh*t, who knows why...maybe virgin isn't PC enough anymore...

eamoss · 14-01-2008 2:04pm

sandyg wrote: »

Does anyone know whats happened to virgin meagstore in the Marshes. It was there before xmas (i bought a few vouchers as gifts). Notice there is a new record store there yesterday when i was in (First time since xmas)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavvi

During the early to mid 2000s Virgin Group decided to sell off most of its Virgin Megastores to various companies, including Related Companies and the Lagardere Group. The UK and Ireland arm of Virgin Megastores was bought out by members of the management, led by managing director Simon Douglas and finance director Steve Peckham, for an undisclosed sum

Virgin Megastores Ireland will change to 'zavvi Ireland' in January 2008.

Found out a while back, Was watching sky and I was thinking Zazzi ads are the same as Virgin then did a google search and found out what happened.

sandyg · 14-01-2008 2:45pm

Thanks for that. Must go and check with them if they will accept vouchers i have for Virgin.

Atomic Pineapple · 14-01-2008 3:18pm

sandyg wrote: »

Thanks for that. Must go and check with them if they will accept vouchers i have for Virgin.

yes they will honour virgin vouchers, used mine in there the other day, its as funny, the staff were all wearing there clothes as they dont have uniforms yet

Bard · 14-01-2008 6:11pm

PRESS RELEASE - FINAL

Marshes Shopping Centre achieves windfall of awards

Tenants at Marshes Shopping Centre, Rampart Rd, Dundalk have scooped two top awards for outstanding performance and customer service. The scheme strives to offer the best of customer service and their hard work paid off this year with tenants achieving national awards for exceptional service.

Harry Traynor, Marshes Centre manager said, “This is great news for our tenants and for Marshes as a whole. I would like to offer my congratulations and thank them for all their hard work.”

Marshes Food outlet, “Subway” unit not only won a National Customer Service Award on Thursday, 10 January scoring 100 percent in a secret shopper survey but added to their success after all Subway stores across Ireland were assessed by the franchise brand owners and the Marshes unit again found themselves top of the league scoring 100 % for their efficient service and customer attention.

Macardle Meats, a local butchery have also received good news this week after an assessment by “Crest” (retail market magazine); they have been entered as finalists for national retail awards that identifies excellence in facilities and service.

The package of awards are completed by Costa Coffee, who have consistently out performed their competitors and own brand outlets by occupying the top performer spot for 2007.

Traynor said he was impressed with the efforts of all the retailers and looked forward to a very exciting and successful year ahead.

Here's the photos with this press release:

Wertz · 14-01-2008 10:17pm

Glad to see McArdles doing well, best butchers in town IMO, just a shame their Park St shop is to close soon.
As for Subway, well it was always going to be an improvement over the service they used to run in the 4 lantern's unit, which was awful IME...

Bard · 15-01-2008 12:57pm

Another piece of Marshes 'history' ... remember this?

*shudder*

Spyral · 17-01-2008 11:40pm

Glad to see McArdles doing well, best butchers in town IMO, just a shame their Park St shop is to close soon.
As for Subway, well it was always going to be an improvement over the service they used to run in the 4 lantern's unit, which was awful IME...
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even though one of the noob lads didn't know the difference in rib roast and sirloin. It was hillarious watching my mum grill him..

Wertz · 18-01-2008 10:24am

Aye some of them are a bit wet behind the ears but all the senior staff know their stuff. Once you know what you're talking about with a butcher you'll do well....most other people should just buy the red stuff in the supermarket...

Spyral · 31-01-2008 11:11pm

my point was that my mum DOES know what she's talking about.. was kinda funny... kinda like telling the pope how to read the bible or something..

RONOC08 · 08-08-2008 1:49am

i heard recently that there is to be an extension to the marshes any one know about it??

Mr Magnolia · 08-08-2008 6:34am

The current shooping centre is phase 1 of a 3-phase development apparently.

RONOC08 · 08-08-2008 1:00pm

thanks do u know what its to include.....i heard it was a second story

Mr Magnolia · 08-08-2008 1:07pm

Don't think so. They were expanding to the desolate area behing the old shoe factory afaik (across the current carpark). Don't know if this is all still going ahead though.

20 Times 20 Times · 08-08-2008 1:32pm

It is going ahead , and it will include a second storey.

eamoss · 08-08-2008 3:09pm

Has anyone have anymore details on this?

Just looking here and they could build to the left of the SC.

On a side note, I never noticed the car park at the top of the GAA pitch.:o

RONOC08 · 08-08-2008 7:32pm

Well when it was built first they made facillities
for a second story

20 Times 20 Times · 11-08-2008 12:18pm

the bought the printig place beside the Marshes. Name escapes me now.

not14talk · 20-02-2009 8:53pm

Saw in the Democrat that there are plans submitted to start phase II of the Marshers. I couldn't find the article on the Democrat's website but I was able to find the planning document on Louth County Council website.

The proposed development comprises a mixed use development with a gross floorspace of 25,635sq.m provided in 3no.

Blocks as follow:-
A) extension to existing marshes shopping centre (11,945sq.m gross floor area)comprising 14no. Retail/ commercial 913no. Units on one level and 1no. Unit on two levels) and 9 no. Retail/ commercial kiosks accessed from a new covered pedestrian street extending from new entrance on rampart road to new entrance adjacent to the existing shopping centre car park and connecting to the existing mall. Similar to the existing shopping centre the building will be 4/5 storey equivalent in height including domed entrance features. The development will involve modifications to the existing marshes shopping centre including the incorporation of the mall area located to the east of existing pennys into the new retail/ commercial units and change of use of the existing entrance pavilion on rampart road to retail use. A new service yard will be located to the east of the extension with access from rampart road and car park 1.

4 storey hotel building (5,500sq.m gross floor area) fronting rampart road with tower features (5 storey equivalent/ 24.25 metres in height) on northwestern and northeastern corners, accommodating reception, bar/restaurant, meeting rooms and ancillary accommodation within double height ground floor area, 105 bedrooms and all associated ancillary accommodation on 3 levels over. Access to 2/3 levels of car parking (80 spaces) and service yard are provided from new link road to the east of the site. A landscaped podium is located over parking.

C) 5 storey building (4,085sq.m gross floor area) accommodating 8 own door office suites on ground floor (770sq.m gross floor area) and 32no. 2 bedroom apartments on 4 levels above (8no. Apartments on each level) fronting onto new link road and with parking to the rear for 36 cars and landscaped podium over. Permission is sought for a new link road replacing the existing road (marshes avenue) from rampart road to car park 1 of the shopping centre to the south. This will be located approximately 60 metres to the east of the existing access road and will link rampart road to a new roundabout to be provided in the north eastern corner of car park 1 of the shopping centre.

Minor adjustment to the layout of car park 1 is also proposed...etc..please see file for remainder of description.

http://www.louthcoco.ie/ePlan41/FileRefDetails.aspx?file_number=0920&LASiteID=1

Does Dundalk really need another Hotel?

The Marshes Shopping Centre in Dundalk.

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