clearys

[Kenton]

Very sad news about the iconic clearys swiftly shutting there doors, many staff spent a lifetime there to be told go home that is it gone...
clearys is a landmark im pretty sure many have met someone under clearys clock, the window disply at chirstmas i remember as a kid going there on the 8th of December when we go to Dublin to see santa clearys santa been the best,

is this closure down to the disintegration of dublin main street, which has our history deeply ingrained down to the bullet holes in the gpo, i moved to dublin some time again and the vast difference between o connell street then and now and even my childhood is vast..

today a once thriving street with its beauitful buildings has become a playground for junkies dealers beggers and homeless.. fast food pound shops taking over closed stores the once beauitful buildings becoming grubby shabby, ann summers is now the most high class store..

are we to be surprised its become a mecca for junkies when they stuck a needle in the middle of it?

homelessness drug use are issues people must go somewhere... but offering housing if we had does not work until these issues become mental health issue the garda have lost control if they remove them there bitched at and can only move them on there not enough garda to police dublin dont mind o connell street..
i saw tourist taken pictures on the quays trying awkardly to find some angle which didnt have a junkie..

clearys survived the easter rising but it could not survive this government and wave of social issues we have created. so much for big recovery our tds are telling us we have

seems dublin of the rare auld times is dying

Terrible news alright, a Dublin institution gone, I hate what this city is becoming, its unrecognisable

[dob]

A term referring to someone addicted to psychoactive drugs, opiates in particular, and especially those using heroin (an opiate). The term was coined during WW1 when heroin or morphine addicts collected and sold scrap metal (junk) for a higher price to buy their drugs. After this, heroin and morphine themselves began to be known as "junk" and the users of said drugs became known as "junkies".

Heroin user is good too .

Junk is also slang for the male genitalia

[Amy Alison]

Very sad news about the iconic clearys swiftly shutting there doors, many staff spent a lifetime there to be told go home that is it gone...
clearys is a landmark im pretty sure many have met someone under clearys clock, the window disply at chirstmas i remember as a kid going there on the 8th of December when we go to Dublin to see santa clearys santa been the best,

is this closure down to the disintegration of dublin main street, which has our history deeply ingrained down to the bullet holes in the gpo, i moved to dublin some time again and the vast difference between o connell street then and now and even my childhood is vast..

today a once thriving street with its beauitful buildings has become a playground for junkies dealers beggers and homeless.. fast food pound shops taking over closed stores the once beauitful buildings becoming grubby shabby, ann summers is now the most high class store..

are we to be surprised its become a mecca for junkies when they stuck a needle in the middle of it?

homelessness drug use are issues people must go somewhere... but offering housing if we had does not work until these issues become mental health issue the garda have lost control if they remove them there bitched at and can only move them on there not enough garda to police dublin dont mind o connell street..
i saw tourist taken pictures on the quays trying awkardly to find some angle which didnt have a junkie..

clearys survived the easter rising but it could not survive this government and wave of social issues we have created. so much for big recovery our tds are telling us we have

seems dublin of the rare auld times is dying

That's so nicely put, especially this part "clearys survived the easter rising but it could not survive this government and wave of social issues we have created. so much for big recovery our tds are telling us we have". Sad but true.

[philipkntz]

Clearys was a high end store. The growth in the economy is mostly minimum wage jobs.
An entire generation, that should be shopping in Ireland emigrated, and are walking the streets of the world. Replaced by foreigners willing to work for a lower wage.
Also cars are very much discouraged from the city center through the lack of very expensive parking places and a 19mph speed limit, making suburban shopping centers much more actractive.
Even the "growth" they talk about at the airport is largly economic migration, rather than business travel or true tourism.

[nonpareil]

Well written and thought provoking. We are watching all our town centres slowly dying due to nelect.

Donut effect , hollowing out town centres.Similar to U.S. and some British cities.Like Americans, Irish often inhabit sprawling suburbs depend on car usage and shop in out of town malls.Local authorities sometimes don't help by overzealous enforcement of parking fines and removing car parking spaces in city centres.24 hour on street loading bays are also a stupidity.Deliveries can be made outside business hours.

[nonpareil]

That's so nicely put, especially this part "clearys survived the easter rising but it could not survive this government and wave of social issues we have created. so much for big recovery our tds are telling us we have". Sad but true.

Government nothing to do with Cleary's shutting .Maybe local authority rates , injudicious borrowing, changing shopping habits, poor management , recession had something to do with it.

[nonpareil]

Junk is also slang for the male genitalia

Junk is also a traditional Chinese/Japanese boat.
Then "junk in your trunk".
Also most of what is posted here (a lot by me ).

[Amy Alison]

Government nothing to do with Cleary's shutting .Maybe local authority rates , injudicious borrowing, changing shopping habits, poor management , recession had something to do with it.

Directly, yes, all those things bar recession, that certainly had something to do with the government.
Indirectly, I think for most people like myself who don't know much about politics , when you mention local authorities that's also kinda government related.

Either way, it's bad to lose such a famous landmark.

[philipkntz]

Government nothing to do with Cleary's shutting .Maybe local authority rates , injudicious borrowing, changing shopping habits, poor management , recession had something to do with it.

Rubbish, government had a lot to do with it, but not just the present government, the previous incompetents have a lot of responsibility. Local authorities also must take a share of the blame. Other than rates and traffic managment, are there any parking places for tourist coaches along O'Connell street? Even five coaches of American tourists a day, could dramatically change the fortunes of a street. Good public toilets are also essential to encourage tourism. Coach tour operators stop where there are good toilet facilities, and that is where they spend the money.

[nonpareil]

Directly, yes, all those things bar recession, that certainly had something to do with the government.
Indirectly, I think for most people like myself who don't know much about politics , when you mention local authorities that's also kinda government related.

Either way, it's bad to lose such a famous landmark.

Facade and clock will likely be preserved.
Current government hadn't much to do with causing recession (though if they had been in power 10 years ago probably wouldn't have done much different.)
A decade of eventually incompetent Fianna Fail led government, an incompetent, greedy banking system, a low Euro interest rate when Ireland was booming , too much money sloshing round the system leading to crazy lending , an American sub prime mortgage crisis bundled and sold into the European banking system- all created the perfect storm for recession.
But enough bs for today- I once turned you off , almost a year ago, rambling on about Air Lingus which fortunately , you won't remember.