Moores Jewellers close Carrigaline main street store

A THIRD retailer in Carrigaline has announced their intention to close to the public in the past month.

Moores Jewellers will be closing their premises on Main Street at the end of August after 35 years in business at the location.

O’Crualaoi’s Butcher’s closed last week and The Abbey Bar and Restaurant is to close at the end of the summer.

John Moore announced the news on the store’s Facebook page on August 1. Mr Moore said there would be no job losses and the staff from the Main Street, Carrigaline, would be redeployed to other stores. Moores Jewellers will still be trading from their other stores, including the Carrigaline Shopping Centre.

In the post, Mr Moore said two main issues were behind the decision to close. One being the upsurge in online shopping, meaning less people are shopping in stores and the other problem being the infrastructure in Carrigaline.

“Carrigaline when I was growing up here (I’m 40, for context), had a population of less than 1,000 and had one road through the town. Now it has more than 15,000 people and two roads. The areas around Carrigaline, which also use those same roads, have also experienced major population growth. Someone living in Heron’s Wood could often spend the same amount of time getting into Carrigaline as they could getting into Douglas Court, Douglas Village or Mahon Point Shopping centres. The town also desperately needs more parking.”

Mr Moore also said developers were needed to expand the town, which is, at its heart, a small rural village.

“To provide an offering that will attract customers away from their phones and major shopping centres, Carrigaline needs massive development. While we have seen enormous growth in population, housing, schools, etc. over the past 35 years, the heart of Carrigaline remains a small rural village, that is still very similar to the village seen in photographs taken more than over 100 years ago.”