An Ennis retailer who is permanently closing her shop today after forty years claims pedestrianisation in the town had a “huge impact” on her business.
Mary Kelly has been running her newsagent and card shop on O’Connell Street since 1982 but will cease trading today, one day shy of the store’s fortieth anniversary.
She says the pandemic “changed everything”, with “certain difficulties” over the past two years behind her decision to close, including staffing.
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Mary says she’s not “one way or the other” about pedestrianisation, but told Clare FM access to the centre of Ennis Town is crucial…
You can hear more from Mary Kelly on Clare FM’s Morning Focus this Friday morning from 9am.
