Businesses urged to paint the town black and white in build up to Dundalk’s Champions League clash

A campaign has been launched to turn Dundalk black and white in the build up to this Wednesday’s Champions League clash with BATE Borisov.

Fans have called on businesses to back the club by kitting their premises out in the club colours.

So far the following businesses have signed up: Callan’s Off Licence, Tony’s Pizzeria, The Punters’ Bar, Trimmings,
 Traynor’s Butchers, 
News and Deli,
 Crispie Bites, Grafters Barbers,
 Goldstar Jewellers,
 Dundalk Tourist Office,
Smak Express, Denis Williams Design Services and Dundalk FM.

A number of the businesses will be offering special deals to those who wear their club colours on Wednesday while businesses are also being encouraged to allow people wear their Dundalk colours into work that day in lieu of a charitable donation to the charity of your choice.

For further details log on to the Paint the Town Black and White Facebook page.

Dublin Street post office relocating to Dundalk Shopping Centre today

The Dublin Street post office is relocating across to road to Tesco today

The post office in Dublin Street closed its doors on Friday and will be reopening in the Tesco Extra megastore at the former Dundalk Shopping Centre this morning.

The outlet will be located beside Traynor’s butchers in the downstairs portion of the shopping centre and will provide all the same facilities that customers have come to expect in Dublin Street over the years.

A new restaurant is also set to open its doors shortly in Tesco.

Leaf Restaurant is currently hiring with positions available for chefs, waiting staff, deli staff and kitchen porters.

For further details contact 086 2510493.

New Dundalk Tesco to open this Saturday

The new Tesco Xtra megastore at the site of the old Dundalk Shopping Centre will open two days earlier than scheduled this Saturday morning.

The temporary Tesco Metro unit on the Avenue Road will close on Thursday evening ahead of the new store’s opening two days later.

The store had expected to open on Bank Holiday Monday but has moved ahead of schedule. The filling station is already in operation for the past few days.

As well as the Tesco store, the new centre will also include former Dundalk Shopping Centre tenants Hickey’s Pharmacy and Traynor’s Butchers.

Also included in the new store is a Costa Coffee outlet and Chapz Barbers.

New café given the go ahead at Tesco megastore

An artist’s impression of what the new Tesco will look like when it reopens in August 2014

Wanze Properties (Dundalk) Limited, the company behind the construction of the new Tesco Xtra megastore in Dundalk, have been given the go ahead to install a new café in the revamped supermarket.

The company were recently granted planning permission to extend unit 4 in the premises by circa 42 square metres from 127 square metres to 169 square metres.

They have also been given permission to the change the use of the unit to a café, while they are also set to rearrange the adjacent ancillary services area and toilet facilities.

The new Tesco Xtra megastore will be located on the site of the old Dundalk Shopping Centre at the junction of Dublin Street, Hill Street and Stapleton Place.

The old centre was demolished before Christmas with construction work on the new Tesco premises well underway at this stage ahead of its expected opening in August.

As well as Tesco, the new building is also set to feature Traynor’s Butchers and Hickey’s Pharmacy, who are both operating out of temporary units alongside a Tesco Metro store on the Avenue Road during the construction phase.

Tesco hoping to include café in new Dundalk megastore

An artist’s impression of what the new Tesco will look like when it reopens in August 2014

Wanze Properties (Dundalk) Limited, the company behind the construction of the new Tesco Xtra megastore in Dundalk are hoping to install a new café in the revamped supermarket.

The company have applied to Dundalk Town Council for planning permission to extend unit 4 in the premises by circa 42 square metres from 127 square metres to 169 square metres.

They have also sought permission to the change the use of the unit to a café, while they are also looking to rearrange the adjacent ancillary services area and toilet facilities.

The new Tesco Xtra megastore will be located on the site of the old Dundalk Shopping Centre at the junction of Dublin Street, Hill Street and Stapleton Place.

The old centre was demolished before Christmas with construction work on the new Tesco premises well underway at this stage ahead of its expected opening in August.

As well as Tesco, the new building is also set to feature Traynor’s Butchers and Hickey’s Pharmacy, who are both operating out of temporary units alongside a Tesco Metro store on the Avenue Road during the construction phase.

Dundalk Shopping Centre closing for good this weekend

Traynor’s Butchers’ new temporary unit on the Avenue Road, which they will move into on Monday

The Dundalk Shopping Centre will close for good this Sunday

Tesco will be relocating to their new temporary unit on the Avenue Road on Monday along with the centre’s other tenants Traynor’s Butchers and Hickey’s Pharmacy.

Indeed, Traynor’s were busy kitting out their store this week, as can be seen above.

The shopping centre is being demolished at present to be replaced by a new Tesco Extra Superstore, which will hopefully be open by August 2014.

Traynor’s Butchers relocating to temporary unit next month

Traynor’s Butchers in the Dundalk Shopping Centre have announced that they will be relocating to their new temporary store on the Avenue Road on Monday December 9^th.

This move is temporary while the shopping centre is being demolished and replaced by a new Tesco Extra, which will hopefully reopen in August 2014.

Despite this move, Tesco are expected to remain open in the existing centre until the New Year.