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SK YCOURT management has decid- ed to defer planned parking charges, which had been expected to be re- introduced in July.
The announcement is the latest move on the ongoing twist into pay parking. Barriers were placed at the entrance to the surface carpark last year. Following representations by local traders – who argued that they were an inconvenience to shoppers – these barriers were removed last Oc- tober. SkyCourt management pointed out at the time that parking for the first two hours would continue to be free of charge, until July 1.
However, SkyCourt has now stated that parking charges for the first two hours has been deferred and Sky- Court is working on significant plans which will improve shopping choice ANNO MIE DUCA
“Until such time as these develop- ments are advanced further, we have decided to defer the introduction of the planned parking charges on July Ist,’ said SkyCourt Manager, Pat ea
The existing pay-and-display system will continue to operate. The first two hours are free, in both the surface and multi-storey car parks. Customers who park for longer than two hours will continue to be liable for a charge
of <1 per hour. Meanwhile, SkyCourt has _§an- nounced that three new businesses will open at the shopping mall. Two of the three are restaurants and the third is a traditional Chinese medi- cine shop, Herbmedic, which has just opened its doors. The restaurants are Apache pizza and the Royal Dorbar Indian restau- rant. Apache will open in mid-May, and will employ eight people, while the Indian restaurant will open in June, also with a staff of eight. Mr Kelly said that the shopping cen- tre is currently engaged in negotia- tions regarding other shops and out- lets and he expects a number of other significant announcements shortly. The franchisee of Apache is Paki- stan-born Jimmy Ajmal who came to Ireland in [997 to study at the Shan- non School of Hotel Management. When he graduated in 2001, he joined the hotel industry and worked for five years with the Lynch Hotel Group at Breatfy House Hotel in Castlebar and the West County Hotel in Ennis. The 50-seat Royal Dorbar restau- rant will specialise in Indian ethnic foods. Director Anowar Haq Iqbal already operates a very successful sister restaurant at the Cornmarket in Limerick. It will be located upstairs between Supermacs and Shannon Gahan