Large crowd of shoppers flock to Clonmel's Shaws store after official opening by mayor
Shaws' 17th Irish department store was officially opened at the Showgrounds Shopping Centre in Clonmel this morning (Thursday, April 9)
Clonmel's new Shaws department store that has created 20 new jobs, was officially opened by Mayor of Clonmel Cllr Pat English at the Showgrounds Shopping Centre this morning (Thursday, April 9).
A large crowd queued outside Shaws' 17th Irish store ahead of the Mayor performing the ribbon cutting ceremony to open the 9,000 sq. ft. retail premises at 10am.
The large queue of people gathered outside the new Shaws store at the Showgrounds Shopping Centre in Clonmel this morning before its official opening. Picture John D. Kelly
The store is running a 20% off offer on its opening day and refreshments laid on for customers including mini-cup cakes topped with Shaws Clonmel in icing.
In his speech, Cllr English welcomed the 162-year-old family run retail business to Clonmel and thanked the company for choosing his hometown as the location for its latest department store.
He said the people of the town were really “excited and delighted” with this new addition to the town's retail sector.
“It's a big plus for the Showgrounds Shopping Centre and the town going forward," the Mayor declared.
Shaws CEO Conrad Digan told the opening ceremony Shaws had been looking to come to Clonmel for quite a while and paid tribute to all the staff at their new Clonmel store on the “fantastic job” they have done in getting the store up and running.
He also thanked the people of Clonmel for their support of the company.
“Since we started here, we have received nothing but support from all the locals. I hope you all enjoy shopping here today and on many days in the future,” he added.
Special Olympics athletes from Scoil Aonghusa in Cashel were special guests at the official opening, which was also attended by Andrew Shaw of the Shaws family and his daughter Zoe and Clonmel Cllr Siobhán Ambrose.
Check out next week's edition of The Nationalist for full report and photographic coverage of the official opening of Shaws new Clonmel store.