Grafton Street Gone Down Market?

Dublin city manager John Fitzgerald has expressed concern about the quality of retailer moving to the south city as some international fashion chains avoid Grafton Street in favour of Henry Street and shopping centres in the suburbs.

With bookmakers, mobile phone and gift shops and a convenience store under the Spar brand now on Grafton Street, some of the more established retailers on the street complain privately that the quality of the offering in the city's premier shopping zone has gone downmarket in recent times.

Irish Times

July 2005