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A SHOPPING CENTRE in Cork which was badly damaged by a fire last year has reopened its doors for the first time since the incident.
Dozens of cars were destroyed by the fire at Douglas Shopping Centre in the city on 1 September 2019.
There were no casualties or injuries in the huge blaze, which started when one vehicle in the car park caught fire.
The fire was contained to one section of the centre’s multi-storey car park, but a large number of parked vehicles were damaged or destroyed and a significant amount of damage was also caused to the building.
The shopping centre is reopening for the first time since the incident today.
“We’re very excited and we’re full of emotion,” Bartosz Mieszala, the centre’s manager, told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
Tesco was the first store in the centre to open its doors yesterday morning at 8am. Marks & Spencer opened at 9am.
A number of other essential shops also reopened, including two pharmacies and three coffee shops for takeaway.
Mieszala said the centre had a target of reopening at the end of August, but the project was delayed after construction was halted due to Covid-19 restrictions.
He said that no businesses were lost as a result of the fire, but added that some have been compromised by the pandemic and may or may not return.
Miezala added that there has been no discussions yet about extended opening hours over the Christmas period, but added that the option will be discussed.
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I remember watching my friend throwing his phone into a Lake after his girlfriend broke up with him on the phone. The look on his face as he realised that he had just lost his brand new phone as well as his girlfriend was priceless
Cool story bro
You’re story needs more dragons bro
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I’m scarlet right now. . . . .
Been there my friend. Not good.
Naomi campbell would have got herself a gold medal in that competion
If it was an old Nokia they were throwing I’d hate to see the holes made in the ground
I would love to have thrown my sons 3 network LG phone all the way to customer support somewhere in India when I wanted a simple issue resolved.
I have an ex girlfriend who give him a run for his money. She was fair handy at throwing high heels too!
Surely the distances should be in feet and not metres, otherwise these guys should be in the olympics as the 2 blokes threw further than the gold medal for the javelin
Blokia. Ready To Throw.
That must be very satisfying. I often felt like hopping mine of a pavement.
Apple are better to throw!
NO WAY android are so much more better to throw!
Definitely a sport for tossers…
Eh throwing mobile phones!,swimming with the sharks! People need to get out more!!!
Good to see people are busy
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