You know, we were open, we were welcoming.

Hi, my name is Mike O'Mara from the Winebuff and Malistreet Limerick.

While I'm wide open to trying to do anything that would bring people into the city and would encourage that, I felt some of the things that were done weren't the correct thing to do.

Closing streets during the week when there was nothing happening.

when it's already hard to park say this is completely on a retailer's point of view 90% of my customers when they come in said I was driving around for 15 minutes trying to find a parking space and that's the ones who come in so you don't know who didn't come in and I'm sure there's plenty who don't come in because they can't park and I still think you could do all these things at the weekends and close the street that you want to close and do the weekends but keep them open during business business days on Monday now while we're still open on Saturday I have no problem with closing a street on Saturday But overall, I think it was disruptive to retail.

But I see where they're coming from and they want to do something.

I encourage that.

If you had a chance to sit down with the mayor, what would you be telling him?

We were welcoming.

Hi, my name is Mike O'Mara from the Winebuff and Mallard Street Limerick.

While I'm wide open to trying to do anything that would bring people into the city and would encourage that, I felt some of the things that were done weren't the correct thing to do.

Closing streets for... during the week when there was nothing happening when it's already hard to park say this is completely on a retailer's point of view 90% of my customers when they come in said I was driving around for 15 minutes trying to find a parking space and that's the ones who come in so you don't know who didn't come in and I'm sure there's plenty who don't come in because they can't park and I still think you could do all these things at the weekends and close the street that you want to close and do the weekends but keep them open during business business days on Monday now while we're still open on Saturday I have no problem with closing a street on Saturday But overall, I think it was disruptive to retail.

But I see where they're coming from and they want to do something.

I encourage that.

But I just don't think this is the right way of doing it.

If you had a chance to sit down with the mayor, what would you be telling him?