Diary of a shop owner (Anthony Dobbs)
I am just another local Wexford shop owner with the same bills and complaints as everyone else, rent’s too high, rates are pointless, insurance is too high, the list could go on but that is not what my story is about. It’s about watching a dream come through, seeing a multitude of nightmares unfold and finding my forever person. October 2014 I stepped away from the comfort of a full time job, well with a little redundancy push anyway. I walked up and down the town looking for a small shop and I found one I liked, it was small and pokey and I went to speak to the estate agent about it, by the time I got there it was gone. I was disappointed and at that time I was being offered the chance to apply for other positions within my current employment. I did apply for a role and got passed over. When I asked why, I was given no answer. So at that stage I was facing a mortgage without an income. October 15th 2014 By complete accident I happened across my shop! I had walked past it many t