Nolans win top retail award

Nolans Butchers have received a major national award for their shop, opened just two years ago.



“I didn’t think the year could get any better, with the Transplant Games success and getting engaged, but this is just great,” James Nolan told the Diary today, about topping The FBD Retail Excellence Ireland Awards in the Best Large Store category.

Stressing that it was a win for all the staff, and for his father Andy who ‘built up the business from nothing’, James also said it was a great occasion for Kilcullen business as a whole.

And he noted the other high quality shops which Kilcullen has, including Bernard Berney’s new pharmacy, the traditional Berney Brothers Saddlers, Fallons and Paul’s restaurants, and the new enterprises in town such as several shops on Hillcrest.

“Last year we were in the Top 50 in the competition, and when I accepted the plaque from Miriam O’Callaghan, I told her I’d be back this year and I’d win it,” James grins. “When she handed me the first prize this year, she remembered that.”

Brian Byrne.

(ED: Well done, from the Diary, to all on the team who made it possible, and once again put Kilcullen on the national map.)