Horsewear Ireland.. Irelands greatest export??

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This has come second hand, as i wasn't listening to radio 4 at the time... Mum was listening to something about the econemy, and how the Irish are all flocking to Northen Ireland to buy things, what with the change in strength of the pound to the euro etc... In this report, they interviewed the owner of 'Horsewear Ireland' as one of the most sussessful Irish exports.. Pretty impressive
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I heard it (sadly admits listening to Radio 4 on the way back from racing yard this morning) though to be fair I'm a bit sleep deprived at the moment so I wasn't listening really closely. It was a lot to do with the pound/euro exchange rate and the fact that a lot of Irish are crossing the border to Newry (Northern Ireland) to shop as they are getting 90c to the pound or something.

They did interview Sam McGuinness (I think that's what he's called) and, barring a classic moment when the interviewer misinterpreted Bridle wear and thought he was talking about Bridal wear
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it was quite interesting. She was trying to get him to say that he was at a disadvantage selling to Britain at the mo with the exchange rates but he was having none of it - 'bullish' is the word that springs to mind
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Sadly Horsewear can't be doing that well :S as they're closing a store in antrim I believe that only opened recently..
 
I don't know, even from an export perspective? I'm sure there are lots of industries doing more business within Ireland and with higher earnings but on the strength of exporting products I suspect HW is right up there. Their stuff is also very popular in North America and the rugs have been well regarded for decades, even more so than many other UK and even American makes, at least for the top end of the market.
 
The HorseHeaven shops are closing for 2 different reasons. They are NOT owned by HW they are a sort of franchise.

Newbridge - TRI now stock the full range down the road with other brands so no call for a solely HW shop.

Antrim - lack of local support, not surprising as quite frankly it was crap.
 
or whisky?
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well, two things ireland is known for - alcohol and horses
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so both have big business in exports.

but to be fair horsewear ireland is a globaly known product, and is always of a great demand, and probably is the biggest in ireland.
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Most guinness that is made and supplied world wide is not made in ireland. We make a hell of a lot of baby milk (15% or the world supply) , we export a lot of pork as shown from the recent crisis. I think there might be a certain amount of poetic licence there with saying HW is irelands greatest export!!!!I know everyone on here knows about them but anyone that isn't into horses, has never heard of them!
 
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I think there might be a certain amount of poetic licence there with saying HW is irelands greatest export!!!!I know everyone on here knows about them but anyone that isn't into horses, has never heard of them!

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They never billed them as 'Ireland's greatest export', just used them as an example of one of the most successful Irish exporting companies at the moment, as MdM said in the original post
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If you believe the trade magazines they are closing the store due to the amount of flack weathabeeta got for opening its megastores.

Its totally unfair for a wholesaler to somehow subsidize a store and compete against its customers. Even just helping out on stock gives these stores an advantage.

Re: Guiness, its franchised again and mixed up abroad like Coke Cola. Not technically an export per se!
 
I cant stand it when whole salers open their own stores!!! take joules for example, we as a shop lose trade due to their online shop!
 
Thy certainly didn't seem to help out the stores. Infact they seemed to actively resist sending out special orders/out of stock sizes when asked
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I only put greatest because i couldn't think how to spell successful
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I do that alot, change words round when i can't think how to spell one
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Anyway, as i also said above, i never heard the radio, just what mum said!!
 
Tommy McGuinness has been an owner for Austin O'Connor for a long time now. He owned Austin old Olympic horse Horseware Fabio, who unfortunately died at Punchestown in 2003. I do not know if he owns anything of Austin's at the moment though.
 
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