Peoplepowersees HeadShopclosed

March 2010

OPPONENTS to Wicklow’s head shop claim ‘People Power’ won the day after the premises closed its doors to business after nine months in the town.

On Thursday evening a sign was placed outside Head Candy’s front window informing customers that the shop would be ‘closed for the foreseeable future.’

Over recent weeks parents have organised a number of impromptu protests outside the premises which ended up drawing plenty of local support.

Such demonstrations received the full backing of all local councillors regardless of what political parties they represented.

Head Candy’s lease was due to end in June of this year and Mayor Irene Winters prays it’s the last

Wicklow will see of such outlets.

‘I hope we never get another one. I think the protests against Head Candy were very high profile and landlords and letting agents must have noted the level of opposition.’

The people who had leased the Head Candy premises could not be reached for comment.