Cork retailer John Buckley Sports is running to a new location of its own

John Buckley Sports has been a cornerstone of Cork’s running community for over four decades.

The John Buckley Sports shop at 9 Mulgrave Rd, Cork. The country’s longest-established specialist running shop is due to move to Nos 4/5 Camden Wharf — near the new Moxy Hotel on Camden Quay — by the end of the year. Picture: Chani Anderson

Running specialist retailer John Buckley Sports is ready, set, go to open a new shop, having bought the former Gala shop premises on Camden Wharf in Cork City.

Currently trading from rented premises on nearby Mulgrave Road, the country’s longest-established specialist running shop is due to move to Nos 4/5 Camden Wharf — near the new Moxy Hotel on Camden Quay — by the end of the year.