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    #8372
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    RevBlueJeans wrote: »
    I saw four guards but no protests outside the brogue last night. The mercy mount hawk parents council pub quiz was on. Some tricky questions like : what county is lough mcrory in and what age decade is Joan Burton in. The Tainste spoke briefly at the event and asked the first question. It is great to see the Brogue back in action again!

    there were photo's up of a protest on facebook, they were outside the Brogue and a few other places at different times.


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    #8373
    kn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭kn


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    there were photo's up of a protest on facebook, they were outside the Brogue and a few other places at different times.
    Protest tourism? Is it the latest fad??


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    #8374
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    kn wrote: »
    Protest tourism? Is it the latest fad??

    they protested outside a few different places in the town yesterday evening. The Pink ladies anti-water protest it was called.

    http://traleetoday.ie/pink-ladies-get-anti-water-charges-message-across-tanaiste/


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    #8375
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    They love an oul protest.


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    #8376
    Wang King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Wang King


    The pink ladies....and not an apple in sight


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    #8377
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Charity event in Fels Point tonight, if anyone is interested or at a loose end! Mainly for the ladies, but I'm sure they will allow you fellas in :)

    Dress Haven https://www.facebook.com/events/871393449577550/?sid_reminder=1995985930833362944


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    #8378
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    Good to see the darts league making a comeback,Tralee and the surrounding villages used all have darts competitions in the past,

    http://traleetoday.ie/new-era-darts-tralee-town-league-returns-12-years/


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    #8379
    Wang King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Wang King


    Kerrydude1981 wrote: »
    Good to see the darts league making a comeback,Tralee and the surrounding villages used all have darts competitions in the past,

    http://traleetoday.ie/new-era-darts-tralee-town-league-returns-12-years/

    Yep, at it's height there were 3 divisions with about 26 teams.
    Don't think we'll see that amount again though


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    #8380
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    its very foggy in Tralee this evening! We had to drive to Listowel & it was very bad. Shocked at the amount of drivers with no lights on & tailgating in this weather! Amazes me how people get a driving licence!


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    #8381
    kn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭kn


    Flight to Farranfore sent to Cork.


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    #8382
    kingdumb
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭kingdumb


    Thanks for restoring that, no bother.
    Ruu wrote: »
    Sorry that was my mistake there, kingdumb. I had my mod hat on and mistakenly took it to be spam or spam like without looking into it more deeply like I should have. We all make mistakes and aren't robots (except I am a bot).


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    #8383
    kingdumb
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭kingdumb


    What Tralee could do with most of all is a small venue, Siamsa is a nice venue but it is only of any interest on the off season, and even at that it i pretty inflexible and out of the reach of many performers.
    A good multipurpose space half the size of Siamsa would be great in town.


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    #8384
    delthedriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    its very foggy in Tralee this evening! We had to drive to Listowel & it was very bad. Shocked at the amount of drivers with no lights on & tailgating in this weather! Amazes me how people get a driving licence!




    Totally agree with you Ciarrai.
    Simply baffling how drivers can operate vehicles with faulty lights in this weather. Absolutely no excuse for such outrageous behaviour on our roads. It should be compulsory for car owners to carry an emergency pack of replacement bulbs and yellow vest for use in event of a breakdown/emergency. These items are legal requirements in other EU countries.


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    #8385
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    delthedriver wrote: »
    Totally agree with you Ciarrai.
    Simply baffling how drivers can operate vehicles with faulty lights in this weather. Absolutely no excuse for such outrageous behaviour on our roads. It should be compulsory for car owners to carry an emergency pack of replacement bulbs and yellow vest for use in event of a breakdown/emergency. These items are legal requirements in other EU countries.

    there are taxi's driving around this town with lights not working on their car for a while now, and I've seen a couple of taxis driving around with ONE headlight working. Its disgraceful! There's no excuse for it, only laziness for not bothering to get it fixed.


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    #8386
    delthedriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    there are taxi's driving around this town with lights not working on their car for a while now, and I've seen a couple of taxis driving around with ONE headlight working. Its disgraceful! There's no excuse for it, only laziness for not bothering to get it fixed.

    Gosh, I expect higher standards from professional drivers . To be fair I have always found Tralee based taxi drivers to be extremely good at maintaining their vehicles to the highest standards. I would decline to take a cab displaying one headlight .


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    #8387
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    delthedriver wrote: »
    It should be compulsory for car owners to carry an emergency pack of replacement bulbs and yellow vest for use in event of a breakdown/emergency. These items are legal requirements in other EU countries.

    Try replacing the bulb on a Honda accord, it's a garage job.


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    #8388
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    delthedriver wrote: »
    Totally agree with you Ciarrai.
    Simply baffling how drivers can operate vehicles with faulty lights in this weather. Absolutely no excuse for such outrageous behaviour on our roads. It should be compulsory for car owners to carry an emergency pack of replacement bulbs and yellow vest for use in event of a breakdown/emergency. These items are legal requirements in other EU countries.


    Most people don't know how to change their own bulbs


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    #8389
    Wang King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Wang King


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    Most people don't know how to change their own bulbs

    Most people don't even know what the amber light means at a traffic lights....changing a bulb is the least of our worries


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    #8390
    jousting with chairs
    Registered Users Posts: 930 ✭✭✭jousting with chairs


    Wang King wrote: »
    Most people don't even know what the amber light means at a traffic lights....changing a bulb is the least of our worries

    It means go faster before they turn red, doesn't it? :P


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    #8391
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    The Spar shop in Oakpark seems to be just doing a new carpark in the area where they knocked that old bungalow. It will be good to have more parking there, but I thought they might have expanded the shop with the extra space.


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    #8392
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Wang King wrote: »
    Most people don't even know what the amber light means at a traffic lights....changing a bulb is the least of our worries

    very true!! there are noticeably a lot more people who are jumping red lights these days. Its as if they don't know what the amber light means & keep going as fast as they can! Its scary at junctions with the amount of people still breaking a red light when its your green!!


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    #8393
    delthedriver
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    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    very true!! there are noticeably a lot more people who are jumping red lights these days. Its as if they don't know what the amber light means & keep going as fast as they can! Its scary at junctions with the amount of people still breaking a red light when its your green!!

    How can these motoring offences be dealt with?

    It must be very frustrating for the Gardai ?


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    #8394
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    The Tralee Food Court, housing Burger King and Subway is for sale!!

    http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-food-court-sale-e1-6m-price-tag/


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    #8395
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    good to see a bit of good news for the town!

    A sports shop is opening down in Ivy Terrace, Radar Sports.
    http://traleetoday.ie/homegrown-sports-company-set-open-first-store-tralee/

    and Tralee will get an estimated €20m to build a new advanced manufacturing facility to attract industry! I hope this works out though, as it doesn't mean anything really until a company is attracted to it. Fingers crossed!
    http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-gets-major-multi-million-euro-boost-jobs/


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    #8396
    siblers
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    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    The Tralee Food Court, housing Burger King and Subway is for sale!!

    http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-food-court-sale-e1-6m-price-tag/

    No surprise there, awful location.


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    #8397
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    siblers wrote: »
    No surprise there, awful location.

    yeah, its too far off the road and easily missed. I've never been in there.


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    #8398
    NV011956
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭NV011956


    Hi all, anyone know a decent painter locally? Looking to paint the entire inside of my house.Thanks.


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    #8399
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    NV011956 wrote: »
    Hi all, anyone know a decent painter locally? Looking to paint the entire inside of my house.Thanks.

    PM sent


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    #8400
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    Big weekend of sport coming up,with three clubs going for All Ireland glory

    Best of luck to Ardfert and Brosna on Saturday evening in Croke Park and the Stacks in Portlaoise on Sunday.


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    #8401
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    siblers wrote: »
    No surprise there, awful location.

    It says tenants unaffected so why would they remain trading if location is so awful? I imagine the developers are offloading it in the hope of making a profit. Despite the bypass, it's still the primary road into town so would be seen by most traffic as they enter/ exit Tralee.


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