Tralee thread

acequion · 02-03-2018 3:18am

Will any of the big supermarkets be open at any stage tomorrow [Friday] or is it lockdown for the day?

Jack Kanoff · 02-03-2018 6:20am

acequion wrote: »

Will any of the big supermarkets be open at any stage tomorrow [Friday] or is it lockdown for the day?

Take it as lockdown, Dunnes are closed for the day, Aldi were going to open at 5 today... but with the weather alert out until 6... probably won't...can't see Tesco opening, Manor shut completely yesterday and was to open at 1 today .. but again, that was before the weather alert was pushed out

Ciarrai76 · 02-03-2018 11:00am

acequion wrote: »

Will any of the big supermarkets be open at any stage tomorrow [Friday] or is it lockdown for the day?

Oakland’s shop in Oakpark are open this morning, as are Applegreen in Fairies cross. I read that Garveys SuperValu are going to open at 3pm, but that could change. Dunnes & Tesco’s closed.

acequion · 02-03-2018 12:07pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Oakland’s shop in Oakpark are open this morning, as are Applegreen in Fairies cross. I read that Garveys SuperValu are going to open at 3pm, but that could change. Dunnes & Tesco’s closed.

Thanks guys. I see a fair few cars going up and down the Caherslee road and some people out and about. Only so much you can take of this lockdown!

Jack Kanoff · 02-03-2018 12:08pm

I see there's a snowball fight being organised down the town park at 1.30....could be interesting

Ciarrai76 · 02-03-2018 2:06pm

Snow has melted quite a bit, and a good few more smaller local shops open around the town.

TigerTim · 02-03-2018 10:38pm

We're not getting any mention on the news as Tralee seems to have got off fairly lightly compared to the rest of the country.

T.

Quackster · 02-03-2018 11:25pm

TigerTim wrote: »

We're not getting any mention on the news as Tralee seems to have got off fairly lightly compared to the rest of the country.

T.

As Seán Mac an tSíthigh is based in Dingle, his reports from Kerry tend to be very much focused on Corca Dhuibhne.

jousting with chairs · 02-03-2018 11:26pm

Siro broadband is down again in Tralee.

xxyyzz · 03-03-2018 12:08am

TigerTim wrote: »

We're not getting any mention on the news as Tralee seems to have got off fairly lightly compared to the rest of the country.

T.

I'm still snowed in up in Kielduff, probably will be stuck here tomorrow also.

Quackster · 03-03-2018 1:45pm

Popped into Lidl a while ago. It was like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie! They may as well turn off all their fridges to save a few cent.

Papers didn't make it to Tralee today either.

Hope ye'all have plenty of bread and milk!

Quackster · 03-03-2018 1:57pm

jousting with chairs wrote: »

Siro broadband is down again in Tralee.

Delighted I'm still on 'old-fashioned' VDSL. A lot more reliable than Siro, at least in Tralee.

Pirates Ale · 03-03-2018 4:18pm

Quackster wrote: »

Popped into Lidl a while ago. It was like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie! They may as well turn off all their fridges to save a few cent.

Papers didn't make it to Tralee today either.

Hope ye'all have plenty of bread and milk!

Aldi (by McD's) was the same earlier, you would have to think there was an element of panic buying :rolleyes:
Plenty of Milk there at that stage, and a delivery was due at 5 ish.

Jack Kanoff · 03-03-2018 4:21pm

Was just into Aldi in JJ Sheehy road ..that delivery was supposed to be in by 2, it's been pushed back until 5 and may not come at all ..milk was going off the shelf quicker than it was going up

Veg was gone...bar garlic and green peppers...same with the chill fridges, no real meat left

Ciarrai76 · 03-03-2018 4:23pm

Quackster wrote: »

Delighted I'm still on 'old-fashioned' VDSL. A lot more reliable than Siro, at least in Tralee.

We were far from delighted! We made a huge mistake changing to Siro in work. Our card payment machine runs off wifi so it causes us big problems if it goes down. We need to look into getting out of the contract. Fed up of it now.

Ciarrai76 · 03-03-2018 4:25pm

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Was just into Aldi in JJ Sheehy road ..that delivery was supposed to be I'm by 2, it's been pushed back until 5 and may not come at all ..milk was going off the shelf quicker than it was going up
Veg was gone...bar garlic and green peppers...same with the chill fridges, no real meat left

We decided to postpone shopping until tomorrow, so hopefully there will be a bit in stock by then. I got stuff Thursday morning in Tesco which has kept us going.

SecretsOfEarth · 04-03-2018 12:18am

Is Heatons actually closing down? First I heard of it was the amount of signs labelled as such advertising 20% off everything in store today - I hope it's temporary, to facilitate renovations and such. It'd be awful to lose such a large shop in town.

Adiboo · 04-03-2018 1:42am

I believe it's being taken over by Sports World, or whatever sports shop is on the top floor.

Jack Kanoff · 04-03-2018 9:21am

SecretsOfEarth wrote: »

Is Heatons actually closing down? First I heard of it was the amount of signs labelled as such advertising 20% off everything in store today - I hope it's temporary, to facilitate renovations and such. It'd be awful to lose such a large shop in town.

They were bought more than a year ago by Sports direct ..so technically they are closing down...it's going to be 3 floors of sports direct... depends how long it takes to sell of the stock for the full changeover to happen.

Quackster · 04-03-2018 5:24pm

SecretsOfEarth wrote: »

Is Heatons actually closing down? First I heard of it was the amount of signs labelled as such advertising 20% off everything in store today - I hope it's temporary, to facilitate renovations and such. It'd be awful to lose such a large shop in town.

Closing in six weeks is what I've been told. Discounts should get progressively steeper as the weeks go by to clear stock. All staff will remain on when it reopens as Sports Direct after refurbishment.

Before taking full ownership in 2016, Sports Direct had a 50% stake in Heatons for a good few years. Much of what Heatons sells is also sold in Sports Direct stores (various clothing brands owned by Sports Direct) so the change won't be as dramatic as some think. The main change will be the lack of a homewares department.

SecretsOfEarth · 04-03-2018 5:46pm

Thanks for the info everyone, some clarity would be good from Heatons themselves instead of people thinking the store could be gone.

Jack Kanoff · 04-03-2018 6:32pm

SecretsOfEarth wrote: »

Thanks for the info everyone, some clarity would be good from Heatons themselves instead of people thinking the store could be gone.

Tbf, it was announced a long time ago that it was happening... but they had to buy out the restaurant...and they held firm

Xmas came and that pushed it back...it was supposed to happen 3-4 weeks ago and was cancelled..and then a week after...and when the staff arrived in this weekend...bang! Reduce the lot.
Not quite sure why everything on the ground floor is being reduced..some of it is actually Sports direct stock...kangol luggage etc...maybe they are going to start completely from scratch....will be interesting to see.

kn · 04-03-2018 6:46pm

Adiboo wrote: »

I believe it's being taken over by Sports World, or whatever sports shop is on the top floor.

Sports Direct.

Ciarrai76 · 04-03-2018 11:22pm

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Tbf, it was announced a long time ago that it was happening... but they had to buy out the restaurant...and they held firm
Xmas came and that pushed it back...it was supposed to happen 3-4 weeks ago and was cancelled..and then a week after...and when the staff arrived in this weekend...bang! Reduce the lot.
Not quite sure why everything on the ground floor is being reduced..some of it is actually Sports direct stock...kangol luggage etc...maybe they are going to start completely from scratch....will be interesting to see.

One of the notices says 20% Off Heatons stock. Not really a huge discount!

Jack Kanoff · 05-03-2018 12:12am

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

One of the notices says 20% Off Heatons stock. Not really a huge discount!

Some items are discounted already.
Got a stamp that was marked €8 for 1.60

Ciarrai76 · 05-03-2018 12:29am

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Some items are discounted already.
Got a stamp that was marked €8 for 1.60

I must have a look I’m there during the week. Handy to get a few kids clothes while they are discounted.

Ciarrai76 · 05-03-2018 5:34pm

Anyone in the Oakpark area or who passes by there most evenings, have you noticed that there are quite a few street lights not working? I live in the area and spotted a lot, and took down the pole numbers while out walking. I reported them both via fixyourstreet.ie and the Airtricity utility web page. This was months & months ago & they haven’t fixed any. There is a serious lack of street light maintenance in the town and even when reported they still do nothing. It’s a joke at this stage.

stop animal cruelty · 05-03-2018 6:35pm

^^^^^

Its the ESB I think u would have to get onto aboit them.

fuerte1976 · 05-03-2018 7:18pm

stop animal cruelty wrote:

Its the ESB I think u would have to get onto aboit them.

Nope, KCC are responsible for maintenance of most street lighting. Private estates not taken over by KCC are one exception.
If the council won't pay for the upkeep, contrary to opinion, the ESB or Airtricity or any other contractor for that matter aren't the problem...
ESB as far as I'm aware are responsible for lights on timber poles but it's the County Council that must be contacted in any event..

Adiboo · 05-03-2018 8:05pm

http://www.kerrycoco.ie/report-it/

Forms here for reporting faulty street lamps.

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