Tralee thread

oeb · 06-01-2021 4:54pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Every year....

Obviously, they all live in a 5km radius of the mountain, too. Uncanny.

There seems to be very little enforcement for this time round. I follow a lot of Kerry amateur photographers and they are all over the shop taking photos (This is from their stories rather than feed, so it's not old shots they are just posting).

pickled101 · 08-01-2021 11:39am

The Council have cancelled the Saturday morning Tralee Farmers Market until further notice.

Such a pity now I have to go inside a supermarket instead of just collecting the order outside in the Brandan car park.

Can't understand the reason for this decision..

The Inbetween is mine · 08-01-2021 12:05pm

pickled101 wrote: »

The Council have cancelled the Saturday morning Tralee Farmers Market until further notice.

Such a pity now I have to go inside a supermarket instead of just collecting the order outside in the Brandan car park.

Can't understand the reason for this decision..

Ask them and get clarification

cms88 · 08-01-2021 2:13pm

pickled101 wrote: »

The Council have cancelled the Saturday morning Tralee Farmers Market until further notice.

Such a pity now I have to go inside a supermarket instead of just collecting the order outside in the Brandan car park.

Can't understand the reason for this decision..

I would think it's to stop groups from coming together

phormium · 08-01-2021 3:49pm

pickled101 wrote: »

The Council have cancelled the Saturday morning Tralee Farmers Market until further notice..

Testing Cinnamon Bun recipes right now, I need my regular fix

I had already started as I discovered Bacus are closed for couple of weeks hols start of January.

The_Kitty · 12-01-2021 6:10pm

pickled101 wrote: »

The Council have cancelled the Saturday morning Tralee Farmers Market until further notice.

Such a pity now I have to go inside a supermarket instead of just collecting the order outside in the Brandan car park.

Can't understand the reason for this decision..

Is it Dingle Sushi you get? I was wondering if they were operating in any way now?

Ciarrai76 · 12-01-2021 7:08pm

The_Kitty wrote: »

Is it Dingle Sushi you get? I was wondering if they were operating in any way now?

I think you can get Dingle Sushi in Garveys

Ciarrai76 · 12-01-2021 7:09pm

I was on my way to Tescos and saw a couple of ambulances and gardai racing to the hospital. I straight away heard on the radio that there was a crash in Farranfore. Heard more sirens a while later. Hopefully everyone involved is ok!

Johnthemanager · 12-01-2021 9:09pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I was on my way to Tescos and saw a couple of ambulances and gardai racing to the hospital. I straight away heard on the radio that there was a crash in Farranfore. Heard more sirens a while later. Hopefully everyone involved is ok!

One woman passed away. 4 others injured.

It was at Lawlors Cross, a few kilometres outside Killarney. A real bad accident blackspot.

Ciarrai76 · 12-01-2021 9:17pm

Johnthemanager wrote: »

One woman passed away. 4 others injured.

It was at Lawlors Cross, a few kilometres outside Killarney. A real bad accident blackspot.

I could have sworn they said Farranfore on the radio, maybe they said there were diversions. Very sad news. RIP to the woman

Adiboo · 12-01-2021 9:47pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I was on my way to Tescos and saw a couple of ambulances and gardai racing to the hospital. I straight away heard on the radio that there was a crash in Farranfore. Heard more sirens a while later. Hopefully everyone involved is ok!

I saw the same. The first ambulance was getting a Garda escort so knew it must have been serious. My condolences go out to the family.

Ciarrai76 · 12-01-2021 10:56pm

Adiboo wrote: »

I saw the same. The first ambulance was getting a Garda escort so knew it must have been serious. My condolences go out to the family.

Yes same one I saw. I knew it must be serious too. Very sad

Quackster · 12-01-2021 11:08pm

Johnthemanager wrote: »

One woman passed away. 4 others injured.

It was at Lawlors Cross, a few kilometres outside Killarney. A real bad accident blackspot.

Made much deadlier by the amount of numpties who think it's an ideal overtaking spot. (General comment, not in any way making any assumptions on what happened today. Condolences to all involved.)

SouthWesterly · 12-01-2021 11:41pm

The_Kitty wrote: »

Is it Dingle Sushi you get? I was wondering if they were operating in any way now?

You can't beat Magda's sushi. I was talking to her about it. Made fresh. Must go into the market some Saturday.

The_Kitty · 13-01-2021 10:11am

SouthWesterly wrote: »

You can't beat Magda's sushi. I was talking to her about it. Made fresh. Must go into the market some Saturday.

The market has been cancelled due to level 5 which is a pity.

bobdcow · 13-01-2021 12:20pm

Are the protestors taking some time off over in Debenhams lately? I've gone over a few times in the last few weeks and the tent has been empty. Seems like an ideal time for Debenhams to drive in and take their things.

Ciarrai76 · 13-01-2021 12:50pm

bobdcow wrote: »

Are the protestors taking some time off over in Debenhams lately? I've gone over a few times in the last few weeks and the tent has been empty. Seems like an ideal time for Debenhams to drive in and take their things.

Pretty sure they are still there, I've seen them inside. They may be on a reduced number of people now, but they haven't left it yet.

SouthWesterly · 13-01-2021 2:26pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Pretty sure they are still there, I've seen them inside. They may be on a reduced number of people now, but they haven't left it yet.

Can't understand why Debenhams can't just drive in an take their stock. The protestors would be trespassing.

phormium · 13-01-2021 3:49pm

The_Kitty wrote: »

The market has been cancelled due to level 5 which is a pity.

Market back again from this Saturday

Ciarrai76 · 13-01-2021 7:47pm

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Can't understand why Debenhams can't just drive in an take their stock. The protestors would be trespassing.

The protesters aren't trespassing though, they aren't inside the building. I have seen videos where the management of the centre have been very supportive of them and appeared to also not allowed trucks to come in and pick up stock. All they are doing is blocking the trucks getting to the delivery areas. I don't think that can be seen as trespassing.

The Inbetween is mine · 13-01-2021 7:52pm

It's an official Mandate strike...If they entered the old Debenhams store..they could be removed by the gardai...
But that's all that will happen.. the gardai do not want to get involved in a civil matter..as long as there are no assaults or trespass....they will just let it play out.
If head office tried to force a truck past the striking staff.... then that's when it could get tasty.. but again, I cant see that happening either.
Chances are in a few months they will settle for 3 weeks per anum imo

SouthWesterly · 13-01-2021 10:06pm

Farmers market back this Saturday.

Ciarrai76 · 14-01-2021 12:31am

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Farmers market back this Saturday.

Why have they put it back on again?

The Inbetween is mine · 14-01-2021 12:39am

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Why have they put it back on again?

I think it has to do with the fact that they weren't believed essential... but as food retailers..they can actually fall under that umbrella.
It'll be a small turnout this weekend, no sushi or bàcus and a few more won't be there either

Ciarrai76 · 14-01-2021 11:36am

I found this on the Tralee Farmers Market facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/TraleeFarmersMarket/

THE MARKET IS OFFICIALLY BACK!!
Last week wasn’t clear but we got the green light for this week!
Some stalls won’t be back though
Bácús Bakery for well deserved holidays until second week of February
Blastóga Foods will be back next week
Yesca's Flowers will be back when she will actually have flowers to sell
Dingle sushi will be back next week
Stalls that will be there on Saturday
Aidan OConnor fruit and veg
Crème de la crêpe
Grainne na Mara
Johnny stall

JonathonS · 15-01-2021 6:57pm

Sitting at the PC and getting lost down all sorts of rabbit holes I came across the Kerry Home Industrial School for Protestant Boys: http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/TraleeKerry/

It opened in 1872 on Princes Quay (Street), and closed in 1884 when the remaining 12 boys were transferred to a similar Dublin school.

Apparently it was located where the Brandon Conference Centre is now. I looked at the historical 25in map (1888-1913) on GeoHive (http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html) and there was indeed a largish building there.

Interesting that Princes St was once a Quay - presumably because of it's proximity to the canal basin.

Quackster · 15-01-2021 9:15pm

JonathonS wrote: »

Sitting at the PC and getting lost down all sorts of rabbit holes I came across the Kerry Home Industrial School for Protestant Boys: http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/TraleeKerry/

It opened in 1872 on Princes Quay (Street), and closed in 1884 when the remaining 12 boys were transferred to a similar Dublin school.

Apparently it was located where the Brandon Conference Centre is now. I looked at the historical 25in map (1888-1913) on GeoHive (http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html) and there was indeed a largish building there.

Interesting that Princes St was once a Quay - presumably because of it's proximity to the canal basin.

It was once actually a quay. The Big River runs down the middle of it and was uncovered from the Dominican church to where it joins the Lee until some point in the 1800s when it was covered over.

xxyyzz · 16-01-2021 6:14pm

It looks like they have decided not to refurbish the courthouse and are going to move it to the island of geese. Shameful IMHO, in the same week that the council decided there was no suitable site for a small bikepark in Tralee that only required an acre or 2. The council couldn't give a damn about rejuvenating the town centre as far as I can see. Just business as usual for them and no incentive to think outside the box. http://traleetoday.ie/daly-expresses-disappointment-at-decision-to-move-courts-from-tralee-courthouse/

ejmaztec · 16-01-2021 6:58pm

xxyyzz wrote: »

It looks like they have decided not to refurbish the courthouse and are going to move it to the island of geese. Shameful IMHO, in the same week that the council decided there was no suitable site for a small bikepark in Tralee that only required an acre or 2. The council couldn't give a damn about rejuvenating the town centre as far as I can see. Just business as usual for them and no incentive to think outside the box. http://traleetoday.ie/daly-expresses-disappointment-at-decision-to-move-courts-from-tralee-courthouse/

The council has been determined to hijack the Island of Geese since day 1, and the BS public consultation has only ever been a bit of PR to give the mere mortals the impression that they were going to be listened to.

The Inbetween is mine · 16-01-2021 7:08pm

"De Denny's site was left to de people of Tralee" is the cry from Facebook....
It was dumped on the KCC's lap ...it has cost at least 1.5 million euro to date andd I don't think any of the hoi polloi put their hands in their pockets for this?
The KCC is cashstrapped...the golden goose is long dead, so ...there will be shops. apartments...and most definitely a new court house as the court services had set aside up to €4 million to purchase a new site.
What did people actually think was going to happen? ...a bike/skateboard park in a prime site in town?! Not even the most gullible person would have believed that

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