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    #7712
    Johnthemanager
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭Johnthemanager


    bobdcow wrote: »
    The Medical Mobility shop at the Horan Center has moved to Farranfore.

    That's a bit out of the way isn't it?

    Maybe a lot of there business is online.


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    #7713
    mylittlepony
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭mylittlepony


    Johnthemanager wrote: »
    That's a bit out of the way isn't it?

    Maybe a lot of there business is online.

    Thoight that waa the store that moved into ashe street unless completely different company.


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    #7714
    phormium
    Registered Users Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭phormium


    There was always two, one in Ashe St and one in Horan Centre, different shops.


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    #7715
    TigerTim
    Registered Users Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    Looks like a big gorse file tonight up from Farmer's bridge on the mountain.

    T.


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    #7716
    g1983d
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭g1983d


    TigerTim wrote: »
    Looks like a big gorse file tonight up from Farmer's bridge on the mountain.

    T.

    There was one on stacks mountain all day today too


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    #7717
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    I can't understand why arrests aren't made for these fires. There were emergency services up at the Stacks mountains fire yesterday. Same craic every year.


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    #7718
    You the man
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭You the man


    If its gorse clearing, land owners are permitted to do so this time of year.


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    #7719
    Radio5
    Registered Users Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭Radio5


    bobdcow wrote: »
    The Medical Mobility shop at the Horan Center has moved to Farranfore.

    Where in Farranfore, is it the Business Park there?


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    #7720
    newman10
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭newman10


    Radio5 wrote: »
    Where in Farranfore, is it the Business Park there?

    Just on the Tralee side of the Railway Crossings


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    #7721
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Good to hear the Central Pharma company will actually open this year up at the new building in Kerry Technology Park with 100 jobs(originally announced in 2018!). Leo Varadkar confirmed it to Brendan Griffin today. I was afraid previously that this was going to be yet another of those phantom job announcements that failed to materialize actual jobs!

    https://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/new-central-pharma-site-set-to-open-this-year-40091383.html


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    #7722
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    I was waiting at the traffic lights in Oakpark at the Kileen road junction today and I noticed that at the entrance to Kileen road, there are two big pillars like there used to be some sort of big entrance to somewhere, with perhaps a gate? There's a sign just along the side of the path saying Collis Sands house...which obviously is much further up the road.
    Does anyone know if maybe this was the original entrance to Collis Sands? Is it the original gate? Its funny how things just jump out at you after years of never paying much attention to it!


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    #7723
    Biafranlivemat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Biafranlivemat


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    I was waiting at the traffic lights in Oakpark at the Kileen road junction today and I noticed that at the entrance to Kileen road, there are two big pillars like there used to be some sort of big entrance to somewhere, with perhaps a gate? There's a sign just along the side of the path saying Collis Sands house...which obviously is much further up the road.
    Does anyone know if maybe this was the original entrance to Collis Sands? Is it the original gate? Its funny how things just jump out at you after years of never paying much attention to it!


    That was the main entrance to Oakpark House.The old stone house (Lodge) beside the entrance is were the gate keeper lived.

    [IMG][/img]Clipboard01.jpg


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    #7724
    cms88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭cms88


    ongarboy wrote: »
    Good to hear the Central Pharma company will actually open this year up at the new building in Kerry Technology Park with 100 jobs(originally announced in 2018!). Leo Varadkar confirmed it to Brendan Griffin today. I was afraid previously that this was going to be yet another of those phantom job announcements that failed to materialize actual jobs!

    https://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/new-central-pharma-site-set-to-open-this-year-40091383.html

    Que the chamber soon claiming it was all down to them


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    #7725
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Biafranlivemat wrote: »
    That was the main entrance to Oakpark House.The old stone house (Lodge) beside the entrance is were the gate keeper lived.

    [IMG][/img]Clipboard01.jpg

    Great thanks. Is that still the original wall/entrance?


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    #7726
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    Great thanks. Is that still the original wall/entrance?
    The original entrance was much narrower but was widened some time in the 90s by removing the main gate pillars (the pillars still standing are the pillars the pedestrian side-gates were hung from).


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    #7727
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Quackster wrote: »
    The original entrance was much narrower but was widened some time in the 90s by removing the main gate pillars (the pillars still standing are the pillars the pedestrian side-gates were hung from).

    That's really cool. Never knew that! And I'm living in Oakpark for 15 years! :confused:


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    #7728
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    That's really cool. Never knew that! And I'm living in Oakpark for 15 years! :confused:
    It'll be a relief when work finally gets underway on the Northern Relief Road to take some traffic off the Killeen Road. It's a busy junction which bizarrely has no safe provision for pedestrians.


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    #7729
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    Quackster wrote: »
    It'll be a relief when work finally gets underway on the Northern Relief Road to take some traffic off the Killeen Road. It's a busy junction which bizarrely has no safe provision for pedestrians.


    What is the proposed route for this road? Will it be near the rat-run at the Forge Cross roundabout?


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    #7730
    Quaderno
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭Quaderno


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    That's really cool. Never knew that! And I'm living in Oakpark for 15 years! :confused:

    Parts of the old house and stables still exist today:
    https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.2833768,-9.6885139,3a,75y,43.41h,91.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJrIk5iJ94_rjrkscbqgbIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


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    #7731
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    xxyyzz wrote: »
    What is the proposed route for this road? Will it be near the rat-run at the Forge Cross roundabout?
    Yeah, it'll pretty closely follow the route of the existing road.


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    #7732
    Pirates Ale
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭Pirates Ale


    Is the route of the new road available anywhere online ?


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    #7733
    RevBlueJeans
    Registered Users Posts: 672 ✭✭✭RevBlueJeans


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    Does anyone know if maybe this was the original entrance to Collis Sands? Is it the original gate? Its funny how things just jump out at you after years of never paying much attention to it!

    Yes, for years this was the private entrance to the Novitiate known to the as “the Avenue” leading to the house in the Nuns Wood.. It was a narrow private tar and chip road way with wrought iron railings at each side. The connection to Killeen/ shanakill was a very rough almost impassible Bohereen.


    rev bj


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    #7734
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Quackster wrote: »
    It'll be a relief when work finally gets underway on the Northern Relief Road to take some traffic off the Killeen Road. It's a busy junction which bizarrely has no safe provision for pedestrians.

    And a school there which is choc a bloc during term time!


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    #7735
    snams
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭snams


    Northern Relief Road fencing (including gates for agricultural access) has been erected. Passed the area in the morning and I saw few diggers around the place.


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    #7736
    snams
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭snams


    xxyyzz wrote: »
    What is the proposed route for this road? Will it be near the rat-run at the Forge Cross roundabout?

    Found these on KCC website.


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    #7737
    FM252
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭FM252


    That map is for stage 2 and 3 together. At the moment, stage 2 is being built, it is only from the forge roundabout to the abbeydorney road.

    Stage 3 is to the industrial estate but probably 10 years away unfortunately.

    Stage 2 will still make huge difference although the road is quite narrow heading up hill from honda shop. But will be great for walking when it is done as it will have the same layout with grass verge and walkway following road as outside Tralee IT.


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    #7738
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    Anybody know what businesses are behind the "re-open Tralee" movement for March 1st ?


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    #7739
    The_Kitty
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭The_Kitty


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Anybody know what businesses are behind the "re-open Tralee" movement for March 1st ?

    Surely nothing can be reopened as the restrictions will probably be the same next month.


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    #7740
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    The_Kitty wrote: »
    Surely nothing can be reopened as the restrictions will probably be the same next month.

    The restrictions are the same until April 5th... but there's an open letter floating around on social media stating Tralee businesses will reopen on March 1st.
    I've not seen any actual business state they will reopen on that date though


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    #7741
    You the man
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭You the man


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Anybody know what businesses are behind the "re-open Tralee" movement for March 1st ?

    Don't know who is behind the movement, but people have had enough.
    I'm lucky - I'm working. Thousands in Kerry aren't.
    The vaccine isn't going to magically fix things either, so how long more will people 'behave'?
    Guess we're going to see a change in people's mindset pretty shortly..


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