Tralee thread

kn

Just BTW but I was watching Pat Kenny and the Union guy says that if BE go on all out strike then the trains at shared locations won't be running either as the Rail workers will not pass the picket line ergo no Tralee train either!

xxyyzz

Aren't unions great?

Ciarrai76

The traffic lights on the new pedestrian crossing at castle street/Denny st were on today. The original pedestrian crossing is still there, but the crossing lines seem to have attempted to be removed, but you can still see them so it's causing a lot of confusion! I'm sure the middle crossing will be removed fairly soon though.

Kerrydude1981

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

The traffic lights on the new pedestrian crossing at castle street/Denny st were on today. The original pedestrian crossing is still there, but the crossing lines seem to have attempted to be removed, but you can still see them so it's causing a lot of confusion! I'm sure the middle crossing will be removed fairly soon though.

Heard something about this on the radio today,caused a bit of confusion alright id say

Brock Stevens

Drove through it yesterday. Pedestrian crossing from AIB to empty unit that used to be a sweet shop was mostly red. Saw people just passing on the footpath pressing the button for the "craic". Once I eventually got through that then had loads of pedestrians using existing crossing. Once they were clear I went to drive then all of a sudden the light just after it goes red (the pedestrian lights from AIB to Costa). By the time they went green had pedestrians on crossing in front of me again. Couldn't go. It's a complete disaster down there at moment. Avoid if possible.

Brock Stevens

The new Lidl is very very nice inside. It's worlds away from their existing shop in terms of look and feel.

Kerrydude1981

Brock Stevens wrote: »

The new Lidl is very very nice inside. It's worlds away from their existing shop in terms of look and feel.

Heard that as well,pick up any of the deals?

Ciarrai76

I popped into Lidl briefly yesterday evening and noticed none of their street lighting in the carpark are working & it was in would want to sort that out! Apparently the carpark was so full during day that people had to use Slatts carpark! It's nice inside alright. Not somewhere I usually shop though.

Quackster

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I popped into Lidl briefly yesterday evening and noticed none of their street lighting in the carpark are working & it was in would want to sort that out! Apparently the carpark was so full during day that people had to use Slatts carpark! It's nice inside alright. Not somewhere I usually shop though.

I'd get a few things in Lidl but wouldn't do my main shop there. The 1/3 off fruit & veg with the key-fob next week might be useful though.

Good job the strike at Tesco Manor is over cos that's where I'll be using my Lidl vouchers over the next few weeks!

I noticed parking is restricted to ninety minutes which is sensible. I hope they have someone managing that though, like NCR Dunnes, to prevent people taking the piss.

Brock Stevens

I see Brian de staic in manor has a relocation sale on. I wonder are they moving into town centre?

Ciarrai76

Brock Stevens wrote: »

I see Brian de staic in manor has a relocation sale on. I wonder are they moving into town centre?

Not sure. I know that unit is up for sale & he wanted to get out of manor.

Quackster

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Not sure. I know that unit is up for sale & he wanted to get out of manor.

And Paco is moving in in its place?

Ciarrai76

Quackster wrote: »

And Paco is moving in in its place?

DOnt know? wouldn't have thought so seeing as they left Manor & moved to town a few years ago.

bobdcow

The pedestrian lolliopop lights have been cut away from the island at the top of Denny Street today.

Ciarrai76

bobdcow wrote: »

The pedestrian lolliopop lights have been cut away from the island at the top of Denny Street today.

I doubt it will stop people still using it & thinking it's a crossing! I'm sure they will remove the island soon though which should help.

kn

Brock Stevens wrote: »

The new Lidl is very very nice inside. It's worlds away from their existing shop in terms of look and feel.

Really impressive and spacious and unlike Aldi they don't treat you at the entrance as some 'likely criminal' by forcing you through there tills if you decide not to buy anything.

BTW Aldi down the road are doing half price on all fruit and veg - they are clearly killing them.

siblers

kn wrote: »

Really impressive and spacious and unlike Aldi they don't treat you at the entrance as some 'likely criminal' by forcing you through there tills if you decide not to buy anything.

BTW Aldi down the road are doing half price on all fruit and veg - they are clearly killing them.

All Aldi stores are doing the half price fruit and veg, Aldi don't do individual sales for certain stores

Ciarrai76

So apparently the mature trees along the Mall are to all be removed! Not a very popular decision by the looks of it!

http://traleetoday.ie/trees-mall-cut-tomorrow/

Erik Shin

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

So apparently the mature trees along the Mall are to all be removed! Not a very popular decision by the looks of it!

http://traleetoday.ie/trees-mall-cut-tomorrow/

I'd be in agreement tbh, the amount of bird droppings at the tree by Quinlan's looks awful and the seating is always constantly covered also .

Ciarrai76

Erik Shin wrote: »

I'd be in agreement tbh, the amount of bird droppings at the tree by Quinlan's looks awful and the seating is always constantly covered also .

Not really a reason to cut them down! Its only a seat that is affected, hardly a big deal & I'm sure its cleaned regularly! There are meant to be lots of lovely birds in those trees during the summer. They are 20 year old trees, its disgraceful!

Erik Shin

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Not really a reason to cut them down! Its only a seat that is affected, hardly a big deal & I'm sure its cleaned regularly! There are meant to be lots of lovely birds in those trees during the summer. They are 20 year old trees, its disgraceful!

If you look at the whole street on that side it's covered in droppings and it's very unattractive and probably a health hazard, O'Connell Street in Dublin removed their centre space trees about 8 years ago due to similar concerns I think.
They add nothing to the area imo and a dirty shït lined street does nothing for the centre of towns image..Well..Not positively anyway...But again, just my opinion

Kerrydude1981

There was a big conversation on here last week about old shops,well another shop can be added to that list today


http://traleetoday.ie/shop-next-bon-secours-closes-doors-45-years/

ongarboy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

There was a big conversation on here last week about old shops,well another shop can be added to that list today


http://traleetoday.ie/shop-next-bon-secours-closes-doors-45-years/

Wow, truly the end of an era!! I remember buying sweets there as a child as far back as the 1970s and nervously buying the Irish Independent from Dominic on the day the CAO results were printed to see if I got a college place. No internet back then! I didn't know Dominic had passed away. RIP. Funny, even though we knew it was Walsh and O'Briens that ran it, most people always called it Mayes shop even though it changed hands before most of our generation were born. I hadn't been there in a good few years but I liked the way it hadn't changed a bit with the times and seemed to be stuck in a nostalgic time warp.

Ciarrai76

bobdcow wrote: »

The pedestrian lolliopop lights have been cut away from the island at the top of Denny Street today.

The island was gone today when I was in town!

cluelessoz

Is there any shop in Tralee town that sells HTC phone chargers?

Quackster

cluelessoz wrote: »

Is there any shop in Tralee town that sells HTC phone chargers?

All proper mobiles (ie. not Apples!) take the same type of charger, either micro USB or USB type C for the newer models. You don't need a charger that's the same brand as your phone.

Only significant difference is the charging capacity. Best to get one with a decent charging capacity, say 2A.

Think I saw them in the new Lidl by the checkouts. Tesco is also worth trying. Or Mr Price. I'd try to avoid the mobile & electrical stores as they'll fleece you.

kerryked

cluelessoz wrote: »

Is there any shop in Tralee town that sells HTC phone chargers?

That phone shop across from Walsh Bros shoes? Phone Depot I think it's called? Or else b-mobile, just around the corner from the Square, across from Yummy café.

Not too sure, but I would guess HTC just use a standard micro-USB charger, almost all Android phones would use this type so they're fairly common. Could be wrong on that though, I've never had a HTC phone.

If it does take a generic micro-USB charger, and you're looking for a cheap one to get you out of bother the 2 euro shops do them, but they aren't great at all.

Radio5

Brock Stevens wrote: »

The new Lidl is very very nice inside. It's worlds away from their existing shop in terms of look and feel.

So Tralee now has 2 Dunnes, 2 Tesco's, 2 Lidl and 2 Aldi. Can any other town of a similar size boast such an array?

Erik Shin

Radio5 wrote: »

So Tralee now has 2 Dunnes, 2 Tesco's, 2 Lidl and 2 Aldi. Can any other town of a similar size boast such an array?

Ah, but how many Marks & Sparks have we got?!

Henwin

Radio5 wrote: »

So Tralee now has 2 Dunnes, 2 Tesco's, 2 Lidl and 2 Aldi. Can any other town of a similar size boast such an array?

and a supervalu