Tralee thread

beertons

BPKS wrote: »

The boom is officially back.

Are they not a cafe aswell, doing tea, coffee and sambo's?

Erik Shin

beertons wrote: »

Are they not a cafe aswell, doing tea, coffee and sambo's?

They are indeed..

Ciarrai76

Has anyone driven up or down Denny street yet today? Looks odd with the new parking layout. Seems like so few cars there now. Nice new road though!

It doesn't seem like 21 years since it was last 2 way. I thought the one way system came in much later. If that's the case, 21 years went far too fast for my liking!!

Quackster

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Has anyone driven up or down Denny street yet today? Looks odd with the new parking layout. Seems like so few cars there now. Nice new road though!

It doesn't seem like 21 years since it was last 2 way. I thought the one way system came in much later. If that's the case, 21 years went far too fast for my liking!!

Yeah, it's fantastic the utterly diabolical herringbone parking is finally gone. And the street looks so well too now that it's much less cluttered.

Hopefully the message will sink in that there's absolutely no reason to avoid the town centre now.

Erik Shin

Quackster wrote: »

Yeah, it's fantastic the utterly diabolical herringbone parking is finally gone. And the street looks so well too now that it's much less cluttered.

Hopefully the message will sink in that there's absolutely no reason to avoid the town centre now.

Except that the centre of town is like a bomb site this morning, it just means that traffic can flow from castle st and divert down Denny st. The mall is fairly treacherous today, peopleb had to navigate diggers and ripped up pavement to get into Costa this morning, didn't look too safe... hopefully it's calming down now

Clab mor

Erik Shin wrote: »

Except that the centre of town is like a bomb site this morning, it just means that traffic can flow from castle st and divert down Denny st. The mall is fairly treacherous today, peopleb had to navigate diggers and ripped up pavement to get into Costa this morning, didn't look too safe... hopefully it's calming down now

Denny St looking fantastic had a coffee in costa's after the Ashe ceremony didnt come across any access issues it was all barriered off etc..... very safe imho. Perhaps it got worse later in the day?

Ciarrai76

Apparently traffic got bad on the normal Denny street route up to Princes street this afternoon. Something to do with the traffic lights timing? I'm sure it's all just first day teething issues & will all be sorted out.

Erik Shin

Clab mor wrote: »

Denny St looking fantastic had a coffee in costa's after the Ashe ceremony didnt come across any access issues it was all barriered off etc..... very safe imho. Perhaps it got worse later in the day?

Between 8.30-9.00 this am

Quackster

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Apparently traffic got bad on the normal Denny street route up to Princes street this afternoon. Something to do with the traffic lights timing? I'm sure it's all just first day teething issues & will all be sorted out.

Alas, part of the problem is that all traffic turning left and right from Ivy Terrace is now confined to just one lane due to the utter intransigence of those wonderful Save the Green folk!

Clab mor

Erik Shin wrote: »

Between 8.30-9.00 this am

Sure if we're to believe you there's no one in town during peak hours let alone 8.30am-9.00am.

Can't see what you were saying was an issue effecting too many people at that hour.

If anything it's sounds as though the contractors were carrying out nesseccary awkward work early in the morn when there is much smaller footfall.

Makes sense.....

Erik Shin

Clab mor wrote: »

Sure if we're to believe you there's no one in town during peak hours let alone 8.30am-9.00am.

Can't see what you were saying was an issue effecting too many people at that hour.

If anything it's sounds as though the contractors were carrying out nesseccary awkward work early in the morn when there is much smaller footfall.

Makes sense.....

That's the time people working in the town centre..go to work, so it's actually quite busy, at that time.
It's getting to be quite a maze walking up and down the mall, never know which way the barriers will be and where you're going to end up....It's very exciting I must say !

Clab mor

Erik Shin wrote: »

That's the time people working in the town centre..go to work, so it's actually quite busy, at that time.
It's getting to be quite a maze walking up and down the mall, never know which way the barriers will be and where you're going to end up....It's very exciting I must say !

So just the handful of costa staff members had access issues.... not so bad after all.

I'm sure as the works progress barriers and control of people will be changing daily.

I was In Dublin recently and the Luas works are similar but obviously a lot larger in scale. A lot of crossing streets to pass works and crossing back again to get back the way your trying to go.

Erik Shin

Clab mor wrote: »

So just the handful of costa staff members had access issues.... not so bad after all.

I'm sure as the works progress barriers and control of people will be changing daily.

I was In Dublin recently and the Luas works are similar but obviously a lot larger in scale. A lot of crossing streets to pass works and crossing back again to get back the way your trying to go.

Costa opens before 9

Kerrydude1981

Gardai looking for help from the public about an assault that happened at the weekend

http://traleetoday.ie/gardai-investigate-assault-streets-tralee/

xxyyzz

Erik Shin wrote: »

That's the time people working in the town centre..go to work, so it's actually quite busy, at that time.
It's getting to be quite a maze walking up and down the mall, never know which way the barriers will be and where you're going to end up....It's very exciting I must say !

You actually had to walk around some roadworks??? The horror! You're a delicate flower Eric

Erik Shin

xxyyzz wrote: »

You actually had to walk around some roadworks??? The horror! You're a delicate flower Eric

I know, it's my inner curmudgeon showing

The_Mac

Town is so boring that roadworks and fidget spinner selling lads are the only thing making it exciting these days

Erik Shin

That and the relay team beggars, seems they are coming from Cork in the morning, and taking turns sitting in the same spot begging... entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking!!

Kerrydude1981

Erik Shin wrote: »

That and the relay team beggars, seems they are coming from Cork in the morning, and taking turns sitting in the same spot begging... entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking!!

I heard they are going to be on the next series of Dragons Den

The_Mac

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I heard they are going to be on the next series of Dragons Den

Hello Dragons, today we'd like to pitch our new idea, Beggars4U. You hire us, we beg for money, and you get the return!

kn

Erik Shin wrote: »

That's the time people working in the town centre..go to work, so it's actually quite busy, at that time.
It's getting to be quite a maze walking up and down the mall, never know which way the barriers will be and where you're going to end up....It's very exciting I must say !

On occasion it feels as if the Council have installed a mystery tour on the Mall for our entertainment!

bobdcow

I feels very wrong to be driving up towards Heatons on Denny Street.

Ciarrai76

bobdcow wrote: »

I feels very wrong to be driving up towards Heatons on Denny Street.

That's what I was thinking! I wonder has anyone not realised it's two way & gone up the wrong lane!?

g1983d

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

bobdcow wrote: »

I feels very wrong to be driving up towards Heatons on Denny Street.

That's what I was thinking! I wonder has anyone not realised it's two way & gone up the wrong lane!?

I was going up a long ivy terrace yesterday evening when I met a woman coming against me from Denny street in the wrong lane

Ciarrai76

g1983d wrote: »

I was going up a long ivy terrace yesterday evening when I met a woman coming against me from Denny street in the wrong lane

I suppose there will be non-locals who haven't been in town for a while, probably aren't even aware of the new 2 way system!

kn

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I suppose there will be non-locals who haven't been in town for a while, probably aren't even aware of the new 2 way system!

The big arrows are a bit of a give away in fairness!!

Ciarrai76

kn wrote: »

The big arrows are a bit of a give away in fairness!!

You'd think it would be obvious, but road markings/road signs mean nothing to some people! lol

I noticed that the yellow box on the normal lane (towards Princes st) is a good bit back from where the stop used to be. Seems very far back, but I suppose its to allow traffic from Princes st. to be able to turn in.

Brock Stevens

Yeah the turn from the fabrik side onto ivy terrace is extremely sharp. You do need the two lanes free to be able to do it. I was in a car, I imagine a van would require the cars to be as far back as they are. Problem is getting cars to stop back where they are supposed to. I'm sure there will still be a few who know better and will persist in driving all the way up to the junction.

Purple Lemons

Brock Stevens wrote: »

Yeah the turn from the fabrik side onto ivy terrace is extremely sharp. You do need the two lanes free to be able to do it. I was in a car, I imagine a van would require the cars to be as far back as they are. Problem is getting cars to stop back where they are supposed to. I'm sure there will still be a few who know better and will persist in driving all the way up to the junction.

That cross by fabrik is an accident waiting to happen, my partner drives a van and we had to drive through yesterday. There's feck all space for turning.

At that same cross yesterday a little boy and his mother were waiting at the lights to cross and the boy stepped ahead very slightly (still on the footpath) and nearly had his foot run over.

Great to see the weather fine again, would anyone know of any lesser known walks around the area that are accessible with a buggy?

Erik Shin

The walk across from the wetlands, goes behind the cinema along the river bank, nice on a day like today with ducks and other waterbirds to be seen and you come out at the bridge by lidl