Tralee thread

We always end up in Mr Price. I think the stuff that used to be available in Dealz shrank after Brexit, so if it's shrunk even further I don't know why they bothered to lash out on an expansion. Homesavers always seems to be selling stuff at higher prices than the rest.

Mr. Price is great for the back to school supplies, nearly a one stop shop apart from the books, which thanks to our Norma are free this year!

I find the quality of the Mr. Price stuff to be ok to good. Nice bits of gardening pieces in the spring time at a good price.

Yeah, the wall and landscaping look well, some wood cladding to go onto the building yet I believe

The last I heard it was the HSE

I think Easons had always had something to do with but not sure im what way.

I see the old New Yorkers has new signage up. Simply titled “Pizza and Kebab”!

Like the 100 phone repair shops in Tralee, the 100 kebabs shops will also do a roaring trade....

I'd love to know how they all can turn a profit....are they not all cannibalising each other's finite number of customers?

I know a few prominent business's in Tralee town centre and they are as tight as a duck's arse .If the town business's will not support the festival ,will there be any choice but to move it

I think they possibly will which would be great but what I take from that interview is he is expecting the council and businesses to also financially support the festival company also.

The comment about Tralee people not going to the rose ball irked me a bit, it used be well supported by Tralee people when it was on, I used go and knew a lot of Tralee people that would go every year

Hard to know, definitely gave the impression he would sell but what's a buyer actually getting.

Brand name which of course has value but I'm assuming there are no physical assets and if its been running at a loss as stated then there is debt there too.

Not sure the council could use public money buy it but could be wrong

There are lots of businesses in town that benefit from it, hotels bars etc. There are also a lot of business people that have a connection with the festival and its history, all it needs is a coming together of various people with a common interest of keeping the festival going in its entirety in its home town. Sometimes it’s not all about the money or making a financial return especially if there’s a connection like that of the Rose Hotel owners etc

I don’t think it would be beyond the councils remit to step in at this point and rescue the festival as a whole. Councils would often look to remedy various issues that benefit the public. I can recall for instance they rescued a Leisure Centre in North Kerry some years ago from closure by providing funding and commitments to keep the place open after it ran into difficulties.

Perhaps a similar commitment by KCC to continue to fund the Rose Of Tralee long term and keep it in operation might spark some local businesses and business people to come together.

It’s time our Tralee Municipal District Councillors step up here. If this was Killarney's International Festival there councillors would argue and fight tooth and nail for it.

Elections aren’t too far away so hopefully that might light a fire under them.

Ya that's fair enough. I just thought there was a general expectancy that all businesses would contribute. Funnily enough I was in town on Saturday night and it was rammed. Busier than I can remember in a long time