Thurles Thread

GoldFour4

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Does anyone know if anything is going to replace HQ? Last I heard it had closed but I haven't been in Thurles in ages.

Hayes pretty much rules the town on a saturday night these days I think.

frankz

The link road from the Nenagh Road to the Templemore/Roscrea Road opened today.
Seems a good job; hadn't realised it was such a short distance between the two roads.

should take some of the pressure off around the area of the three schools at peak times.

Probably a bit of chaos in the housing estate on the templemore road side on big match days in semple stadium

mrsbyrne

frankz wrote: »

The link road from the Nenagh Road to the Templemore/Roscrea Road opened today.
Seems a good job; hadn't realised it was such a short distance between the two roads.

should take some of the pressure off around the area of the three schools at peak times.

Probably a bit of chaos in the housing estate on the templemore road side on big match days in semple stadium

Your right about the match days. Match goers have been parking in the estate for years, i dont think they will be able to do it now:eek:

frankz

mrsbyrne wrote: »

Your right about the match days. Match goers have been parking in the estate for years, i dont think they will be able to do it now:eek:

Fraid match goers are creatures of habit though -
(i) see a bit of grass and park on it!!!
(ii) if they have parked in that estate before its now tradition to park there!!

Is there any fields that are opened up out that side of town like there is out the Holycross Road and across from race course? Or would those fields have been too far out up to now?
Could be a money spinner for a farmer out that side -
didnt walk the new Road but it would appear parking in a field near the estate would now get you very close to the pitch.

Cerbera

I wonder what the logic was for not putting a roundabout at the Templemore road end of the link road?

There was space to do it in the bit of "waste land" at the housing estate side of the road if they'd offset it a bit.

Surely that'd have made the junction safer and easier to get out of.

What do you reckon?

frankz

Cerbera wrote: »

I wonder what the logic was for not putting a roundabout at the Templemore road end of the link road?

There was space to do it in the bit of "waste land" at the housing estate side of the road if they'd offset it a bit.

Surely that'd have made the junction safer and easier to get out of.

What do you reckon?

Hard to say - I always thought that was why that field was left there - but apparently no; its owned by a different landowner to what owned the field where the housing estate now is and is still in his private ownership and not owned by the council or people who developed the housing estate (dont think there was a cpo on it) - he prob wont appreciate it being called "waste land" !!! I think it backs onto his farmyard so hence he might have been reluctant to sell it to the developers when the estate was being built.
(Thats the story at the weekend anyway - Some suggestions that maybe the same guy sold the rest of the land for the estate but this field was too close to his own holding so he held onto that field; either way same outcome)

I was actually going to raise the point about no roundabout or traffic lights in my original post but said I would just put the info out there and be positive on the first day the road opened.

If not a roundabout I would have thought either traffic lights or
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offset it (as you suggest) but make the new road the main road with a spur into Thurles (maybe both are of equal importance so perhaps that couldn't have worked)


I genuinely hope the junction works well and people are patient. Will be slightly akward for trucks coming off the new link road and turning left for Roscrea (and part of the plan was to divert Roscrea bound traffic without have to go town centre/Cuchulain road.)

Most of the traffic gives trucks a chance when they are trying to come off Cuchulain Road and turn left but the trafic has slowed down at that stage anyway so mightn't work as well out further where the traffic is still moving well.

Anyways great to see it open.

I wonder will it cause a rethinking on one way system around Parnell street/Cuchulain road.

I suppose no parking on Parnell street is out of the question!!!! Would seem less extreme than a one way?

In terms of affecting business by taking away parking - most of the businesses are very close to the car park. Fair enough might make it more akward for customers of the bookies and takeaway but there is parking just past the junction for them

tippguy

Anyone heard anything on the new shopping centre on the erin foods site??? Tesco still have planning lodged for the driving range so can't be them really

Cerbera

Does the town actually need another shopping centre?

After the initial boost to the economy while the building work was being done came to an end would the centre be able to co-exist profitably alongside the existing shopping centre ?

With the way the economy is at present I doubt it.

Having said that it'll possibly still happen to some extent.

chris2008x

It's currently on appeal with An Bord Pleanála. Thurles Town Council granted permission for it in September but ruled out the drive-thru restaurant part of the application. It's not a shopping centre btw just a supermarket and Tesco more than likely are going to anchor this. They withdrew the planning application for the Clongour site back in March and submitted a new application in September/October for warehouses on that site.

varberg

Erin foods was such a big employer and added so much to the economy.Back in the 70s and 80s thurles was a thriving town. It had erin foods, sugar factory, big racing meetings etc.. then gmx and other manufacturing jobs and was a growing town. it was a big market town. Now, among other things, it needs a new multinational to set up there, it needs a ring road and better links to the motorway, strong politicians actively promoting the area which it doesnt have, and a better road to limerick and shannon airport for a big company to pick thurles as a location though there is a few others ahead on most shortlists. A big factory would really help the local economy.

Talking to a thurles local lately who used to work in the sugar factory and he said it meant workers bought a good car locally, shopped locally, employed a few hundred seasonal workers who paid their mortgages, bought kids presents, and basically spent millions locally was vital to the mid tipp economy. He said that he met a man from clare who used drive a truck with sugar beet, and when tuam sugar factory was full he used drive to thurles with a load of a clare farmers beet, so all local areas benefited adding to the clare local economy. The sugar factory was so central to shops in the area,services etc.

Currently the sugar in ireland is imported from germany! Even so, Its still called suicra which is the irish for sugar!! Anyone know is there any chance of a new sugar factory opening in thurles?

connaugg

Does anyone know if there are any plans to add two more ramps to J5 on the M8? It looks as if the project here was only half completed! The current situation can be viewed by putting the following coordinates into Google Maps: 52.665082, -7.706804 If you are travelling northbound on the M8 and you want to go to Thurles you must take exit 6 (Horse & Jockey). If you miss it you would need to go the whole way to exit 4 (Urlingford) and come back!! You can then take exit 5 (Two Mile Borris) or exit 6 when travelling southbound.

the_pen_turner

connaugg wrote: »

Does anyone know if there are any plans to add two more ramps to J5 on the M8? It looks as if the project here was only half completed! The current situation can be viewed by putting the following coordinates into Google Maps: 52.665082, -7.706804 If you are travelling northbound on the M8 and you want to go to Thurles you must take exit 6 (Horse & Jockey). If you miss it you would need to go the whole way to exit 4 (Urlingford) and come back!! You can then take exit 5 (Two Mile Borris) or exit 6 when travelling southbound.

no plans to that iv head of
I don't know why they did that. it make no sence.
why spend 90% of the cost doing half of it. it wouldn't cost that much to finish it off