Naas Chat Thread

Mantis Toboggan · 15-02-2020 12:19am

anewme wrote: »

He seems very straight talking - that Judge.

"You'd want to be a hurler to jump over them when they are in the footpath".

Didnt know they were hanging round in that factory either.

Yeah they've been living in there a good while, you'd see them being dropped off in the evenings.

jaffa20 · 15-02-2020 1:28am

The factory is really an eyesore and something needs to be done about it. I didn't realise people where living there though.

Tomrota · 16-02-2020 9:26pm

jaffa20 wrote: »

The factory is really an eyesore and something needs to be done about it. I didn't realise people where living there though.

They should build a DART station and park and ride with thousands of spaces. Make it into a bus hub too. Would take hundreds, if not thousands, off the N7, bring quality of life up, and help the environment.

Like as shown here
https://i.imgur.com/8toqMC4.jpg

Duke of Url · 16-02-2020 10:03pm

I thought apple green bought the site?

gar · 16-02-2020 11:12pm

Tomrota wrote: »

They should build a DART station and park and ride with thousands of spaces. Make it into a bus hub too. Would take hundreds, if not thousands, off the N7, bring quality of life up, and help the environment.

Like as shown here
https://i.imgur.com/8toqMC4.jpg

Thanks would be amazing!!
But would never happen because it makes sense

Mantis Toboggan · 17-02-2020 11:03am

Trax is has been sold and is closing down.

Pity as I really liked that place.

Tomrota · 17-02-2020 11:26am

gar wrote: »

Thanks would be amazing!!
But would never happen because it makes sense

People should send that image to KCC and local politicians. It almost makes too much sense to do it. But nope, prioritise maynooth and Celbridge, naas doesn’t matter.

2lazytogetup · 17-02-2020 11:30am

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Trax is has been sold and is closing down.

Pity as I really liked that place.

oh no- i hope they keep the saturday market. If Naas ever entered a competition to be considered middle class, it would roll out details of this saturday market with the artisan breads, local cheeses etc.

Otherwise Naas is just tallaght. hahaha.

Note to all, this is a tongue in cheek joke. I dont want to start a conversation about the social classes in Naas. i am merely making a joke about how middle class this market is.

beertons · 17-02-2020 11:35am

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Trax is has been sold and is closing down.

Pity as I really liked that place.

No way. When? To whom?

Mantis Toboggan · 17-02-2020 11:47am

beertons wrote: »

No way. When? To whom?

Naas ball had it up this morning, apparently staying open until July.

It will be a private dwelling going forward.

I'd imagine the Farmers Market will have to move.

Mantis Toboggan · 17-02-2020 11:52am

Tomrota wrote: »

They should build a DART station and park and ride with thousands of spaces. Make it into a bus hub too. Would take hundreds, if not thousands, off the N7, bring quality of life up, and help the environment.

Like as shown here
https://i.imgur.com/8toqMC4.jpg

Would they not be better just increasing the capacity of the car park at sallins? Not sure how successful it would be, most people aren't communing to Dublin City Centre.

I still think an extension of the Luas with a Park n Ride with stops in Johnstown, Kill and Rathcoole would be a better solution.

Bogwoppit · 17-02-2020 12:10pm

Anybody else still without power?

Duke of Url · 17-02-2020 1:58pm

Trax Brasserie is closing

It is with a very heavy heart that we post this.

Trax Brasserie is closing its doors. Unfortunately for us the building has been sold and it will no longer be a restaurant (private dwelling).

The closing date will be the 1st of July 2020 and we would urge our customers to use up all the vouchers they have before that day.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful staff and our many loyal customers for joining us on what has been an incredible journey.

Brian & Gerry

https://www.facebook.com/pg/trax.brasserie/posts/?ref=page_internal

WhatsGoingOn2 · 17-02-2020 3:20pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Would they not be better just increasing the capacity of the car park at sallins? Not sure how successful it would be, most people aren't communing to Dublin City Centre.

I still think an extension of the Luas with a Park n Ride with stops in Johnstown, Kill and Rathcoole would be a better solution.

The Luas is a light rail system, it is not designed for long distance travel. It already takes close for an hour to get from Saggart to Connoly on the Luas. It would take way too long from Naas.

Rackard · 17-02-2020 3:23pm

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

The Luas is a light rail system, it is not designed for long distance travel. It already takes close for an hour to get from Saggart to Connoly on the Luas. It would take way too long from Naas.

Yep -exactly. Extension of the Luas would be a terrible idea. It's way way over capacity as is in rush hour.

beertons · 17-02-2020 3:38pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Naas ball had it up this morning, apparently staying open until July.

It will be a private dwelling going forward.

I'd imagine the Farmers Market will have to move.

Be the holy. They'll have the coldest windiest garden in naas, going by the breeze that goes through me when down at the market. Farmers market would work at the canal area by the library. Parking would be terrible though.

Tomrota · 17-02-2020 4:02pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Would they not be better just increasing the capacity of the car park at sallins? Not sure how successful it would be, most people aren't communing to Dublin City Centre.

I still think an extension of the Luas with a Park n Ride with stops in Johnstown, Kill and Rathcoole would be a better solution.

Luas or city trams won’t work to places like Naas, Blessington, Maynooth, etc. They need DART or metro style heavy rail as they are 25-30km from the city centre.

Sallins train station is tiny, it’s hard to get to, isn’t fit for expansion. It’s hard enough to get into now and could never be used as a centre for mass transit in my unprofessional opinion.

I don’t think the diagram I showed is unreasonable. Building a DART station there with thousands of spaces would allow anyone in Naas, Kill, Johnstown, and places further out from naas to just come off the N7 and have a park and ride there. It would obviously be a bus hub too, so there would be buses going to the south and north side of Dublin too for people who aren’t going to the city centre. And when the metros and DART underground is built, people could then connect to wherever they are going from this park and ride in Naas.

Plus, a lot of buses run past here as it stands, it offers far more connectivity than an old small station at sallins.

eusap · 17-02-2020 5:30pm

Joining the two topics i see there was a Naas train station beside trax, is the line path still in existence or was it built over?

L1011 · 17-02-2020 5:34pm

Bits and pieces of it are built on and the bridge over the Dublin Road is clearly gone. You can fade in and out modern aerial photos on the 1910s map at geohive.ie

eusap · 18-02-2020 10:06am

thanks never knew about the website

18-02-2020 11:01am

L1011 wrote: »

the bridge over the Dublin Road is clearly gone.

It certainly looks like a bridge there on the map.
I thought it was a level crossing,hence the name was always the Crossings.

I wonder why Hethermans bridge wasn't demolished along with the rail.

18-02-2020 11:04am

Bit of info here

http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20N/Naas/IrishRailwayStations.html

the Dublin Rd at the northern end of the station crossed the former double track line from Sallins (singled in 1937) via an overbridge, demolished in 1953 and replaced by a levelcrossing.

Lex Luthor · 18-02-2020 11:26am

ran into a convoy of travellers on Sunday morning at the Rathcoole exit completely blocking the 3 lanes about to start racing the horses on the dual carriageway

Bit of a wet the pants moment as they completely blocked us in, swerving their Land Cruisers with trailers across 3 lanes as we approached, forcing a slam on the brakes moment. Then as I tried to move to the outside lane and go around on the grass verge, they blocked that too

Must have been about 20-30 cars with half of them with trailers

Eventually got passed and we were followed for a few min by one of them, called the boys in blue but not sure what happened

Dots1982 · 18-02-2020 1:19pm

Anyone with knowledge of Naas area estate agents? We are selling our house which is a one off rural house by private sale for around 500k.

Would Rea Farrell be good?
Appleton?
Any other recommendations?

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beertons · 18-02-2020 1:35pm

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone with knowledge of Naas area estate agents? We are selling our house which is a one off rural house by private sale for around 500k.

Would Rea Farrell be good?
Appleton?
Any other recommendations?

Sherry Fitz or Coonan.

Cazale · 18-02-2020 2:49pm

Lex Luthor wrote:

Eventually got passed and we were followed for a few min by one of them, called the boys in blue but not sure what happened

I see this on a regular basis on a Sunday morning. Usually around 7am. Ive rang the guards a few times but I doubt they ever bother with it as they are there racing the next week at the same time.

eusap · 18-02-2020 5:45pm

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone with knowledge of Naas area estate agents? We are selling our house which is a one off rural house by private sale for around 500k.

Would Rea Farrell be good?
Appleton?
Any other recommendations?

We bought our house from Bryan Little Estate Agents, found them very helpful and if selling would give him a call

Dots1982 · 18-02-2020 6:04pm

beertons wrote: »

Sherry Fitz or Coonan.

Why?

Why not for REA Brophy Farrell?

gar · 18-02-2020 7:49pm

Any idea what the building and hoarding is for on the monread road beside Aylmer park?

foodaholic · 18-02-2020 11:02pm

Lex Luthor wrote: »

ran into a convoy of travellers on Sunday morning at the Rathcoole exit completely blocking the 3 lanes about to start racing the horses
Eventually got passed and we were followed for a few min by one of them, called the boys in blue but not sure what happened

Seems to be happening every Sunday morning
Luckily got by before they started but saw them all parked on the hard shoulder

I wasn’t as lucky the weekend before - stuck behind them for ages
Felt so sorry for the horses

foodaholic · 18-02-2020 11:03pm

Cazale wrote: »

I see this on a regular basis on a Sunday morning. Usually around 7am. Ive rang the guards a few times but I doubt they ever bother with it as they are there racing the next week at the same time.

What did the guards say ?

anewme · 19-02-2020 1:02am

foodaholic wrote: »

Seems to be happening every Sunday morning
Luckily got by before they started but saw them all parked on the hard shoulder

I wasn’t as lucky the weekend before - stuck behind them for ages
Felt so sorry for the horses

Youd have to wonder why this is not tackled head on, if it's a weekly occurrence.

Irelands cruelty record is appalling.

Cazale · 19-02-2020 2:32am

foodaholic wrote:

What did the guards say ?

Not much. They would send a car but didn't seem too interested. I know a few other people I work with have rang them too after being delayed.

Renjit · 19-02-2020 9:47am

Hello Everyone, hope you all are having a good day.

I am planning to shift to Naas. How is the commute from Naas to Dublin city center for work? Is it manageable or is it better to stay near city?

2lazytogetup · 19-02-2020 10:06am

Renjit wrote: »

Hello Everyone, hope you all are having a good day.

I am planning to shift to Naas. How is the commute from Naas to Dublin city center for work? Is it manageable or is it better to stay near city?

stay near the city. Government policy is going to change to keeping people in the city as opposed to commuter towns. you will lose 3 hours a day minimum on the commute.

Have you thought about Citywest or Adamstown?

paddylonglegs · 19-02-2020 10:43am

2lazytogetup wrote: »

Government policy is going to change to keeping people in the city as opposed to commuter towns.

Should house building just stop outside Dublin city centre then?

paddylonglegs · 19-02-2020 10:46am

Renjit wrote: »

Hello Everyone, hope you all are having a good day.

I am planning to shift to Naas. How is the commute from Naas to Dublin city center for work? Is it manageable or is it better to stay near city?

Good that you’re hoping to move to Naas, I find it a great town and area to be in. I would look at other things than your commute to sway your decision. Research what goes on in the area, and visit a few times on different days (weekend and during the week)

I have a friend commuting by bus to o’connell Bridge every day. He seems to be happy with it. Train from sallins is another option

2lazytogetup · 19-02-2020 10:48am

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Should house building just stop outside Dublin city centre then?

No but its ludricous to move to Naas if you work in Dublin City centre. If you have a job in Naas or near, then move to Naas. So you could build houses in Naas. All these new houses being built in naas, just going to block up the roads more. Loads of unused land around Citywest that could cater for people working in dublin city centre.

In answer to your question, Renjit, there are insufficent services in Naas to deal with this population explosion. nobody can get a school place, a GP. There is a tiny park with a run down playground. the town is gridlocked and awful to look at. everyone drives, and nowhere nice to walk. Avoid.

Valhallapt · 19-02-2020 10:54am

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone with knowledge of Naas area estate agents? We are selling our house which is a one off rural house by private sale for around 500k.

Would Rea Farrell be good?
Appleton?
Any other recommendations?

Sherry Fitz - Probably the biggest in Naas - have the finger on the pulse of whats happening in Naas market, bought and sold with them

Rea Brophy Farrell - Had a truly terrible experience with them, ended up dealing with the vendors directly as they were so incompetent. Perhaps it was just the agent we had, I met the owner and he seemed clued in.

2lazytogetup · 19-02-2020 11:05am

id recommend sherry fitz too. dont know about their pricing/commissions though. But john and padraig in shery fitz are lovely to deal with and very good at their job. when i sell ill use them.

Mantis Toboggan · 19-02-2020 11:09am

Cazale wrote: »

Not much. They would send a car but didn't seem too interested. I know a few other people I work with have rang them too after being delayed.

Gards would be reluctant to go anywhere near them unless they could guarantee big back up and at those hours that's difficult. Even with that there's a possibility of a serious riot starting.

Probably best to let them get on with it, they'd be finished quickly enough.

WishUWereHere · 19-02-2020 7:40pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Gards would be reluctant to go anywhere near them unless they could guarantee big back up and at those hours that's difficult. Even with that there's a possibility of a serious riot starting.

Probably best to let them get on with it, they'd be finished quickly enough.

What You saying, to let them break the law? Because that is exactly what they are doing?

I was brought up to believe NOBODY was above the law. Seems one law for law-abiding citizens and another for this kind of carry-on.

Renjit · 19-02-2020 8:03pm

2lazytogetup wrote: »

No but its ludricous to move to Naas if you work in Dublin City centre. If you have a job in Naas or near, then move to Naas. So you could build houses in Naas. All these new houses being built in naas, just going to block up the roads more. Loads of unused land around Citywest that could cater for people working in dublin city centre.

In answer to your question, Renjit, there are insufficent services in Naas to deal with this population explosion. nobody can get a school place, a GP. There is a tiny park with a run down playground. the town is gridlocked and awful to look at. everyone drives, and nowhere nice to walk. Avoid.

The place is nice but the thought of traveling 4 hours daily to city center seems a bit too tiring. I wish there wasn't this much rush during peak hours.

How is the development plan for Naas in 5-10 years?

Lex Luthor · 19-02-2020 8:20pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Trax is has been sold and is closing down.

Pity as I really liked that place.

I liked it as a place to eat as it was different, really nice surroundings, but last 2 experiences in there I felt standards had dropped compared to before

Cazale wrote: »

I see this on a regular basis on a Sunday morning. Usually around 7am. Ive rang the guards a few times but I doubt they ever bother with it as they are there racing the next week at the same time.

Apparently the guards are getting called out to "hoax" calls 30-45 min before the "races" away from where they are having it so when the genuine calls come in from people about them being racing they are too far away to deal with it and they are done

anewme · 19-02-2020 8:24pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Gards would be reluctant to go anywhere near them unless they could guarantee big back up and at those hours that's difficult. Even with that there's a possibility of a serious riot starting.

Probably best to let them get on with it, they'd be finished quickly enough.

Yeah lets all just turn a blind eye to animal abuse.

anewme · 19-02-2020 8:28pm

2lazytogetup wrote: »

stay near the city. Government policy is going to change to keeping people in the city as opposed to commuter towns. you will lose 3 hours a day minimum on the commute.

Have you thought about Citywest or Adamstown?

I'd pick Naas over either of these two areas.

A friend cant get out of Adamstown, he doesn't like it at all. it's full of anti social gang behaviour.

Mantis Toboggan · 19-02-2020 8:32pm

WishUWereHere wrote: »

What You saying, to let them break the law? Because that is exactly what they are doing?

I was brought up to believe NOBODY was above the law. Seems one law for law-abiding citizens and another for this kind of carry-on.

Oh I agree but that's how the Gardai view it. If it was at 11am it would be a different matter

Cazale · 19-02-2020 10:38pm

https://v.redd.it/lnemqc2kjxh41

Video of a recent race they had.

IrishZeus · 20-02-2020 2:48pm

Picked up on RTE

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0220/1116496-sulky-race/

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