Tralee thread

Yes, jobs are welcome, but are there any doctors, nurses and other medical staff being hired. If not, it's just another layer of non essential staff draining Health Department's scarce resources.

That's what I thought. I wonder if they've received any financial incentive from our Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment?

It's better salaries and more opportunities for nurses, doctors and other health care professionals we need; more than claims adjusters for American Insurance companies - a country that has one of the worst health services in the world for its ordinary citizens.

It is a logical premise to raise issues of concern, and to address a query for a government decision.

Inconsequential sanctimony is tedious.

If we can't be happy about new jobs in Tralee we may as well give up because I've a feeling the towns going to need it for the inevitable recession and with the ROT not looking too hectic either bars and restaurants will need a good local trade

How is a private, US company, who handle health insurance claims, a drain the HSE's scarce resources? And why would you employ a doctor or nurse in a call centre?

It's standard for almost any sized company to receive support in some form or another from the government, whether you are an SME getting funding or a multinational setting up in the industrial estate in Shannon.

I have no idea how you are linking this to the salary's of Doctors and nurses, unless you are worried about the Department of Enterprise taking money out the pockets of the Drs and nurses. It's like saying that the March cut in fuel prices took money off the Drs, the link at best, is tenuous.

Anyone know what kind of street entertainment is happening for this year’s festival??? Nothing online or on social media. Normally you’d at least know some of the bigger events at this stage. Have friends due to travel down but half afraid there will be nothing on when they arrive.

I was asking the same thing last week. There's literally nothing announced yet and we are nearly at the end of June! I have a feeling it won't be too exciting!

I seen that in the paper yesterday, the coursing club are the largest shareholders and they said a sale hasn't gone through but they have been locked out

€200 a ticket is crazy for the ball! It was steep at €150, so an increase of €50 is nuts! You would have thought they would have got a better deal with the MTU sports hall as they had walked away from the Rose hotel & dome. I don't get what's going on at all. I really don't expect much out of this years festival!

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Blue Thunder, which also has branches in Westport, Castlebar and Tralee,

If this is true we may not be talking about ROT next year

I think it will carry on as long as the people in the "diaspora" want to participate in it. They're probably all keen enough to maintain this link to the "auld sod". I think all the far flung organisers who are responsible for choosing the candidates in their local areas are enthusiastic about it, or they wouldn't bother with the whole thing. They probably think that the Rose of Tralee is a bigger thing than the people here think it is. I remember walking through a local park in the UK Midlands years ago, and seeing a bunch of people taking part in a photo op, with a few girls wearing their Rose of Tralee garb. I imagined that that kind of thing was happening all over the planet.

I think the problem with the festival lies in Tralee with how it's organised, and who's involved in organising it. It seems a mess to me. I get the impression that all the hard work and enthusiasm is only seen outside Tralee.

I read in Kerrys Eye that Stoker's Lodge has applied to have its liquor licence renewed. Will be nice to see that place operating again.

I know someone who went to the ball every year for a long time and they are not going to go now. A €50 increase is a lot. I would have expected they would have got a good enough deal with the college and not at the same high cost as the dome.

I used to think the same, but I'm not so sure anymore. Unless there's a major change to it soon, there won't be a choice! The week before the festival is on (12th & 13th Aug) there's a great line up of bands playing in Listowel for the Revival festival. Why can't we get that sort of thing here anymore?

Revival Music Festival | Listowel (revivalfestival.ie)