16 storey ‘tower’ planned for site of ex- jailbird, TD & Minister’s former home

Your headline reads like a hysterical outburst from a red-topped tabloid.
Could we have a little more decorum and class on this forum?

@adhoc wrote:

Admittedly, the pejorative use of ‘tower’ is unseemly – red-top banner meets An Taisce press release. My apologies.

Your ill-judged rant can only be compared to your own ill judged rant,

I object strongly to this metaphor and feel that this thread should be deleted as potential libel

God lighten up! And libel against who? Its the internet…libel is all part fo the fun.

@StephenC wrote:

God lighten up! And libel against who? Its the internet…libel is all part fo the fun.

Having read a good number of An Taisce press releases over the years it is clear to me that they are clearly worded, well grounded and informative, with that in mind it offends me that comparison would be made to the above politically motivated rant.

http://www.antaisce.org/press/index.html

How can calling Rambo Burke a crook be libellous when it’s been proved in a court of Law?

You can call him a right crooked bollocks if you want – abuse isn’t libellous!

Hear Hear 🙂

1. Abuse is often as bad as libel. It corrodes civilized debate and interaction – its hostile nature tends to silence those who
have a contribution to make.
2. Libel is libel whether it’s in audio-visual form, in print or by other electronic means.

@DublinLimerick wrote:

1. Abuse is often as bad as libel. It corrodes civilized debate and interaction – its hostile nature tends to silence those who
have a contribution to make.
2. Libel is libel whether it’s in audio-visual form, in print or by other electronic means.

Point 2 first if I may – The man was sent to prison for prison for tax evasion, ergo he is a crook. Therefore to call Mr Burke a crook or an ex-jailbird is perfectly legal. Therefore to do so is not libel – the truth is not libel in any means he cannot sue me or archeire for this once it has been proved in a court of law that the man was a crook.

On point 1 – abuse is abuse and not libelous. True its not the finer point of debate – but it is fun! As this is a forum I don’t see how anyone could be intimidated by a few words on screen, its not as if they are screaming abuse to your face.

He’s still a crook by the way

Annnnyway – what’s this Briargate house like, is it that big 70’s pile with magnolia walls constantly featured during the saga, or a slightly more worthy structure?

Does anyone live out Swords way who could post an image.

Talking about plots there are many FF supporters who were very happy to see Rambo do bird didn’t Rambo the ex-jailbird and his cronies not throw the kitchen sink at attempting to sink the Reynolds administration, it has long been suspected that the Whelehan incident was a plot set up by Rambo’s mob.

70s magnolia pile it is

oooh I’m good 😀

The energy used to knock it down would’ve been wasted through those windows in half an hour.

Any pics of the scheme? Over 300 apartments are going to have quite an impact on the M1 & already choked entrance to the M50.

But does the commercial parking have planning permission or is the PPR of two commercial vehicle drivers?

The RPA are now talking about the Swords Metro, I wonder will they build a metro from Swords to the Airport see the price double and then decide it is too expensive to connect it to the City Centre?

The application for phase three of the Pavilions, including the tower, has been withdrawn by the developer. The application was withdrawn in the face of concerns raised by Fingal planners and opposition from local residents. The county council is not concerned about the height of the tower specifically, but feel the whole proposal represents overdevelopment of the site.

Any eejit who’s ever been near the Pavilions on a saturday or sunday would have come to the same conclusion- not only are there signal-controlled roundabouts nearby, there are often also substantial traffic jams on those roundabouts. It once took the bus I was on a good 20+ minutes to move from the roundabout near the Pavs to the t-junction in Swords village, a distance of… oooh… 500m? And that was two days after last christmas day.

“What’ll we do with the kids?” “I know, let’s go SHOPPING!” “Can we take the car? Pleeease, can we daddy?” etc. 😮

@rte Interactive wrote:

Govt considers powers to dissolve tribunals

01 September 2005 13:42
The Government could soon have the power to dissolve a tribunal of inquiry under new measures discussed at yesterday’s cabinet meeting.

The sitting Mahon and Moriarty Tribunals are now in their eighth year and have already cost hundreds of millions of euro.

Last year, one of the Government’s finance watchdogs heard that tribunals and other public inquiries have cost the State more than €400 million.

There are fears that figure could rise to more than €1 billion if they hear evidence for several more years.

Already there are measures in place to reduce the fees for barristers at the tribunals, altering it from a very lucrative daily rate to an annual salary.

Legislation was also published last year to allow for the ultimate winding down of the long-running planning inquiry, the Mahon Tribunal.

However, the Government is considering bringing in measures that will give it new powers to dissolve a tribunal, if it has the approval of the Oireachtas.

The Labour Party says it is worried about the proposal and fears the possibility of a Government alone having the power to end a tribunal.

The politicians involved must feel like right eejits; they could be bought for what their barristers get a day to explain the circumstances of the sale of planning consents, state property and whatever else your having yourself; like.