An Taisce – the béte noire of our concrete dreams
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Dublin City generates over 40% of the wealth of this country, yet has about 25% of the population. Before you trot out the old shit about all the roads going to Dublin, try working out why that is – most of the traffic wants to go that way. Have a look at where interchanges are placed on these new roads; if they were built for the benefit of Dublin they’d interchange with the M50 and nothing else.
Half the words like boreen I don’t understand. Been narrow minded, I am not, quite the opposite. I am not against Dublin or it’s people, I would simply like to see a fair spread of the wealth and resources within the country. Other countries can do it, why not us. Living outside Dublin you really get to see and realise how far behind it is on infraustructure etc. Would the people of Dublin not like to have other cities in Ireland that are developed and cosmopolitan. Not everyone travels to Dublin. I travel down the west side of Ireland to Galway, Limerick, Sligo and the roads and public transport are terrible. Cork, Limerick and Galway are our other main population centres and thus should be linked by good roads etc, after all it is the year 2004. Come and live in the west of Ireland, which I have done and you will see and realise what I mean. It is so obivious you would need to be blind or just pig ignorant not to notice it. Thank you………
Ah come on folks ….lay off Dublin. It is the Capital city of Ireland after all, so have a little respect for it. We’ve only had this boom for the last few years, the wealth is filtering down. Dublin has always been resented by those outside the pale. Such resentment was manifest in rural TD’s who were appointed as TD’s for Dublin and almost ran the city into the ground. Jesus, this city has had and still has the most chronic unemployment, drug ridden, vandalized, disadvantaged blackspots. It is only getting on it’s feet now. Maybe if people had more respect for urban values etc…and change their anti-Dublin mindset to that of having respect for the Capital such an outlook would be reflected in their own localities.
Any thoughts on tonights Prime Time?
I had an overwhelming urge to reach into the screen and strangle that Clare quarry owner. Still, he made himself look like the fool, gombeen and liar that he is.
The Trim Castle competition story is bizarre, but I did miss the first half of the show. Were there any revelations about bribes being paid?Clare County Council allegedly came across as corrupt…..aka allegedly Liam Lawlor type of syndrome.
The Trim Castle/hotel debacle is just pure ignorant vandalism!
What a magnificent castle it is.“gombeen” Andrew? what a brilliant word. What does it mean?
Sean, not all the British look down on the Irish. Jings the majority of us in Scotland are from Irish stock.
If you mean the Home County’s crew……… well they look down on everyone 🙂
The gombeen man was originally a sort of rural loan shark, but the word is used to describe the sort of corrupt businessman with a finger in every pie one finds all over the countryside, and in large cities too.
Well, thank you Andrew. Will use it when I can.
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