O’ Connell Street, Dublin
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I’m glad you have resolved your exchange however i feel the articulation of both your points are disappointing and you have done neither yourselves nor the forums any justice.
@altuistic wrote:
I’m glad you have resolved your exchange however i feel the articulation of both your points are disappointing and you have done neither yourselves nor the forums any justice.
😮 You are right, sorry but today just got to me.
Hmmm…. I hate talking about this subject.. but
1. Nordies come down for a wee shindig
2. Some idiots throw a few bricks at the GardaPersonally, I was delighted to see the vibrant Saturday afternoon throng of a pedestrianized (albeit momentarily) O’Connell Street. Hopefully the new street works will continue to serve their purpose by making the street a dynamic and interactive urban space for the people of the whole island to enjoy on a weekend out. They certainly brought a new vibe to Dublin this weekend and managed to get O’Connell Street onto the BBC World Service, CNN, and German and French TV news. How bad is that – it should certainly attract more of the high-end tourist market which Dublin has been tapping into in the last few years – ie getting the lads and lassies of Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool to come over to Temple Bar for a riot of a weekend. DCC is truly the master of public manipulation.
I presume that this will mean that when Bertie’s commemerotive march takes place on O’Connell Street, there will be more security forces on the side streets watching it than actually marching down O’Connell street in the parade.
The violance was very disapointing to see. I hate to type cast people but there is always trouble when nordies get into large groups. Dublin took a bit of bad press but nothing you wouldnt see in London with the anti war riots. €50,000 in damage isnt THAT much but any excuse for DCC to put back completion dates.
I just hope than any future nordie parade is properly marshalled with full riot Gardai.
It’s a stupid idea to let any politically minded northerners out of their cage. How come scotland can ban marches?
If anything positive can be said of Saturdays events it is how at Long Last the O Connell St project is being described as a “Building Site”.
For far too long now those of us who have to attempt to work in and around the street have been told its NOT actually a building site at all,merely a temporary disruption which can be easily catered for by excercising a little more care and observation.
The City Council sent out a fella called Charlie Lowe to bat on RTE news and he actually referred to his Duck as just that…a Duck…cos it looks like one,and it quacks like one…
The same Mr Lowe also without a trace of Irony said that the City Council could not have forecast this awfulness etc…just as the Gardai did`nt think it might happen either.
There is also now the benefit of having some sort of Game Plan for The Saint Patricks Day “Festival” which is imminent.
Many of the more youthful local colour who parttook fully in the site-clearance on Saturday would be well known faces to those who work or play around the “North Inner-City” and these young folks can usually be found on the 17Th in and around the same area attempting to do pretty much the same as what occurred on-site.
Now I am not suggesting for a moment that Saturdays hi-jinks could be seen as a dry run for the 17th but……….Prudent planning might just be in order….?
Mind you the view from Camera Number 3 does rather bring Baron Hausmann`s theories about wide uninterrupted avenues allowing for a clear and wide field of fire for the Troops into perspective..!! 🙂As Bertrand Aherne might say….L`Etat..?…C`est Moi…..!!!!
Just a question about O Connoll street. How come we dont have a fountain ? I think it would really add to the street landscape. Something like what Madrid have.
Foot Locker were back open today after being looted. Schuh weren’t though.
There was a surprisingly ‘normal’ atmosphere on the street today all things considered.@Maskhadov wrote:
Just a question about O Connoll street. How come we dont have a fountain ? I think it would really add to the street landscape. Something like what Madrid have.
The whore in the sewer? That’s foutainish.
Where’s it gone anyway? :confused:
I like that first picture of yours GregF….the Spire looks quite good in that photo….very imposing presence. Interestingly….the events in Dublin barely got mentioned over here in Asia at all…and the mentions it did get were largely down to Sunday being a slow news day. Several of my Chinese friends were wondering why the police did not open fire!!! And if anyone has ever been to Korea, protests there are a common event….blood, riot troops, water cannons, and general mayhem. Those Koreans are full on….would probably put our bunch of heavies to shame.
@ake wrote:
It’s a stupid idea to let any politically minded northerners out of their cage. How come scotland can ban marches?
as a nordey i take great offence to this…. why are all nordeys being lumped in with idiots who feel the need to march in areas that they arent wanted… last time i looked there were about half the population of the north who classed them selves as irish and would be horrified to be linked to the orange marchers…
anyway as much as it pains me to say it (and it really does pain me) the trouble in Dublin was started by the scumbags of this city who not only embrassed the decent people that live in this city and are proud of it where ever they are orgianlly from but this whole country and give the nasty little orange bigots the biggest propaganda coup they could wish for.
How utterly disgraceful … Is there any idea yet of how permanent the damage to the street is? Have trees etc been completely destroyed? A very shameful episode.
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