A-ha

I read in the Examiner today that planning permission has been given for the construction of a €2.5million crematorium for Rocky Island, the first crematorium to be built outside of Dublin. And yes, for those of you that remember, it is the one that I was always raving on about! Also an article about the present terminal at the airport and what it will be used for when the new one opens, presumably it will be used to cater for Ryanair and other low cost airlines. A CAA spokesperson said that no talks have been made yet, but given that the existing terminal still has a good life left in it (only refurbished in 1994) it would be a shame to use it just for offices. Ryanair says that whatever terminal it will end up using, all it requires are fast turn-around times.

wow, how long did it take you to write that??? I can’t see people using bikes much in Cork, unfortunetly we don’t have a climate like the South of France and can’t imagine people hopping on their bikes and heading off to work every morning on a cold December morning. Pedestrianisation would be a brilliant idea for the city centre, except for buses and taxis. It’s astonishing the amount of population growth that will take place in Cork suburbs over the next few years, 40,000 in Ballincollig alone, thats like the size of Waterford! Someone will have to do something about public transport to the west of the city, the suburban rail to the east and north of the city is already relied upon by thousand each morning, but all Ballingcollig can rely on are buses, it’s not good enough. But I would prefer to see city centre public transportation improved, before taking care of the western suburbs. And Radioactiveman, I agree, the only reason Ryanair started flights to Dublin is because they lost out on operating the service in Kerry due to Aer Arann winning the contract.

Ooops, I posted the same message twice. :p

Oh my God…. I’m like so outraged! The flights due to commence next month from Cork to New York have been cancelled due to a €95 surcharge in fuel. Like, what the fu*k??? I’d pay the extra €95 if it was me! Over 4000 people had booked their flights and will now get a refund. On a brighter note, two new flights will be added to Cork Airport including Dublin and London Gatwick, both from Ryanair. Like we need another flight to London anyway. easyJet already operate the Gatwick route and Aer Lingus operate the Heatrow route with Ryanair operating the Stansted route. By the way, if you want to make a complaint, not because you had booked flights, but because you are a Cork citizen, then ring Slatterys, the operators of the Cork-New York route on 066 9159755. That’s their office, I suspect the phones will be flying off the hook. Although I doubt the CAA will take the news lying down.

Sorry corcaighboy I have to correct you, I was really surprised with how clean the streets were, not just Patrick’s Street, but other areas of the city centre aswell. Only a few pieces of chewing gum on the street, but that is almost expected anywhere.

Surprise surprise…. would’nt ya know Cork would win the all Ireland again. Bad luck for Galway though, but the better team won in the end. I presume it will be quite in here tonight (and tomorrow morning too), lol.
Come on the Rebels! 😀

I’m lost, lol.

– in terms of strategic urban planning, consider centralising our tall buildings in the 2 zoned areas of Victoria Cross and at the Docklands. Just a thought.

The French have it worked out for us already as usual. A few years back, Tour Montparnasse was built in Paris’ city centre. After it’s completion, it was vowed that it was to be Paris’ first and last skyscraper. Although pretty in design, it stood out like a sore thumb against the classical and grand, gold leaf covered buildings of Paris. What did they do you say? They designated La Defénse (a Parisian suburb) to cater for all of the skyscrapers, as opposed to overshadowing the historical palaces and museums of Paris. Now, the city centre is high-rise free, apart from the original Tour Montparnasse and the obvious Eiffle Tower, leaving the zoned areas of the suburbs to cater for some of Europes tallest buildings.
Tour Montparnasse1
Tour Montparnasse2
Tour Montparnasse3
View From Top
Have a look at the last picture, visible is The Eiffle Tower and in the distance is a cluster of skyscrapers, La Defénse.

If I’m being honest, I have to say that the little row of what looks to be almost invaluable houses on Victoria Terrace are awful. Small pokey little houses give me the creeps, I feel claustrophobic (spelling?) just by looking at them. But I also believe that some of Ireland’s most beautiful buildings were knocked, because people thought that they were hidious at the time. I feel very mixed at the moment about the proposed development. Surely people will look back in a few years at the houses and say awwww, aren’t they lovely, as apposed to were’nt they lovely. But I cant say they’ll do the same about the Victoria cross developments… fancy shoeboxes, whatever you want to call them. I hope though, that this new development will have some class to it and not just something that was thrown together in a few hours. Can’t wait to see pics.

When did you last see it? Either that or it was just the bottom area of the building I saw as I was going into Virgin (which really did look grubby). Thanks for the picture, if I was looking till now, I still wouldn’t be able to find one.