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Oh sorry, lol, I would imagine through a travel agent because I couldn’t see it on their site either, but I really can’t see why they would bother for one weekend, seen as there is no point forking out money for a few days advertising. You should ring the travel agent asap before all the tickets are gone, I’d say Riga would be a very popular route.
Cork City Council is in talks with Irish Rail about opening a railway station in Kilnap, near Farranree on the Cork-Mallow line. It is hoped the station will be open in 2008 to coincide with the opening of three other stations on the Mallow line and the re-opening of the Midleton line as part of the Cork Suburban Rail.
Do you know when PC World and Currys are to open? I’ve been wanting to know for ages, but can’t find it on the net anywhere. :confused: Maybe he is on holidays, most people are this time of year. :rolleyes:
@browser wrote:
That sounds great. Just wondering where you heard it though as I logged on to their web site a moment ago where there was no mention. Any idea how you would book it?
I read it in the newspaper last week, and saw it again on Wikipedia (not the most reliable, I know). You seem to have done more than I did as I can’t find a website at all. They are operating no routes yet, as they are a new airline, but they will start flights to Manchester and a few other UK destinations aswell. I forget where though. Give me the website that you logged onto…. I can’t find any. Booking won’t be available until October, so I presume you will have to wait until then. 😉
Also, from October 31, Ryanair will increase it’s frequency on Cork-Dublin flights to 4 a day.
That picture of the Cork School of Music looks amazing. It really has made good progress. As for M&S, they’ve been looking for ages for somewhere suitable to locate another Cork store. Glad they are going there, but nothing has been finalised yet.
Air Baltic are operating flights from Cork to Riga for the August bank holiday week-end to provide an insight into the viability of the route. Also a new airline based in Gibraltar called FlyGibraltar has plans to start flights from the British Overseas Territorty to both Dublin and Cork from April 2007, although booking should be available by October. As far as I know, these would be the first flights from Gibraltar to any destination in Ireland.
I read that Debenhams will take over all Roches Stores except the ones located in Wilton and Nutgrove. Roches on Pana will become a Debenhams, but it is likely that Marks and Spencer will take over the one in Wilton.
Does anyone know who the main anchor tenant will be in the Cornmarket St. development. When is it supposed to be completed and who else is interested in occupying a space there?
I agree with jungle and mickeydocs. Common sense should be at the forefront of this thread to put an end to time wasting. Talking about Cork airport is fine, but obviously in moderation. Forgot to say it, but I read that the Kinsale Road flyover will be finished in the next few weeks, a whole 7 months ahead of schedule. Good news or what!
@a boyle wrote:
As i alluded to in another thread. how is it possible that cork city has lost population in this new census.
It happened the same way it did in Limerick, out-dated boundaries. a boyle, you make it sound as if emigration from the city to the suburbs is unique to Cork. I believe it goes on in most cities]There is no chance of things like a light rail happening in cork without addressing this .[/QUOTE]
Maybe not light rail as in a tram, which I would be strongly opposed to if it were a Luas style system, but the Cork Suburban Rail is being extended into the suburbs and satellite towns right now. I believe it’s called planning ahead. For the fun of it, let me call out the suburbs of Cork that by 2008 will all be connected by suburban rail. Starting off – to the east we have Dunkettle, Little Island, Glounthaune, Fota, Carrigaloe, Ballynoe, Rushbrooke and Cobh with a branch of at Glounthaune to Carrigtwohill and Midleton. To the North, from Kent station we have Kilbarry, Monard, Blarney and Mallow. It’s not highly extensive, but it’s relied on by the thousands that come into Cork every day by train, whether it be for school, work or shopping.
Don’t forget that they are pulling out of Shannon aswell. And please a boyle, end the whole “make Shannon a super airport” thing, because really, I’m not the only one that is sick and tired of your opinions. You say Shannon is bang in the middle, but what airport is more central if you live in Kerry, Tipperary, Kilkenny or Waterford…. I would imagine that it’s Cork. I’m not for airport bashing…. but when you carry on for so long about such a ridiculous idea, then someone must put a stop to it. We’ve heard your views on Shannon since the forum began, now if you could just manage to start talking about some other area of CORK transport, then I’m sure we would all get along fine.
I would imagine you’re right, but why is it that I have heard it from so many different people? It must be a pretty big rumour.
I read today in the Echo that easyJet are pulling out of the Irish market. From September 30th, all flights from Cork, Shannon and Knock will cease. The airline said that Cork was their best Irish route with the highest amount of passengers, but the airline couldn’t compete with Ryanair who flies to both London’s Gatwick and Stansted airports as well as Aer Lingus’ flights to Heathrow.
Will someone please tell me what the story is about all these rumours to do with Ryanair buying land in Killeagh where the Old Aerodrome used to be? I’ve heard talk about it everywhere, but nobody seems to know the full story. From what I hear so far, they are planning to use it as an airport. Without laughing, can someone gimme some more info. It sounds so crazy I can’t believe it, but I’ve it heard from lots of different people. (I’ve posted this in both the Developments and Transport threads…… I really want to find out as much as possible).
Will someone please tell me what the story is about all these rumours to do with Ryanair buying land in Killeagh where the Old Aerodrome used to be? I’ve heard talk about it everywhere, but nobody seems to know the full story. From what I hear so far, they are planning to use it as an airport. Without laughing, can someone gimme some more info. It sounds so crazy I can’t believe it, but I’ve heard it from lots of different people. (I’ve posted this in both the Developments and Transport threads…… I really want to find out as much as possible).
Check out these pictures of the new terminal. Excellent shots. Check ’em out.
http://www.flyinginirelandmagazine.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=12&pos=0@PTB wrote:
I need less alcohol.
You got that right! But the part about the observation deck in Eglinton St. isn’t a half bad idea. Put a restaurant up there and you’ve got a very attractive place to eat in the night time. I would imagine the lights from that height would be nice in the evenings. If it were to revolve… even better, hmmm, maybe I should stay away from the alcohol too.
I always thought that a Botanical garden would do very well in Cork. Apparently the Royal Cork Institution did set up a Botanical Gardens in Cork in 1803 but they were closed some years later due to lack of….. get this….. GOVERNMENT FUNDING. Wouldn’t ya know, like!?!?!? Fota could be marketed abit more and incorporating the railway to get you there would be a good idea. The train to Cobh is very scenic and the best part of a day could be spent in Fota, not to mention the Queenstown heritage centre. Getting a few better plays to come to the Everyman Palace wouldn’t hurt either and it might start to attract alot more people from the rest of Ireland to come to Cork for week end breaks. And with weather like this, I’m sure the beaches around Youghal would be very attractive too. Re: The Population Charts, it’s obvious that those boundaries need to be sorted out. Those numbers give false impressions about the population of Cork.
Next always gets bad press for just being another British high street retailer. But some of the ones in places like London and Birmingham don’t even resemble Next over here. Large stores with twice the amount of goods for sale, including furniture. I’ve never seen a Next over here selling furniture. I always thought Woolworths would do well here, but they left the Irish market years and years ago.
@Spinal Tap wrote:
Personally I think that there are way too many Dunnes Stores around Cork.Asuperquin or a few more M&S would be a nice change.
I agree, the amount of Dunnes around Cork is a joke. I am glad that there is no Dunnes in Wilton, Roches is such a change. M&S were to open in Ballincollig but were outbid by Dunnes for the property, it was a shame because another Marks would do really well in the city. Not sure about Superquinn though, but another Next wouldn’t go a stray in the city centre. The one there at the mo is sh*t. If Debenhams do buy Roches, does that mean that the smaller stores there will close also, i.e. Liz Claiborne, Top Shop/Man, Pull and Bear etc.? And also, would all the Roches stores be re-branded as Debenhams.
