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The road from the bridge at the turn off for EastGate/Little Island up as far as the roundabout for the tunnel has been made three lanes in each direction. Will this be carried on further or is it just that stretch of road? I don’t see why that road hasn’t been given motorway status…. seen as most motorways in Ireland don’t have three lanes anyway, half the roads in Dublin aren’t even motorways by British/European standards. Is it the governments plan to give it to M status? Also, if the Port of Cork is moved to Ringaskiddy, does that mean that all ships will no longer come up the Lee? What about all the naval ships/cruise ships that enter Cork….. will they all be sent to Ringaskiddy? Hope everyone has a brilliant New Year!
p.s. sorry i’m so full of questions today. :rolleyes:
@anto wrote:
No wonder the “architecture” was dropped from the title of this thread!:D
I agree, it is no wonder. Also, since reading garrets last post I noticed that the title of the thread still hasn’t changed. Oh well, I think I’m after getting used to it by now. 😉
The city was jammers today, did everyone head off to the sales? Mahon Point was such an improvement for the NEXT sale than the one in Douglas. It was really packed, almost everything was gone by 7am. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that they have a Happy New Year too.
Aer Lingus announced over the week-end that they are to begin new services to Berlin, Tenerife and Birmingham direct from Cork from June 2006. Over the last few months, the airline has increased flights on it’s London Heathrow and Paris CDG routes from Cork and began new services to Munich, Nice and Warsaw.
I just wrote to him and gave him a piece of my mind! Just joking. Asked him and am now waiting a reply. I hope they build a decent event centre, not some make shift thingy with 1000 seats. Just as a matter of interest, how many people can the Opera House hold? I think the KT Tunstall concert was in there a few months back. And why did they build that event centre or whatever it is in Mitchelstown? It’s miles away…. it’s almost easier to go to Killarney!
It would be a great idea. You could have an expensive meal and take in the view over the city of all the lights. I imagine it would be popular among tourists as well as locals. Maybe something like that is planned for Eglington St. It would certainly be a good idea.
Oh, and really, can we change the title of the thread to something that includes capital letters, like “Developments in Cork”. Sorry for sounding like a weirdo, but it really annoys me.
@POM wrote:
There is no fixed form to the new block with numerous disproportionate layers that would seem to be trying to break up bulk but in fact simply leave a dishevled unequal and messy composition. The elevations seem bland with no distinctive attributes other than the occasional window.
I couldn’t have put it better myself. Not a fan of the building at all. Too higgildy-piggildy for my liking.
Wow…. talk about great pics. That one of the courthouse is fabulous. It looks as magnificant now as it did when it was built first day.
is Limerick set to take over Cork as a major shopping hub!?
Straight answer….NO. Cork has always had bustling streets in the city centre, not just the one or two main streets, like in Limerick. Every street adjacent to Patrick St. is as thriving as the next, with almost all spaces occupied with shops run by local families as well as international chains too. Oh, did anyone get to see the programme on RTE the other day about the English Market…. it was really good, but most of it was in Irish. And I read today in the Echo that the first Starbucks to open in Ireland outside of Dublin will be in Terminal 2 of Cork Airport when it is completed in early 2006. The due date for the airport to open is April 1st. 2006. Another thing I read in the Echo…. which I did not know, is that there is an underground link between the old short term car park and Terminal 2. Can’t wait until it opens!
They should leave that light feature up all year round. Every building in London and Paris is lit up like that all the time….. why can’t we do it? It really does look outstanding. As for Mahon Point, I would have thought Argos would have gone for a smaller unit than the ones in the retail park…. I imagine they will be quite big if Halfords and PC World intend to go in there. I hope Currys still come, they would be nice to have…. and a very big name aswell.
What’s the sixth city? And, yes, quite impressive number of supermarkets. But I wouldn’t count M&S as a supermarket really. The ones in Dublin and Cork aren’t very big when compared to a Tesco or Dunnes, they tend to attract people for their clothes/homeware etc, not their supermarkets.
Currys and PC World will be taking up 2 of the units – but off the top of my head I don’t have the names for the other units.
Thanks lex, if you find out the others, let me know. 😀
Je déteste le titre! That new title is awful…. at the very least it should include capital letters, a little excitment wouldn’t go a stray either. Can we change the title of this thread to Look at the…… That title was brill. What about the six units in Mahon Point. Anyone? lex?
Is anyone able to tell me who is going into the six units as part of Phase 2 in MahonPoint? Are they all due to be occupied or are some going to be vacant?
As regards to Ballincollig, I think I have to agree with phatman. Almost all of our suburban shopping centres are the same. There’s a Dunnes, a Sasha and a crappy music shop. I don’t see anything wrong with shopping centres wanting to attract new stores. Thats why I’m so happy that Esprit are in Douglas. There new and different, and thats why Mahon Point was such a big hit…. Debenhams and Zara, not Dunnes and Sasha.
It would look tonnes better if they just got rid of that concrete thing in the middle of the glass. It makes it look so industrious. Ryanair announced Dublin’s first low fares flight to Poland (Lodz) today….. Maybe Cork is in the pipeline next. Oh and if anyone is interested, they have a few good deals on at the moment. No Taxes or Charges to pay, they’ll pay them for you! Dublin €19.80 and London €21. Both flights are return from Cork and include all taxes and charges.
March 2006…… you have got to be kidding me! What a pack of wasters those people are for delaying the project. It’s so fu*king stupid… it just really annoys me and I’m sure I’m not the only person. Oh by the way… American Town Hall/Court House hit the nail on the head, but at least they had they right idea in mind, even if it did turn out wrong. I also notice that Ryanair have launched four new routes from Shannon to Manchester, Wroclaw, Rome and Murcia, but will end operating the Hamburg and Stockholm service as they are not proving to be profit making for the airline.
