GregF
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I agree with you…….
…….and the GAA perpetrate those myths too……
We are all cut from the one cloth……..
Once the GAA smell the money they’ll open Croker up to one and all …even to the devil himself………but let’s hope it is not to late for Euro 2008……………..It is after all in the best interest for the whole of Ireland and the profile we have internationally.…………and according to historical sources Cuchullainn was a Brit….his original name being Setanta…..which is non Gaelic……suggesting he was captured and brought to Ireland from Britain by the Gaels who carried out raids on old Blighty in those times…..as like the origins of St. Patrick.
St. Paddy and Setanta may have belonged to Celtic or Pictish tribes in Britain.
As I always say Irish history is full of contradictions………and when you throw in religion it is absolute bonkers…….the ongoing troubles in Ireland are partly based on these ongoing myths.(I think baseball has it’s origins with cricket……aka stoolball…………aka rounders…originating in Medieval times in Britain..although many cultures have games involing a ball and bat………..as like ourselves with hurling ……which golf may have come from ……aka the Puck)
I saw this morning that more sections have been put in place ….it will look lovely……I wish they’d do something about the surrounding areas…….the house where Joyce’s short story The Dead (re… Dubliners) is set is still left derelict…….I thought heritage properties were going to revamp it……and as for Bargaintown’s establishments ..what a ramshackle disgrace……..I’d sue them if I were the Dub Council for the condition of their properties.
The top rendering looks kinda better …..well maybe,……..na, both look good……….but definetiley they should remove that pub …it looks awful jutting out there.
I hope the building itself will be covered in that sexy shiny glass as the images suggests ……we need a bit of that in Dublin. It has the potential to be a great contemporary focal point and anchor for the city……But the Odyssey Arena in Belfeirste is a great success ………..it was developed by private developers………..It was shot down as usual when first proposed ………aka white elephant……they said the ice hockey rink would not be a success…….but it is…….it is a great success.
The trait of us Irish methinks…… can’t visualize anything.
……a nice arched featured bridge would look good there too ….would’nt it………instead of the present loopline manifestation.
True ….it would be better if Kennedys bar was maybe removed………….
but also, if they are to lower the height of the Tara Steet train station proposal,it will mean that it will look around the same height as O’Connelll Bridge House when viewed from a distance…….which will only mean that there will be no visual distinction (aka the 4/5 storey visual monotony effect)..so it could possibly look crappy.
In future Developers should aim alot higher in scale so that when the planning board require a few storeys to be lopped off. it will put the proposed building in correct proportion. I believe the planning board are visually illiterate at this stage…………….pity about the loss of the Tower by Fuscano properties in Smithfield too.
Dublin is becoming a featureless place….despite new developments.It could be painted up in nice bright colours ….but na …….it is too heavy and horizontal in appearance…. (‘m not going
on either about not being able to see the Custom House)
Get Calatrava in to do something fancy…….to match the new Tara Street station proposed……….it could all look contemporary, stylish, landmarkish and visually strong.This is great news …it wil be a striking feature of the cityscape….let’s hope they remodel the loopline bridge too.
Should be finished by November……was delayed by a strike in France where the rolled steel is being manufactured. At the moment that hole in the ground is part of the foundations which will include a chamber where the eletrics etc …..will be housed to light the spire.
Remember the proposal a few years ago…. aka The Sonas Centre which involved the building of a 65,000 seater stadium, hotels and a casino…….the casino being it’s single downfall……it was refused by An Bord Pleanala, Politicians, Castleknock Mercedes Driving Residents and all …..not forgetting the religious brigade, seemingly the casino would corrupt us pure, clean living, Catholic Irish folk……..hee hee, what a joke………and what ignorant pricks in hindsight. Bring back the Sonas Centre aka private developers….if they are still willing.
Progressive Democrats …..morelike Regressive Democrats……..but judging by Mary Harney’s waistline …..she was probably crap at sport in school and was never in any way involved in any sports ……very true ……it is all psychology.
Sport = a healthy lifestyle.I am very glad to see that people are upset……it is the whole of the country and people of Ireland that will lose out….I bet the National Conference Centre will not be built either…..another major loss for the city of Dublin and Ireland.
It is understood that you have to spend money… aka invest ……to make money…..Irelands profile on the European stage is greatly damaged …..all we need now is another ‘NO’ in the Nice Referendum……..We will then be truely classed as the thick ignorant begging bowl Irish….no better than our Unionist ‘No’ brigade counterparts…..stubborn and foolish…..here comes the good bad old days again. The ghost of Dev will forever linger on…….
It is gas the way the opposition are now saying that it is an embarrssment for the government (and it is too) that the National Stadium will not go ahead now ….but they were the ones who whole heartly objected to it in the first place…..and used the ‘hospital waiting list ‘slant in the last general election.
Anyone see those new flats….. aka social housing appartments for the public, that they are building in Bridgefort Street…….
Reddish/Brown Brick……..and kinda auld/nostalgic/pastiche looking.This is a lovely classical park ….pity it’s main entrance is rather lacking …..sliced off by a dual carriageway. Lutyens designed it I think.
Please will they ever just build the bloody thing……….an 80,000 seater stadium too………Christ, why all the wrangling…..Go ahead with the Abbotstown scheme…..ok government funds are low……get the private sector to weigh in ………Sure they’ll be coveting the corporate boxes in any way…….
I notice many of the FF politicians as well are now reluctant about the National Stadium being built….they were all gung-ho once ….was that to get votes? ahem…I think many of them are of a GAA background too and are reluctant to have the splendour of Croke Park taken away now that the All-Irelands are in full swing…..Sour grapes too morelike……I guess they’ll just have to open up Croker to all field sports then…..and why not, we tax payers paid in a good part for the bloody thing. Mind you the Landsdowne brigade are tight fisted inert bastards..I was at their club house recently….and what a kip….1970’s decor, 1930’s decking ..and well rotted too…….the bar stank of vomit….Jesus what’s wrong with these stuck up people…..bloody upstarts……and it’s the general public as always that loses out…….Jesus I just hope we don’t get a mediocre 40,000 seater stadium designed by Scottt Tallon Walker…..We are really a nation of boring inebriated spineless people. Go ahead Bertie and build the original concept….let Mary Harney f**k off.I thought this street was designated a National Heritage Site………Jesus are they waiting for the buildings to fall down before they do anything….It’s gas the two faceness of the clicque….they spend millions excavating fields and bogs wanting to put up tourist centres yet they let our already built environment fall down about us……the thick C***ts..will they ever cop on. I think it is a part of that anti Dub thing……..which led to the brutal destruction of Ireland’s capital city in the first place.
