Luke Gardnier

Thanks for the information ew.

The officers lounge / bar is a real Victorian gem I hope it will remain and become another addition to Dublin 8 public houses and not be demolished to be replaced by some cafe bar type.

Dear friend I very much regret I am not the same Luke Gardnier as partook in the noble art of Shotokan @ Pulse Fitness as no doubt a fuller knowledge of its finer points and thought processes would indeed have stood me well in certain circumstances and situations I have encountered in the past and indeed would be of assistance in the future.

This Luke Gardnier would have liked to have walked talked and had a pint or two with the Late Great Luke Gardnier (Lord Mountjoy) of 18 century Dublin. He was the first and last great developer / planner this city ever had and who resided at 10 Henrietta Street and who originally planned among many things that Gardnier’s Mall (O’Connell St.) which set the scale for what is now regarded as central Dublin would be Dublin’s Portland Place.

O if now (of all periods since in this city’s development) we had in charge of Dublin men with the equivalent vision and energy of developer and great Dubliner Lord Mountjoy. What we call Dublin is largely the surviving legacy of the man.

Present day Irish pub culture would not even be recognised by someone who left Ireland only 10 years ago. Massive drinking blocks getting bigger and bigger. We can remember the original Temple Bar (the old Flannery’s) compared to what it is today. The all new Submarine Bar in Kimmage (with its Corporate Boxes) that was flashed around the world on Sky News no doubt great crack if you are with a crowd of 2000 +
(nearly bigger than some LOI grounds) and enjoying the Ole Ole side of the World Cup but no everyone’s idea of a venue to watch and analyse with your mates a football match. What use to be Irish pub culture and in particular Dublin pub culture is fading away rapidly due simply to the existing publican cartel.

By the way well done St Pat’s on knocking out one of Croatia’s top sides in the Inter Toto Cup yesterday in Inchicore any football fan siting in front of the telly for the last month would have enjoyed this local live virtually unknown international match. Roll on next to Belgium and FC Ghent next Saturday a side with 3 internationals but the Saints have Charlie Livingstone.

I think you read too much into this………but did he not refuse or decline the position of Poet Lauriate when offered to him on the basis of his “background” !! ……….so it works both ways. Regardless of him living there it was a fine example of a twin bay-windowed Edwardian residence.

Just jump over the border into “Norn Iron” and view Belfast around the river Lagan……. Waterfront Hall, Hilton Hotel, Big Fish monument, classy river side apartments, Odessy Arena, public spaces, nice bars, no rubbish, traffic flowing,………..what a crazy place.

Consistence in governments……FF have held power here either with a majority or in coalition for nearly 70 years of the state’s 80 year history…also maybe their slogan should be “Only a few DONE a lot more to DO”

Well as one who like Blain has an interest in LOI football and can see the huge potential for two top stadia and teams in Dublin if only Irish business types would invest in the home game. A huge audience and business return awaits the inevitable development of the home game. No reason why Dublin can’t support two top teams and stadia ala Glasgow and in domestic football terms once little Norway.

“The RHK is well removed and protected by its parkland”

Why should the Royal Hospital need to be protected as you say MG (among other things) from these office blocks if they are of architectural excellence and a landmark of contemporary development. The Jail then has no protection at all. As somebody previously stated this is Park House moving over from the NCR, its smash and grab and stay forever, dead zone in the evening and weekend office space in a developing tourism district.