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  • #302
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Radio5 wrote: »
    Donald Trump for Doonbeg! Wow.

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/billionaire-trump-buys-doonbeg-golf-resort-622383.html
    Doonbeg Golf Club will be renamed Trump International Golf Links, Ireland, and is spread over 400-acres fronting for 2 ½ miles on the Atlantic Ocean and features an 18-hole championship golf links course.

    The world-renowned course is named the “#1 Resort in Europe” by Condé Nast Traveler, a “World’s Best” by Travel + Leisure and ‘European Golf Resort of the Year’.

    The Lodge at Doonbeg, consists of 218 hotel suites, an expansive spa and several restaurants all which will be managed directly by the Trump Hotel Collection, Trump’s award-winning hotel management company.

    In a statement, the Trump Organisation said: “Following a global marketing campaign by EY and selling agent Eastdil Secured, The Trump Organization executed the purchase and sale agreements on February 8.”

    Luke Charleton of EY commented: “There was a tremendous level of interest from domestic and international investors in this property. It is particularly pleasing to have sold this prestigious property to The Trump Organization who have the vision and resources to take what is an internationally renowned tourism resort to its next stage.”

    Mr. Charleton then added: “I would like to thank employees of The Lodge at Doonbeg and Doonbeg Golf Club for their support and professionalism during the receivership process.”

    Doonbeg employs 250 people in high season. Buddy Darby's Kiawah Partners invested over €80m in the development before selling it to property investment fund, King Street, last year.

    Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump will be arriving in Ireland tomorrow (Wednesday) to announce further details.

    Some positive news for them especially since they were plunged into receivership. Wow indeed :)


  • #303
    poppyvally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭poppyvally


    As long as access to that beautiful beach dosent become blocked or restricted I'll be happy


  • #304
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    crashs on the n18 this morning??


  • #305
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    fryup wrote: »
    crashs on the n18 this morning??

    M18
    http://clare.fm/news/multiple-crashes-m18


  • #306
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,034 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    That must have played havoc in N-o-F as traffic diverted from the M18 at the ClareInn (or whatever it is called now) and rejoined at the other side of N-o-F to the N18.


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  • #307
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I was just talking about the chaos it used to be to get to either Shannon or Limerick most days. You'd be caught in traffic in Clarecastle, then in Newmarket and then on the way into Shannon, I used to have to leave Ennis at 7.45 to be in work for 9 just past UL, at that I was lucky to get it, now I leave at 8.15 and have plenty of time to spare


  • #308
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    There have been too many crashes on that road. The speed limit of 120km/hour is asking for trouble. I think it should be lowered as that might help reduce the amount of casualties on that road, which can be deadly at parts.


  • #309
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    There's been a fair few crashes near Crusheen, but not that many south of that, well not that I can remember anyway


  • #310
    windy shepard henderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    great news of the 8.5 million lotto winners in kilrush, i think there were several members within the syndicate which makes it better again with 7 or 8 families benefiting as opposed one,

    although as a greedy bastard i would prefer the whole amount.......screw the syndicate i say:pac:


  • #311
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭dmc17


    windy shepard henderson wrote: »
    great news of the 8.5 million lotto winners in kilrush, i think there were several members within the syndicate which makes it better again with 7 or 8 families benefiting as opposed one,

    although as a greedy bastard i would prefer the whole amount.......screw the syndicate i say:pac:

    Great news indeed. I'm glad I didn't win it though. As a fellow greedy bastard I'm holding out for the 100 million Euromillions tomorrow night!


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  • #312
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    dmc17 wrote: »
    Great news indeed. I'm glad I didn't win it though. As a fellow greedy bastard I'm holding out for the 100 million Euromillions tomorrow night!

    Jaysus I'd be happy with the €3000 on the Sixmilebridge GAA Lotto!


  • #313
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,034 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Jaysus I'd be happy with the €3000 on the Sixmilebridge GAA Lotto!

    Ah but ye gotta think big!

    :D:D


  • #314
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭dmc17


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Jaysus I'd be happy with the €3000 on the Sixmilebridge GAA Lotto!

    Looks like I might have to settle for that myself :(:D


  • #315
    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,861 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Ennis to Limerick line closed til late April or May now.

    With Dublin Coach now operating from Ennks, you'd wonder how it'll survive!


  • #316
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    what sick fcuker would do such a thing....

    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/animals-deaths-at-cliffs-planned-and-sinister-264250.html


  • #317
    poppyvally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭poppyvally


    Strolling back home from the newsagent this am down a leafy lane, I just thought as I looked around, there is absolutely NO where in the world I want to be but where I am...when the weather's like this. County Clare!


  • #318
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    I just discovered Jimmy Brohan (Brohans Hardware) died a month ago. Probably one of the town's greatest characters. He definitely will be sadly missed.

    RIP.


  • #319
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Mr. G wrote: »
    I just discovered Jimmy Brohan (Brohans Hardware) died a month ago. Probably one of the town's greatest characters. He definitely will be sadly missed.

    RIP.

    3 of the towns best known business owners died within a couple of days of each other, Pat Hanrahan, Jimmy Brohan and Paddy Kennedy


  • #320
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    I'm so out of touch with Ennis at the minute..


  • #321
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    J@ysus, Clare people just can't park
    6034073


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  • #322
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    when and where? why and what?

    linky


  • #323
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭dmc17


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    when and where? why and what?

    linky

    When, where and what. Don't know why.


  • #324
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Car being a gs300 would be automatic, my guess is car was in neutral - hapless driver revving the belaysus out of it to get it to move - realises is isn't in gear - puts into drive- car surges forward,


  • #325
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I heard the driver meant to put it in reverse and didn't, oopsie


  • #326
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Clareman wrote: »
    I heard the driver meant to put it in reverse and didn't, oopsie

    Reddener!

    You'd want to be giving it serious boot to do that though.

    Drove by it today, all boarded up.


  • #327
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I'd say there was major panic, there's a lot of ground to make up between the parking space and the shop window.


  • #328
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Did they have a blue badge I wonder


  • #329
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭dmc17


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Did they have a blue badge I wonder

    They'd only need it if they were going to park in the space rather than the shop..


  • #330
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    Edna O'Brien's former home Drewsborough House (Tuamgraney) goes under the hammer tomorrow. It looks like a very nice property, lots of character but it would need a fair bit of work I'd say. If only I had a spare €350,000+ :pac::pac::pac:

    http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/a-country-girls-abode-former-home-of-edna-obrien-30377292.html


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  • #331
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    It's strangely modern looking!


  • #332
    pilate 1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭pilate 1


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    It's strangely modern looking!

    too true.the sales pitch is a bit misleading.it is actually just a house that was built on what was the drewsboro estate.


  • #333
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    pilate 1 wrote: »
    too true.the sales pitch is a bit misleading.it is actually just a house that was built on what was the drewsboro estate.
    I'm confused Pilate, the article states "The house is the birthplace of renowned writer, Edna O'Brien ", Edna is in her 80s now. So is this the house she grew up in or not? :(


  • #334
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Yes, Drewsboro(ough) was certainly her childhood home but her mother willed it to Edna's brother. He and his wife are now deceased. It is being sold by this wife's (Edna's sister-in-law) estate.

    Edna's abandoned childhood home under the hammer
    http://www.independent.ie/tablet/property/ednas-abandoned-childhood-home-under-the-hammer-30369215.html

    This info says the original house which Edna's grandfather acquired in 1899 was indeed burned in 1921, hence the more modern design and smaller proportions perhaps.

    Property/House name: Drewsborough
    Description: A home of the Drew family from the mid 18th century, occupied by Ringrose Drew in 1814 and by Francis Drew in 1837. Bought by Michael Skehan in the Encumbered Estates Court, he is recorded as being resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at over £22. Drewsborough, or Victoria Park as it was then known, was sold to William Scanlon in 1869. In 1899 it was bought by John O'Brien, grandfather of Edna O'Brien, the author. The original house was burnt in June 1921. A modern bungalow has been built on part of the site and the O'Brien home is closeby. Some farm buildings and an underground cellar still remain.     http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=2096


  • #335
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Ennis and Shannon are due to get Fibre to the Home from Vodafone as part of a deal with ESB.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91093561&postcount=320

    Well needed imo


  • #336
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Mr. G wrote: »
    Ennis and Shannon are due to get Fibre to the Home from Vodafone as part of a deal with ESB.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91093561&postcount=320

    Well needed imo

    Shannon already has 200mb to be fair.
    There is still a massive chunk of clare with no real broadband


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  • #337
    poppyvally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭poppyvally


    I'm happy enough with Eircom fbre atm. I hear from the younger g. that this new thing will leave us breathless with the speed, at no extra cost


  • #338
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Still can't believe Clare drew Wexford today. That match was so tense!


  • #339
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Any shops/banks where I can bring a whellbarrow load of coins and count them out and convert them for notes?


  • #340
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Any shops/banks where I can bring a whellbarrow load of coins and count them out and convert them for notes?

    Don't think so. There is (or was) a counter in Dunnes that gave you a voucher.

    You might be best going to the bank and getting money bags, then counting them out to save on paying commission.


  • #341
    windy shepard henderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Any shops/banks where I can bring a whellbarrow load of coins and count them out and convert them for notes?

    the centra place on the gort road ( shiels's as every one still calls it ) has a machine for counting them, once counted you bring the docket up to the counter to get whatever notes it counts, it dose take commission for it though so you will have to pay a small fee

    its on the left hand side of the shop near the drinks section


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  • #342
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    Tesco at Coonagh has one.


  • #343
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Tesco at Coonagh has one.

    Thanks lads, another question...

    How much commision? Is it a % of the total or is it fixed?


  • #344
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Thanks lads, another question...

    How much commision? Is it a % of the total or is it fixed?

    It's 10% or so.

    Keep in mind that the automated self service till takes change too, so if you need shopping anyway its a good way to get rid. There is a limit to how many coins you can insert though.


  • #345
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Keep in mind that the automated self service till takes change too, so if you need shopping anyway its a good way to get rid. There is a limit to how many coins you can insert though.

    I noticed they changed the change collector and now there's no basin anymore. You have to manually put the coins in the slots. I think it was for just that reason.


  • #346
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    It's 10% or so.

    Keep in mind that the automated self service till takes change too, so if you need shopping anyway its a good way to get rid. There is a limit to how many coins you can insert though.

    Ya I went into Coonagh and saw that it was 10%, feck that, I have at least €300 in coin. No way I'm giving Tesco €30 for nought!


  • #347
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Ya I went into Coonagh and saw that it was 10%, feck that, I have at least €300 in coin. No way I'm giving Tesco €30 for nought!

    You'd have it bagged yourself in about an hour.


  • #348
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    A lot of pubs would be happy to take some change off you, ask your local if they'd be interested.

    Either that or if you've a bank account somewhere banks might take it off you as a deposit, same with the post office. Personally, I'd be taking a tenner out a day for myself and getting rid of it that way, I hate having a stack of change around.


  • #349
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Clareman wrote: »
    A lot of pubs would be happy to take some change off you, ask your local if they'd be interested.

    Either that or if you've a bank account somewhere banks might take it off you as a deposit, same with the post office. Personally, I'd be taking a tenner out a day for myself and getting rid of it that way, I hate having a stack of change around.

    Same with local corner shops, the bank charges them to take change out.


  • #350
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Just noticed on the front page someone looking for tips on locations to take wedding photos, I know some of you here will give some great suggestions

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057244584


  • #351
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/teenager-gets-driving-ban-for-parking-in-disabled-spaces-1.1861070

    Judge Durcan has the ban stick out again for ignorant parking


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