Skyfest Cancelled..... :(

Undercoverguy

Just heard the National Lottery Skyfest - The Biggest in Europe - Has been cancelled due to adverse weather condition making the build up of the event impossible. Its pity i was really looking forward to it.......
WOnder if they'll organise another date cos surely it cost a bomb for all the fireworks and stuff! Anyone have more info?

BREAKING NEWS.ie:

The Saint Patrick's festival 'Skyfest' fireworks display in Dublin city centre tonight has been cancelled.

The organisers have said weather conditions have made it impossible to stage the event, billed as one of the biggest in Europe.

It was due to take place on the River Liffey at the Dublin Docklocks from 6.30pm today.

A spokeswoman said a one-metre swell on the water and wind gusts of up to 60km an hour mean the barges used to set up the fireworks can't be operated.

ronbyrne2005

with snow and artic winds forecast i would'nt like to be standing on quays for an hour or two. Seen one you've seen them all.

timmywex

yeh, i heard, safety first tough

bennyx_o

Bit of a bummer, anyone know if it'll be re-scheduled?

Wertz

I heard some fine upstanding pyrotechnics expert is going to put all the gunpowder to good use by putting it in a secret tunnel underneath Leinster House...

Asok

Gah that sucks. Hope they re-schedule

faceman

thats a shame

Nightwish

I'd love to see it, just not worth it with this weather. Maybe tomorrow's weather will be better.

ninebeanrows

Typical weather what a terrible creation:D

I was all set to watch it in the sista's apartment in the docks:rolleyes:

D. Coughlan

What are you talking about, this news has absoultely made my day.

:|

D. Coughlan wrote:

What are you talking about, this news has absoultely made my day.

Because you're cynical and bitter? I was really looking forward to it

Sierra Oscar

Man this sucks, I wonder what RTE will do now instead of the Sky Fest live coverage.

Wertz

Simpsons/friends/fr ted of course

seamus

Tomorrow's going to be worse than today. If they're going to re-schedule, it's going to be next week

humanji

Wertz wrote:

I heard some fine upstanding pyrotechnics expert is going to put all the gunpowder to good use by putting it in a secret tunnel underneath Leinster House...

What's the point? All that shower of b'stards are off on the holidays we paid for.

fly_agaric

humanji wrote:

What's the point? All that shower of b'stards are off on the holidays we paid for.

Well, if there's no house for the windbags to come back to, maybe they will just stay away?:D

humanji

Don't be so sure. They'll have to go somewhere and I don't want them living near me. Imagine a country where TD's actually live in their constituencies! *shudder*

Wertz

On a serious note the guy on the news reckons it's been cancelled for this year.

Now on more pressing matters; perhaps someone knows where we can get a 2 week delay fuse...

Ciaran500

Wertz wrote:

Now on more pressing matters; perhaps someone knows where we can get a 2 week delay fuse...

Just package it up and send it by An Post.

mike65

Boom boom!

Mike.

Perhaps you should ask this man for help!

Elessar

Such a pity, I was looking forward to doing the first aid at Skyfest. Seriously, fuck global warming.

Alter-Ego

I didn't know that skyfest thing was happening (well, not happening) until this thread.

crosstownk

I don't reckon there's any point in it going ahead at a later date - after all, it is supposed to be a part of the Paddy's day festivities. If it can't go ahead this weekend then there's hardly any point to it. Unless some die hard pyrotyechnologist who wants to send his message to the world......................

lostexpectation

I didn't realised that the parade in ew york was actually organised by the AOH (ancient order of hibernians) as opposed to the civic athorities, that why they won't let gays parade openly/festively, I don't if the AOH i just a ordinary irish catholic organisation or one a it stranger org that wants to go back to the 1950's

monkeyfudge

There's another bank holiday weekend coming up very soon... they should do it then than waste all the fireworks.... they probably cost just as much each year as the Spire cost to build that so many love to complain about.

patrickc

I was both glad and disappointed it was cancelled, glad because I got to park for work quite easily, disappointed because I would have a great view of it from my office would of made sure i was in it then..

Mossy Monk

Reeling In The Years was a fine substitute on RTÉ One

didnt even know there was a fireworks display due to happen

godtabh

monkeyfudge wrote:

There's another bank holiday weekend coming up very soon... they should do it then than waste all the fireworks.... they probably cost just as much each year as the Spire cost to build that so many love to complain about.

Dont know about the Spire bit but I reckon they should go ahead with it the next chance they can.

How much would that amount of fireworks cost just out of interest?