Reeling in the 2000s

Elmo

So as we head toward the end of another decade what do you think should be part of the RTÉ series reeling in the 2000s

The Celtic Tiger
The Property Boom
The Special Olympics
General Election 2002 and 2007 perhaps 2009
The Grand Slam ????
The World Cup 2002
Nice and Lisbon

So in a decade that lacks any Irish Eurovision Winners is this the best decade ever?

Mr E

Berties Money
Broadband
Dublin Spire

Leaderbored

The rise of the Money Celebrity (Eddie Hobbs, David McWilliams, George Lee)
Roy Keane, from Saipan to Sunderland to the sitting room.
The Euro Changeover
Bertie Losing the head in the Dail
Paisley & McGuinness arm in arm
CJ's funeral
All that bebo/facebook/myspace crap
All our horses taking crack at the Olympics
The Glenroe finale
Clinton (Bill, not George)
Bush (W, not HW)
Clinton (Hillary, not Bill)
Obama.
9/11
Cricket world cup
The 1916 90th anniversary parade.
The headers in Limerick winning the Euromillions.

ScumLord

Mr E wrote: »

Broadband

Still a pipe dream in some places. We only got it 2 years ago. Maybe the rise and rise of dial up.

No millennium bug/end of the world.

Robbo

ScumLord wrote: »

Still a pipe dream in some places. We only got it 2 years ago. Maybe the rise and rise of dial up.

No millennium bug/end of the world.

Isn't that the corollary of the rural one off housing blitz?

ScumLord

Robbo wrote: »

Isn't that the corollary of the rural one off housing blitz?

There is that yes, but my town was surrounded by broadband enabled towns for at least 3 years. We where mocked and had vegetables thrown at us by them whenever we passed through. On the plus side we had loads of free vegetables.

Elmo

Don't forget the music.

Irish Hits perhaps

U2 - Vertigo etc
Director - Reconnect (maybe, not sure if that is the name)
Westlife
The Script
BellX1 - Flame
You're a Star

International Hits

The Killers
Xfactor Covers etc

I cann't think of others anyone else.

Deedsie

Tipperarys All Ireland in 2001 and 2009 should be covered. Munsters Heineken Cup adventures.

sillyputty

Couple to add...

The lions tour to New Zealand
Love Ulster riots in Dublin
The recent downturn
The 2 sisters that put the body in the liffey

Elmo

Gangland murders and McDowell's "last stink of a dieing wasp" remark.

Once winning best song at the Oscars. In America's script. Six Shooter, New Boy and our other nominees.

KnifeWRENCH

The 2004 tsunami
Hurricane Katrina
Death of Pope John Paul II, election of Benedict
The crisis in Darfur
Russian/Gerogian conflict
The whole global warming debate.

Biggest songs of the decade:
Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Rihanna - Umbrella
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

thebigcheese22

Is there defo gonna be a Reeling in the years next year for the Oughties? Really hope there is!

Elmo

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Is there defo gonna be a Reeling in the years next year for the Oughties? Really hope there is!

Yes the new hip slang of the decade that really didn't do it. YoYo's V Quid (we won out and quid was kept) or the Oughties v The 2000s (2000s for me I never like the Oughties) and just so that we don't carry this through to the 2010s, all of the decade can be called the 10s while some of it can be called the Teens.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I thought it was the nOughties.

ateam

2000 - Concorde Crash, Election of George Bush, Sonia wins silver in Sydney
2001 - Foot and Mouth Outbreak, 9/11, Afghanistan War, Nice Treaty
2002 - The Euro is introduced, Saipan Saga (Keane Vs McCarthy, arguably the biggest event of the decade), the general election
2003 - Columbia Disaster, Iraq War
2004 - Madrid Bombings, Tsunami, Re-election of George Bush, the Smoking Ban, the Luas starts, 04 Olympics
2005 - John Paul II dies, Michael Jackson found not guilty, London Bombings, Hurricane Katrina, Navan bus crash, IRA announces that the war is over
2006 - Charles Haughey dies, Mary Harney resigns as Tainiste, Bertie's finances story begins - the famous Brian Dobson interview, Love Ulster Riots
2007 - Paisley and MCGunness share power, Blair resigns, Bertie gets back in for a third time, Joe O'Reilly found guilty of his wife's murder, Madeline goes missing
2008 - Bertie Ahern resigns, Brian Cowen is the new Taioseach, Ireland is plunged into recession, early budget - medical card row, Obama elected US President, Frtizl, 08 Olympics
2009 - Recession gets worse, emergency budget.....

Themes of the 00s.. Celtic Tiger excesses - the housing boom, emergence of commuter towns, long traffic jams, Sunday shopping, bebo, immigration from Eastern Europe, Tribunals, peace in the North, reality television...


Can't wait for it!