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What ever happened to the Port French Festival?

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  • 22-06-2009 12:00pm
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    Minxie123
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭


    There's no mention of it the past couple of years. Has it completely gone by the wayside?


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    elvis jones
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    The main reason for it going by the way side is the same as most festivals in this country.

    Insurance costs firstly.......also the fact that the pubs are the ones who make all the money but are very slow to put their hands in their pockets to help out.


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    Minxie123
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Minxie123


    Its a shame. And the pubs are mad, they have to be missing out on business.


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    elvis jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,197 ✭✭✭elvis jones


    Oh they'd still have it.....if someone else paid for it all:rolleyes:


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    puremule
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭puremule


    elvis jones wrote: »
    The main reason for it going by the way side is the same as most festivals in this country.

    Insurance costs firstly.......also the fact that the pubs are the ones who make all the money but are very slow to put their hands in their pockets to help out.

    I was on the committee myself for a couple of years and it was a nightmare trying to get the businesses in the town to support the festival financially. The majority of the bars would pledge €100 and considered this to be generous donation. Also most of them refused to apply for bar extensions claiming they would need extra staff meaning less profit blah blah blah. One shop actually gave us €5:eek: as their donation and no I didn't leave out any zero's it was a €5 note!!

    Thats pretty much the summarized version as to why Portarlington has no festival


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