Dublin Airport to be renamed Lemass International Airport

oppenheimer1

http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2010/jul/11/lemass-airport-proposal-will-land-smoothly-says-ff/

Lemass is regarded as one of the best leaders the country has ever had across all parties, so this is probably a fitting tribute to the man. However I also think there is a case for it to be named after one of our great international statesmen Sean McBride.

Is the naming of the airport of a FF govt after a FF leader, even if he was considered great by all parties in general cronyism?

Blisterman

Doesn't make much sense to me. Is Sean Lemass that well known internationally?

If anything, it should be James Joyce Airport.

ro2

Have the government got nothing important to be doing? At least they didn't call it the Aviva Airport.

Nijmegen

Dublin International Airport works fine for me, just fine indeed.

Lemass was also a member of the regressive governments that came before his own "great leap forward", to such notions as direct investment and lowering trade barriers.

To be honest I don't see a person we need to honour by naming our airport after, and it's probably best if we leave it neutral.

One thing I do like in Dublin airport is that in different parts - particularly the new pier D - they have bits and pieces of quotes from Irish artists and writers and so forth. There's a good idea.

Sulmac

I would be against the idea, simply because I don't like naming major pieces of infrastructure after people - living or dead. "George Best Belfast City Airport" is among the worst airport names in the world, in my opinion.

That said, Lemass was probably our greatest Taoiseach and should be honoured in some form, but not like this.

If anything it's a distraction for the government that detracts from the real issues.

"Dublin Airport" is fine.

edit: Also, forgot to mention, the cost of doing so would also be a factor - they'd have to change signs, update brochures, etc. Although not the point of this thread it's also a factor to consider.

Lando Griffin

They should get a train to it first, either underground or overground before they rename it, its a disgrace having to bus your way or get a rip off taxi to go to town to connect to further public transport . Lemass would have wanted nothing to do with this bunch of idiots in the dail never mind having an Airport named after him.

Nijmegen

I agree, a "Molly Molone Memorial Quality Transport Link" would be appreciated...

Crazy that to get to the airport from most of the suburbs, where most of Dublin's population is, one has to go into the city centre and then back out again, doubling the journey time.

But we go off topic...

Paparazzo

It should be named after Stephen Gately

oppenheimer1

Nijmegen wrote: »

I agree, a "Molly Molone Memorial Quality Transport Link" would be appreciated...

Crazy that to get to the airport from most of the suburbs, where most of Dublin's population is, one has to go into the city centre and then back out again, doubling the journey time.

But we go off topic...

Thats the case with most airports, even ones with a rail link. The airport is usually on one spoke of the transport hub of a city.

Shea O'Meara

Paparazzo wrote: »

It should be named after Stephen Gately

Waste of time and money. As posted, hook up a rail track for god sake.
The whole thing is a distraction tactic and a mild one. If they were very clever they would have suggested Dickie Rock or Bono. The debate and uproar would have covered all their other shenanigans for months.

Manach

I would be also against this re-naming of an airport for a politican. It smacks of the arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. However, if a re-naming must be done I'd prefer it to be in the tradition of a pre-State notable such as Tone or O'Connel.

Lockstep

Doesn't bother me at all.
Lemass was one of our better leaders, so I have no objections with it being named after him. I can see many Irish heroes who would be more fitting but he's a fairly solid choice.

Permabear

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Manic Moran

I'm kindof fond of "Dublin Airport" personally.

I see no reason to change it.

NTM

Zambia

Why not stick it out for sponsorship as well as every other goverment enterprise.

Coca Cola International Airport
Cadburys Diary Milk Dail Eirean
Guiness M50 Motorway

Shea O'Meara

Zambia232 wrote: »

Why not stick it out for sponsorship as well as every other goverment enterprise.

Coca Cola International Airport
Cadburys Diary Milk Dail Eirean
Guiness M50 Motorway

Everything FFail do is sponsored, they just don't like to advertise it.

Nijmegen

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Thats the case with most airports, even ones with a rail link. The airport is usually on one spoke of the transport hub of a city.

I travel quite a bit, and apart from a few of the former military airbases Ryanair fly out of, most airports I visit are at the very least on a well connected transport network. It takes me 40 minutes to get from one of Berlin's secondary airports to a suburb further off than Bray would be to Dublin airport, with a connection...

nicebutdim

Zambia232 wrote: »

Why not stick it out for sponsorship as well as every other goverment enterprise.

Coca Cola International Airport
Cadburys Diary Milk Dail Eirean
Guiness M50 Motorway

Surely the Dail would have to be sponsored by a fertilizer company

Biggins

nicebutdim wrote: »

Surely the Dail would have to be sponsored by a fertilizer company

Thought they were already covered by the drinks business already!
Between the Dail bars and the many, many bars over 40% of FF TD's own, I'd say they are well sponsored unofficially!
...Its a nice little lobby group anyway!

BluntGuy

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This proposal is unnecessary, Dublin Airport works absolutely fine - well, the name, not the airport itself.

Something tells me though that this silly proposal will garner a lot of support, as people's paper-thin sense of nationalism rises to the fore yet again.

There are far more fitting and sensible ways to honour someone's legacy than an expensive and unnecessary exercise in re-branding something that works perfectly well.

ednwireland

riverdance international airport

FTW

paddyland

PURE publicity stunt to make Fianna Fáil look good. 'Remember Sean Lemass, wasn't he a great FF leader?' If Sean Lemass was the last 'great' FF leader worth naming an airport after, then they'd be better off keeping quiet. They haven't done anything in the last 50 years worth promoting themselves for.

Why not name it the John O'Donoghue Free Loading Airport? Limousines to the left, everyone else f*ck off to the coach park three miles away...

thebman

Meh, I prefer Dublin airport.

I don't see the point of renaming Dublin International Airport until it warrants having two airports.

How many people were really thinking Dublin airport, which one when landing? So it seems unnecessary and I'm confused as to how it was decided to do so although I suspect Paddyland maybe correct.

Lockstep

donegalfella wrote: »

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Quality.

oscarBravo

It won't matter - people rarely refer to airports by a name other than one that describes its location (its very approximate location, in Ryanair's case). George Best Airport is better known as Belfast City, John Lennon Airport is Liverpool, Ben Gurion Airport is Tel Aviv, Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport will only ever be Santiago.

Fratton Fred

oscarBravo wrote: »

It won't matter - people rarely refer to airports by a name other than one that describes its location (its very approximate location, in Ryanair's case). George Best Airport is better known as Belfast City, John Lennon Airport is Liverpool, Ben Gurion Airport is Tel Aviv, Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport will only ever be Santiago.

You could add Casement/Baldonnel to that list as well.......probably.

not to mention several Dart stations. How many people buy a ticket to Malin Station, or even know where it is.

Maserati23

:cool:Just Call it "NAMA International" its catchy and seems to be a buzz word that seems to be associated with everything that is Truly Irish, I mean Heritage and forward progression have to be taken into account.

I mean NAMA will never be forgotten and its so easy to remember. :rolleyes:

Sleepy

Lets just not waste the money rebranding something that doesn't need to be rebranded.

Nijmegen

Sleepy wrote: »

Lets just not waste the money rebranding something that doesn't need to be rebranded.

I recall listening to a talk by a famous businessman from the UK, who was lamenting the fact that he never got into the signage and paperhead business... He said he'd have been twice as rich for getting the government contracts to change around department and quango names and logos.

?Cee?view

Hang on.

Is it not already named after Michael Collins? Was it not called Collinstown Airport at one stage, and that name seems to have been dropped?

Have a look at this from the DAA Website. "Collinstown Executive Car Park".

http://www.dublinairport.com/to-and-from/car-parking/executive_parking.html

djpbarry

Blisterman wrote: »

If anything, it should be James Joyce Airport.

I don't know about that - The Prick with the Stick International Airport is a bit wordy.

peasant

From the article:

A number of airports internationally are called after statesmen, including JFK Airport in New York, Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Pierre Trudeau in Montreal.

Problem there being that those are statesmen that the world has actually heard of before their name got attached to an airport

Tabnabs

Just get them to call it FUBAR Airport, it would be the first honest admission they made!

sensibleken

Brendan-f*ckin'-Behan Inter-bleedin-national Air-jaysus-port!

thebman

Or just call it "Dublin's Only Airport" :P

I do like the Nama one or one with Banana Airport or some combination of the two such as Banama airport.

Biggins

Think its a totally stupid idea.
No disrespect to Lemass but there are many who deserve for their names to be used more so.

Aidric

Nijmegen wrote: »

Dublin International Airport works fine for me, just fine indeed.

Exactly. WTF is the point of this?

Run_to_da_hills

Leave politics out of it altogether.

Dublin Airport = Lynott International

Cork Airport - Gallagher International.

_Kaiser_

Stupid unnecessary idea, so I suspect a smokescreen... (remember the "all learner drivers will be put off the road!/pay hike for TDs one?)

What else was announced over the weekend?

jmayo

Well if they were being fair and wanted to name it after someone that did more to allow Irish people access to air travel then it would be named Tony Ryan International Airport or wait for it Michael O'Leary International Airport.

Plus factor with that is people would not then be surprised how time consuming and difficult the trek is from the airport to the city centre.
They would have expected it.

Why the hell this is a topic for discussion at this period in time just shows how screwed this little banana republic is.
Hell that gives me an idea.

Fyffes International would be perfect and sum up the nation to arriving passengers.

Byron85

There was a petition going around down here in Cork about a year ago to rename Cork airport Rory Gallagher airport. Now, that's a name i'd agree with.

goose2005

Blisterman wrote: »

Doesn't make much sense to me. Is Sean Lemass that well known internationally?

If anything, it should be James Joyce Airport.

Because had it been there in his day, he'd have bought a one-way ticket out as soon he could..

meathstevie

Let's see; John F Kennedy, Charles De Gaulle, Sean Lemass. No offence but who's the lightweight ? It's like replacing the name of a great tourism brand like with something 99.9999999999999999999999999% of the global population can't even pronounce. Hang on a second, FF done that a while ago.

If you really need to pick the name of a dead politician for an airport call it michael Collins airport, at least a few folks know his name. There you go Enda, if you ever become the leader of this country there's a nice one for you.

worded

Charles J Haughey Airport.

Everyone has to tighten their belts we are about to land at ..........

oppenheimer1

I still think McBride would be a good choice. Nobel Peace prize Laurate, international statesman and Humanitarian. Also of a party which doesn't exist anymore.

That said, leaving the name as is would probably be best. Shiny new terminal might be good for the Dublin brand as they say.

ballsymchugh

Logan Airport is in Boston, surely we could have Johnny Logan airport in Dublin?? he could greet us all at the door while we join the queue for security.

charlie_says

Doesn't bother me much. As previously said people will refer to it by it's geography.

Thank your favourite deity it isn't a corporate sponsored name. That would take the McVities.

Sod'o swords

Well living beside the Airport, we just call it, the Airport. So it'll still be 'the Airport' to us anyway. Just more fun listening to tourist's trying to pronounce it annnnd more than likely some Irish people failing horrible to pronounce it...

Run_to_da_hills

ballsymchugh wrote: »

Logan Airport is in Boston, surely we could have Johnny Logan airport in Dublin?? he could greet us all at the door while we join the queue for security.

It will only get abbreviated to "Johnny" airport, what it would be called after that would be left up to your imagination.

LordSutch

Most people under a certain age wouldn't have a clue who Sean Lemass was, actually now that I'm thinking about it, most people over a certain age wouldn't know or care who he was either! the name conjures-up an image of grey suits, & black & white images of an Ireland from a bygone era. How about 'Bono International Airport', or Geldof International Hub? maybe O'Leary's International gateway or just leave it alone as good old 'Dublin Airport'.

Sleepy

I'd actually prefer a corporate re-name of the airport (and you know Michael O' Leary couldn't resist Ryanair International Airport, Dublin) as at least that way I wouldn't be expected to pick up part of the tab for celebrating a past member of an organisation I see as, at best, parasitic, and at worst, akin to a mafia family out of my taxes.