Just watched the christmas tree in the shannon sink

tagoona

It came awfully close to hitting the quay when it toppled over.
How come limerick council hasn't dismantled it before now
Disgraceful.

Berty

Lol @ council in general. Let's hope it's not a slow news day in the national media!

tishandy

tagoona wrote: »

It came awfully close to hitting the quay when it toppled over.
How come limerick council hasn't dismantled it before now
Disgraceful.

Are you serious?
I'ts embarrassing isnt it!. Its the city wide tacky version of leaving your Christmas icicle lights on the front of your house year round.

the drifter

pics???

also in other news the cranes at crane valley are coming down....

bazz26

Photos or it didn't happen.

Pacifico

Looked like it was sinking yesterday...

BobMc

good, scrap it now, cheap bastards in city co. trying to save money, now its gonna cost em another packet to rescue the damn thing AGAIN, consign it to the scrap yard now please

Insect Overlord

Ah jaysus, that's shocking!

AnCapaillMor

Brilliant!!

DarkJager

They won't be putting coloured lights on it now.

Jofspring

Oh no!!!! There goes one of Limericks famous landmarks ........What are we going to do to draw tourists now? :eek:

DarkJager

Jofspring wrote: »

Oh no!!!! There goes one of Limericks famous landmarks ........What are we going to do to draw tourists now? :eek:

Its an awful shame. €10 million worth of revenue for Limerick City gone down the drain.

Insect Overlord

Jofspring wrote: »

Oh no!!!! There goes one of Limericks famous landmarks ........What are we going to do to draw tourists now? :eek:

Burger King statue on Bedford Row? :pac:

Limerick_Lass

You just cant make this s**t up! :rolleyes:

Next all the trolleys will get caught in it..... Voila, then we will have a piece of art!

jonski

Now is the time to get the councillors down to turn on the lights , get them all to hold hands and pick one to flick the switch .

munstergirl

Limerick city council are probably thinking of excuses right now, like the freak tide, the swans, the weather, some lame excuse.

Instead of just saying we were stupid, we should have taken the christmas tree down after christmas.

So has it sunk yet? Or is it still lying sideways?

RonMexico

RonMexico wrote: »

I hope it sinks...if only so we will never again have to hear the words "landmark" and "tourist attraction" associated with a scrap metal traffic cone.

:eek::pac:

Limerick_Lass

Well it has made breakingnews.ie, which claim it will be removed from the river once a crane arrives around lunch time!

phill106

so the tree that was a tree at christmas, even though the people of limerick didn't think so, then after christmas the city said it wasn't actually a tree, but was actually a sculpture....doesn't float...

Itsdacraic

That tree is possessed and evil and needs to be put down.
First it tried to smash up the Shannon Bridge, now it's after attacking the Dockers statue, what next?? A full scale assault on King Johns Castle?

tipptom

the drifter wrote: »

pics???

also in other news the cranes at crane valley are coming down....

Thought they were being sold on site,ganly craige having a big auction selling of these cranes,romania seems to be a high bidder,all due respects and all that.

jonski

Itsdacraic wrote: »

now it's after attacking the Dockers statue,

I only saw that statue the other day , my wife and I were passing in the car and she said " why have they a statue of two men throwing rubbish into the river ? " .

Comhrá

Ah jaysus, that's shocking!

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

talkingclock

Only in Limerick...

Just in time for it to be removed for paddys day.

AnCapaillMor

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

Are you serious?

vkid

delighted, it looks awful at Xmas, awful after Xmas and even worse now.

Nasty heap of scrap metal with a few cheap lights on it,

Kess73

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

If what Insect Overlord said is offensive to you, then I would advise you not to use the After Hours forum here on Boards.

I guess it all boils down to what a person regards as swearing though. Personally I don't see any swearing in what he said, but I suppose if a person was religious or believed in Jesus then maybe it could be taken as swearing.

But one thing I am sure of is that IO was not trying to be offensive or anything like that

Amazotheamazing

I like it at Christmas, but glad it's gone if they were actually serious about leaving it up all year.

phill106

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

I don't believe in jaysus, being a christain. Doesn't he run that new kebab shop on ellen street?
I do believe in jesus though!

rainbowdrop

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

Ahh Jaysus tippman, you must be very easily offended.

Christ almighty like, what would you do if someone called you a really bad swear word?



:pac:

kronsington

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/limerick_s_floating_christmas_tree_topples_over_1_2481353

pappyodaniel

kronsington wrote: »

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/limerick_s_floating_christmas_tree_topples_over_1_2481353

Jaysus

Twin-go

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

Where is the swearing? Me no see it? Feck it anyway!!

bullets

from our local rag Da Leada wrote:

"It is believed low tides and a reduced flow of water from the turbines at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station caused the tree to fall at around 3am this morning."

Damn it was the turbines all the way out in Ardanacrusha that are to blame all along!

And here was me thinking it was the evil Australian goth swan with the black feathers and red beak that was upto no good and toppled it over :rolleyes:


~B

tagoona

Ah ffs. I watched it topple over at approx 7.50 am.
Nothing to do with tides or turbines.
Everything to do with the fact that the left a piece of metal floating for longer than it was intended.

Twin-go

Why don't they leave it there as an Underwater Visitor attraction. At a conservitive estimate it's bound to generate about €320 billion for the local enconomy.

Also does this mean that Limerick is no longer a Lady after her Shannon waters have been probed by a foriegn object?

vkid

Twin-go wrote: »

Why don't they leave it there as an Underwater Visitor attraction. At a conservitive estimate it's bound to generate about €320 billion for the local enconomy.

Also does this mean that Limerick is no longer a Lady after her Shannon waters have been probed by a foriegn object?

LOL!
she's just a big slut now!

jonski

bullets wrote: »

Damn it was the turbines all the way out in Ardanacrusha that are to blame all along!

Blame ? Blame you say ? Surely they should be hailed as a saviour .

It's all over for JP McManus now , he is yesterdays hero .

We shall carry the Turbines aloft on our shoulders down O'Connell Street on St.Patricks day .

highlydebased

Karma!

Berty

Push it to the other side of the bridge. Let it go and when it hits County Limerick its their problem.

Sorted.

zuroph

"It is believed low tides and a reduced flow of water from the turbines at Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station caused the tree to fall at around 3am this morning."

Cue the mayor claiming that if they has been granted the boundary extension this would never have happened! Those Clare Bastards! :mad: :pac:

zuroph

when they're recovering it, they can gather all the trolleys too and gain some extra scrap metal to add a few more tiers to it next year!

Melion

Twin-go wrote: »

Why don't they leave it there as an Underwater Visitor attraction. At a conservitive estimate it's bound to generate about €320 billion for the local enconomy.

Better than the €10m they roll out every time there is any kind of event in the city

mgbgt1978

tippman1 wrote: »

Anyone find swearing offensive?
Call me old-fashioned but I find this sort of thing offensive, esp. form a mod.

John.

Blasphemy & swearing I can live with, but people who can't spell from really bloody annoy me.

CCSL

Recovery plans are underway it seems.



More pics in My Picassa Gallery
https://picasaweb.google.com/Munster.Images/LimerickChristmasTreeFallsOverAgain#

zuroph

That awkward moment when you leave your Christmas tree up so long that Mother Nature insists on taking it down for you

phill106

zuroph wrote: »

That awkward moment when you leave your Christmas treenot a christmas tree, but a tree shaped monument up so long that Mother Nature insists on taking it down for you

fyp

vkid

according to the examiner, a pump that is used to keep it floating failed.

the Ardnacrusha thing was a nice excuse though..

Clareman

Tempted to dole out infractions for bad language and back seat modding, but by jaysus if we can't just get along things we'll start to take on water and it'll be a sinking ship before too long, Celine Dion will be singing, ice bergs will be dead ahead and Poseidon will become the next mayor of Limerick

concussion

vkid wrote: »

according to the examiner, a pump that is used to keep it floating failed.

If true, a slow clap for the City Council. How hard is it to seal two large pontoons?

iguana

That Leader article reads like a story from The Daily Mash. I especially like this quote by Gerry McMahon from Killalee:

It should be put back on its moorings and left there permanently. London has the London Eye. We should have something.

:pac::pac::pac: