bingo in cork city and county

craftypaddy

anyone got any list of places and times of bingo in the city or county, i know the neptune does it on tuesdays, but dont know the times or prices.
thanks in advance

fastrac

Auntys pub in Tower 9 o clock tuesday nights

cordub

sars gaa club tues night at 8 glanmire

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craftypaddy wrote: »

anyone got any list of places and times of bingo in the city or county, i know the neptune does it on tuesdays, but dont know the times or prices.
thanks in advance

Tuesday night at 8pm the Neptune bingo starts, Double book for nine euro and single book six euro. Jackpot game is three euro and jackpot start at 3000 quid on 40 calls.

johnayo

The Barrs gaa club, Togher, Friday.
Not sure if 8pm or 8.30pm.

curly from cork

there is a new bingo centre opening in Sept . In deanrock, togher. It will be a mega proper bingo hall. up to 1,000 seater.

kinvara64

Blue Demons Basketball run a bingo for their juvenile section on weds @ 8.30 at Parochial Hall ,Gurranebraher. 6 for single book 9 for double. Busses from various parts of city and county free

kinvara64

What part? the pub or the industrial estate.

chickenlittle

SMA in Wilton on Monday nights, I think at 8pm

curly from cork

kinvara64 wrote: »

What part? the pub or the industrial estate.

in the undustrial estate. used to be waters glass.

CoalBucket

Ballyphehane Community Centre has a long running game, over 20 years in my memory. It's on a Friday night, my mother goes

kinvara64

curly from cork wrote: »

there is a new bingo centre opening in Sept . In deanrock, togher. It will be a mega proper bingo hall. up to 1,000 seater.

thanks curly from cork.

fattestman

CoalBucket wrote: »

Ballyphehane Community Centre has a long running game, over 20 years in my memory. It's on a Friday night, my mother goes

Indent suppose you'd know if one an buy a pint at this? Myself and a couple of friends are thinking of popping along.

stacexD

curly from cork wrote: »

there is a new bingo centre opening in Sept . In deanrock, togher. It will be a mega proper bingo hall. up to 1,000 seater.

Any more news on that?

curly from cork

yip my brother is working on it at the moment. supposed to be mega amazing and huge , state of the art with electronic bingo cards built into the tables. Restaurant etc It wont be open til Oct though.

curly from cork

http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/4773/2011-39/Bingo-for-Cork-as-30-new-jobs-are-announced

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/bingo-for-cork-as-30-new-jobs-are-announced-522266.html

also saw this end of one of the articles I read on line , its about available jobs.

The positions available include openings for management, floor, security, cashier, office, parking and cleaning staff. Job applications can be sent by email to dbarber@rockbingo.ie or by post to Dave Barber, Rock Bingo Club, Togher, Cork.

johnayo

curly from cork wrote: »

http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/4773/2011-39/Bingo-for-Cork-as-30-new-jobs-are-announced

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/bingo-for-cork-as-30-new-jobs-are-announced-522266.html

also saw this end of one of the articles I read on line , its about available jobs.

The positions available include openings for management, floor, security, cashier, office, parking and cleaning staff. Job applications can be sent by email to dbarber@rockbingo.ie or by post to Dave Barber, Rock Bingo Club, Togher, Cork.

Thought I read somewhere that they were having trouble getting planning through for it.

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johnayo wrote: »

Thought I read somewhere that they were having trouble getting planning through for it.

Hopefully they won't as it would cause a lot of damage to club bingo's all over Cork that have been in place for years.

cordub

stacexD wrote: »

Any more news on that?

They were refused planning permission last week in court !!!!Seems the judge said a big place would take away a lot of business from small bingo places :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Dormy

cordub wrote: »

They were refused planning permission last week in court !!!!Seems the judge said a big place would take away a lot of business from small bingo places :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Incorrect.
Its already there.
The article in the examiner implied there was some problem with a charitable licence or something like that.(not sure)
I believe it is going ahead anyway. Mid/late oct opening

cordub

Dormy wrote: »

Incorrect.
Its already there.
The article in the examiner implied there was some problem with a charitable licence or something like that.(not sure)
I believe it is going ahead anyway. Mid/late oct opening

thats brill i must have read it wrong , Looking forward to it !!

cordub

Dormy wrote: »

Incorrect.
Its already there.
The article in the examiner implied there was some problem with a charitable licence or something like that.(not sure)
I believe it is going ahead anyway. Mid/late oct opening

Have things changed so since this article ????
www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/bingo-ruled-out-over-charities-concerns-168275.html

johnayo

cordub wrote: »

Have things changed so since this article ????
www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/bingo-ruled-out-over-charities-concerns-168275.html

Now that is the one I had read. Thought it was a planning issue but obviously refused a licence for it.
I think that no licence should be given until City Council does something with the junction outside the place. I am convinced that they are waiting for fatalities to happen there before sorting it out.:mad:

CorkBingo

A DISTRICT court judge has refused to grant a licence for a commercially run bingo hall in Cork.

Superintendent Charles Barry described the proposal as being like a big supermarket swallowing up smaller local shops.
"I am satisfied there is a sufficient number [of bingo nights] operating to enable me to refuse this application," said Judge Leo Malone.

Harry McCullogh, solicitor, brought the application on behalf of the charity St Augustine’s Global Foundation.

If successful, St Augustine’s would have used a new commercial bingo company, Omega Leisure Ltd, trading as Rock Bingo, as its agent. It has planning permission to operate the former Waters Munster Glass premises in Togher as a customised bingo venue, available to all charities licensed for bingo.

Mr McCullogh indicated that yesterday’s refusal would be appealed to Cork Circuit Court.

Grounds for objection relate firstly to the character of those who would run the operation. None of yesterday’s objectors at Cork District Court had any objection on that basis. It was agreed by all parties, including the objectors, that the managing director of Omega, James Barber, was a man of impeccable character.

Objections were made only on the basis that the area in which Rock Bingo would operate was already well catered for in terms of the number of bingo nights being operated by sports, community and charitable groups.

"Many charitable organisations depend on bingo as a significant part of their income," Supt Barry told the court.

"This is like a big supermarket coming in to swallow up the local shops. They will be closed down by it.

"The money off the local bingo nights at the moment goes back to penny dinners or the elderly people. The majority of the profit goes back to the local community and stays in the local community.

"As superintendent, should I be concerned that this big commercial organisation is going to come in, and out of €1 spent in Rock Bingo 10c will go to charity, 50c will go to prizes and 40c will go to Rock Bingo? If the legislature wanted commercial bingo, they should have legislated for it. This is a way of circumventing the law. That is my concern."

The superintendent characterised the application by Nicholas Condon of St Augustine’s Global Foundation charity as "a Trojan horse allowing Mr Barber to operate".

Objectors included the St Finbarr’s GAA club, Ballyphehane community association and the community centre at the Society of African Missions in Wilton.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbidcwqloj/rss2/#ixzz1age5dguC

CorkBingo

A DISTRICT court judge has refused to grant a licence for a commercially run bingo hall in Cork which would have given 10% of its proceeds to charities.

Superintendent Charles Barry described the proposal as being like a big supermarket swallowing up smaller local shops.

"I am satisfied there is a sufficient number [of bingo nights] operating to enable me to refuse this application," said Judge Leo Malone.

Harry McCullogh, solicitor, brought the application on behalf of the charity St Augustine’s Global Foundation.

If successful, St Augustine’s would have used a new commercial bingo company, Omega Leisure Ltd, trading as Rock Bingo, as its agent. It has planning permission to operate the former Waters Munster Glass premises in Togher as a customised bingo venue, available to all charities licensed for bingo.

Mr McCullogh indicated that yesterday’s refusal would be appealed to Cork Circuit Court.

Grounds for objection relate firstly to the character of those who would run the operation. None of yesterday’s objectors at Cork District Court had any objection on that basis. It was agreed by all parties, including the objectors, that the managing director of Omega, James Barber, was a man of impeccable character.

Objections were made only on the basis that the area in which Rock Bingo would operate was already well catered for in terms of the number of bingo nights being operated by sports, community and charitable groups.

"Many charitable organisations depend on bingo as a significant part of their income," Supt Barry told the court.

"This is like a big supermarket coming in to swallow up the local shops. They will be closed down by it.

"The money off the local bingo nights at the moment goes back to penny dinners or the elderly people. The majority of the profit goes back to the local community and stays in the local community.

"As superintendent, should I be concerned that this big commercial organisation is going to come in, and out of €1 spent in Rock Bingo 10c will go to charity, 50c will go to prizes and 40c will go to Rock Bingo? If the legislature wanted commercial bingo, they should have legislated for it. This is a way of circumventing the law. That is my concern."

The superintendent characterised the application by Nicholas Condon of St Augustine’s Global Foundation charity as "a Trojan horse allowing Mr Barber to operate".

In his application for a lottery licence yesterday, Mr Condon said: "We are a charity, and there are other charities, and we are seeking funds in a difficult environment. There are so many things we can do, we have to rely on commercial organisations in many ways to help us to raise funds… We believed they [the Barber family] are people of probity and good stewardship."
In relation to the 40% of proceeds going to Rock, it was pointed out that this would be used to operate and promote the business, in which more than 30 people would be employed.

Objectors included the St Finbarr’s GAA club, Ballyphehane community association and the community centre at the Society of African Missions in Wilton.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbidcwqloj/rss2/#ixzz1age5dguC

curly from cork

Update on rock bingo cork facebook page just now

We are thrilled to annouce we will be open for Bingo on Tuesday evening 1st of November.
Stayed tuned for further updates.
The Rock Bingo Team.

looking forward to Tues. I went to the sneak preview day when George Lee was making a show from there it is MEGA HUGE !!

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curly from cork wrote: »

Update on rock bingo cork facebook page just now

We are thrilled to annouce we will be open for Bingo on Tuesday evening 1st of November.
Stayed tuned for further updates.
The Rock Bingo Team.

looking forward to Tues. I went to the sneak preview day when George Lee was making a show from there it is MEGA HUGE !!

I hope it is an almighty failure.

curly from cork

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curly from cork wrote: »

Update on rock bingo cork facebook page just now

We are thrilled to annouce we will be open for Bingo on Tuesday evening 1st of November.
Stayed tuned for further updates.
The Rock Bingo Team.

looking forward to Tues. I went to the sneak preview day when George Lee was making a show from there it is MEGA HUGE !!

I hope it is an almighty failure.

Why ?

cordub

curly from cork wrote: »

Why ?

YES WHY ???

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curly from cork wrote: »

Why ?

Cork City is full of sporting clubs to which their local bingo is a lifeline to keep them in business. A fly by night operation like this could destroy them.

evilivor

Show Time wrote: »

curly from cork wrote: »

Why ?

Cork City is full of sporting clubs to which their local bingo is a lifeline to keep them in business. A fly by night operation like this could destroy them.

Have you evidence this is a fly by night operation?

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evilivor wrote: »

Have you evidence this is a fly by night operation?

Just a saying.:rolleyes:

My point is that a lot of sports clubs around the city will be hit hard by this.:(

cordub

Show Time wrote: »

Just a saying.:rolleyes:

My point is that a lot of sports clubs around the city will be hit hard by this.:(

thats like saying supermarkets shouldnt have been allowed open up because of the small shops. stupid reason if you ask me , are you saying all the bingo run in cork is for charities because if you are thats rubbish. i know lots of pubs and gaa clubs who run it purely to get buisiness for the place itself def not for charity

evilivor

Show Time wrote: »

evilivor wrote: »

Have you evidence this is a fly by night operation?

Just a saying.:rolleyes:

My point is that a lot of sports clubs around the city will be hit hard by this.:(

I know it's a saying - it's a derisive term for a business that may be transient and/or untrustworthy. Have you evidence for this?

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evilivor wrote: »

I know it's a saying - it's a derisive term for a business that may be transient and/or untrustworthy. Have you evidence for this?

What the f**k has it got to do with you?

Any business that would take money from local sports clubs can't be good for the city,

curly from cork

I certainly would nt be calling anyone a fly by night operator, especially as one of the newspapers reported the owner to be a business man of "impeccable character"

It was agreed by all parties, including the objectors, that the managing director of Omega, James Barber, was a man of impeccable character.

Quote from Irish Examiner

The Barbers have been operating at the address for over a quarter of a century as Waters Glass. James Barber, one of the family owners of the development said: “We have been located at this premises for over quarter of a century. As an owner of Waters Glass I was devastated in March of this year when we had to close our doors and let so many staff go. At its peak Waters Glass employed 65 people. Since then I have been diligently looking for a new business to replace the lost jobs to the area, which has been quite challenging in the current environment, as you can imagine. Quote from Cork Indo

Good luck to them. Great to see employment in the area. What from what I hear local charities , hospitals and clubs will benefit hugely from the bingo proceeds. Under licensing laws you have to give a certain proportion of your takings to charity.
Latest update from their FB page ( runs for cover )

Rock Bingo Cork
Rock Bingo will open it's doors at 6:30 pm Tuesday 1st of November with the main Bingo session at 8 pm sharp.

craftypaddy

bingo cancelled tonight, got a text this evening, shame would have been a good night, 10 grand prize....:(

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Cops stopped it just before it started.

craftypaddy

do they not have a licence then ?

curly from cork

They are definitely legal, some guards think they rule the world .



A company operating a bingo hall in Cork city has secured a temporary High Court order restraining interference with its activities after bingo books were seized by gardaí earlier this week, preventing a bingo session proceeding.
Omega Leisure Ltd, trading as Rock Bingo Club, which says it is operating as an agent for a hospital charity under a valid lottery licence, claims Supt Charles Barry, based in Togher, Cork city, is operating a “systematic policy” of ensuring gambling does not take place in his area.
Supt Barry had inspected the bingo hall at Deanrock, Togher, on Monday and, the following day, obtained a District Court warrant under which he went with gardaí to the premises half an hour before the bingo was due to start, Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill was told today.
On the basis of claims of an unlawful lottery, bingo books and other materials were seized, the bingo game was unable to proceed, patrons had to be turned away and there was concern this might happen again, said Constance Cassidy SC, for Omega Leisure Ltd, trading as Rock Bingo Club.
The company had spent €750,000 fitting out the 1,000-seat hall and planned to run bingo games five nights a week with the first game intended for Tuesday last.
The company last week initiated proceedings against Supt Barry, the Garda Commissioner and the State and Mr Justice O’Neill today granted it an interim order, returnable to Friday next, restraining interference with its licensed activities.
Ms Cassidy said the defendants had been informed of her side’s intention to seek the interim order and she understood they would appear when the matter came before the court on Friday.
While assurances had been provided to the court on behalf of the defendants to the High Court at a hearing last Saturday, it appeared Supt Barry was “sidestepping” those and had taken matters into his own hands, counsel said.
Her client would be seeking a court declaration that its activity is lawful as Supt Barry appeared to believe a lottery license requires the license applicant to carry on trade at the premises in question when that was not the case, counsel said.
The company says it is entitled to run bingo games for charities which have been issued lottery licence for the relevant district. It says it entered an agency agreement on October 12th last with the Mercy Hospital Foundation, a charity which raises money for the Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
Under that agreement, the company will run bingo games for the charity and is entitled to a maximum 40 per cent of the proceeds.
In an affidavit, James Barber, a director of the company, said the business model of the company is recognised in the Department of Finance’s charitable Lotteries Fund Scheme, is lawful and complied with all legal requirements under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956.
He said Supt Barry, during an appeal of a gaming licence application before Cork Circuit Court on October 17th last, had said gambling leads to an increase in crime, family breakdown and suicide and he intended to oppose all new gaming establishments in his area.
Supt Barry had objected to lottery licence applications for charities which were in negotiations with Omega to enter into agency agreements, Mr Barner said. Those charities were Cork Penny Dinners, Harlequins Hockey Club and St Augustine Global Foundation.
Other charities - St Luke’s Home, the Church of Ireland Hockey Club and Marymount Hospice - withdrew from negotiations with Omega after being contacted by Supt Barry, he added.

deRanged

Show Time wrote: »

What the f**k has it got to do with you?

Any business that would take money from local sports clubs can't be good for the city,

keep it civil please.
I'd rather not have to start handing out bans.

joethelion

I think rock bingo is opening tonight saw a big sign on the motorway €10k jackpot!!!:D

joethelion

Wow what was this fella thinking!

TheCeltictiger

I know the whole local area is very much against this bingo hall on the basis that so many voluntary organizations survive on their Bingo night takings.
This is a 'for profit' organization and the Mercy hospital will take a meager 5% to allow Rock Bingo conform with the licensing constraints.

I hear there is talk of a pickets been put on the place and a campaign to publicize the knock on to local voluntary organizations that already have a very long tradition of bingo nights.

joethelion

Just got a txt from a mate - the place is packed so much for the pickets

Papa_Lazarou

TheCeltictiger wrote: »

I know the whole local area is very much against this bingo hall on the basis that so many voluntary organizations survive on their Bingo night takings.
This is a 'for profit' organization and the Mercy hospital will take a meager 5% to allow Rock Bingo conform with the licensing constraints.

I hear there is talk of a pickets been put on the place and a campaign to publicize the knock on to local voluntary organizations that already have a very long tradition of bingo nights.

Well im living just over the bridge from the building and i haven't heard many people saying anything bad about the place, and those who have are just the GAA heads who want theirs to be the only bingo in the area. Have actually heard more people complain about the way the gardaí dealt with the situation to be honest.I thought i read that the mercy will get up to 40% of the profit?

joethelion

me mate said it was the best night for bingo cork has ever had -and they should know!!!!!!!:eek:the charity gets 10% I heard off the top but they dont have any costs the bingo hall pays all the cost for running ot out of their 40% - I'm going tonight:)

TheCeltictiger

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

Well im living just over the bridge from the building and i haven't heard many people saying anything bad about the place, and those who have are just the GAA heads who want theirs to be the only bingo in the area. Have actually heard more people complain about the way the gardaí dealt with the situation to be honest.I thought i read that the mercy will get up to 40% of the profit?

I too live over the bridge and would live no more then 200 yards from the place and I can tell you it is far more then GAA heads that have concerns about the place. Simple fact is Rock Bingo are using the Mercy foundation as a flag of convenience for a token 5%. All the popular bingo operations within the city and county are there to support voluntary activity within the community, be that a GAA club in St Finbarrs long established Friday night bingo or Ballyphehanes community Bingo which directly supports the meals on wheels.

Bingo on the scale of the Rock Bingo hall should require a gambling license as is the case for bookmakers rather then the fundraising event license that they are operating under.

The whole thing reeks of profiteering at the cost of voluntary organizations.

You can window dress it what ever way you like, but that is what it is.

People with any social conscience should give this place a skip.

joethelion

sure are'nt charitys allow fundraise at all so or is it just gaa and meals on wheels?

curly from cork

Quote from The Irish Times

Under that agreement, the company will run bingo games for the charity and is entitled to a maximum 40 per cent of the proceeds.

I was there last night and thought it was great. Its nice and comfortable. The staff were all very friendly. Great to see so many jobs and spin off jobs in the place. Lovey food available too I ll be back !

TheCeltictiger

The discussions on 96fm over the last few days put the percentage split at 55% prize money, 40% to the proprietor and 5% to the Mercy foundation.

It is also known that Rock bingo touted several charitable/voluntary organizations to assist with the license.