Should Ireland be divided between East and West??

greenpilot

Things have become so Dublincentric, it aint funny!! Even Met Eireann bias their weather reports towards the East Coast first. Im from the East, and having moved West a number of years ago it has become apparent how East Coast Biased most of the media reports, preconceptions et al, are. Even Newstalk, who is apparently supposed to be a National Station has ads for Dublin Taxi Companies for Gods Sake! A Lot of it is down to apathy on the part of people who live in the West of Ireland just paddeling their own canoe, along with this whole "Wests Awake " nonsensical rubbish. If us folks West of the shannon dont wake up and smell the coffee, we will be so left behind we will all HAVE to move East. I actually thought that we might be on to a good thing with the formation of RISE, but sadly, they seem to have vanished. So, in a nutshell, Make Galway the Capital of the Wesht, and disable the Bridges in Portumna and Tarmonbarry!!:D

Superbus

Make every county a country.

It'd solve everything.

westendgirlie

Stop listening to those Dublin based stations! They don't do death notices

mike65

1 million people in one east coast county tends to have that effect in a country of 4.5 milllion.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I saw a book for sale in Castlebar once about Connacht seceding from Ireland.

CrazyRabbit

Only if we can move Finglas to the west of the country somehow.

Eric Cartman

its because dublin is great and the only real city in Ireland , inside the M50 is where everything happens

RachaelVO

JAYSUS!!!!!!!

Do you not think the North South divide is enough!

greenpilot

But Seriously, is RISE still active? Always thought they were a good lobby group for all that was important outside the Pale

Mahatma coat

whilst We're at it I'd like to add in a Definition of Southern Ireland, with a line drawn across from Wexford to Limerick, anything North of that but South of Ulster can be considered Midlands or East/West Coast

greenpilot

Eric Cartman wrote: »

its because dublin is great and the only real city in Ireland , inside the M50 is where everything happens

I think you may need to get away more....Is that why you live in Kildare then. I'm from Clane, and last time I checked, the m50 didnt stretch that far...:rolleyes:

Captain Chaos

Yep, West of the Dublin county limit and East of the DCL. Problem solved. Sure we are considered West Brits as it is.

Saila

yes lets have a united states of Ireland, that'll work

Kevin Duffy

What do you mean outside Dublin? What's outside Dublin? Sorry, does not compute. West of Dublin = America.

I'm in town. It's great.

Fighting Irish

greenpilot wrote: »

Things have become so Dublincentric, it aint funny!! Even Met Eireann bias their weather reports towards the East Coast first. Im from the East, and having moved West a number of years ago it has become apparent how East Coast Biased most of the media reports, preconceptions et al, are. Even Newstalk, who is apparently supposed to be a National Station has ads for Dublin Taxi Companies for Gods Sake! A Lot of it is down to apathy on the part of people who live in the West of Ireland just paddeling their own canoe, along with this whole "Wests Awake " nonsensical rubbish. If us folks West of the shannon dont wake up and smell the coffee, we will be so left behind we will all HAVE to move East. I actually thought that we might be on to a good thing with the formation of RISE, but sadly, they seem to have vanished. So, in a nutshell, Make Galway the Capital of the Wesht, and disable the Bridges in Portumna and Tarmonbarry!!:D

iF A COMPANY FROM MAYO WANTS TO ADVERTISE ON NEWSTALK THEY CAN

greenpilot

Fighting Irish wrote: »

iF A COMPANY FROM MAYO WANTS TO ADVERTISE ON NEWSTALK THEY CAN

Why?

Kevin Duffy

Fighting Irish wrote: »

iF A COMPANY FROM MAYO WANTS TO ADVERTISE ON NEWSTALK THEY CAN

Or just get you to shout the ads for them.

Fbjm

the west wouldn't survive on it's own as a country, dublin are what dragged ireland out of being a 2nd class country more than 80 years ago. all the businesses, IT factories (twitter, Facebook, google etc) and the moneymakers are based in Dublin. Outside dublin, there are A LOT more farms, hotels and GAA clubs. And nothing much else, really. I went to Galway about two years ago and most cars I saw were built in the early 90s... so, not a lot of money floating out around "the capital of the west" apparently.

TL;DR: all the money's in the east, you need us.

greenpilot

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

What do you mean outside Dublin? What's outside Dublin? Sorry, does not compute. West of Dublin = America.

I'm in town. It's great.

The future of our great Country right there folks...."I'm in town, its great", You know, a trip to the Kildare Village isnt "down the country" you know ....hmmm

nirvanaholic

BMW region has been forgotten about, in ireland only dublin matters...and im from the west!

hondasam

greenpilot wrote: »

Things have become so Dublincentric, it aint funny!! Even Met Eireann bias their weather reports towards the East Coast first. Im from the East, and having moved West a number of years ago it has become apparent how East Coast Biased most of the media reports, preconceptions et al, are. Even Newstalk, who is apparently supposed to be a National Station has ads for Dublin Taxi Companies for Gods Sake! A Lot of it is down to apathy on the part of people who live in the West of Ireland just paddeling their own canoe, along with this whole "Wests Awake " nonsensical rubbish. If us folks West of the shannon dont wake up and smell the coffee, we will be so left behind we will all HAVE to move East. I actually thought that we might be on to a good thing with the formation of RISE, but sadly, they seem to have vanished. So, in a nutshell, Make Galway the Capital of the Wesht, and disable the Bridges in Portumna and Tarmonbarry!!:D

I thought it was capital of the west.

How many people in the west of Ireland listen to Newstalk?

greenpilot

Fbjm wrote: »

the west wouldn't survive on it's own as a country, dublin are what dragged ireland out of being a 2nd class country more than 80 years ago. all the businesses, IT factories (twitter, Facebook, google etc) and the moneymakers are based in Dublin. Outside dublin, there are A LOT more farms, hotels and GAA clubs. And nothing much else, really. I went to Galway about two years ago and most cars I saw were built in the early 90s... so, not a lot of money floating out around "the capital of the west" apparently.

TL;DR: all the money's in the east, you need us.

This may come as a shock to you, but here, in the country, Farms are kind of what one would expect...even a LOT. When you say a lot more farms than Dublin, could you elaborate? By how much exactly?:D

Fbjm

greenpilot wrote: »

This may come as a shock to you, but here, in the country, Farms are kind of what one would expect...even a LOT. When you say a lot more farms than Dublin, could you elaborate? By how much exactly?:D

well i look out my window and see shops, cafes, and progress in general. tbh its a bit too americanised here for my liking but by a lot, i mean more than a hundred. and farms don't make a lot of money, in case you hadn't noticed

hondasam

Fbjm wrote: »

the west wouldn't survive on it's own as a country, dublin are what dragged ireland out of being a 2nd class country more than 80 years ago. all the businesses, IT factories (twitter, Facebook, google etc) and the moneymakers are based in Dublin. Outside dublin, there are A LOT more farms, hotels and GAA clubs. And nothing much else, really. I went to Galway about two years ago and most cars I saw were built in the early 90s... so, not a lot of money floating out around "the capital of the west" apparently.

TL;DR: all the money's in the east, you need us.

Come back to visit now, lots of things have changed, I think I might have spotted an 11g car there last week, just the one mind.

Fbjm

hondasam wrote: »

Come back to visit now, lots of things have changed, I think I might have spotted an 11g car there last week, just the one mind.

i doubt things have changed all that much in a brief two years, but yay progress :pac:

hondasam

Fbjm wrote: »

i doubt things have changed all that much in a brief two years, but yay progress :pac:

I think they might have, I'm not sure but I think I seen a roundabout and one of those big roads they have in Dublin.

Eric Cartman

greenpilot wrote: »

I think you may need to get away more....Is that why you live in Kildare then. I'm from Clane, and last time I checked, the m50 didnt stretch that far...:rolleyes:

if i could afford to live inside the m50 belt, I would.

greenpilot

Fbjm wrote: »

well i look out my window and see shops, cafes, and progress in general. tbh its a bit too americanised here for my liking but by a lot, i mean more than a hundred. and farms don't make a lot of money, in case you hadn't noticed

Well, when I look out my window, I see Clew Bay at the end of my garden with The Reek to my left and Westport to my right. I wouldnt swap it for anywhere, and If you think for one minute that us Farmers dont make money, you are sadly mistaken. After all, Technically, you are paying for us in one form or the other:D Enjoy the lovely sound of trafic filtering through your window on this fine Autumnal Day.!!

Kevin Duffy

greenpilot wrote: »

The future of our great Country right there folks...."I'm in town, its great", You know, a trip to the Kildare Village isnt "down the country" you know ....hmmm

Kilwhere? Do you mean Kilbarrack?

greenpilot

Fbjm wrote: »

i doubt things have changed all that much in a brief two years, but yay progress :pac:

Progress, to me, is moving from an apartment in Rathmines where I was paying 1100 per month, and moving to the West living in the middle of nowhere in a 5 bedroom house on a two acre site which I bought for less than 200,000 4 years ago, and the only thing we hear when we wake up each morning are the waves booming on the beach near the end of the road.....progress is measured in many ways.:cool:

hondasam

greenpilot wrote: »

Progress, to me, is moving from an apartment in Rathmines where I was paying 1100 per month, and moving to the West living in the middle of nowhere in a 5 bedroom house on a two acre site which I bought for less than 200,000 4 years ago, and the only thing we hear when we wake up each morning are the waves booming on the beach near the end of the road.....progress is measured in many ways.:cool:

shut up now, I am envious of hearing the waves and the beach. Lucky fecker.

greenpilot

hondasam wrote: »

shut up now, I am envious of hearing the waves and the beach. Lucky fecker.

Not so nice in the depts of winter though, we are on our second sitting room window!!:)

hondasam

greenpilot wrote: »

Not so nice in the depts of winter though, we are on our second sitting room window!!:)

I hear ya, lovely in the summer but it can be depressing in the winter all right.
I still would not swap for city living again.

Fbjm

greenpilot wrote: »

Well, when I look out my window, I see Clew Bay at the end of my garden with The Reek to my left and Westport to my right. I wouldnt swap it for anywhere, and If you think for one minute that us Farmers dont make money, you are sadly mistaken. After all, Technically, you are paying for us in one form or the other:D Enjoy the lovely sound of trafic filtering through your window on this fine Autumnal Day.!!

hey! i don't hear traffic, i'm from malahide. the sea just outside my estate, quiet as anything outside 24/7 and even though you say i pay you in a form, i bet i still have more money than you. coz i can afford a house in dublin.

steve9859

I moved from Dublin to London, 'cause Dublin just ain't big enough. Countryside is great for the holliers and for weekends (I part own a nice cottage in Devon), but I'll take the city as my main home without question.

greenpilot

Interesting how nobody has mentioned RISE, so much for their marketing.

Fbjm

greenpilot wrote: »

Interesting how nobody has mentioned RISE, so much for their marketing.

Interesting how no one has mentioned the upside of living in the country, so much for this thread.

AstonMartin

If something happens outside dublin where we need to go to a church someone will text us.

I have been living in dublin 4 years, not in a rush to go back to the farm.

shofukan

greenpilot wrote: »

After all, Technically, you are paying for us in one form or the other:D

So you want to split the country?
So you don't want the considerable amount of money raised through Dublin taxes anymore?
Cool. More for us to spend on things we need here!

hondasam

Fbjm wrote: »

Interesting how no one has mentioned the upside of living in the country, so much for this thread.

we don't need to sell it, it's beauty sells itself. I would not live in the city again.
I like the idea of no neighbours, no hassle just peace and quiet.

revell

first lets split Dublin into half by Liffe, that's more practical

Fbjm

hondasam wrote: »

we don't need to sell it, it's beauty sells itself. I would not live in the city again.
I like the idea of no neighbours, no hassle just peace and quiet.

parts of dublin are peaceful too, case in point where i live, malahide. sea right outside my house, as i've already said there is like no noise, and - here's the kicker - i'm less than five hours away from town (like half an hour)

AstonMartin

Dun Laoghaire seems like the best place to live in Dublin for people in their 30s.

WesternZulu

We have tried it before;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Connaught

We have been just waiting for 211 years to figure out what went wrong and then try again :pac:

Catari Jaguar

They should just put a big bubble dome around Dublin, (leaving the coast line exposed of course for travel abroad) but not before first air lifting Croke Park and Coppers outta the city to the back of beyonds. Everyone's a winner.

PS. What the feck is a Tarmonbarry?

hondasam

Fbjm wrote: »

parts of dublin are peaceful too, case in point where i live, malahide. sea right outside my house, as i've already said there is like no noise, and - here's the kicker - i'm less than five hours away from town (like half an hour)

Here is another amazing fact, Galway is less than two hours from Dublin.
You are learning a lot today. What is crime like in Malahide?

Cú Giobach

Fbjm wrote: »

well i look out my window and see shops, cafes, and progress in general. tbh its a bit too americanised here for my liking but by a lot, i mean more than a hundred. and farms don't make a lot of money, in case you hadn't noticed

I'd love to see you sit down and tuck into a bunch of euro notes with some gravy.

Who are more important in the greater scheme of things, the people who work in IT or the people who make food?

FlawedGenius

Yes please, Drogheda down to Bray, as far inland as Naas. The old pale basically. Bit like Luxembourg. Hopefully theyd still let us still play in the bogball and hurling.

Fighting Irish

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Or just get you to shout the ads for them.

I only noticed the caps when i finished the sentence and was too lazy to re write it

4leto

Yeah I do have to think which is east and west its confusing,

I propose it should be right and left and top and bottom so Dublin is the right of Ireland cork is the bottom.

shannie

what a fail of a thread

why would you actualy even want to bother asking this question ?
get on with your life in the west just as everyone else does without complaining in the north south and east..
sheesh.
:eek: