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Freedom of the city.

  • 13-05-2013 06:28PM
    #1
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭


    I think the granting of the freedom of the City of Cork to Cha & Mia, and Billa demeanes the honour.
    I'd like to know the view of others on this.


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  • #2
    calnand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭calnand


    aujopimur wrote: »
    I think the granting of the freedom of the City of Cork to Cha & Mia, and Billa demeanes the honour.
    I'd like to know the view of others on this.

    I only know cha and Mia from the statues, I know they had a program but in a very different time to when I grew up. But even so I'd rate them highly as corkonians, the freedom of the city should be given to them, they were representatives of Cork. As for Billa, I've no idea who that is.


  • #3
    hoodwinked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭hoodwinked


    calnand wrote: »
    I only know cha and Mia from the statues, I know they had a program but in a very different time to when I grew up. But even so I'd rate them highly as corkonians, the freedom of the city should be given to them, they were representatives of Cork. As for Billa, I've no idea who that is.

    i'd say they mean Billa O'Connell,


    used to be in the panto's in the Opera house years ago...


  • #4
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Themselves and Paddy Comerford were well known entertainers in the panto and summer revels. Prefer seeing people like that who were part of the citys life for so long being honoured rather than visitors/outsiders for a politician to be photographed with to be honest. Good move and well deserved.


  • #5
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    aujopimur wrote: »
    I think the granting of the freedom of the City of Cork to Cha & Mia, and Billa demeanes the honour.
    I'd like to know the view of others on this.

    I think the honour was demeaned when they gave it to John Major (and that's speaking as a Brit living in Cork!) - I'd much rather see the likes of Cha & Mia get it..


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