Ryanair uses photo of Cork to promote Dublin to French

Rabbo

Ryanair has used a picture of Cork in an ad in a French newspaper to promote a route to Dublin.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ryanair-uses-photo-of-beautiful-cork-to-lure-the-french-to-dublin-238000.html

Ryanair have put their hands up:

“We know it’s a picture of Cork, but there’s nowhere as beautiful in Dublin as Cork, so we used it to try and get more French passengers to fly to Dublin,” Ryanair deputy CEO Michael Cawley said.

I'm not sure who should be more infuriated - the french people with this blatant false advertising or Cork people who's beautiful cities image is being whored out to bring people to Dublin.



Surely this is akin to using an image of an Aston Martin in a Skoda ad?

Anyone

Its Ryanair, they used a picture of Cork because it was cheap.

Cienciano

Ryanair get free advertising
People of Cork think their city is great
Dublin people don't give a shít

Everyone wins.

Christ the Redeemer

Oh the ****ing humanity.

seamus

To paraphrase a comment on joe.ie; Ryanair sell you a ticket to Dublin, fly you into Cork and tell you it's "just outside" Dublin, then charge you €30 for the bus.
So a picture of Cork on ad for Dublin is a rare moment of honesty for Ryanair.

Christ the Redeemer

seamus wrote: »

To paraphrase a comment on joe.ie; Ryanair sell you a ticket to Dublin, fly you into Cork and tell you it's "just outside" Dublin, then charge you €30 for the bus.
So a picture of Cork on ad for Dublin is a rare moment of honesty for Ryanair.

Ryanair fly to Dublin airport.

Nemeses

Why not just fly people to Cork! Might as well make use out of the airport here!

Boombastic

The real capital . Its says a lot if even Ryanair think dublins a **** hole

State of the photo.

Skid X

seamus wrote: »

To paraphrase a comment on joe.ie; Ryanair sell you a ticket to Dublin, fly you into Cork and tell you it's "just outside" Dublin, then charge you €30 for the bus.
So a picture of Cork on ad for Dublin is a rare moment of honesty for Ryanair.

That might make sense if Ryanair didn't fly to Dublin.

Dravokivich

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

Ryanair fly to Dublin airport.

That's merely a ruse.

Rented Mule

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

Ryanair fly to Dublin airport.

You mean the 'Bertie Ahern International Airport of the Banana Republic of Ireland'?

seamus

I see a lot of people take things far too literally around here...

iDave

The Cork Examiner only too happy to tell us all about it

BraziliaNZ

Every time I see the word Cork, I shudder, get on my knees and thank the Gods for being born in Dublin. I don't know much about the place only I have encountered some people from there over the years and their accent is just atrocious. And they have a massive inferiority complex. No one in Dublin gives a sh*t about you Cork, we just get on with our lives. Take some elocution lessons however, should you wish to ever venture abroad.

Collie D

Pictures of Cork should boost tourism in the other 31 counties

SEPT 23 1989

Cark is more of a large town than a city

Merkin

Exactly what O'Leary wanted - free publicity

beeroclock

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Every time I see the word Cork, I shudder, get on my knees and thank the Gods for being born in Dublin. I don't know much about the place only I have encountered some people from there over the years and their accent is just atrocious. And they have a massive inferiority complex. No one in Dublin gives a sh*t about you Cork, we just get on with our lives. Take some elocution lessons however, should you wish to ever venture abroad.

You speak for everyone in Dublin?

Rabbo

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Every time I see the word Cork, I shudder, get on my knees and thank the Gods for being born in Dublin. I don't know much about the place only I have encountered some people from there over the years and their accent is just atrocious. And they have a massive inferiority complex. No one in Dublin gives a sh*t about you Cork, we just get on with our lives. Take some elocution lessons however, should you wish to ever venture abroad.

Obviously

kingcobra

“We know it’s a picture of Cork, but there’s nowhere as beautiful in Dublin as Cork, so we used it to try and get more French passengers to fly to Dublin,” Ryanair deputy CEO Michael Cawley said.

Never mind the fact that the picture was taken in Cork, I thought this was the most disturbing part of the article.

beeroclock

kingcobra wrote: »

Never mind the fact that the picture was taken in Cork, I thought this was the most disturbing part of the article.

Yep totally, but as another poster mentioned this is free publicity for Ryanair so they got what they wanted

inforfun

Rabbo wrote: »

Ryanair has used a picture of Cork in an ad in a French newspaper to promote a route to Dublin.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ryanair-uses-photo-of-beautiful-cork-to-lure-the-french-to-dublin-238000.html

Ryanair have put their hands up:



I'm not sure who should be more infuriated - the french people with this blatant false advertising or Cork people who's beautiful cities image is being whored out to bring people to Dublin.



Surely this is akin to using an image of an Aston Martin in a Skoda ad?

What about no one gets infuriated about trivial **** like this?

Ah O'Leary, you're some clever bastard.

Amirani

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah O'Leary, you're some clever bastard.

You can be sure that this wasn't an accident.

Not a hope. Nothing that man does is an accident. Feckin' genuis.

Dyr

There's definitely a kinship between people of cork and the french so its all good.

Peregrine

Deleted User wrote: »

Not a hope. Nothing that man does is an accident. Feckin' genuis.

Yeah. Most of these Ryanair stories are designed to get Ryanair publicity, everything from standing tickets on flights to charging fat people more money for tickets. He's admitted that loads of times too.

If you still get outraged at stories like these, well then you're wasting your time.

Lapin

It does highlight the fact that there is no single iconic landmark unique to Dublin that people can instantly associate with the place.

Ryanair wouldn't have to pimp out Cork if Dublin had a globally recognised trade mark structure like Tower Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower etc.

Having said that the majority of French people have never heard of Cork, let alone know how to find the place on a map.


The photo is pure divilment.

Amirani

Lapin wrote: »

Ryanair wouldn't have to pimp out Cork if Dublin had a globally recognised trade mark structure like Tower Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower etc.

These cities are more the exception rather than the rule though really.

Collie D

NiallSparky wrote: »

These cities are more the exception rather than the rule though really.

Was saying pretty much the same thing the other day to somebody. I think most people could easily name at least five iconic spots to visit in Paris, London or Rome even without having visited any of those places.

Personally, I couldn't do the same for most other major European cities like Madrid or Berlin.

becost

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Every time I see the word Cork, I shudder, get on my knees and thank the Gods for being born in Dublin. I don't know much about the place only I have encountered some people from there over the years and their accent is just atrocious. And they have a massive inferiority complex. No one in Dublin gives a sh*t about you Cork, we just get on with our lives. Take some elocution lessons however, should you wish to ever venture abroad.

You may have been born here but I'd say your about as Irish as the Queen.

Duckworth_Luas

NiallSparky wrote: »

These cities are more the exception rather than the rule though really.

Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House, Seattle Space Needle, John Hancock Building, Brussels Atomium, Christ the Redeemer, CN Tower. There's loads.

Back around 1998 Dublin Corporation held an open competition to design a new landmark structure for O'Connell Street. Of all the entries they chose the Spire!

Amirani

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House, Seattle Space Needle, John Hancock Building, Brussels Atomium, Christ the Redeemer, CN Tower. There's loads.

Back around 1998 Dublin Corporation held an open competition to design a new landmark structure for O'Connell Street. Of all the entries they chose the Spire!

I've been to most of them and I'll give you the Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House and Christ The Redeemer as they're genuinely iconic and unique.

I disagree on the others. They're not in the same league in terms of global recognition.

Edit: I'm not arguing that there isn't a good load, just that there's more big cities (particularly of Dublin's size) that don't have worldwide famous landmarks than do.

omahaid

I've always figured Michael O Leary as a straight shooter and this just confirms it.

Collie D

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House, Seattle Space Needle, John Hancock Building, Brussels Atomium, Christ the Redeemer, CN Tower. There's loads.

Back around 1998 Dublin Corporation held an open competition to design a new landmark structure for O'Connell Street. Of all the entries they chose the Spire!

I had to Google two of those...probably says more about me though in fairness

pablomakaveli

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Every time I see the word Cork, I shudder, get on my knees and thank the Gods for being born in Dublin. I don't know much about the place only I have encountered some people from there over the years and their accent is just atrocious. And they have a massive inferiority complex. No one in Dublin gives a sh*t about you Cork, we just get on with our lives. Take some elocution lessons however, should you wish to ever venture abroad.

The irony of being a dub and criticising the cork accent for being atrocious is clearly lost on you.

becost

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Back around 1998 Dublin Corporation held an open competition to design a new landmark structure for O'Connell Street. Of all the entries they chose the Spire!

Visiting the Spire or having your photo taken by it is about as exciting as taking a shit.

How Soon Is Now

Ha'penny bridge? One example.

Yawns

becost wrote: »

Visiting the Spire or having your photo taken by it is about as exciting as taking a shit.

I enjoy taking a **** far better than having to listen to a cork accent tbf.

Amirani

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ha'penny bridge? One example.

Vote here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057001122

becost

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ha'penny bridge? One example.

Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Brandenburg Gate; Eat your heart out.

http://www.ryanstone.com/images/Ha%20Penny/Ha%27%20Penny%20Bridge%20Web/Ha%27Penny-Bridge-5.jpg

How Soon Is Now

becost wrote: »

New York, Paris, Berlin; Eat your heart out.

http://www.ryanstone.com/images/Ha%20Penny/Ha%27%20Penny%20Bridge%20Web/Ha%27Penny-Bridge-5.jpg

Lol were not on the level of those city's but it is a major landmark in Dublin. It's a well known land mark in Ireland and abroad.

Amirani

I may be biased, but I think this is one of the most impressive "squares" in Europe:

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah O'Leary, you're some clever bastard.

as the Late Ian Drury would say' ' There aint 'alf been some clever bastards..

Another good one for RA

Duckworth_Luas

Collie D wrote: »

I had to Google two of those...probably says more about me though in fairness

NiallSparky wrote: »

I've been to most of them and I'll give you the Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House and Christ The Redeemer as they're genuinely iconic and unique.

I disagree on the others. They're not in the same league in terms of global recognition.

Edit: I'm not arguing that there isn't a good load, just that there's more big cities (particularly of Dublin's size) that don't have worldwide famous landmarks than do.

All of these came to mind when thinking of a structure immediately recognisable as belonging to a city. If you visit that city it's obvious. You can't move in Chicago, a true world city, without seeing some touristy tat with the John Hancock building on it.

The original point was that Dublin does not have an associated structure. They had the chance to acquire one but chose the Spire. Missed opportunity.

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ha'penny bridge? One example.

Dublin has a history of missed opportunities. The original proposal for housing the Hugh Lane collection was within a bridge, see here.

It would have been unique, instead it was rejected and Hugh Lane decided to give his collection to London (luckily after his death, the collection stayed in Dublin).

SpaceTime

NiallSparky wrote: »

I may be biased, but I think this is one of the most impressive "squares" in Europe:

You're biased. It's a nice square but it's not in the league of most impressive.

MonkstownHoop

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

Ryanair fly to Dublin airport.

lack of humour alert

super_furry

People talking about Ryanair because of something 'controversial' in one of their adverts?

I'm so shocked I almost dropped my monocle.

Fox_In_Socks

seamus wrote: »

I see a lot of people take things far too literally around here...

Ryanair fly to Dublin. It's a fact.

:pac:

stillconfused

Cienciano wrote: »

Ryanair get free advertising
People of Cork think their city is great
Dublin people don't give a shít

Everyone wins.

I LOVE YOU. And so very true!