Web Summit quits Dublin

Sofiztikated

Whether you thought Sharron Ni B to be a thundering bitch, or a great interviewer, there's one to to be gleamed from it. Daire wasn't ready for that interview, and if I was him, I'd be pissed at Paddy for throwing him to the hounds.

darkpagandeath

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Whether you thought Sharron Ni B to be a thundering bitch, or a great interviewer, there's one to to be gleamed from it. Daire wasn't ready for that interview, and if I was him, I'd be pissed at Paddy for throwing him to the hounds.

More like under the Very expensive Shuttle bus :P

my friend

kidneyfan wrote: »

Potentially billions if we get the next Verizon or AOL

Ha! Verizon ? You really don't get it do you?

Verizon is merely the current name of a company that grew from Alexander Graham Bells invention

BabysCoffee

Hotel prices going up when there are large events on is how they make money. It's called capitalism. I don't think it is the governments place to intervene in price planning of hotels.

I was in San Francisco when the Dreamforce conference was on (160,000 attendees). My hotel jumped from 300 dollars a night to 800 dollars a night once the conference started (I had to move to an airport hotel as it was my last night).

Cruise ships were docked to provide accommodation for attendees.

my friend

If Steve Jobs were alive I reckon he'd kick Paddy Cosgrave in the nutsack for stealing his 'conference' styling

darkpagandeath

my friend wrote: »

If Steve Jobs were alive I reckon he'd kick Paddy Cosgrave in the nutsack for stealing his 'conference' styling

Nah, It looks like a really bad version of blizzcon terrible interviews and public speaking.

osarusan

The government should be looking to find out if the city's infrastructure is limiting the kind of events that could be held here, and whether improvements to infrastructure would end up being repaid and rewarded by more events and visitors - and whether such investment is the best way to achieve the desired results.

But just cause Cosgrave says it is true doesn't make it so. He seems to be a fairly untrustworthy hypocrite to be honest.

Allyall

my friend wrote: »

If Steve Jobs were alive I reckon he'd kick Paddy Cosgrave in the nutsack for stealing his 'conference' styling

He'd have to wait until he's finished with Lei Jun :pac:

darkpagandeath

osarusan wrote: »

The government should be looking to find out if the city's infrastructure is limiting the kind of events that could be held here, and whether improvements to infrastructure would end up being repaid and rewarded by more events and visitors - and whether such investment is the best way to achieve the desired results.

But just cause Cosgrave says it is true doesn't make it so. He seems to be a fairly untrustworthy hypocrite to be honest.

Other events seem to go off fine, But then again they supply buses themselves and other transport arrangements. They don't tend to expect the government to supply it. Sure even the water charge protesters managed to get into Dublin in large numbers.

ted1

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I wouldn't agree with free leap cards, I would agree with the government restricting the hiking of prices during major events and I would certainly believe (as I've been saying for a long time) that public transport prices, leap or not, are a ridiculous disgrace in Ireland and that the government needs to deal with that.

To my mind, this is not actually about the Web Summit - all the Web Summit has done is bring the ridiculous cost of living in Dublin to the fore, it's something which needs to be tackled regardless of the Web Summit and I'm glad they've brought it to the public debating table. They've just increased public transport fees again - they need to be slashes, they're already far too expensive. To take just one example.

You obviously don't understand how markets work, it's supply and demand, prices are set at what the market bears. It happens in every small town in the world and is not unique to Dublin

arayess

my friend wrote: »

Six one last night Sharon specifically asked Daire Hickey if he or web summit had engaged with the Hotel Federation re room rates in response Daire bullshïted an answer that showed us what an idiot organisation web summit is.

web summit, Paddy and Daire didn't engage with the Hotel Federation , watch the interview, you too can see through their shïte

Daire could also do with some anger management instruction, Sharon schooled the boy Daire and he couldn't handle it

i got that too
looks like they emailed the taoiseach and asked him to sort out their list of suggested demands rather than engaging the relevant people.
arrogant fools.

Larbre34 wrote: »

This is no word of a lie, Sharon Ní B taught me Irish in the Connemara Gaeltacht one summer. She hasnt altered her style one bit. Gorgeous, but a demon to deal with.

you've aroused me :pac:

Sofiztikated

osarusan wrote: »

The government should be looking to find out if the city's infrastructure is limiting the kind of events that could be held here, and whether improvements to infrastructure would end up being repaid and rewarded by more events and visitors - and whether such investment is the best way to achieve the desired results.

But just cause Cosgrave says it is true doesn't make it so. He seems to be a fairly untrustworthy hypocrite to be honest.

More than 20,000 a day attended the Horse Show.

The Ploughing Championships pulled in a total of 200,000 over the course of the event.

Paddy's numbers aren't extraordinary.

Chirst, if he had gotten onto http://www.dublinconventionbureau.com/ they would have pointed him in the right direction.

Yes, the Government should be involved in ensuring the infrastructure is in place, but absolutely should not be involved directly.

I really don't understand this fawning appreciation we have in this country with dickheads in business.

efb

Why does this get so much air time?

super_furry

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Hotel prices going up when there are large events on is how they make money. It's called capitalism. I don't think it is the governments place to intervene in price planning of hotels.

I was in San Francisco when the Dreamforce conference was on (160,000 attendees). My hotel jumped from 300 dollars a night to 800 dollars a night once the conference started (I had to move to an airport hotel as it was my last night).

Yeah but Obama should have intervened to make sure that those hotel prices stay cheap. And he should have layed on free police escorts to anyone who wanted them so they didn't have to be caught up with the plebs in traffic. Most importantly he should have closed down sections of the city so that the Dreamforce people could have a big private party!

Thanks Obama!

smash

The way some people are going on you'd swear paddy had 30,000 people in a room trying to spend millions in the country and all trying to connect to wifi at once after they've had to fork out thousands for a hotel that's got no transport facilities.

The reality is very very different.

Seth Brundle

Allyall wrote: »

Are you referring to the licence?
The advertising barely pays for the glasses of water on the LLS.

I really don't want to derail this thread but just to clarify one matter: approx 40% of RTEs revenue came from advertising (in 2012 which is the only year I can find):

The following figures were issued by RTÉ as part of their Annual report 2012. In 2012 RTÉ received in total €180,894,000 in public funding from the licence fee, it also received €127,100,000 in commercial revenue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann#Income_and_expenditure

Ctrl Alt Delete

Allyall wrote: »

The web summit should be valued a thousand times higher than any of those. Especially given that it's value will be more and more apparent in coming years, whereas I can't see any return in paying RTE wages.

Hang on there tonto are you seriously saying the web summit is a thousand times more valuable than IDA and Enterprise Ireland??

strandroad

Wifi is very dodgy today but plenty of women in attendance.

Allyall

Ctrl Alt Delete wrote: »

Hang on there tonto are you seriously saying the web summit is a thousand times more valuable than IDA and Enterprise Ireland??

No... no no no no.. not at all..

Don't know how I phrased it, that it sounded like that. All I was/am saying is the web summit is a thousand times more valuable than many RTE employees.

super_furry

Allyall wrote: »

No... no no no no.. not at all..

Don't know how I phrased it, that it sounded like that. All I was/am saying is the web summit is a thousand times more valuable than any RTE employee.

Doesn't matter how you phrase it, it's a mental statement. Is the Web Summit 1,000 times more valuable than the people documentary makers and investigators in Prime Time exposed the child abuse going on in the ‘A Breach of Trust’ documentary?

Allyall

super_furry wrote: »

Doesn't matter how you phrase it, it's a mental statement. Is the Web Summit 1,000 times more valuable than the people documentary makers and investigators in Prime Time exposed the child abuse going on in the ‘A Breach of Trust’ documentary?

Go back to what I wrote.

I was specifically referring to Tub's and the likes on €373,000 a year etc..

EDIT - Okay, saw my mistake and edited it in the above post. I didn't mean "any" RTE employee, I meant the ones on ludicrous wages and comparing what it would fund in terms of the web Summit.

efb

Allyall wrote: »

Go back to what I wrote.

I was specifically referring to Tub's and the likes on €373,000 a year etc..

So it as just a cheap dig at RTE then...

Allyall

efb wrote: »

So it as just a cheap dig at RTE then...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97611369&postcount=931

darkpagandeath

efb wrote: »

So it as just a cheap dig at RTE then...

Sharon ni bheolain seems worth the money she tore that hipster and his nonsense apart almost reducing him to tears. Made him have a tantrum at the end with the mic and all.

waraf

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Sharon ni bheolain seems worth the money she tore that hipster and his nonsense apart almost reducing him to tears. Made him have a tantrum at the end with the mic and all.

I hadn't noticed the little tantrum at the end. Just watched it again on the RTE player. Very funny :-)

suicide_circus

waraf wrote: »

I hadn't noticed the little tantrum at the end. Just watched it again on the RTE player. Very funny :-)

Was this on the news last night? Wanna watch!

efb

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Sharon ni bheolain seems worth the money she tore that hipster and his nonsense apart almost reducing him to tears. Made him have a tantrum at the end with the mic and all.

Fairness to Sharon she's had her fill of internet geeks to o

my friend

suicide_circus wrote: »

Was this on the news last night? Wanna watch!

You'll catch it on player, six one news about half way through

darkpagandeath

waraf wrote: »

I hadn't noticed the little tantrum at the end. Just watched it again on the RTE player. Very funny :-)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97608568&postcount=799

Gets funnier each time. It's exactly like what a spoilt kid does when called out on nonsense by a parent. Can just imagine, “so unfair!“.

efb

Why can't the government just do their own one next year???