Spire to be moved to 1916 commemorations

GBX

Seriously .. great as it is celebrating the rising. The f**king thing cost enough to put on O'Connell Street. They are going to waste another €500000 to move it for 2 weeks. Spend it on something more worthwhile.. give it to the homeless or needy! :mad:

Tombi!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0401/691308-spire/
how I wish this was a joke

MadsL

If this is true - worthy to be on nottheonion.

"recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago"
Meanwhile, Moore St. I give up.

snubbleste

Who are "the organisers"?

Maximus Alexander

:rolleyes:

This country sometimes.

Hande hoche!

Will they be using explosives?

darkpagandeath

You would have though the builders would have thought about this being an issue with large events.... At least it faired better than the clock.

Riskymove

Unless something more recent has occurred, this was announced previously.....


...on April 1 2015.......


yes...that's April 1...................

Dyr

It would be brilliant if they blew the arse out of it, save us a few bob every year too.

Maximus Alexander

Maybe we could just have an actual rising in response to the frivolous wasting of our tax Euros, really get in the 1916 mood.

GBX

Riskymove wrote: »

Unless something more recent has occurred, this was announced previously.....


...on April 1 2015.......


yes...that's April 1...................

Showed up on my twitbook feed there .. :D

Bazzo

It's rare you see someone falling for an April fools in January.

Canadel

The landmark, which cost €4m to erect, will be removed in sections, with organisers hopeful the sections can be stored in a hangar at Dublin Airport for the duration of the commemorations.

We should leave the spire as it is and store the organisers in a hangar.

Gatling

Maybe the have the army have live fire exercises across the city center for 3 days

ScumLord

MadsL wrote: »

If this is true - worthy to be on nottheonion.

"recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago"

Have they not heard of photoshop?

This is daft. It's nonsense like this that makes me want to tell the taxman to feck off, I'm more than capable of wasting money on stupid crap all on my own.

Maximus Alexander

Bazzo wrote: »

It's rare you see someone falling for an April fools in January.

Well played GBX. Well played.

GBX

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Well played GBX. Well played.

Its been a long day.. few pints last night is my excuse and im sticking to!

Scarleh for your Ma for havin ya

ThisRegard

Tombi! wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0401/691308-spire/
how I wish this was a joke

Maybe use your wish with the Wizard of Oz on something more useful instead?

ThisRegard

ScumLord wrote: »

Have they not heard of photoshop?

This is daft. It's nonsense like this that makes me want to tell the taxman to feck off, I'm more than capable of wasting money on stupid crap all on my own.

Lol, is nobody looking at the date of the article, or even reading subsequent posts stating the obvious?

MadsL

Dammit. What am I going to do with my outrage for the rest of the day...pah.

Maximus Alexander

MadsL wrote: »

Dammit. What am I going to do with my outrage for the rest of the day...pah.

I agree. I've had so little to be outraged over today that I had to spend a while arguing with bus drivers over LUAS strikes. I thought this was my golden ticket.

Thepoet85

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

Thepoet85

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

*sigh*

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

Emm, it was an April Fools joke all off 9 months ago.

Relax!

RobertKK

April fools is long and gone, you're the fool that carries on.

ahnowbrowncow

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

I am also outraged. Let us rage together.

kneemos

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Will they be using explosives?

Just strap rockets to it.

Eugene Norman

I am even more outraged now that I know it wasn't true. It's an outrage!

#Watercharges.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Hopefully they forget to put it back.

Strumms

The only time I've taken any damn notice of the thing since it was first stuck there was recently when it was lit it up for the Star Wars premier before Christmas. It was quite eye catching at night, to a point (no pun intended) where otherwise its just something that people tend to walk past every time without even looking at it.

It's a pity they couldn't have built something that people could go up and have some interaction with.. say a rebuilt Nelson's pillar with someone else on the top. An Irishman this time who did something for the country... maybe Jack Charlton... Jack's pillar. yeah.

ToddyDoody

Jesus must be spinning in his grave

Nodin

MadsL wrote: »

If this is true - worthy to be on nottheonion.

"recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago"
Meanwhile, Moore St. I give up.

'recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago for two poxy weeks' . Useless shower.

ScumLord

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Jesus must be spinning in his grave

Trying to get fit for the new year, is he?

jamesbere

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Jesus must be spinning in his grave

He's nailed down so can't spin.

NomadicGray

Alright. we must have money to burn

JupiterKid

This IS a joke, right?

The spire is a bit meh in any case...

Ally Dick

Blow it up and replace it with Nelson's second column

LDN_Irish

I'm just after reading on some local Waterford news site that they're gonna have the organisers shot afterwards to make it more realistic. This country is a ****ing joke. There's people on the streets and they're wasting money on firing squads and ammunition.

kupus

Might be an april fools joke, but scarily ...its very believable

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Nodin wrote: »

'recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago for two poxy weeks' . Useless shower.

Again, it was a JOKE!


Anything to be outraged. To hell with the facts.

This is hilarious

Collie D

Since the date of the article was pointed out Liveline researchers were recalled to the office for an emergency session to discuss how else to fill an hour of Monday's show

Peregrine

I was going to close this four hours ago but I really wanted to see how this played out :pac:

Dyr

Peregrine wrote: »

I was going to close this four hours ago but I really wanted to see how this played out :pac:

Delete all the spoiler posts and let more people fall for it

We'll get this onto joe duffy yet lads

The Sun King

LOUD NOISES!!

KingBrian2

The article is from 2015. People should learn to read the date of publication before jumping in and making a big deal about nothing.

Yester

Thanks. This made my day.

Too Tough To Die

And we keep voting these clowns in.

maudgonner

There was this guy down the pub, right, who said that it's going to be stored in the same warehouse as the e-voting machines! And the taxpayer is already shelling out half a bazillion euros a year for that, so it will be a full bazillion next year.

And do you know who owns the warehouse?

Michael Noonan's mother's next door neighbour's nephew.

FACT!

colm_mcm

I just can't see the point..