Waterford developments

Dum_Dum · 12-10-2019 11:06pm

DLS_75 wrote: »

Any update on Jurys?

I have no information. But surely some news is due - 14 years closed. Nothing is more symbolic of the decline of Waterford than that derelict building looming over the city centre.

Road-Hog · 13-10-2019 7:01am

Dum_Dum wrote: »

I have no information. But surely some news is due - 14 years closed. Nothing is more symbolic of the decline of Waterford than that derelict building looming over the city centre.

I think such questions should be put to the owner of Waterford castle....he was/is/will be the owner of this property once the legal arguments are concluded (maybe they are already) He has ambitious plans for the site but To date don’t think a planning application has been submitted.

DLS_75 · 13-10-2019 7:05am

He promised great things for Waterford castle but did nothing. There was a front page story recently about billion euro developments at bilberry and nothing since.

Road-Hog · 13-10-2019 9:16am

DLS_75 wrote: »

He promised great things for Waterford castle but did nothing. There was a front page story recently about billion euro developments at bilberry and nothing since.

Yes remember that headline alright.....haven’t been in castle since he took it over....I take it this man is well experienced in the hotel management field...hard to find anything online about his ‘CV’.........could it be that he will just get planning for the sites and then ‘flip them’ on......time will tell ultimately.....has the castle had much investment in recent years...?

DLS_75 · 13-10-2019 11:20am

Very little as far as I know and they have removed more than one top class chef. Me thinks he’s waiting for the north quays to start so he can make a tidy profit. When you think about it, his plans actually including keeping the current structure. Surely that wasn’t even possible

vriesmays · 13-10-2019 2:32pm

Dum_Dum wrote: »

I have no information. But surely some news is due - 14 years closed. Nothing is more symbolic of the decline of Waterford than that derelict building looming over the city centre.

What about this:
https://waterford-news.ie/2019/08/29/waterford-leads-the-way-for-direct-provision/

azimuth17 · 13-10-2019 2:49pm

Dum_Dum wrote: »

I have no information. But surely some news is due - 14 years closed. Nothing is more symbolic of the decline of Waterford than that derelict building looming over the city centre.

Not sure about the decline bit.....but was there not news during the year that the Tracy Hotel Group had lost a High Court case about the sale of the Ardree to the present owners? Tracy's claimed adverse possession and that they had purchased the hotel. They are appealing the High Court decision. Nothing can happen until that delay , which has taken years to solve, is completed?

debok · 13-10-2019 3:48pm

azimuth17 wrote: »

Not sure about the decline bit.....but was there not news during the year that the Tracy Hotel Group had lost a High Court case about the sale of the Ardree to the present owners? Tracy's claimed adverse possession and that they had purchased the hotel. They are appealing the High Court decision. Nothing can happen until that delay , which has taken years to solve, is completed?

I don't think that is completed yet.

Max Powers · 13-10-2019 7:45pm

debok wrote: »

I don't think that is completed yet.

I think you are right.
The tower hotel extension was approved also but Monica Leech appealed it to courts I think because of a property claim on part of the land.it is mad to think that these issues of who owns what come up.

Harry Palmr · 13-10-2019 7:55pm

Monica Leech?! Jasus there's a name Joe Duffy won't want to hear again.

Road-Hog · 14-10-2019 7:26am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Monica Leech?! Jasus there's a name Joe Duffy won't want to hear again.

Or the guy from cork that rang in that day........;):D

Harry Palmr · 14-10-2019 1:53pm

Re Ard Ri site - worth remembering that someone has a scheme for a 200 foot statue to sit right in front of the current structure.

vriesmays · 14-10-2019 6:28pm

Next to the 24-hour runway.

Dum_Dum · 14-10-2019 7:48pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Next to the 24-hour runway.

With you strapped-down in the touchdown zone.

hardybuck · 18-10-2019 12:29pm

I see a new art exhibition space has opened up on O'Connell St.

This will be great for culture in the city and help to clean up the area as the building was disused.

DLS_75 · 18-10-2019 4:00pm

Anyone know what’s going across the road from it? Think it used to be a children’s clothes shop

vriesmays · 19-10-2019 4:08pm

Ireland's first gender quota art gallery.

https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2019/1018/21639326-irelands-greatest-artists-go-on-display-in-new-waterford-gallery/

Christy Browne · 19-10-2019 7:14pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Ireland's first gender quota art gallery.

https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2019/1018/21639326-irelands-greatest-artists-go-on-display-in-new-waterford-gallery/

No mention of gender quotas there...just that the collection currently on display happened to be half male/half female. Not that you'd let that stop you from stirring sh*te.

beazee · 21-10-2019 10:01am

DLS_75 wrote: »

Anyone know what’s going across the road from it? Think it used to be a children’s clothes shop

Gopher It?
The whole building (incl. apartments overhead) was taken over by the council.
Sort of a public amenity space to be put on the ground floor.
Kind of a community centre, me thinks?

Found it!
"In the medium to long term, the building will be used as a culture and creativity centre"
https://eddiemulligan.com/a-new-life-for-the-gopher-it-building/

vriesmays · 22-10-2019 5:32pm

Christy Browne wrote: »

No mention of gender quotas there...just that the collection currently on display happened to be half male/half female. Not that you'd let that stop you from stirring sh*te.

You're waiting for RTÉ to explain everything to you. Exhibiting unknown local female painters alongside greats like JB Yeats is called gender quota.

debok · 22-10-2019 6:39pm

vriesmays wrote: »

You're waiting for RTÉ to explain everything to you. Exhibiting unknown local female painters alongside greats like JB Yeats is called gender quota.

And you're reading too much into everything.

IspeakcozIcan · 27-10-2019 11:58am

Really impressed with the new Waterford Gallery yesterday. It was open for the Imagine Arts Festival - great festival btw.

The Irish female artists on display are there on merit. There's Evie Hone, Sarah Purser, Ann Yeats, Mainie Jellet amongst others.

A collection to be very proud of.

Harry Palmr · 06-11-2019 4:40pm

Musgraves at the Six Cross junction is on the market for 4.7m, wasn't something vaguely earmarked for that site?

azimuth17 · 06-11-2019 8:42pm

Its occupied by Musgrave's and The Range and is on the market as a leasehold property. Existing tenants not affected.

Muttley79 · 19-11-2019 8:48pm

https://waterford-news.ie/2019/11/19/development-debrief/
Seems like everything is waiting on the north quay developments.

DLS_75 · 19-11-2019 8:58pm

Ah ffs. They’d wanna take down that coming soon poster in railway square so.

Harry Palmr · 19-11-2019 9:49pm

Arclabs continue to do the business -

A recent €2.5 million investment by Enterprise Ireland into the research and innovation hub ArcLabs at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has had a major impact on expanding the South East’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The new 1,000 sqm extension of ArcLabs – officially opened on November 15 by Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan - is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland and consists of office and support space for 100 extra people.

The recently completed extension represents an important next step in the institute’s plans for establishing an entrepreneurial platform that will accelerate economic development and position the region as a global leader in the digital economy.

A brilliant success story in it's own terms, what's needed is for some of the eggs to become economic golden eagles.

razorronan · 28-11-2019 1:05pm

https://waterfordnow.ie/business/new-e140m-glanbia-plant-at-port-of-waterford-to-create-180-jobs/

Dunmoreroader · 28-11-2019 1:31pm

razorronan wrote: »

https://waterfordnow.ie/business/new-e140m-glanbia-plant-at-port-of-waterford-to-create-180-jobs/

Great news, congrats Glanbia but you have to laugh at the difference in reportage of this between the Kilkenny and Waterford media;
Waterford: Glanbia, Port of Waterford
Kilkenny: Glanbia, Belview Co. Kilkenny
Will they ever grow up? :rolleyes:

hardybuck · 28-11-2019 1:48pm

Dunmoreroader wrote: »

Great news, congrats Glanbia but you have to laugh at the difference in reportage of this between the Kilkenny and Waterford media;
Waterford: Glanbia, Port of Waterford
Kilkenny: Glanbia, Belview Co. Kilkenny
Will they ever grow up? :rolleyes:

How did an amalgamation of the two biggest dairy co-ops in the country, Avonmore and Waterford Foods, result in a company that is clearly a very outwardly Kilkenny company?

Closure of Snowcream. Closure of Kilmeaden. Closure of Grange in west Waterford.

Kilmeaden Cheese in particular should be boycotted in Waterford after what happened.

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