Christmas 2018

cfeeneyinterior

Thought I'd kick it off.... Christmas lights going up in town today! Well ahead of myself there so... 2018.

Mrs OBumble

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

Thought I'd kick it off.... Christmas lights going up in town today!

I hope not: the 2018 lights only started going up yesterday!

cfeeneyinterior

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I hope not: the 2018 lights only started going up yesterday!

Thanks for that. I'll walk away now..... Can mods change it or let someone less who knows what's going on start a thread for this year ðŸ˜

Whereisgalway

Hopefully when the market starts up they keep off the grass. Twas great it was green all year around

flazio

If you mean the wavy star lights around the latin quarter and Abbeygate Street. They're there all year round now.

gordongekko

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Hopefully when the market starts up they keep off the grass. Twas great it was green all year around

lol

cfeeneyinterior

flazio wrote: »

If you mean the wavy star lights around the latin quarter and Abbeygate Street. They're there all year round now.

No, Christmas lights are going up on the main streets

thesandeman

I'll just leave this here.

ben.schlomo

thesandeman wrote: »

I'll just leave this here.

Why have they pluralised it, tell me Sandeman.

Redo91

Saw Brown Thomas putting up theirs last weekend.

thesandeman

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Why have they pluralised it, tell me Sandeman.

Morketing I presume.

Gadgetman496

thesandeman wrote: »

Morketing I presume.

Spread across multiple locations maybe?

ben.schlomo

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

thesandeman wrote: »

Morketing I presume.

Spread across multiple locations maybe?

Nope,never is and plan is for the same one.

Fitz*

Hate the way that every promotion image of the Galway Market is of the superior one of about 3-4 years ago when it was covering Eyre Square.
They may aswell call it 'Galway Christmas Footpath Market' now :rolleyes:

Used to love the market, still enjoy it, but having it on just half of a path is a disaster for trying to walk through.

Gadgetman496

FitzShane wrote: »

Hate the way that every promotion image of the Galway Market is of the superior one of about 3-4 years ago when it was covering Eyre Square.
They may aswell call it 'Galway Christmas Footpath Market' now :rolleyes:

Used to love the market, still enjoy it, but having it on just half of a path is a disaster for trying to walk through.

They should put it back on the grass, to hell with the grass

Yes

We need a good thread for people to get angry in since the City Gone Crazy thread was locked.

Christmas Market vs Saturday Market
On the grass vs On the Paths
How the market impacts the traffic in Galway
Eyre Square vs Spanish Arch

Am I missing anything?

ronnie3585

Deleted User wrote: »

Christmas Market vs Saturday Market
On the grass vs On the Paths
How the market impacts the traffic in Galway
Eyre Square vs Spanish Arch

Am I missing anything?

Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

Gadgetman496

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

Should there be a free shuttle bus service from the beer tent to the Taxi Rank?

Cllr Padraig Conneely Vs the Big Wheel

Fitz*

Actually looking forward to the annual 'Padraig Conneely attacks Christmas Market Beer Tent' piece in the Advertiser / Independent. :pac:

biffoman

FitzShane wrote: »

Actually looking forward to the annual 'Padraig Conneely attacks Christmas Market Beer Tent' piece in the Advertiser / Independent. :pac:

indo\r.i.p, what a rag that was.started many a fire in my house.:p

Arghus

Something about the grass.

zell12

Michael D Higgins to let his sheep and his massive dogs loose on the grass as Freeman of Galway

Mrs OBumble

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

Nah, just a shuttle bus from the coach station.

If ya build a bike lane, you need somewhere for the feckers to park as well.





On a serious note, BT put up the big red bows and imitation tree-ish things outside their store today.

what_traffic

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Should there be a dedicated cycle lane through through the Xmas market?

Agree - should be located where the cars and other vehicles in front of the Skeff/Eyre Sq Shopping Cente entrance park all day.

cfeeneyinterior

And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/

thesandeman

Lol!! That's class.

ben.schlomo

thesandeman wrote: »

Lol!! That's class.

And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!

topcat77

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/

It could only happen in Galway.

cfeeneyinterior

ben.schlomo wrote: »

And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!

The shops pay for the lights as far as I know. The GCBA collects funds every year and the "good" shops pay for them. Used to be the case anyways. The article mentions macnas contacting the GCBA about the boo boo.

Gadgetman496

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

And they're coming down again..... https://connachttribune.ie/christmas-lights-come-down-again-after-organisers-forget-parade-000/

I hope they're not involved with 2020 :eek:

cfeeneyinterior

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

I hope there not involved with 2020 :eek:

By the sounds of it. No one wants to know https://connachttribune.ie/2020-raised-zero-in-private-funding-in-first-half-of-2018/

Mrs OBumble

ben.schlomo wrote: »

And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!

Why would you assume that a public sector was involved?

ben.schlomo

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

ben.schlomo wrote: »

And that public sector worker will more than likely receive a raise this year!!

Why would you assume that a public sector was involved?

Assumed a pen pusher would give the go ahead for them to be put up along a street under the council's remit.

irish_major

Opening Friday. Have heard there will be big changes to the beer tent with Carlsberg being the sponsors? Somebody say it ain't so!

Cheshire Cat

irish_major wrote: »

Opening Friday. Have heard there will be big changes to the beer tent with Carlsberg being the sponsors? Somebody say it ain't so!

That's what I heard, too. Won't be going near it, if true.

thesandeman

Conneely is kicking up a stink again because the company running it are only paying 10K for the whole season.
I agree with him for a change seeing they charge the stallholders a fortune for their stands.

Gadgetman496

thesandeman wrote: »

Connelly is kicking up a stink again because the company running it are only paying 10K for the whole season.
I agree with him for a change seeing they charge the stallholders a fortune for their stands.

The John Lewis Christmas Ad is out a little later today, I guess that marks the start of the festivities

Redo91

irish_major wrote: »

Opening Friday. Have heard there will be big changes to the beer tent with Carlsberg being the sponsors? Somebody say it ain't so!

I only heard yesterday that the staff won’t be dressed in the usual German attire so that might go along with what you heard. Surely they have to have steins though or I don’t see the purpose of it. Don’t see why people would go in to pay for overpriced pints of Carlesberg if the novelty is gone.

irish_major

thesandeman wrote: »

Conneely is kicking up a stink again because the company running it are only paying 10K for the whole season.
I agree with him for a change seeing they charge the stallholders a fortune for their stands.

That's hardly true? They'd make that in a good night!

Fitz*

I'm a Carslberg drinker, so the beer of choice in the beer tent doesn't exactly concern me, but if there is no steins well it just ruins the attraction IMO. No german costume / no German beer / no German glasses - the beer tent may as well just be an overpriced cold outdoor bar.

Maybe this was Conneellys plan all along - make everyone not want to go to the beer tent and go to his beloved O Connells instead :pac::o

thesandeman

irish_major wrote: »

That's hardly true? They'd make that in a good night!

It is. I can't link from mobile, but:

Mrs OBumble

irish_major wrote: »

That's hardly true? They'd make that in a good night!

The company are paying the standard daily rate for renting Eyre Square X the number of days they have it for.

Also re what they're taking ... ponder the difference between takings and profit.

smurfette2212

Slightly off-topic, though still Christmassy... this is perhaps a very stupid question but there were loads of people in Christmas jumpers in town today. Most seemed pretty far gone, and this was early enough. I seem to remember something similar last year as well. Does anyone know what it is in aid of?

topcat77

Nuig student Christmas day. Now unofficial

smurfette2212

topcat77 wrote: »

Nuig student Christmas day. Now unofficial

Ah, that explains it!

Mrs OBumble

GMIT as well. Bus into town was packed with kids this evening. Gonna be a messy one.

marklazarcovic

Goalpost was so crammed at 1pm ,the side gates were locked and they were like sardines in it, reminded me of Hillsborough ..shocking

thesandeman

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Goalpost was so crammed at 1pm ,the side gates were locked and they were like sardines in it, reminded me of Hillsborough ..shocking

Presume you mean Hole In The Wall.

marklazarcovic

Yea sorry

skinny90

Apparently its just Carlsberg in the beer tent, plastic glasses too :mad:

topcat77

At least the Corn dog van is there.