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Art House Cinema - new liquidator has been appointed

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  • #2
    Notch000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Notch000


    Who were Solas, a proffesinal comnpany or some left wing splinter steering group from Macknass group ? Only in Galway can 8-10 million of public funds be missappropiated and no one brought to stand for it


  • #3
    what_traffic
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    Notch000 wrote: »
    Who were Solas, a proffesinal comnpany or some left wing splinter steering group from Macknass group ? Only in Galway can 8-10 million of public funds be missappropiated and no one brought to stand for it

    You will need to elaborate on this.


  • #4
    Mostly Harmless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Mostly Harmless


    Notch000 wrote: »
    Who were Solas, a proffesinal comnpany or some left wing splinter steering group from Macknass group ? Only in Galway can 8-10 million of public funds be missappropiated and no one brought to stand for it
    Wait till you hear about what happened with the banks 10 years ago..


  • #5
    Harry Palmr
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    At least the banks are not a trifling matter! :D That one cinema for arty types swallowed so much money and time to lay the proverbial egg speaks of rank incompetence on so many levels.


  • #6
    Mostly Harmless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Mostly Harmless


    Not defending the spending of public funds in this case really, but 10 million is just a drop in the ocean in the bigger picture, but I do disagree with the notion that just cos something is "artsy" that it is therefore devoid of any real value.


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  • #7
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,982 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    If Galway, supposed arty and bohemian city, cannot support an art house cinema, then that doesn't reflect well on Galway at all...

    ...given the fiasco with Solas, I dont hold out much hope for Galway 2020. The city and those who run and dominate its cultural life have become smug, bloated and tired. Time to give them a boot on their backsides and bring in new blood and inject new life and ideas.

    Galway can't sell itself as an arty haven forever. Planning wise, the city is a disaster with shocking sprawl and car usage choking the city to death.

    Last I checked cities with thriving arts scenes tend to be a cut above the rest in terms of good sustainable town planning, public transport and urban governance. New thinking is badly needed.


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