Great projects that are never delivered

handlemaster · 26-06-2019 04:22PM

Aegir wrote: »

I plan on doing a lot more travelling when I retire in 15 years time.

I wonder if I’ll be able to get the train to the airport by then.

Would you want to live in.ireland when your retired ?

Bob Harris · 26-06-2019 04:30PM

Aegir wrote: »

I plan on doing a lot more travelling when I retire in 15 years time.

I wonder if I’ll be able to get the train to the airport by then.

handlemaster wrote: »

Would you want to live in.ireland when your retired ?

I think that's why they'd be going to the airport.

freshpopcorn · 26-06-2019 04:37PM

Disneyland Ireland!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 26-06-2019 04:46PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This phenomenon is known as "kicking the can". Note the Climate Action Plan, by 2030 we aim to reduce emissions etc. And the current shower of chancers will be long gone, pensions secure & blissfully ignorant in warmer climes.

The Climate Action Plan is the greatest crock of Shiite ever concocted. It was thrown together in the space of a week or two following the local elections. It will never be implemented and if it is it’ll be a far cry from the original plan. Cretinous Leo and his band of merry **** will do and say whatever they think needs to be said but they have yet to put anything into action.

We will continue to buy carbon credits from other countries and pay the fines where necessary and the money will be recouped by increasing taxes. It’s what we do best.

is_that_so · 26-06-2019 05:04PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

The Climate Action Plan is the greatest crock of Shiite ever concocted. It was thrown together in the space of a week or two following the local elections. It will never be implemented and if it is it’ll be a far cry from the original plan. Cretinous Leo and his band of merry **** will do and say whatever they think needs to be said but they have yet to put anything into action.

We will continue to buy carbon credits from other countries and pay the fines where necessary and the money will be recouped by increasing taxes. It’s what we do best.

It actually emerged from a Joint Oireachtas Committee but don't let that get in the way of good rant.

Jupiter Mulligan · 26-06-2019 05:06PM

Matt Barrett wrote: »

TBF Jup you're in every where there's a criticism of anything blue shirted, case in point this current line. Sure g'wan over to the Bailey thread and tell us all how nobody is interested in the story

I apologise deeply, although insincerely, if my scathing criticisms of Maria Bailey over the past month have upset you.

But I make no apology whatsoever for slapping down the witless, ranting clowns on that thread who appear to regard her grasping stupidity as the worst thing to have occurred in Irish politics since Charlie Haughey diverted £100,000 to the IRA.

vriesmays · 26-06-2019 05:53PM

Irish movie channel.

PhilOssophy · 26-06-2019 06:26PM

Climate change plan is pie in the sky, 70% renewables by 2030 is simply unrealistic.
If you look at the ESB website, on a day like today when it is calm, about 3% of our electricity is being generated by renewables.

dxhound2005 · 26-06-2019 06:48PM

jimwallace197 wrote: »

Wouldn't read much into that, its only for known and reported corruption. Something we are not very good at either. Whistle blowing has only become a big thing recently in this country & look how that was handled.

On a political level, we are considered highly corrupt even by international standards.

It's exactly the opposite of known and reported corruption. It is a measure of perceived corruption. Corruption is a criminal offence here, and any known cases can be prosecuted, with the known evidence.

In this index of perception we are not high up the international list. 18th out of 180.

26-06-2019 06:55PM

handlemaster wrote: »

Would you want to live in.ireland when your retired ?

The part of south Dublin I live in is practically a ****ing retirement village anyway.

Qrt · 26-06-2019 06:59PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Hmm, Owen Keegan. Article makes it sound like everyone can go on a bike everywhere and I see the half-baked pedestrianisation of College Green remains an aspiration.

You’re right, there are many places where bikes aren’t useful for all.

But a hell of a lot of people can go to a hell of a lot of places on bikes.

College Green’s pedestrianisation would be a tremendous addition to the city provided the stretches of the quays between Winetavern Street and Liberty Hall have cars restricted. We’ll see what happens with the Liffey Cycle route.

is_that_so · 26-06-2019 07:22PM

Qrt wrote: »

You’re right, there are many places where bikes aren’t useful for all.

But a hell of a lot of people can go to a hell of a lot of places on bikes.

College Green’s pedestrianisation would be a tremendous addition to the city provided the stretches of the quays between Winetavern Street and Liberty Hall have cars restricted. We’ll see what happens with the Liffey Cycle route.

I don't have an issue with such a concept, even though I question what actual use it will be as a public amenity but the the real problem is that the version being pushed doesn't care where the traffic currently using it goes, just that it goes away. As always it's a myopic lack of joined up thinking on overall traffic planning.

whisky_galore · 26-06-2019 07:46PM

Qrt wrote: »

But a hell of a lot of people can go to a hell of a lot of places on bikes.

A hell of a lot of people wouldn't be seen dead on a push bike for a variety of reasons and no amount of cajoling will get them up on one.

Qrt · 26-06-2019 07:48PM

is_that_so wrote: »

I don't have an issue with such a concept, even though I question what actual use it will be as a public amenity but the the real problem is that the version being pushed doesn't care where the traffic currently using it goes, just that it goes away. As always it's a myopic lack of joined up thinking on overall traffic planning.

It won’t be much use in reality. In my eyes, it’s aimed at calming the most hectic part of the city centre and calming a large portion of the remainder. It’ll definitely make it a lot prettier and create a rendezvous point.

whisky_galore · 26-06-2019 07:49PM

is_that_so wrote: »

It actually emerged from a Joint Oireachtas Committee but don't let that get in the way of good rant.

It's like a child's homework project fired together the night before it's supposed to be handed up. A mess of well-meaning but ill thought out rubbish.

is_that_so · 26-06-2019 08:26PM

Qrt wrote: »

It won’t be much use in reality. In my eyes, it’s aimed at calming the most hectic part of the city centre and calming a large portion of the remainder. It’ll definitely make it a lot prettier and create a rendezvous point.

In other words, another large attraction point for skangers, like we don't already have enough of those. Cities by their very nature are hectic. If it's quiet you want you can sit in a park!

is_that_so · 26-06-2019 08:28PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's like a child's homework project fired together the night before it's supposed to be handed up. A mess of well-meaning but ill thought out rubbish.

Eh, the best part of two years actually. It's a start. Do you have any child's homework to offer in its stead?

whisky_galore · 26-06-2019 08:30PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Eh, the best part of two years actually. It's a start. Do you have any child's homework to offer in its stead?

Two wasted years.

What does it matter to you? Why so sensitive?

is_that_so · 26-06-2019 08:32PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Two wasted years.

What does it matter to you?

Just fond of facts. They clearly don't matter an awful lot to you.

whisky_galore · 26-06-2019 08:36PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Just fond of facts.

Good for you. Hope they keep you warm at night.

Qrt · 26-06-2019 08:57PM

is_that_so wrote: »

In other words, another large attraction point for skangers, like we don't already have enough of those. Cities by their very nature are hectic. If it's quiet you want you can sit in a park!

I never said quiet. And we really need to get rid of this "ugh ugh the skangerz" rhetoric. It wears thin extremely quickly and the city will never be a nice place to be if we keep it up.

I'd really like to see what the attitudes to the Garden of Remembrance would be if it were to be built in the present day.

Atoms for Peace · 26-06-2019 09:23PM

The DART to Dingle. Cant remember if it was Dutin the turkey or Bertie the t-shock who proposed it, wouldn't be surprised by either. :pac:

Great projects that are never delivered

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