Poorest town in Ireland

Kitty6277 · 26-07-2019 01:00PM

cgcsb wrote: »

If you google streetview Tipp town you can see a branch of Xtra-vision, havent seen that since I was a kid

That’s been closed a long time now

LirW · 26-07-2019 01:01PM

Qrt wrote: »

Relative of mine lives in Bunclody, and it was the first town to come to mind when I saw this.

What bugs me is that Bunclody could be absolutely lovely if it wouldn't be be populated by people that have no pride in themselves or their surroundings.

But look I have a difficult relationship with it, I'd love to hate the place more but I cant, I feel sorry for it because it deserves a lot better.

Always Tired · 26-07-2019 01:02PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

In terms of wealth it must be somewhere in Donegal. It's a totally neglected part of the country.

Yep, I live in one of the bigger towns there and it is dreadful in terms of employment opportunities, basically it's all low paid crap jobs, service industry mostly, bit of retail or factory work. Remember reading that Donegal had the lowest average disposable income. If it weren't for the tourists the town would be totally dead

road_high · 26-07-2019 01:02PM

Kitty6277 wrote: »

It could be, but the IDA and local politicians don’t seem to give a shabout Tipp town. For years the local people have been campaigning for someone like the IDA to come in and try and get someone in who’d be a good employer, yet it never happens. About a year or 2 ago, the IDA took control of the retail park that was never opened saying they’d turn it from retail use into commercial business use and then try to get an employer to come in. So far that hasn’t happened and the buildings are still sitting there empty.

It doesn’t help that every single local election people still vote the FF/FG politicians in despite them cribbing that they never do anything. I think a bypass might help, traffic is a huge issue in the town and people are avoiding it because of that, especially at the moment with the massive roadworks going on. I think if traffic was eased by having a bypass, footfall would increase and local businesses would do better.

The days of the IDA solving all problems are well gone. An area has to offer things that are attractive to investors like location and a well educated workforce. And a lot of that has to come from the locals themselves

road_high · 26-07-2019 01:05PM

Always Tired wrote: »

Yep, I live in one of the bigger towns there and it is dreadful in terms of employment opportunities, basically it's all low paid crap jobs, service industry mostly, bit of retail or factory work. Remember reading that Donegal had the lowest average disposable income. If it weren't for the tourists the town would be totally dead

Even tourism in donegal is not that well developed. Leagues behind the likes of Galway, Kerry or Kilkenny. I was pretty underwhelmed by it tbh

cgcsb · 26-07-2019 01:13PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

In terms of wealth it must be somewhere in Donegal. It's a totally neglected part of the country.

Culturally: Dublin. In my experience it appears that anti-intellectualism and mawkishness run riot down there. Love Island addicted sopheads.

Literally the opposite is the case. Dublin is head and shoulders the most cultured part of the country by any measure. If you think people in Dublin like love island, go to the midlands.

LirW · 26-07-2019 01:14PM

Always Tired wrote: »

Yep, I live in one of the bigger towns there and it is dreadful in terms of employment opportunities, basically it's all low paid crap jobs, service industry mostly, bit of retail or factory work. Remember reading that Donegal had the lowest average disposable income. If it weren't for the tourists the town would be totally dead

Don't worry, Daniel O'Donnell got you, he basically owns Donegal.

pablohoney87 · 26-07-2019 01:16PM

I think Strabane has the worst employment figures in the entire EU.

cgcsb · 26-07-2019 01:17PM

Qrt wrote: »

How recent is the StreetView? There were a few lingering around Dublin too before they crashed.

2018

ToddyDoody · 26-07-2019 01:20PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Big into garlic football

I try to avoid it because of the smell.

I love these articles:

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/priced-out-of-skerries-nearby-balbriggan-has-a-lot-to-offer-1.3407525

Yakult · 26-07-2019 01:20PM

cgcsb wrote: »

Literally the opposite is the case. Dublin is head and shoulders the most cultured part of the country by any measure. If you think people in Dublin like love island, go to the midlands.

Lol culture, do you mean swines who walk around with their tracksuits tucked in to their nikes?

Have you been anywhere else in Ireland?

Bigbagofcans · 26-07-2019 01:26PM

Yakult wrote: »

Lol culture, do you mean swines who walk around with their tracksuits tucked in to their nikes?

Have you been anywhere else in Ireland?

Generally, people in cities are more cultured, open-minded and not as backward thinking as the more rural folk.

JohnnyFlash · 26-07-2019 01:26PM

road_high wrote: »

Even tourism in donegal is not that well developed. Leagues behind the likes of Galway, Kerry or Kilkenny. I was pretty underwhelmed by it tbh

I was up there last year and couldn’t get over how backward the place was. Some beautiful scenery, but a very poor tourist product in general - frozen fish in a restaurant half a mile from the sea for example. The people up there seem a bit simple as well.

_blaaz · 26-07-2019 01:27PM

pablohoney87 wrote: »

I think Strabane has the worst employment figures in the entire EU.

Not for much longer :pac:

lertsnim · 26-07-2019 01:27PM

I'll echo Tipperary Town. Absolute dump.

tuxy · 26-07-2019 01:28PM

Qrt wrote: »

How recent is the StreetView? There were a few lingering around Dublin too before they crashed.

Image from 2018, it looks like the onwer has been trying to rent the building which is on the main street for a very long time.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.473847,-8.1606111,3a,75y,163.72h,92.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scmhz8kpbZGxF61aw93q_2g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

_blaaz · 26-07-2019 01:29PM

Generally midlands and communter town in kildare/meath seem very grim....but special shout out to gorey,bleakest wasteland of the east coast

CBear1993 · 26-07-2019 01:29PM

LuasSimon wrote: »

Be interesting to know what Town has the highest unemployment rate ? ...these figures are distorted seeing as travellers dont work and any area with a lot of travellers will be unemployment black spots .
There must be towns and villages with no travellers in the west that just have no jobs

Strabane in west Tyrone is usually known as having one of the highest unemployment rates in the north. Big town. They all live in the bookies

cgcsb · 26-07-2019 01:30PM

Yakult wrote: »

Lol culture, do you mean swines who walk around with their tracksuits tucked in to their nikes?

Have you been anywhere else in Ireland?

No, I mean the far superior cuture; fashion, art, design, food, theatre (entertainment in general) etc.
pointing to a few poor people who you view as being unfashionable is hardly evidence of such a ridiculous statement.

26-07-2019 01:31PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

The people up there seem a bit simple as well.

A lazy critique. Blanket assertions never serve one well.

ToddyDoody · 26-07-2019 01:31PM

CBear1993 wrote: »

Strabane in west Tyrone is usually known as having one of the highest unemployment rates in the north. Big town. They all live in the bookies

I digress as always but why are some bookies completely littered with betting slips?

Blazer · 26-07-2019 01:35PM

tuxy wrote: »

Image from 2018, it looks like the onwer has been trying to rent the building which is on the main street for a very long time.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.473847,-8.1606111,3a,75y,163.72h,92.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scmhz8kpbZGxF61aw93q_2g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

christ you'd swear that was the 80s rather than 2 years ago.

Elemonator · 26-07-2019 01:36PM

Have to agree with Tipp town, went down there to purchase some music equipment in the town from a private seller and the difference between my town and the surroundings and other towns I’ve been to was staggering. Place seems so run down. Lots of pubs still thankfully

CBear1993 · 26-07-2019 01:37PM

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

Generally, people in cities are more cultured, open-minded and not as backward thinking as the more rural folk.

This is an old rhetoric. I’m from a very rural part of Tyrone where our “centre” is one chapel, a very small convenience shop and a pub for a population of 2,000.

I’ve lived in a few of the major cities around the world and I’d have to say people from the country areas are generally a lot friendlier, and more intellectual in their own respect. City slickers would be more hostile and “everyone out for themselves, no one gives a ****” type.

Are you telling me the less desirable city suburbs in Dublin, limerick, cork etc are more forward thinking and intellectual? They’d steal the eye out of your head.

_Brian · 26-07-2019 01:37PM

Ballybay in Monaghan is a tough place

cgcsb · 26-07-2019 01:37PM

Elemonator wrote: »

Have to agree with Tipp town, went down there to purchase some music equipment in the town from a private seller and the difference between my town and the surroundings and other towns I’ve been to was staggering. Place seems so run down. Lots of pubs still thankfully

You can buy a pub/3bed house on the main street for €80k according to daft

Kitty6277 · 26-07-2019 01:38PM

road_high wrote: »

The days of the IDA solving all problems are well gone. An area has to offer things that are attractive to investors like location and a well educated workforce. And a lot of that has to come from the locals themselves

The thing is though, Tipp town isn’t badly located. Half an hour to Limerick, just over an hour to Cork, the main road to Waterford runs through the town and about an hour and a half by train to Dublin. I do agree with what you say about things having to come from the locals though, Tipp is one of those places that anyone who is educated leaves because there’s nothing for them here, and the ones who are left are the ones who claim the dole, will never work a day in their lives and have loads of kids, who unfortunately will probably end up like their parents. Having said that, of course not everyone in Tipp falls into that category and there are people who work and own businesses here

Qrt · 26-07-2019 01:46PM

Blazer wrote: »

christ you'd swear that was the 80s rather than 2 years ago.

The paint job on the adjacent building is a shocker really.

That street could be absolutely beautiful if they cut down on the plastic signage and maybe even made the street one way, and widened one of the footpaths. I hate the way Dublin is going, and at the expense of country towns.

Samsgirl · 26-07-2019 01:47PM

Kitty6277 wrote: »

Came here to post about Tipp town, glad to see others got in before me :pac:

Same here. Utter hole of a place that I unfortunately live too near to.

jimgoose · 26-07-2019 01:48PM

Gimme A Pound wrote: »

...Who compared Tipperary Town to Midleton? They haven't a clue whoever they are!

I did. And I have several clues. On the surface, the two are rather similar. However, one is a tracksuit-infested hive of unemployment and filth, and the other is rotten in money and rather decent restaurants.

Poorest town in Ireland

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