Deleted User wrote: » No food? So,why no visit by the Gardai I wonder.
solerina wrote: » I havnt been in but heard it’s well managed and he has a deal with Prago who supply pizzas
Deleted User wrote: » The pubs serving food are not asking people to leave after 105 minutes...You can drink away..
Wrongway1985 wrote: » Sickening to those who remain closed on the basis they don't serve food, certain people are paying €9 for a side dish just so they have the gateway to the bar :rolleyes: Still haven't stirred yet myself but when pubs open I'll sure be visiting somewhere that hasn't had the fair rub of the green.
Expunge wrote: » In the current climate, is it time for the Council to look at changing the name of Gladstone St? A few statues of the British Prime Minister have been or will be moved and a few things and buildings named for him have been changed, mostly in the UK due to his strong links to slavery. What'll we change it to? Fab Vinnie Ave, Lally Hally St?
upupup wrote: » It has four previous names so change it back to the old name Lough st.http://clonmelonline.com/clonmel/street-names-of-clonmel/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-53457922
solerina wrote: » No, I absolutely hate this current trend of changing things from the past....it’s all a knee jerk reaction....I wouldn’t agree with calling a new street after such people or indeed erecting new statues of them but what is historical is just that.....leave things alone !!
cml387 wrote: » And the cost of changing streetsigns, cost to business of chnging address, letterhead etc. etc.
cml387 wrote: » On the other hand Gladstone did a lot of work in introducing the Home Rule Bill.
Irishman80 wrote: » Have you looked around Clonmel lately? The place is a s--thole. A street name is the least of their worries there.
upupup wrote: » He didn't do that work because he loved the Irish.It was economically motivated for the purses of the Crown and to line his own pockets.He was a british tory prime minister and their love for the irish was non-existent.
cml387 wrote: » Except that Gladstone was in the Liberal party.
upupup wrote: » Being a british prime minister is enough for me to remove his name from the street but being a slave owner shows what kind of person he really was underneath,regardless of his political and economical motives for "helping Ireland". He wanted to fix the "Irish problem" because t was an embarrassment to england because of they way they treated us and the rest of the world was watching and he wanted a stable Irish colony for a steady flow of taxes. He didn't fight for Irish freedom. British history will paint him in a different light but common sense and Irish history will show his true motives for the Irish. A slave owning british prime minister has no place in a Irish town. That's my view and I understand that others don't want change,and thats ok. The street has had many names so I think it will continue to change as time passes
Deleted User wrote: » Our history is what made us. For better or worse. We cannot rewrite it. Look to the future.
upupup wrote: » You are incorrect.We can and should rewrite history if anything important was omitted. If you found out something you had heard was a lie would you continue to believe it? We can't change history but we should look for the truth of how things really were. Opinions always change as truth is uncovered. Did we ignore Jimmy saville,Rolf harris,The catholic church?....No, we set the record straight and that's all I am doing here. Gladstone may have been one of the best of a bad bunch but he was still a very big part of that bad bunch! People are free to keep their head in the sand if they are afraid of change but some will be happy to hear the truth
[Deleted User] wrote: » What you’re doing is trying to inflict your opinions on others. I, for one, am not biting. I prefer to make my own mind up and let others do likewise. Anyway, this thread isn’t for such debates.
Clonmel1000 wrote: » Where ya from yourself?
Irishman80 wrote: » Clonmel. Don't live there anymore though, thank God.
touts wrote: » Sure why don't we just give all the names numbers like in the US. 1st Street. 2nd Street. 3rd Street. But I suppose the people in 2nd street would object to being discriminated against vs the people in 1st Street. Maybe we call them by colour. Red Street. Blue Street. Yellow Street. Orange..... Oh wait some people may be offended by the use of that colour. What about local celebs and famous people. Frank Patterson, Anne Anderson, Adi R..... Well maybe not. So maybe international celebs actors business people etc. Daniel Day Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Elon Mu...... amm Ellen D...... OK not that one so. There is only one answer. Have a computer spit out a random series of letters and numbers to form the new designations. cR56OenN Street iabQfW3v Street 2KyHKsw9 Street 1YtkUI85 Street QEgqXa3o Street b7ppYd9U Street HW4D34YL Street qXSqFblR Street TuPJGDlp Street NZeyFZNb Street You know it's the only safe way to go. No one could be offended that way. It's Gladstone Street and always will be because of what he did for Ireland. He might have been flawed but we are recognizing his achievements not his flaws. People need to get over themselves.