Clonmel Thread

Absolute shameful waste of money, my god

nearly 500k a pop, disgusting waste of money

Driver's Irishtown do a couple of different steaks and a steak sandwich special from time to time.

Central House would do an excellent steak also if you fancy something a bit fancier.

At least the government/local council has their priorities straight…

Ha ha . Tongue firmly place in cheek there 🤣🤣.

As if the that will increase football.

However I do agree with you regarding vast amount of shops closed up.

But without turning back the clock and what in truth could be done.

Dropping the rates would help, but I'm not sure by how much.

The biggest change since your time walking around GameStop etc, is on line shopping. It's very hard for most smaller shops to compete with online stores buying power.

Nails, phone shops, dog grooming and Thai massage. And they say the country is broke 🤔.

All that disposable income has to go some where

There certainly is that , however what will the disposable income of the people in the modular home be?

Do you think it create the opportunity for new shops to open.

I like your optimism, however I don't share it.

If indeed the residents are as many would have you believe, IPA then while they're maybe more people walking around and increasing footfall, their spending power will be very limited.

To your second point. Wil modular homes become more common. Id imagine that it's possible, and would help temporarily. However at an AVG cost of 440k for approx 600 sq, I'm not sure it actually makes financial sense to continue building them

The recent report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has revealed that the average cost of delivering each modular home has soared to an astonishing €442,000—more than double the original estimate of €200,000 per unit.

Of course it is argued that they can be produced quicker, again the devil is in the detail of that, while they may be produced quicker in the factory, there's always the ground work including roads, lighting and sewer works that have to take place too.

the modular homes has nothing to do with the town centre so let’s get rid of that whataboutery straight away. Games stop closed their entire UK and Irish operations some years ago. Shame to see the shop being unused but as someone mentioned on line shopping is killing a lot of local businesses and shops.

We have also had zero success in promoting the town and have been ignored by government primarily because of the lack of a decent TD representing the town. Hopefully having 3 TDs in the Dail from the area might help although we’ve had 2 of them there exactly at the time the town has needed them most.

what’s the source for this touts? Absolute complete and utter disgrace if it’s true.

Mairin ran for the Seanad but was eliminated in the count on Friday.

I was told about the deal to put her into the Seanad via the Taoiseach's nominations on Friday by a close associate of Mattie who lives in Newcastle. Mattie told his supporters that Mairin is getting a Taoiseach's nomination. That deal seems to be filtering into the media now as we saw in the Mail on Sunday article and also rumours are circulating among political correspondents etc on social media tonight. Basically there are enough sources now reporting it to be able to say there is something to it.

https://x.com/KeithMillsD7/status/1886499915112833038?t=4IwZDQBBNO8MSQ3ieI6Cmg&s=19

You seem to be a strong supporter of his. Why don't you tell us what he has gotten for the people of South Tipperary in this deal with the government because the only thing being reported and talked about is the deal for his family.

The only thing I know about is what has been reported online and in the media and that is the deal for the McGrath family. If there are things in there for the rest of the people of South Tipperary maybe they will come to light over time but at the moment there doesn't seem to be anything. You are extremely supportive of Mattie so we only have your word for the claim that you aren't part of his team. So again I ask that if you know anything please report it and if you can't defend what is being reported don't attack other posters for questioning a deal that looks very very iffy.

Im just reading and not involved but your message tone did seem accusatory. Police your own tone maybe.

I, of course mean this with all respect.

Oh dear. The mind boggles

So much for Mattie and his supporters spreading the news that Mairin would be a Taoiseachs nominee.

He may have asked, but was probably told to F**k off. Bear in mind that he has been one of Michael Martin's biggest critics in the Dail.

His influence isn't as great as he would lead you to believe.