Guinness shame on you

sidneykidney · 27-12-2007 05:12AM #1

Does anyone like me think that Guinness moving from St.James' gate is a national shame akin to Bertie getting back into office?

Rhiannon14 · 27-12-2007 05:29AM

Where's it going?

leninbenjamin · 27-12-2007 06:07AM

I pissed right now. does that count?

phantom_lord · 27-12-2007 07:08AM

sidneykidney wrote: »

Does anyone like me think that Guinness moving from St.James' gate is a national shame akin to Bertie getting back into office?

meh, the site is worth a ridiculous amount of money, why wouldn't they move.

ericl · 27-12-2007 09:01AM

Where's it going,? thought there was a 9000 year lease.

sidneykidney · 27-12-2007 09:17AM

I heard that it will be moving to Leixlip Co.Kildare. Not sure how true this is.:(

rino87 · 27-12-2007 09:20AM

wait now, moving WHAT????? if they are it's a disgrace, but then it's what we've come to expect from diageo

ShakeAndBake · 27-12-2007 10:02AM

It is moving to the first place that the pints were brewed, Leixlip or somewhere.

Spiritual home is how it was described, I think.

GhostInTheRuins · 27-12-2007 10:45AM

I didn't know they were moving, I heard they were talking about it but decided not to. Shame anyway

Mossy Monk · 27-12-2007 10:52AM

A national disgrace how? It is not leaving the country.

phasers · 27-12-2007 11:20AM

what on earth is left in this city to attract tourists?

on a sort of related note, I miss Frawleys
the guy that owns it told me that it's all being sold to become a "cultural spot" with restaurants and hotels and stuff
so bye bye Thomas street

Caliden · 27-12-2007 11:24AM

Moving out of the ****tiest county in ireland you say? Yay

daniel3982 · 27-12-2007 11:59AM

Lets get something decent built there if it, not ****e like we have at the Docklands.

Terry · 27-12-2007 12:06PM

sidneykidney wrote: »

I heard that it will be moving to Leixlip Co.Kildare. Not sure how true this is.:(

ShakeAndBake wrote: »

It is moving to the first place that the pints were brewed, Leixlip or somewhere.

Spiritual home is how it was described, I think.

First I've heard of it and there isn't much that gets past me in this town.

Toto Wolfcastle · 27-12-2007 12:08PM

In fairness, they're taking the move pretty seriously. I completed an online survey, as I'm sure others did too, about whether my attitude towards Guinness would change if they moved.

Personally I don't care. It doesn't bother me where it's made. I'm sure it does bother some, but it's certainly not a 'national disgrace', and I wouldn't say 'shame on' Guinness.

FunkyChicken · 27-12-2007 12:18PM

Leixlip is a dump I hope they dont move out there

ps. where the hell did you people hear about this

Tha Gopher · 27-12-2007 12:51PM

eh, no?

Personally Im more annoyed they are not allowing homes to be built on the site when they do move. Its a fcuking brewery ffs, not the GPO.

27-12-2007 12:57PM

Cant we get some actual factual linkage here I heard there was a consideration a long time ago and heard nothing since also a lot of the buildings on the james gate site would be listed so its not like it can be knocked down

Pigman II · 27-12-2007 01:02PM

Who cares. I think it's embarrasing that tourists come to Dublin and the best thing we have to show them is a brewery.

They should build a nice new casino on the vacant land.

Dub13 · 27-12-2007 01:03PM

They have appointed consultants to look at the possibility of a move,with property prices so high in Dublin city they will likely find moving very attractive.

If they do decide to move they have identified two possible sites one in Leixlip and the other one out in Balbriggian,the balbriggian one is the front runner for various reasons such as a new port planed for the area.

Dublin City Council are trying to stop the move they are looking at a motion to rezone the land so no development can happen on it thus dramatically decreasing the value of the land.

Sonnenblumen · 27-12-2007 01:04PM

Guinness will move to a state of the art facility in Balbriggan. St James Gate will be sold and the rats will be homeless. AFAIK the Hopstore will remain a tourist attraction.

GBX · 27-12-2007 01:05PM

There was something mentioned about this around August Sept in the news, but nothing was confirmed after.
Wait and see ... they may not even do anything

the_syco · 27-12-2007 01:06PM

sidneykidney wrote: »

I heard that it will be moving to Leixlip Co.Kildare. Not sure how true this is.:(

Back to that small little hotel? I think not!:D

shane86 · 27-12-2007 02:10PM

Caliden wrote: »

Moving out of the ****tiest county in ireland you say? Yay

And they say Cork folk have an inflated sense of the importance of their county? Jesus. Fair play to Galwegians- despite it being by far the windiest rainyest most depressing miles from anywhere godforsaken kip* in Ireland I have never met a Galway person who doesnt love the homeland.

*: Galway city is quite nice in terms of appearance, and there are alot of good looking naturally tanned black haired women out there with a nearly Mediterranean type appearance, but if I had to put up with weather like that Id kill myself quite frankly. And dont get me started on the misery of small town Galway. I was quite honestly awe struck by the amount of immigrants in Galway, as I was baffled as to how any of them would deliberately move to what must be by far the wettest part of Ireland.

Oh, and what does shoop the woop mean?

Galway girl I know has it on her bebo and all

Guy:Incognito · 27-12-2007 02:25PM

phasers wrote: »

what on earth is left in this city to attract tourists?

phasers wrote: »

on a sort of related note, I miss Frawleys

Tourists used to come over to go to Fawleys?:eek:

EamonnKeane · 27-12-2007 02:47PM

What's this obsession with Guinness being Ireland's national drink? It only is because of suave marketing

phasers · 27-12-2007 04:19PM

Stekelly wrote: »

Tourists used to come over to go to Fawleys?:eek:

yes, fat culchies went there for their 5XL jeans

and fat dubs too, before anybody gives out to me

the_syco · 27-12-2007 04:27PM

EamonnKeane wrote: »

What's this obsession with Guinness being Ireland's national drink? It only is because of suave marketing

Also cos it's made here, was originally made here, and we've been drinking the stuff for a while.

Kold · 27-12-2007 04:32PM

Gimme a pint of Beamish in the Oval bar across the road from the Beamish & Crawford tbh.

g5hn710m4xpdwy · 27-12-2007 04:40PM

sidneykidney wrote: »

I heard that it will be moving to Leixlip Co.Kildare. Not sure how true this is.:(

Oh god no! I hate the smell of brewry in the morning.

Leon11 · 27-12-2007 04:58PM

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

Guinness will move to a state of the art facility in Balbriggan. St James Gate will be sold and the rats will be homeless. AFAIK the Hopstore will remain a tourist attraction.

It's all part of their plan to get Guinness huge in Africa.

Part A: Move it to a satellite town in Balbriggan.
Part B: ?????
Part C: Profit

Guinness shame on you

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