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Volvo Ocean Race

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭Chris_533976


    it does annoy me now that the sailing fraternities in Dublin and Cork seem to be pushing the idea that Galway will be unready and unable to host the event. bit of a conspiracy really...will have to see how it pans out. in other news it's kind of apt that this up again, there's a presentation and q & a march 3rd, in merchants hall, merchants road (where?) by Lets Do It Galway in association with the Chamber of Commerce. Mind, it's only for the business community...so....i guess if youre not a member stay clear.

    I hope they do push the idea that Galway isnt ready. Because it isnt. Absolutely nothing at all has been done. The removal of the oil tanks was to be the centrepiece. This isnt happening. The whole farce with the election posters. These were supposed to be banned. Now they're saying 'minimal' which is a cover word for 'business as usual'. They are still arguing over even providing a P&R for this. Its ludicrous. Once again, an Irish town has the chance to do something good and different and once again they are ****ing it up.

    Wonder if there will be any boats left?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭kevcos


    Iam a proud Galway and Irish man, but I have to agree. I really cant see us taking full advantage of this truly once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase Galway and Ireland as the great place it is.

    If we haven't gave Europe and the world enough to laugh about with the death of the mighty 'celtic tiger', then taking a walk around the docks come may should do the trick.

    But sure we're great craic I suppose, and we'll be able to count on the publicans, hotelilers, retailiers and every other description of hawker to milk every last cent out of those 'forneigners' whom have the misfortune of picking Galway as their port of call to see the race!

    Go Green Dragon, save our pride!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    Just went to book hotels... prices are all really really high for the weekend in question... :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    lightening wrote: »
    Just went to book hotels... prices are all really really high for the weekend in question... :(

    Get in touch with Lets Do It Galway and ask them to provide you with a list of hotels that have promised not to up prices. If you tried a hotel on the list that upped prices make sure you let LDIG know


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Fey!


    kevcos wrote: »
    But sure we're great craic I suppose, and we'll be able to count on the publicans, hotelilers, retailiers and every other description of hawker to milk every last cent out of those 'forneigners' whom have the misfortune of picking Galway as their port of call to see the race!

    Which retailers will have prices up, exactly?

    Several months ago my better half and myself went to the GCBA dinner and information night about the Volvo Ocean Race in the Meyrick at a cost of E70 each. Instead of getting information on the race and the stopover, we got Enda O'Coineen telling us 3 times in a 45 minute "speech" that although he was a sailor he wasn't gay, and had the kids to prove it. And that he was mega rich.

    If the ignoramus that made that speech is supposed to be an ambassador of our town, then our reputation is well ruined.

    It turned out that "Let's do it Galway" were having their information night 2 weeks later, so had decided not to release any information at the night in the Meyrick. They had also decided no to tell anyone and let the night in the Meyrick go ahead and be torpedoed by Mr. O'Coineen. Obviously they felt that they didn't need the traders on their side.

    Anyway, if this whole thing does end up in Cork, then I want to see Lets do it Galway have to pay back the E7 million they got from Failte Ireland.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Fey! wrote: »
    Enda O'Coineen telling us 3 times in a 45 minute "speech" that although he was a sailor he wasn't gay, and had the kids to prove it.

    :eek:

    such comments would paint Galway in a very poor light internationally.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    lightening wrote: »
    Just went to book hotels... prices are all really really high for the weekend in question... :(

    I wouldn't hold out much hope there, the only promise is that hotels will adhere to published rates and that they will not be dictated to on price by Fáilte Ireland or anyone else. See posts #26 & #27


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Fey! wrote: »
    It turned out that "Let's do it Galway" were having their information night 2 weeks later, so had decided not to release any information at the night in the Meyrick. They had also decided no to tell anyone and let the night in the Meyrick go ahead and be torpedoed by Mr. O'Coineen. Obviously they felt that they didn't need the traders on their side.

    Want to know the worst thing? The info evening was free, the drink was free and the light food for nibbling on was free :o Enda O C didn't say a word at it, John Kileen gave a decent speech and the MC (Is that what you'd call him in this sense?) was Hectorrrrr the wreck-the-head


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭galvianlord


    werent his comments directed mainly at a certain prominent local newspaper editor? who had once written in an editorial about sailing that all those involved were either puffs or perverts, are something like that? squirmy night!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Get in touch with Lets Do It Galway and ask them to provide you with a list of hotels that have promised not to up prices. If you tried a hotel on the list that upped prices make sure you let LDIG know

    Was at a meeting recently and the guy from the hotel federation said that the hotels have all given out their discount rooms, mainly to the teams and sponsors etc, and that the rest were on "rack rates" i.e. they would not go above this rack rate quoted to Failte Ireland, but that supply and demand would dictate the price. So there won't be any cheap rooms for that period, except maybe during the midweek, but the weekends will be very busy, especially since there is a bank holiday weekend in there too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,992 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    I just went on the Radisson SAS Hotel website in Galway and if you book the weekend of the 5th to the 7th June thats the weekend the race is leaving Galway it will cost you 299 Euro a night, the following weekend 12th to the 14th it will cost you 180 Euro per night.

    Now if thats not a rip off I dont know what is, of course you will be ripped off in Galway its a disgrace keep prices low my a..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Webbs


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    I just went on the Radisson SAS Hotel website in Galway and if you book the weekend of the 5th to the 7th June thats the weekend the race is leaving Galway it will cost you 299 Euro a night, the following weekend 12th to the 14th it will cost you 180 Euro per night.

    Now if thats not a rip off I dont know what is, of course you will be ripped off in Galway its a disgrace keep prices low my a..

    I am playing devils advocate here but would this not be normal hotel practice the world over, running a ryanair like pricing policy?
    They have x amount of rooms at discount, x at 'normal rate' and then the remainder of rooms at higher rate.
    I would be interested to see what the occupancy is for those 2 weekends at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,992 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Webbs wrote: »
    I am playing devils advocate here but would this not be normal hotel practice the world over, running a ryanair like pricing policy?
    They have x amount of rooms at discount, x at 'normal rate' and then the remainder of rooms at higher rate.
    I would be interested to see what the occupancy is for those 2 weekends at the moment.

    Yes I know what you mean however it was stated when this race was coming to Galway that they would not increase prices in Hotels Etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    They did? That's odd, every year they increase prices for the races so I assumed it'd be the same now.
    Do you have a link?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    biko wrote: »
    They did? That's odd, every year they increase prices for the races so I assumed it'd be the same now.
    Do you have a link?

    I heard it from various people, read it in various places myself. It was stated that a certain group of hotels had agreed not to raise prices for the stopover... but of course we couldn't get a list of these hotels.

    Then a few weeks back someone comes out and states that Demand will dictate prices.


    If you want a link, search for it yourself (it'll be there)


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    I heard it from various people, read it in various places myself. It was stated that a certain group of hotels had agreed not to raise prices for the stopover... but of course we couldn't get a list of these hotels.
    Then a few weeks back someone comes out and states that Demand will dictate prices.
    If you want a link, search for it yourself (it'll be there)

    Was that someone you? ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    I heard it from various people, read it in various places myself. It was stated that a certain group of hotels had agreed not to raise prices for the stopover... but of course we couldn't get a list of these hotels.

    Then a few weeks back someone comes out and states that Demand will dictate prices.


    If you want a link, search for it yourself (it'll be there)

    I think the hotels agreed not to raise prices above their quoted rack rates, which is the maximum they charge when all their discounted rooms are booked. As someone else said, they work on a Ryanair model i.e. a certain number of rooms at discount rates then the prices go up as availability is reduced.
    The rack rates applying during the Volvo are still a lot lower than what they charge during Race Week, when rack rates are suspended AFAIK. Sure you could pay up to 700 for a room in the Radisson on the weekend of Race Week...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Was that someone you? ;)

    No, it was Bord Failte I think? There's a newspaper article about it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Nah was mostly curious. I think majority of peeps won't be surprised to learn prices are higher for this event.

    I wonder what will happen if the stopover is moved somewhere else because Galway couldn't get ready in time. Will hotels refund?
    Hopefully it won't come to that.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Posted earlier in this thread
    Visitors to Galway during next year's Volvo Ocean Race will not have to pay an arm and a leg for accommodation, thanks to a new charter from Fáilte Ireland West and the Irish Hotels Federation.
    The measure has been introduced to promote Galway as a value for money stopover.. The initiative aims to highlight the world-class accommodation at competitive prices available to all visitors, including the race teams during the Galway stopover leg of the race.
    The charter was implemented following a recent meeting between Fáilte Ireland West, the Galway Branch of the IHF and Let's Do It Galway. Hotels that sign up to the charter will clearly state their rates and tariffs for the duration of the event and all rates quoted will be in line with comparable stopover destinations around the world, such as Boston, Cape Town and Singapore
    GalwayIndependent April 9 2008
    Hotel bosses in the city insist they will not engage in “price gouging” or “profiteering” during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover but warned that demand, and not semi-State bodies, will determine their pricing during the event.
    Paul Gill, Chairman of the Galway Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, said the city hotel sector wouldn’t “throw the baby out with the bathwater” by charging excessive rates during the event which is expected to bring up to 140,000 visitors to Galway for two weeks in May and June.
    However, he said it is illegal for semi-State bodies such as Fáilte Ireland West to be dictating what price hotels should be charging during the stopover and said that ultimately supply and demand will dictate their pricing structures. The Sentinel Jan 27 2009


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Fey!


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    I heard it from various people, read it in various places myself. It was stated that a certain group of hotels had agreed not to raise prices for the stopover... but of course we couldn't get a list of these hotels.

    Then a few weeks back someone comes out and states that Demand will dictate prices.


    If you want a link, search for it yourself (it'll be there)
    snubbleste wrote: »
    Was that someone you? ;)
    JohnCleary wrote: »
    No, it was Bord Failte I think? There's a newspaper article about it

    Was it not Paul Gill, owner of the Claregalway Hotel and chairman of the Galway branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, who recently said that the demand would dictate the rates, and that basically they wouldn't be dictated to by Failte Ireland. I believe that was at a meeting in the Salthill Hotel last month.

    As for the hotels promising not to put up the rates, there was great talk about that last year, but, as someone has already said on this thread, there are no names of hotels to go with the promises made.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Fey! wrote: »
    Was it not Paul Gill, owner of the Claregalway Hotel and chairman of the Galway branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, who recently said that the demand would dictate the rates, and that basically they wouldn't be dictated to by Failte Ireland. I believe that was at a meeting in the Salthill Hotel last month.

    As for the hotels promising not to put up the rates, there was great talk about that last year, but, as someone has already said on this thread, there are no names of hotels to go with the promises made.

    So in conclusion it was a bit of hyped up bull-crap to try and make people coming to Galway feel that they're getting value for money, when infact the opposite is true?

    ARGH


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Is there any chance of the oil tanks at the dock being removed before May? Drove past them during the week and it doesn't look like a tap of work has been done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,203 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    I heard it from various people, read it in various places myself. It was stated that a certain group of hotels had agreed not to raise prices for the stopover... but of course we couldn't get a list of these hotels.

    Even if you could get a list of them, you still wouldn't know what their rack-rate and various discount rates are, so you've got no way of knowing if they've kept their word or not.

    Oh - and the world economy has taken a nose-dive since they made that promise, so many would argue that the changed conditions mean they had to change their minds.

    (I'm not saying it's right, proper, or moral. But business is business.)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Is there any chance of the oil tanks at the dock being removed before May? Drove past them during the week and it doesn't look like a tap of work has been done.

    Work is supposed to start before the end of March. It is supposed to take 5-6 weeks to remove the tanks and prepare the site, then its 10 days or so to erect the race village. Supposedly!


  • Posts: 8,647 [Deleted User]


    If councillors spent less time demonising students, maybe they would be able to tell people to take down a few tanks.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭galvianlord


    If councillors spent less time demonising students, maybe they would be able to tell people to take down a few tanks.

    this council or any council cannot tell businesses how to run their affairs, let alone dump a major part of their infrastructure before the replacement is finalised...


  • Posts: 8,647 [Deleted User]


    this council or any council cannot tell businesses how to run their affairs, let alone dump a major part of their infrastructure before the replacement is finalised...

    I had councillor Crowe at my door yesterday and he said that Let's Do It Galway were six months behind their original schedule.It realy is pathetic if this is true.I have a feeling that Galway will be made a laughing stock at this race.:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    I had councillor Crowe at my door yesterday and he said that Let's Do It Galway were six months behind their original schedule.It realy is pathetic if this is true.I have a feeling that Galway will be made a laughing stock at this race.:(

    Councillor Crowe said himself, that Lets Do It Galway are 6 months behind? ooohhh they be fightin words! You should email LDIG (Since it was you he told it to) and see what their reaction is


  • Posts: 8,647 [Deleted User]


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Councillor Crowe said himself, that Lets Do It Galway are 6 months behind? ooohhh they be fightin words! You should email LDIG (Since it was you he told it to) and see what their reaction is

    Whats their email address?


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    I had councillor Crowe at my door yesterday and he said that Let's Do It Galway were six months behind their original schedule.It realy is pathetic if this is true.I have a feeling that Galway will be made a laughing stock at this race.:(

    Did he really say that?
    Was he looking for your vote, did you ask him if there were still too many trees around?
    http://www.letsdoitgalway.com/contact.php


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Whats their email address?
    Let's Do It Galway
    Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09
    Galway Stopover
    1-5 Merchants Road
    Galway
    Ireland

    Tel: +353 91 539995
    Fax: +353 91 539484
    Email: info@galwayvolvooceanrace.com
    Web: www.galwayvolvooceanrace.com

    There ya go Ted


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    With regards to expensive hotels etc. I was viewing this page:

    http://www.letsdoitgalway.com/visitorinfo.php

    And found this:
    We also recommend the following partner hotels whose support to the Green Dragon and Galway Stopover is gratefully acknowledged:

    Galway City
    Meyrick Hotel, Eyre Sq, Galway. Tel: +353 (0) 91564041
    Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway. Tel: +353 (0) 91520520
    The G Hotel, Wellpark, Galway. Tel: +353 (0)91 865200

    Now, does this mean that's these are the hotels that have promised not to up their prices, or the hotels that are going to host the VIP's/Crew etc. etc?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    I had councillor Crowe at my door yesterday and he said that Let's Do It Galway were six months behind their original schedule.It realy is pathetic if this is true.I have a feeling that Galway will be made a laughing stock at this race.:(

    Where you living?
    I can't wait for that gombeen to knock on my door... I swear to fcuk he is not going to know what hit him. He displays the worst characteristics of any FF politician I've seen, all rolled into one. Blaming LDIG for the tanks not coming down when his own council could have done a lot more to hurry things along :rolleyes:

    People, do not vote for this waste of space.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    With regards to expensive hotels etc. I was viewing this page:

    http://www.letsdoitgalway.com/visitorinfo.php

    And found this:


    Now, does this mean that's these are the hotels that have promised not to up their prices, or the hotels that are going to host the VIP's/Crew etc. etc?

    AFAIK these hotels are sponsors of LDIG. There were loads of G Hotel brochures lying around at the briefing the other night. The crews and support teams are booked into hotels and apartments all over town.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,992 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Where you living?
    I can't wait for that gombeen to knock on my door... I swear to fcuk he is not going to know what hit him. He displays the worst characteristics of any FF politician I've seen, all rolled into one. Blaming LDIG for the tanks not coming down when his own council could have done a lot more to hurry things along :rolleyes:

    I dont know where you came up with the idea that Galway City Council can get the tanks moved the simple answer is they cant. Its a commercial operation and they will not be moved until the company that own them are ready to move to the new tank farm outside the Harbour so no amount of ranting against the City Council or Michael Crowe is going to move them. In my opinion they will not be gone until later this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Zzippy wrote: »
    Where you living?
    I can't wait for that gombeen to knock on my door... I swear to fcuk he is not going to know what hit him. He displays the worst characteristics of any FF politician I've seen, all rolled into one. Blaming LDIG for the tanks not coming down when his own council could have done a lot more to hurry things along :rolleyes:

    I dont know where you came up with the idea that Galway City Council can get the tanks moved the simple answer is they cant. Its a commercial operation and they will not be moved until the company that own them are ready to move to the new tank farm outside the Harbour so no amount of ranting against the City Council or Michael Crowe is going to move them. In my opinion they will not be gone until later this year.

    You took me up wrong. I can't stand Crowe for a number of reasons, not least his constant self-serving publicity-seeking by jumping on stupid bandwagons e.g. Rag Week, e.g. people camping in trees (front page of the Advertiser a while back). This rant was about him blaming LDIG for the issue above, like the City Council they can do little about the tanks coming down, but the Council have a lot more influence than they do and haven't used it.
    He's a typical politician - if something goes right he'll grab the credit from someone else, if it goes wrong its never his fault, he'll blame anyone he can.

    As for the tanks, the new tanks are apparently ready, so I still have faith that they will be down in time for the Volvo stopover.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Zzippy wrote: »
    As for the tanks, the new tanks are apparently ready, so I still have faith that they will be down in time for the Volvo stopover.

    They will not be down for the Volvo and the Corpo know that.

    Hope they paint the ***** a nice green colour at least :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭soundbyte


    http://www.galwaynews.ie/6764-oil-tank-removal-step-closer
    Deliveries start at new 'depot farm'

    STALLED plans to move the oil tanks from Galway Docks in time for the Volvo Ocean Race took a leap forward this week – oil deliveries at the port are now being stored at the new oil tank ‘farm’ in the Harbour Enterprise Park.

    Galway Harbour Company has confirmed that the final delivery to the old tanks was made on Thursday of last week.

    The first delivery to the new EnWest facility was made yesterday, with Harbour Master Brian Sheridan officially ‘turning the tap’ on the delivery. There have been ongoing fears that the Volvo Ocean Race would not go ahead without the decommissioning and removal of the tanks at Docks Road.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Good news! Hope it's not too late. I guess a lot of overtime is on the cards for the workers now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭galvianlord


    From today's Irish Times:

    Mayor urges firms to remove oil tanks
    LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent

    Mon, Mar 09, 2009

    MAYOR OF Galway councillor Pádraig Conneely says two leading fuel suppliers in the west have a “civic duty” to ensure the success of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway is not jeopardised.

    The Fine Gael mayor says he is appealing to them to facilitate removal of the oil tank farm on Galway docks. The tank farm was to have been dismantled last year to make way for a temporary base for the international yacht race’s first ever Irish stopover from May 23rd to June 6th.

    Race organisers and the city and harbour authorities had hoped fuel suppliers Topaz and Chevron would relocate to a new terminal, built at a cost of €38 million on the harbour’s southern border.

    Late last week, a first shipment was made to the new Enwest terminal – signalling a breakthrough was imminent – and a second shipment is due tomorrow. However, Topaz and Chevron have denied a relocation agreement has been concluded.

    It is understood both companies had commercially-sensitive “difficulties” with moving into a shared facility. The dockside terminal, formerly leased by Shell and acquired by Topaz, is so close to the city centre that it would not meet revised health and safety standards set in the wake of the Buncefield explosions in Hertfordshire, England, three years ago.

    Over 40 people were injured, and houses and businesses evacuated during a fire which engulfed the area and lasted for some days in December 2005. The new Enwest terminal meets the 400m health and safety exclusion zone set in Britain after the Buncefield inquiry.

    The Government has committed €8 million to Galway’s participation in the race, which represents the largest State investment of its type to date in a sporting event. The stopover is expected to attracted 140,000 spectators with a prospective spend in the region of €42 million during the fortnight, and many hotels are already reporting full bookings.

    The mayor said he would be “optimistic” the companies would ensure “nothing is put in the way of the success of this race” in the city and surrounding area.

    Ironically, one of Topaz’s shareholders is businessman Denis O’Brien who is also part of a syndicate that contributed towards the costs of Green Dragon, one of two Irish boats, participating in the race.

    Topaz said it had “continued to facilitate the commissioning of the Enwest facility, even to the extent of laying down product in the main storage tanks. The company is continuing to work with all of the interested parties in Galway in an effort to accommodate the Volvo Ocean Race. The company’s position remains that if a satisfactory conclusion comes to ongoing discussions, then Topaz is prepared to relocate to the Enwest terminal”.

    A spokesman for Chevron confirmed it had received a letter from the mayor and it had explained to him it had “been asked to keep its joint venture terminal open during the Volvo Ocean Race to supply fuels and oils to our customers in the Galway area”.

    “Looking longer term, Chevron has an existing facility with a number of years left to run that enables us to meet the needs of our customers in the Galway area and we have never expressed a desire to move,” he said.

    “ However, we continue to maintain an open dialogue with the Galway Harbour Company.”

    © 2009 The Irish Times


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    And folks you KNOW that if Padraig urges it, thy will be done. Although he didn't get a picture taken of him looking forlorn by the tanks...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,203 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Remind me, who are the two major fuel suppliers involved?

    Perhaps if Galway residents all stopped buying fuel from 'em, they might get the hint and get moving ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭Chris_533976


    This unbelievable farce needs to be sorted out NOW. Those fuel tanks must go, but I have a nasty feeling they'll still be there when this is all on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,673 ✭✭✭s_carnage


    JustMary wrote: »
    Remind me, who are the two major fuel suppliers involved?

    Perhaps if Galway residents all stopped buying fuel from 'em, they might get the hint and get moving ...

    Topaz and Chevron


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 489 ✭✭foxy_19-89


    This unbelievable farce needs to be sorted out NOW. Those fuel tanks must go, but I have a nasty feeling they'll still be there when this is all on.

    +1 its typical isnt it? something with massive potential comes to galway and every picture taken in the two weeks are going to have 11 giant eye sores in the back round.

    they should get a beer company to paint them to look like beer cans as a sponsorship thing if they cant get rid of em :D ...........no?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 sunicol


    Hi guys, i know it's a while back you were discussing prices etc but any guidance on which area wld be best to stay in wld be great. Salthill or down near the docks???


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5 DKR


    Planning on heading to salthill for the inshore races on weekend of 30th May. Have not been to Salthill before and hoping to launch a rib. Can anhyone let me know if there is an accessible public slip at salthill. or nearby if it is very busy. I have sailed at Galway Bay sailing Club in Oranmore before so I know that is an option.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    sunicol wrote: »
    Hi guys, i know it's a while back you were discussing prices etc but any guidance on which area wld be best to stay in wld be great. Salthill or down near the docks???
    Get something in the city, Salthill is about 20-25 mins walk away and traffic can be quite bad. In town you're only minutes away from the docks.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭Steyr


    JustMary wrote: »
    Remind me, who are the two major fuel suppliers involved?

    Perhaps if Galway residents all stopped buying fuel from 'em, they might get the hint and get moving ...

    See how far that gets ya.


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