How is Barcode Fairview still open???

ElaElaElano · 15-10-2009 05:21PM

I had a quick scan of barcode once, didn't work for me though.

Rondolfus · 15-10-2009 05:23PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

I've got countless taxis back from the club and haven't encountered any 'dirt bird' drivers to date. I get the impression you've never been there.

This is slightly off topic, but I'm sure if you get late night taxis in Dublin you will come across the sleazy driver who makes lewd comments about Girls he sees outside. There in every walk of life, not just taxi men, however , a pervert taxi man is more dangerous than a builder shouting comments from a building site because he is giving drunk girls lifts home.

I was walking home with my GF in a residential area near barcode when we passed a parked taxi. The taxi man was obviously doing something with a female passenger. (don't know what age). We knocked at the window to make sure everything was above board but the drunken passenger told us to f off! Surely this driver shouldn't be doing something like that?? Is there not a law against that?

admiralofthefleet · 15-10-2009 05:26PM

that happens outside every club in the country, not just barcode

Rondolfus · 15-10-2009 05:28PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

that happens outside every club in the country, not just barcode

Yea I know I was just explaining to the poster what I meant by sleazy taxi men

JennyAnt · 15-10-2009 07:18PM

thorbarry wrote: »

If they close it down, where are all the scumbags going to go? I like that they have a "place" to go, that keeps them away from my places

Cafe En Seine?!?!?

Actually I'd pay in to see that!

curry-muff · 15-10-2009 07:54PM

Every county has at least one of these clubs, i dont see much reason to complain about it :rolleyes:

Cookie Jar · 15-10-2009 09:48PM

Rondolfus wrote: »

Its also situated in Clontarf which is a nice residential area. The locals don't deserve this "beacon to Dublins rat population" bringing undesirables into the area.

:rolleyes:

Ace2007 · 15-10-2009 10:06PM

Rondolfus wrote: »

Kicking someone when they're down, or indeed stamping on their head is the mark of a cowardly scum bag. I hope this animal is jailed for a long long time, however, our legal system will probably give him 3 years suspended something stupid like that.

Our legal system is forcing the public to become vigilantes becuase it won't dish out proper justice, and the scum are running wild.

wasnt' there aload of posh guys outside Annabel's club a few years ago who did just this, drink does things to the human mind that no one knows about - it doesn't matter where your from, yes there are rough areas but that doesn't mean that the people there are going to kill you.

pikachucheeks · 15-10-2009 10:11PM

I've only been to Barcode once...
No complaints other than it was packed and my friends and I kept getting split up from each other!
Didn't notice anything violent or bad happening, to be honest.
Barcode seems to get the worst grilling, in the press!
Far worse places in Dublin, in my opinion.

NickNolte · 15-10-2009 11:01PM

Dublin in 'full of scumbags' shocker.

msg11 · 15-10-2009 11:05PM

Go down the odd weekend, might go down this weekend.

I would not go down if I felt unsafe in the club.

I go down with 2 of my friends, meet some people I work with or go to college with. Have a few games of pool, and have a good night.

I don't go looking for trouble. I have seen trouble. Then again I have seen trouble in most place I have been, town etc.. Security are quick to getting it under control and throwing the parties out.

Barcode is a bigger club than most. As with any large crowd you always have the opportunity for a fight to happen.

Yes, there are under-age people there; there's under-age people in most clubs/pubs. It can't be helped.

On the bad side it can get fairly busy and be hard to move around in.
The pints are over a fiver.

On a plus side, no q's for the toilet.
Bar staff are quick to take your order.

It's not focused around one thing IE a dancefloor, you can go up stairs and play pool or use the games machines.
Get a drink and sit down
Or go outside sit have a smoke and drink.

It's handy for me cause I live up the road.

Fairview park has been notorious for it incidents in the past.

I would not walk threw the park or on the outskirts of the park if

a) barcode was never there
b) barcode was there

I have heard of more trouble from other places in the area, blacker. Skellys & Purple rain now drink there and see how bad barcode is.

To answer

How is it still open;

It's the only club in the area for alot of people and it is doing good trade.

People dying coming from barcode is not there fault TBH RIP to the poor lad.

People die in car crashes going for there shopping from Tesco, should we close Tesco too then?

That guy dying is going to be used as a scape goat in getting the place shut down. Just because people don't like it.

Any key? · 15-10-2009 11:19PM

Rondolfus wrote: »

Its also situated in Clontarf which is a nice residential area. The locals don't deserve this "beacon to Dublins rat population" bringing undesirables into the area.

People from Clontarf do go there.
And Hillybillies would go out of business.

Handsome Bob · 15-10-2009 11:30PM

Here's the trick people; stay moderately sober. I've seen violence in the place but never experienced it and every time there is a fight both parties are absolutely locked. What happened to the likes of my mate in the place when he got mistaken for someone else but got a broken nose for it, well that kind of **** is in the minority of cases! :pac:

Rondolfus · 16-10-2009 12:03AM

Ace2007 wrote: »

wasnt' there aload of posh guys outside Annabel's club a few years ago who did just this, drink does things to the human mind that no one knows about - it doesn't matter where your from, yes there are rough areas but that doesn't mean that the people there are going to kill you.

This point was already discussed. Of course things like this happen everywhere. But are you trying to say that every area in Dublin has the same crime rates?? The fact is you are more likely to get assaulted in high crime areas. Thats a fact.

Exceptions to the rule don't change that. Barcode attracts people primarily from high crime areas. The inner city, Tallaght, Finglas, Ballymun, Coolock,Ballyfermot. Obviously not everybody from these areas are out to cause trouble, but they are high crime areas hence have a higher proportion of trouble makers. The club has only brought trouble to the area, which is why the local residents and local business' are trying to get it closed. And to rub salt into the wounds the owners never even applied for planning permission. Typical farce and corruption that we have grown accustomed to under Fianna Fail.

Just becuase some people go to Barcode and aren't underage scum bags, doesn't mean the club isn't infested with underage scum bags.

Rondolfus · 16-10-2009 12:05AM

Any key? wrote: »

And Hillybillies would go out of business.

God forbid:rolleyes:

Dave! · 16-10-2009 12:13AM

Rondolfus wrote: »

This point was already discussed. Of course things like this happen everywhere. But are you trying to say that every area in Dublin has the same crime rates?? The fact is you are more likely to get assaulted in high crime areas. Thats a fact.

Exceptions to the rule don't change that. Barcode attracts people primarily from high crime areas. The inner city, Tallaght, Finglas, Ballymun, Coolock,Ballyfermot. Obviously not everybody from these areas are out to cause trouble, but they are high crime areas hence have a higher proportion of trouble makers. The club has only brought trouble to the area, which is why the local residents and local business' are trying to get it closed. And to rub salt into the wounds the owners never even applied for planning permission. Typical farce and corruption that we have grown accustomed to under Fianna Fail.

Just becuase some people go to Barcode and aren't underage scum bags, doesn't mean the club isn't infested with underage scum bags.

By the same rationale we should probably shut down Coco's, the Playhouse, Reds (think that's gone anyway), Coppers, etc etc. They're often infested with underage undesirables.

Fighting Irish · 16-10-2009 12:17AM

Pace2008 wrote: »

I'm not congratulating him for killing someone; like I said, I think what he did was appalling. I'm saying he did the right thing by coming forward so that the bereaved family can get some sort of closure sooner. And yes, in a way I feel sorry for him. He might be a thug but I doubt he's a cold-hearted killer and he now has to live with what he did for the rest of his life, which is effectively ruined. Please leave the sensationalism to the tabloids.

well said

Any key? · 16-10-2009 12:19AM

Rondolfus wrote: »

God forbid:rolleyes:

Would be shocking :rolleyes:

sock puppet · 16-10-2009 12:22AM

Rondolfus wrote: »

This point was already discussed. Of course things like this happen everywhere. But are you trying to say that every area in Dublin has the same crime rates?? The fact is you are more likely to get assaulted in high crime areas. Thats a fact.

Exceptions to the rule don't change that. Barcode attracts people primarily from high crime areas. The inner city, Tallaght, Finglas, Ballymun, Coolock,Ballyfermot. Obviously not everybody from these areas are out to cause trouble, but they are high crime areas hence have a higher proportion of trouble makers. The club has only brought trouble to the area, which is why the local residents and local business' are trying to get it closed. And to rub salt into the wounds the owners never even applied for planning permission. Typical farce and corruption that we have grown accustomed to under Fianna Fail.

Just becuase some people go to Barcode and aren't underage scum bags, doesn't mean the club isn't infested with underage scum bags.

Why on earth hoards of people from Tallaght, an area which is pretty damn hard to get to from clontarf, go to barcode every weekend? It actually attracts people primarily from, wait for it, Clontarf! Maybe it's just the circles I socialise in but anyone I've ever talked to there has been from a "respectable" area.

16-10-2009 12:34AM

sock puppet wrote: »

Why on earth hoards of people from Tallaght, an area which is pretty damn hard to get to from clontarf, go to barcode every weekend? It actually attracts people primarily from, wait for it, Clontarf! Maybe it's just the circles I socialise in but anyone I've ever talked to there has been from a "respectable" area.

I've been there a helluva lot of times. Can't say I even like the place that much but it's close to where I live (Drumcompton) and it's free in so I've gone there more times than I care to remember because friends were going or whatever.

Anyways...yeah the majority of people are from the locality, and tbh I've very rarely seen trouble there.

The murder at the weekend happened outside a fast food place down the road, not in Barcode. From what I've read, the guy that owned up wasn't even in Barcode that night? Besides, the bouncers are strict enough (When they want to be) and wont let a load of toe-rags in.

Now, I avoid places like Hillbillies like the plague. It's the equivalent to going to Abrakebabra or any other food place beside a nightclubs/pub after a night out. Only the people who've had WAY too much are bothered with them and this leads to trouble alot of the time no matter where it is.

starbelgrade · 16-10-2009 01:16AM

Rondolfus wrote: »

How is Barcode Fairview still open???

If anybody isn’t familiar with this club, its basically a Dublin club that caters for scum between the ages of 15-22. Opened in Fairview Park (no less) it has been the scourge of surrounding areas for years. Every weekend it attracts crowds of the Dublin sub-species from both North and South of the liffey. One who is unfortunate enough to wonder into the club on a Friday/Saturday night would be forgiven for thinking they walked into a convention for the Jeremy Kyle show. Give these “people” cheap booze and you can imagine the results.

Residents in local areas Clontarf and Marino have been campaigning to get the club closed on account of it not having a proper licence but primarily for the fact that the people who attend it cause major disturbances in the surrounding areas.

See link

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/bar-code-may-have-to-be-torn-down-1481305.html

Vomit, public urination, scum copulating in public, and serious assaults are routine.

Tragically a young man was kicked to death outside last Saturday. RIP

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/chased-then-kicked-to-death-1913012.html

Does anybody know this club?? More to the point does anybody know why this club is still open when it was clearly in breach of planning rules?? Even Clontarf police want it closed!

I don't know this club. Sounds like any other club of it's type tbh. Kids will always flock to them, get p*ssed, have sex, p*ss on the streets & get into fights.

Such is life. We were all young, dumb & full of it once upon a time.

But calling people "sub-species" and inferring that they are not "people" is just a tad high-horsed. Yeah - some kids are ignorant, stupid & some are even dangerous, but they all belong to the same race that you belong to.

Unless you are Martian... in which case - welcome to earth, may I suggest to relocate to a rural area where these nightclubs are miles away from your earthly home.

Super-Rush · 16-10-2009 02:43AM

Dave! wrote: »

Was there several times and never had trouble

My mate was clamped there recently though. BURN IT DOWN!!!!!!

He should have parked elsewhere

Executive Steve · 16-10-2009 03:29AM

sock puppet wrote: »

Why on earth hoards of people from Tallaght, an area which is pretty damn hard to get to from clontarf, go to barcode every weekend? It actually attracts people primarily from, wait for it, Clontarf! Maybe it's just the circles I socialise in but anyone I've ever talked to there has been from a "respectable" area.

Welcome to boards.ie, you must be new here - anyone under the age of 23 is a violent scumbag who is dragging our country and our society into ruin, and simultaneously justifying everyone's unwillingness to do anything but sit at a computer safely eating takeaway pizza in the dark complaining how the streets (which they only see in the morning on the way to work or in the evening on the way home to post on boards) are running red with rivers of blood from gang warfare and adolescent alcopop-vomit.

congo_90 · 16-10-2009 03:43AM

god rest his soul. A work collegue is a close friend of his. I learnt the story and regardless of what happened its still a sad thought to hear of a person beaten to death

The_Kew_Tour · 16-10-2009 05:13AM

its all about the €€€€ and once thats round no place will be closed no matter how rough

.... · 16-10-2009 06:22AM

congo_90 wrote: »

god rest his soul. A work collegue is a close friend of his. I learnt the story and regardless of what happened its still a sad thought to hear of a person beaten to death

so there is more to this story ?
he did something to provoke the attack ?

Xavi6 · 16-10-2009 06:33AM

Does anyone know what school the victim was in? My house back home is just around the corner from where his family home is described but the name doesn't ring a bell.

The_B_Man · 16-10-2009 06:44AM

was there once with a few friends. went coz was tryin to get into some girls knickers.
friend of hers was there. she was etiher 17 or just gone 18. she was pregnant, was smoking, drinkin WKD and offerend me the baby when it was born, saying she didnt want it.

i ended up gettin a slap in the face off her for telling her off (started off hiding the smokes, then i crushed box in front of her, then kept at her about the baby). her mate wasnt impressed either! needless to say i left it at that!

but i suppose that coulda happened any bar we happened to be in.

the funny thing was all the kids running around, like i mean young kids around 10. it gave the impression it was a family oriented place, but all you had to do was look around to see otherwise.

Miss Sunshine · 16-10-2009 07:25AM

Rondolfus wrote: »

Our legal system is forcing the public to become vigilantes becuase it won't dish out proper justice, and the scum are running wild.

Well said. I couldn't agree more. What happened to this poor kid is absolutely tragic and the law won't punish him. 1st time offender, he's young, blah blah blah. In my opinion, if you possess so much anger that you can kick somebody to death without at any stage being able to stop yourself you are in serious need of help and will re-ofend. Lock him up and offer him much needed help.

sock puppet · 16-10-2009 10:29AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Does anyone know what school the victim was in? My house back home is just around the corner from where his family home is described but the name doesn't ring a bell.

I Think he left Castleknock Community College a few years ago. I don't know him though so not totally sure.

How is Barcode Fairview still open???

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