Cost of Queen and Obama visits worries Irish police

Jagle · 12-04-2011 03:24PM

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

These state visits are a huge drain on resources, as if it wasn't bad enough that places like Limerick are draining a disproportionate amount of their budget.

your joking right?
dublin is far worse for crime and killings then limerick is buddy
please dont blame one city for draining gardaí resources.

ignorant fool

Hunter Mahan · 12-04-2011 03:31PM

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

These state visits are a huge drain on resources, as if it wasn't bad enough that places like Limerick are draining a disproportionate amount of their budget.

Jagle wrote: »

your joking right?
dublin is far worse for crime and killings then limerick is buddy
please dont blame one city for draining gardaí resources.

ignorant fool

Who blamed one city?

Limerick does drain a disproportionate amount of money and resources relative to it's size and population.

Do I need to explain anything else for you?

Jagle · 12-04-2011 03:36PM

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

Who blamed one city?

Limerick does drain a disproportionate amount of money and resources relative to it's size and population.

Do I need to explain anything else for you?

you did

limerick the 3rd largest city in the country, please show me where over 33% of the funds that gardai receive between dublin cork and limerick, are going directly into combating crime in limerick, i think you need to spend sometime here and stop reading rags

Guill · 12-04-2011 03:36PM

It's actually Corks fault........

RichieC · 12-04-2011 03:44PM

Biggins wrote: »

So flights are effected, business phones are down, etc...
Understandable to some extent but surely a tad too much?

Considering the shame it would bring this country if the US president was killed here I don't think it is. Lizzy too.

Wolfe Tone · 12-04-2011 03:46PM

Obligatory: What Queen is this?

I doubt Obama will enjoy visiting Dublin after Windsors visit, place will be trashed.

iMax · 12-04-2011 03:51PM

I think the tourist board should be contributing greatly to the various costs. Footage of these visits is going to be shown all over the world. There will be tourism benefits (if we do it right).

mikemac · 12-04-2011 03:55PM

Moneygall is right on the Tipperary/Offaly border
Village in Offaly but the GAA pitch is in Tipperary.

They used to vote in Laois Offaly but got moved to the brand new Tipperary North-South Offaly

Either way, I expect to TD's and councillors from both constituencies there and looking for a photo op.

Tipperary and Offaly will both try to claim the place

Fratton Fred · 12-04-2011 03:58PM

Lol at all the republicans convinced Dublin will be trashed.

There will be the same pathetic demonstration as there was outside Croke Park a few years back and that's it.

There may be a lot of people against this visit, but a hell if a lot more who don't want their country to look foolish in front of the worlds media.

Wolfe Tone · 12-04-2011 04:01PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Lol at all the republicans convinced Dublin will be trashed.

There will be the same pathetic demonstration as there was outside Croke Park a few years back and that's it.

There may be a lot of people against this visit, but a hell if a lot more who don't want their country to look foolish in front of the worlds media.

Dont take it seriously, fine.

PeterIanStaker · 12-04-2011 04:02PM

There will also be a lot of fools in the Irish media who would love to see a load of skangers in Celtic jerseys making a show of themselves in Dublin, just like the Love Ulster farce, so they can continue with the postcolonial guilt trip on the rest of us.

Cú Giobach · 12-04-2011 04:04PM

Hello OP where are you.......<<rustle of tumble weed.....and the distant strains of The Sash floating in on the breeze>>

Hunter Mahan · 12-04-2011 04:10PM

Jagle wrote: »

you did

limerick the 3rd largest city in the country, please show me where over 33% of the funds that gardai receive between dublin cork and limerick, are going directly into combating crime in limerick, i think you need to spend sometime here and stop reading rags

I said places "like" Limerick or are you just being obtuse?

If you don't know what I mean when I say "disproportionate" to size and population, then I can't explain it any clearer.
Limerick may be the 3rd biggest city in Ireland, but it's population is relatively small. Yet it cost more to police Limerick last year than it did Cork, as it has for the past number of years.
Limerick got 100 extra Gardai recently, Specialist Units from Dublin are deployed to Limerick constantly. A second Armed Response Unit is to be created for Limerick, I could go on...

Anyway I am not going to derail this thread any further, when I first moved here I lived in Limerick City for a number of years, I only left because of work. It's a beautiful city and good fun. I just thought it important to highlight that.

danbohan · 12-04-2011 04:11PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Lol at all the republicans convinced Dublin will be trashed.

There will be the same pathetic demonstration as there was outside Croke Park a few years back and that's it.

There may be a lot of people against this visit, but a hell if a lot more who don't want their country to look foolish in front of the worlds media.

what really would look foolish in front of the worlds media is her not apologizing to the Irish people for the crimes committed against the Irish people by her country .

have a word , fred

RichieC · 12-04-2011 04:13PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I doubt Obama will enjoy visiting Dublin after Windsors visit, place will be trashed.

Dogs don't even sh*t in their own beds....

Daegerty · 12-04-2011 04:14PM

They shouldnt spend any extra money on bringing more police to these events.

Fellas like OBama should walk the street by themselves just like any of the rest of us would.

If we gave him an old Nissan Almera and he arrived on an ordinary commercial airline nobody would actually believe it was him. He could do whatever he liked without all the palaver and crowds follwing him

yoshytoshy · 12-04-2011 04:15PM

Maybe the garda are worried that other security forces outside Ireland ,will realise how little gards we have.

Fratton Fred · 12-04-2011 04:17PM

danbohan wrote: »

what really would look foolish in front of the worlds media is her not apologizing to the Irish people for the crimes committed against the Irish people by her country .

have a word , fred

Hang on, I'll drop her a text.

ejmaztec · 12-04-2011 04:24PM

Plain-clothed British intelligence officers will probabably outnumber the Guards by about 1000 to one, so €50 will be the bit paid for by the Irish tax-payer.

SHOVELLER · 12-04-2011 04:27PM

Obviously the hope is the future tourist numbers will outweigh all security costs. I hope Moneygall and Shinrone enjoy their time in the spotlight but cant help wondering why the locals would not have cleaned and painted their own town without a US President visiting.

danbohan · 12-04-2011 04:56PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Hang on, I'll drop her a text.

texts are so low class , fred , surprised at you ! , ring her

Wolfe Tone · 12-04-2011 04:56PM

Just send her a call me fred

up for anything · 12-04-2011 05:15PM

RichieC wrote: »

Considering the shame it would bring this country if the US president was killed here I don't think it is. Lizzy too.

I don't know about shame but we'd rake in the tourist money on that tour. Ireland's own grassy knoll.

KeithAFC · 12-04-2011 05:16PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Obligatory: What Queen is this?

I doubt Obama will enjoy visiting Dublin after Windsors visit, place will be trashed.

Why? Why do people have to ruin their own city infront of the world?

Fuhrer · 12-04-2011 05:18PM

I think the most cost effective solution would be to have the secret service protect Obama and let the Queen wander around Dublin on her own.

speedboatchase · 12-04-2011 05:26PM

It's funny how people are so adamant against the Queen's visit but try to hide their actual republican feelings on the subject. Instead they make up the same smokescreen excuses which can easily be batted away:

1. Opposed to the concept of a monarchy - yet they didn't kick up a fuss when Prince Albert visited last week.

2. The Queen's authority over the UK military - yet Obama is Commander-in-chief of the US army and has stepped up operations in Afghanistan and begun a new offensive in Libya. That's alright though because he's a Democrat.

3. The cost of the Queen's visit - even though the UK are our biggest tourist market, nor has the issue of cost ever factored into any other statesperson visiting in recent times

Fuhrer · 12-04-2011 05:27PM

speedboatchase wrote: »

1. Opposed to the concept of a monarchy - yet they didn't kick up a fuss when Prince Albert visited last week.

He did?

speedboatchase · 12-04-2011 05:32PM

Fuhrer wrote: »

He did?

Yup, his fiancee is a nice lady.

KeithAFC · 12-04-2011 05:48PM

11 reasons it would be wrong to trash the city.

No sense to wreck the city based on the visit of an old lady.

Ordering police all over would really stretch the police

Sensible is the only word which comes to mind when it comes to keep good UK relations.

Under no cicumstances will the Irish people in general accept the rioting.

Relationships in N.I will be hurt with the ROI.

Rioting as we seen in 06 done nothing but show a bad picture of some people in dublin.

Enda kenny, do people really want to embarrass him as he is the taoiseach?.

Not worth the money to clean it all up in a times which are tight in the purse.

Debt - Will this not add more debt?

Endless TV coverage all over UK television and the world will be embarrassing.

Republican Sinn Fein, if they take part in the rioting, it will just cost them votes.

sensibleken · 12-04-2011 05:51PM

Does anyone know whos going to deliver the official apology for jedward?

Cost of Queen and Obama visits worries Irish police

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