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€1.3 million to build the Dáil's sweetshop

  • 28-06-2013 03:39PM
    #1
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    So, the Dáil sweetshop is now closing, having been opened in 2007 by Bertie the Bastard. No big deal. However, it cost €1.3 million to build that tiny smurf house. €1.3 million. A tiny sweetshop, tiny - this.

    Leinster House sweet shop shuts

    Somewhere deep in the smithy of my soul there are words for this... somewhere. Mostly, I feel ineffably nauseous.


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  • #2
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Holy Christ....Dostoevsky is stuck for words....


  • #3
    lkionm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    Imagine all the penny jellies you could get for that


  • #4
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Ahhhhh! Misread the thread title as "€1.3 million to build the Dáil's SWEATSHOP"

    Disappointed now, thought we might actually be getting some work out of those wasters. :(


  • #5
    Gabriel Sticky Soul
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Gabriel Sticky Soul


    It was located in the backarse of nowhere, too.


  • #6
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was located in the backarse of nowhere, too.


    ....because of the glass walls, the heat meant that the chocolate therein would be goo on any day with a bit of sun, apparently.


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  • #7
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Dostoevsky wrote: »
    So, the Dáil sweetshop is now closing, having been opened in 2007 by Bertie the Bastard. No big deal. However, it cost €1.3 million to build that tiny smurf house. €1.3 million. A tiny sweetshop, tiny - this.

    Leinster House sweet shop shuts

    Somewhere deep in the smithy of my soul there are words for this... somewhere. Mostly, I feel ineffably nauseous.

    Are you giving out because it was closed or because it was opened in the first place?
    If its the latter....well..stable doors and horses come to mind.


  • #8
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Can't think of any sweet puns,

    Sugar.


  • #9
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Can't think of any sweet puns,

    Sugar.


    Mmmmmm, sweet sweet puns....drool.


  • #10
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    Nodin wrote: »
    ....because of the glass walls, the heat meant that the chocolate therein would be goo on any day with a bit of sun, apparently.

    Irish stupidity at it's best..


  • #11
    Marsden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Marsden


    Did the 1.3 mil include the sweets?


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  • #12
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It takes Allsorts, doesn't it?


  • #13
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    I'd say they're bitter about that


    Why did the dail need a sweetshop in the first place? Aren't are politicians sweet enough?


  • #14
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    lkionm wrote: »
    Imagine all the penny jellies you could get for that

    2cents a jelly

    you could get 650,000 ..no need to imagine ;)


  • #15
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,037 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I remember this when it was built. There has to be some corrupt dealings there as even in the boom the cost was out of line with what was acceptable even at that stage.
    I am a construction engineer and I can see no valid reason for the costs.


  • #16
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    Chucken wrote: »
    Are you giving out because it was closed or because it was opened in the first place?

    Its cost, clearly. It's no big deal that it's closed (the staff has been transferred to other jobs). That it cost 1.3 million to build a very small sweetshop defies belief on so many levels.


  • #17
    donegal_road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭donegal_road


    and they refused to release €9 million needed to keep wards open at Crumlin Children's Hospital in 2009.


  • #18
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,037 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    looking_around wrote: »
    2cents a jelly

    you could get 650,000 ..no need to imagine ;)

    You might want to check the maths there.


  • #19
    Staff Infection
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Staff Infection


    But where will James Reilly buy his candy cigarettes now?


  • #20
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    Losing money hand over fist since Cowen, O'Donoghue and Harney left.


  • #21
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Wow, how on earth could that have cost €1.3 million- that's just madness.


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  • #22
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Sergeant wrote: »
    Losing money hand over fist since Cowen, O'Donoghue and Harney left.

    Surely Reilly made up for some of the shortfall?
    Have profits in the bar dipped at all?


  • #23
    kupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    I wonder which friend of a friend of a friend got to build this one. Treasury holding maybe?


  • #24
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Dostoevsky wrote: »
    Its cost, clearly. It's no big deal that it's closed (the staff has been transferred to other jobs). That it cost 1.3 million to build a very small sweetshop defies belief on so many levels.

    I totally agree with you but whats the point in talking about it now?


  • #25
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Wow, how on earth could that have cost €1.3 million-...............

    Good question.....


  • #26
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    Boombastic wrote: »
    Surely Reilly made up for some of the shortfall?
    Have profits in the bar dipped at all?

    Reilly prefers burritos from Pablo Picante on Baggot Street. Doesn't have a sweet tooth.


  • #27
    jobeenfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭jobeenfitz


    Rightly so. Those men and women work hard and are more than entitled to their little comforts. I hope something lavish is built to replace it.


  • #28
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Stands as a memory over how the fat cats weren't shy any expense, on themselves..


  • #29
    lintdrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭lintdrummer


    mickdw wrote: »
    You might want to check the maths there.

    Indeed. So in new money one could have purchased 650,000,000 penny sweets. But by my calculations in punts one could have bought 1,028,822,000 penny sweets.
    I think this is as good a demonstration as any of how much the nation has been taking it up Bournville road from our supreme overlords!


  • #30
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    For that price, i assume thats just the glass elevator that takes you down to willy wonkas chocolate factory.


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  • #31
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    mickdw wrote: »
    You might want to check the maths there.

    It's leinster house maths ;)


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