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  • #2102
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Meathlass wrote: »
    I can answer the question for this woman.

    We have no money to do any of these things. The National Museum and Heritage Council haven't a penny between them. I'm not saying it's right but that's the way it is.

    Also the mania for doing up every derelict and historic building is unreal.

    Utter tripe.


  • #2103
    Roger_007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    Stand by. Tears imminent!


  • #2104
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Pc7, if I were you I'd give up now and podcast Tug o War Talk and report back to us by the end of the show!


  • #2105
    Fujitsu10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭Fujitsu10


    An Claidheamh wrote: »
    I'd love to go there if Vincent Browne was giving the talk!

    Seriously though, painting ourselves as cultural and then charging people a fiver to step into the tower?

    Museums are meant to be free. Do these people not realise they sound like gombeens?

    I visited Nottingham Castle in England which is a Museum about 2 weeks ago and was charged £5.00 to go in.
    Come to think of it maybe that was the reason Robin Hood disliked the Sheriff!!


  • #2106
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Stand by. Tears imminent!

    Don't think she'll crack too easily, Joe might have his work cut out for him here. Assuming he's even listening of course.


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  • #2107
    An Claidheamh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭An Claidheamh


    Meathlass wrote: »
    In fairness, you won't get the same numbers willing to pay a fee as are now visiting for free so you can't do a cost analysis on that basis.

    People often say open up Skull Island, bring back the Railways, etc for specific tourists yet never mention the cost benefit analysis, when we all know we'd be paying millions for thousands!

    Pseudo-tourist experts seem to be everywhere these days.


  • #2108
    quinrea01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭quinrea01


    Ass-burgers!!...Bingo!


  • #2109
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Is Guineys still closed too?

    thats gone isnt it ?

    closed up for good last year IIRC.


  • #2110
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    quinrea01 wrote: »
    Ass-burgers!!...Bingo!

    It's much better when Joe says it in Dubalinese.


  • #2111
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    constitutionus wrote: »

    closed up for good last year IIRC.

    hopefully


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  • #2112
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    Fujitsu10 wrote: »
    I visited Nottingham Castle in England which is a Museum about 2 weeks ago and was charged £5.00 to go in.
    Come to think of it maybe that was the reason Robin Hood disliked the Sheriff!!


    Im pretty sure were fairly unique in not charging into things like museums.

    the yanks love it anyway from what theyve been telling me


  • #2113
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    de most vulnerable


  • #2114
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    We need to add "the most vulnerable" to the bingo card.
    Along with "are you making this up?"


  • #2115
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    constitutionus wrote: »
    thats gone isnt it ?

    closed up for good last year IIRC.
    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    hopefully


    So, which Guineys is closing down?

    http://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/

    These dudes are still going....

    http://michaelguineys.ie/


  • #2116
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.


  • #2117
    An Claidheamh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭An Claidheamh


    He said that autistic students need to be integrated into schools...

    ...but am I right in thinking that many parents of autistic children don't want them in mainstream schools? I've always wondered about this.


  • #2118
    Meathlass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Meathlass


    An Claidheamh wrote: »
    People often say open up Skull Island, bring back the Railways, etc for specific tourists yet never mention the cost benefit analysis, when we all know we'd be paying millions for thousands!

    Pseudo-tourist experts seem to be everywhere these days.

    Well I don't agree that Heritage sites have to be profit making but you have to do some sort of analysis on them or your figures will be all wrong e.g. Every time I'm in Dublin I pop into the National Museum of Archaeology, sometimes for only 5 mins to look at my favourite artefacts. I invariably come out with a new book, costing €10 or more. I wouldn't go in so often if I had to pay €3 each time though. It's a psychological thing.

    These are long term questions that the various heritage bodies need to sort out on a country/regional/county level and target and build up specific areas they want to focus on. The problem, like most things in Ireland, is the level of fragmentation of state bodies with responsibility for these things.


  • #2119
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    vicwatson wrote: »
    So, which Guineys is closing down?

    http://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/

    Who cares?


  • #2120
    An Claidheamh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭An Claidheamh


    constitutionus wrote: »
    Im pretty sure were fairly unique in not charging into things like museums.

    the yanks love it anyway from what theyve been telling me

    I always thought that was always mentioned about Dublin anyway, the national museum, gallery were free.


  • #2121
    Degringola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 415 ✭✭Degringola


    I can't help thinking that if public servants took a pay cut down to average European levels then the most vulnerable would not have to go without.
    But those holiday homes don't pay for themselves. Maybe I'm too cynical.


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  • #2122
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.

    He might get another in yet, he usually has 2 between 14:50 and 15:00


  • #2123
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    The point is there is zero commercial advertisers in that ad break


  • #2124
    An Claidheamh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭An Claidheamh


    What the hell are they talking about!

    Any secondary school I know has a half day on Wednesday or Friday.

    What's so difficult about that.


  • #2125
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.

    theres our tax euros at work !

    :D


  • #2126
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Me father, me mother, me sister, me brother, oh no, no brother


  • #2127
    Meathlass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Meathlass


    She can't believe it's derelict ... but she last visited it 40 years ago!


  • #2128
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Shock and horror.

    Wouldn't want to be in a real emergency situation with this caller.


  • #2129
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Toora a loora bally lee


  • #2130
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,829 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    An enormous key?


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  • #2131
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Get the lads in Tog to pick the lock for them.


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