What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

wow sierra · 15-07-2014 09:48PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Yep, venue was a disaster, there were cars parked along the motorway as no one could get near the venue, and the rain was crazy. I only know because I was at a GAA match in Mullingar that day and saw it on the way back, honest

This famous game with then World Champions Italy in 1985 also springs to mind.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/history/irish-football-time-capsule/dalymount-mayhem-ireland-v-italy-1985/

That match in Dalymount was my first and remains one of my favourite internationals ever. Amazing reading the report - thanks. I was just moved to Dublin and a gang of us went. I wasn't one of the ones who had to sit on the pitch but my sister was but to be honest I don't remember any of it being such a big deal. Yeah it was a bit dodgy but we had a great night in the Gravediggers afterwards. Also was the game where we had the privilege of seeing Paul McGrath's first game for Ireland.

The real cultural clusterfxxk when in comes to Irish Internationals is the time the FAI started forcing people to buy tickets for all Friendlies in order to get tickets for Competitive games. It stopped a lot of the old traditional following from going. That and the ridiculous prices has ruined the atmosphere at Ireland games. Bring back the good old Dalymount crush days

andyman · 15-07-2014 09:51PM

Mary Harney being becoming the Health Minister

wow sierra · 15-07-2014 09:51PM

cml387 wrote: »

For those of a certain age. Self Aid.

Yeah it was a stupid idea. Mind you the footage of the concert on YouTube is like a who's who of great Irish bands of the mid 80s.

Birneybau · 15-07-2014 09:56PM

andyman wrote: »

Mary Harney being becoming the Health Minister

The thread is about cultural events, not agricultural.

emo72 · 15-07-2014 10:00PM

cml387 wrote: »

For those of a certain age. Self Aid.

remember the song? lets make it work?

Ralf and Florian · 15-07-2014 10:08PM

gugleguy wrote: »

The Gathering.

I' m now expecting a slew of angry indignant pms as well as rants against me on this thread.:pac:

You can say that again.Kept hearing about the bloody thing but saw no evidence that anything specific was put on for it.

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 10:25PM

andyman wrote: »

Mary Harney being becoming the Health Minister

Wrong thread.

Shakespeare's Sister · 15-07-2014 10:38PM

bobrawn20 wrote: »

Well considering the guy charged with the stabbing is the one responsible for 7 of them then yeah.. And .1% would be 45 people.

I'm sure it was enjoyable for lots of people as there was a huge crowd and the gutter press tends to exaggerate, but to say only two or three people caused trouble is really dishonest.

bobrawn20 · 15-07-2014 10:39PM

Magaggie wrote: »

I'm sure it was enjoyable for lots of people as there was a huge crowd and the gutter press tends to exaggerate, but to say only two or three people caused trouble is really dishonest.

Right so, well it was .1% or less that caused trouble. It was the nature of the trouble caused that led to such coverage of it.

DoozerT6 · 15-07-2014 10:49PM

I'm ok folks - I've got my OmniGogs.

banie01 · 15-07-2014 10:50PM

Can't believe we're 70 posts in and noone has mentioned the Limerick City of Culture!
A total shambles, that descended into cronyism and shambles before it ever even got started.
The NYE concert to kick it off was a disaster and many of the other events were just as poorly planned and organized.
Hopefully the remaining events will improve my view of the year but as it stands almost every event I've attended has been a disappointment.

Shakespeare's Sister · 15-07-2014 10:52PM

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I'm ok folks - I've got my OmniGogs.

A little late for Lenny. :-/

hatrickpatrick · 15-07-2014 10:57PM

That year when we didn't even qualify for Eurovision with Dustin's "Irelande douze points", and then when it came to Ireland's turn to give points for other songs Dana proclaimed "Welcome to Dublin, the spiritual home of Eurovision"

R P McMurphy · 15-07-2014 11:11PM

baaba maal wrote: »

People, we losing focus here-

Ok, this is definitely stretching it in terms of culture, but Samantha Fox's appearance at a promotional event and then mauling by alcohol-fuelled "fans" and the subsequent Sunday tabloid headline "Sexy Sam Mauled by Cavan Cavemen".

I can't believe I googled this and the only reference to it was a case study in a book on gender politices (my, we've come a long way!!).

I trust I'm not the only person to remember this incident?

I have heard of the incident. That it occured in the white horse in cootehill but was actually carried out by fellas from monaghan. This has led to decades of bitterness between the two counties

foxy farmer · 15-07-2014 11:16PM

Not so much a cultural event but anway Cabin Fever the reality tv show. Sailing vessel with 16? Competitors on board sets sail around Ireland. After a few days it hits rock off northwest coast. Coastguard airlifts those on board to safety. Big hoo haa over what was going on before collision. Can't recall if vessel sank.

tomwaterford · 15-07-2014 11:16PM

andyman wrote: »

Mary Harney being becoming the Health Minister

Biffo being health minister:pac::pac:

thelad95 · 15-07-2014 11:28PM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Not so much a cultural event but anway Cabin Fever the reality tv show. Sailing vessel with 16? Competitors on board sets sail around Ireland. After a few days it hits rock off northwest coast. Coastguard airlifts those on board to safety. Big hoo haa over what was going on before collision. Can't recall if vessel sank.

It was surprising nobody died on that thing, what a stupid idea for a show. There was only two qualified sailors with the contestants, both of whom were foreign and unfamiliar with the rough Irish sea. There's a couple of funny things about the sinking of the ship, according to Wikipedia, it's name had been changed prior to sailing which apparently is bad luck and of course it sank on Friday the 13th.

15-07-2014 11:32PM

Adamantium wrote: »

I'll tell you a cultural thing...

Amazing how the mass graves of 800 babies in Galway had vanished from the national conversation, gone.

Last article about it, was about a month ago on the web.

There wasn't 800 babies......

4Sticks · 15-07-2014 11:39PM

A cultural event that never was - millennium Near Years Eve in Dublin.

For months leading up to it all we could hear on TV and Radio was how much more we all pay that night for booze , for taxis for nightclubs etc.

It was really really going to cost us all. And all the businesses and all the staff were deserving of cost x 3 because "it was only fair after all".

Except hardly anybody got to rake it in - the punters were all scared off and unlike in so many other cities NYE 2K was a non event in BAC.

sunbeam · 16-07-2014 12:00AM

4Sticks wrote: »

A cultural event that never was - millennium Near Years Eve in Dublin.

For months leading up to it all we could hear on TV and Radio was how much more we all pay that night for booze , for taxis for nightclubs etc.

It was really really going to cost us all. And all the businesses and all the staff were deserving of cost x 3 because "it was only fair after all".

Except hardly anybody got to rake it in - the punters were all scared off and unlike in so many other cities NYE 2K was a non event in BAC.

Not to mention the 'live' millennium solstice coverage from Newgrange a week earlier which IIRC seemed to consist mostly of a panel talking and little actual coverage from the site itself.

hidinginthebush · 16-07-2014 12:14AM

Slipknot being banned from playing back in 2000 (maybe 2001?) comes to mind here. The parents council had them banned for absurd reasons, inciting hatred etc. Ironically they supported Metallica in 2003 in the RDS with little complaint.

ThisRegard · 16-07-2014 12:17AM

emo72 wrote: »

To the poster who said the Garth brooks concerts weren't a "cultural event" would "culchie ral event" be a more accurate description?

Also I remember back in the eighties or early nineties radio 2 FM was having a "spectacular laser show" in Dublin city and the idea was to go to the mountains or somewhere high up and tune into the radio station and listen to the music synced with the lasers. Except the lasers didn't work and we were all stick up mountains.

Wow, I just remembered that now. Mostly due to the stuck up the mountain bit!

Tail Docker · 16-07-2014 12:22AM

E voting, PPars.

EoghanIRL · 16-07-2014 01:24AM

When Tom cruise was presented with a heritage award or something like that when he visited Ireland

HurtLocker · 16-07-2014 01:45AM

The day Obamas limo got stuck leaving the US embassy here was a fck up.

Tubirdy with the Anchorman cast was a recent television cringe event.

_Whimsical_ · 16-07-2014 01:48AM

foxy farmer wrote: »

Not so much a cultural event but anway Cabin Fever the reality tv show.

If Garth Brooks concert is now elevated to the status of "cultural event" then Canin Fever counts as one too.

creolebelle · 16-07-2014 01:48AM

gugleguy wrote: »

The Gathering.

I' m now expecting a slew of angry indignant pms as well as rants against me on this thread.:pac:

I remember gabriel byrne going off in the press about this

_Whimsical_ · 16-07-2014 01:49AM

The time we bored the bejaysus out of Sasha and Malea Obama on their state visit with our nature walk and diddly iddly river dance show that was cool 15 years ago.

Samsgirl · 16-07-2014 01:57AM

Amanda Brunker. Oxegen 2011.

cactuspaw · 16-07-2014 01:58AM

This years IFTAs, oh lord, what a mess that was...

What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

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