permanent ice rink

cena · 20-02-2015 10:33PM #1

So ireland is the only country in Europe without a permanent ice rick for all year round sport etc.

Would you use it if Ireland a rink all year round?

Not the ones that popup for the Christmas.

Sheep Lover · 20-02-2015 10:35PM

Just dump a load of water into Offaly and freeze it, it's in the centre of Ireland (kinda) and there's fcuk all there bar inbreeding and yokels that smell like cabbage.

Woshy · 20-02-2015 10:35PM

Is there not one in Dolphin's Barn? Or is that gone Now?

cena · 20-02-2015 10:37PM

Woshy wrote: »

Is there not one in Dolphin's Barn? Or is that gone Now?

That in San try. If so its long gone

antodeco · 20-02-2015 10:37PM

Woshy wrote: »

Is there not one in Dolphin's Barn? Or is that gone Now?

That's gone about 20 years!

Charlestown shopping centre in Finglas had one for a while, but they closed it down to build a cinema. The closest all year one is up in Belfast.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

Is there any hope of the one in Dundalk opening up again?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

Once it's a type of nudey ice rink with a spacious and well catered viewing platform/terrace I will vote yes to your referendum.

Dymo · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

Too many claims, too much hassle for promoters

Woshy · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

antodeco wrote: »

That's gone about 20 years!

Charlestown shopping centre in Finglas had one for a while, but they closed it down to build a cinema. The closest all year one is up in Belfast.

20 years :eek:

I iz old

antodeco · 20-02-2015 10:39PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is there any hope of the one in Dundalk opening up again?

Apparently its close proximity (!) To Belfast didn't make sense to the organisers.

cena · 20-02-2015 10:41PM

The national hockey team have leave Ireland to train in Belfast. That is wrong.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-02-2015 10:41PM

yes lets build an ice rink instead of a childrens hospital

The Backwards Man · 20-02-2015 10:41PM

I wouldn't worry too much about it, we have only one less than Iceland.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-02-2015 10:43PM

cena wrote: »

The national hockey team have leave Ireland to train in Belfast. That is wrong.

maybe they should have thought of that before they formed a fcuking team

triple nipple · 20-02-2015 10:44PM

Woshy wrote:

Is there not one in Dolphin's Barn? Or is that gone Now?

That's a spar now

JuliusCaesar · 20-02-2015 10:45PM

it is really strange. All through my youth - 70's 80s -there were 2 ice-skating rinks in Dublin. One in Dolphins Barn, one in Phibsborough. Now there are none.

cena · 20-02-2015 10:46PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

maybe they should have thought of that before they formed a fcuking team

Bad attitude

20-02-2015 10:48PM

I thought there was one in Dundalk?

Anyway, would be great. Those Christmas ones are generally sh*te. And cost a fortune! There is a permanent ice rink near my Dad's house in France, €2 for a day pass! And always Ice Hockey on there.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-02-2015 10:48PM

At night in the late 80's attending Dolphins Barn rink was like trying to get in and out of Bartertown

cena · 20-02-2015 10:50PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

I thought there was one in Dundalk?

Anyway, would be great. Those Christmas ones are generally sh*te. And cost a fortune! There is a permanent ice rink near my Dad's house in France, €2 for a day pass! And always Ice Hockey on there.

Closed near 5 years ago

Fratton Fred · 20-02-2015 11:00PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

maybe they should have thought of that before they formed a fcuking team

it's a good job the Jamaican bobsleigh team aren't put off by such trivial matters.

Sheep Lover · 20-02-2015 11:02PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it's a good job the Jamaican bobsleigh team aren't put off by such trivial matters.

They done really well in that competition after didn't they?

Oh well, it's the "taking part that counts". Like the Special Olympics

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-02-2015 11:03PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it's a good job the Jamaican bobsleigh team aren't put off by such trivial matters.

and how did they get on Freddie?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 20-02-2015 11:07PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I wouldn't worry too much about it, we have only one less than Iceland.

But Iceland has a smaller population than Cork.

The_Valeyard · 20-02-2015 11:10PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

But Iceland doesn't even have the same population as Cork.

Still have more volcanos than us.

FanadMan · 21-02-2015 07:01AM

There is one in Letterkenny - it's only a synthetic rink (whatever that is)

http://www.centurycinemas.ie/article.php?sec=ICE&articleId=2827

FluffyAngel · 21-02-2015 07:34AM

Recycled joe duffy topic=moral indignation =campaign for ice rink=blame the goverment+ Irish water=hell freezes over = you got an ice rink

See the well worn path you have to take op

thats 250,000 consultants fee please

Capt'n Midnight · 22-02-2015 12:17AM

FanadMan wrote: »

There is one in Letterkenny - it's only a synthetic rink (whatever that is)

Woeful sheet of plastic , you can't dig in to slow/ stop like real ice and lots more friction so you can't exactly glide.

http://isai.ie/about/history/

1980 when the Dublin Ice Rink opened in a converted cinema in Dolphin’s Barn Rialto, an area on the southside of Dublin city. The rink surface was small, a mere third the size of an Olympic rink

...
Two years later, a second rink opened in the capital. The Silver Skate Ice Rink was located in Phibsborough on the northside of the city.

Atlantic Dawn · 22-02-2015 12:20AM

They need to figure out how claims and injuries on the ice are covered in other countries, then open one here. At the moment if someone caught a cold on the ice they could sue.

conorh91 · 22-02-2015 12:21AM

Is the OP Joe Duffy?

Heard this sh1te on the the radio during the week. We're definitely in recovery when the Great Unwashed are up in arms over a lack of figure-skating amenities.

What next? Lack of ballet studios with full-length mirror facilities?

Guy:Incognito · 22-02-2015 12:28AM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it's a good job the Jamaican bobsleigh team aren't put off by such trivial matters.

And which of Jamaicas bobsleigh tracks do they train on?

I'll give you a hint, its in Wyoming.

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