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What should Ireland have?

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    #92
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    Katie Hopkins, give me women like that instead of Miriam big bird O'Callaghan any day!


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    #93
    323
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    topper75 wrote: »
    There may have been seasonal fish gluts sure, but few hungry consecutive weeks puts you in jeopardy. Whether fish or potatoes, it is not just a question of harvest, but also storage/preservation.

    I presume the Scottish drying was the North Sea coast. Cold and dry - perfect for air drying. West of Ireland not so much.

    For preserving mainly used smoking, salting and pickling. Many of the fishing and preserving techniques were actually introduced to Scotland from Ireland in the 1700's.
    As A Tyrant Named Miltiades! said we did have a fishing industry. Quite a lucrative one too, as far back as the 18th century. Intiatives were first setup in the mid 1700's to develop fishing, buildings, training, subsidies for exports and levies on imported fish products, etc
    It did have periods ups and down though for various reasons, cycles of fish stocks, emigration and various uprisings.

    Look around the coast and islands and you can still find the old stone smoking houses. Lots of old photos around harbor pubs still from the mid 1800's showing the stacks of thousands of barrels of herring and spratt (pilchard) and other fish, sailing ships in the harbors taking these products abroad, to the continent and the USA.

    We have the best fishing grounds in the world, bar none. Why we never developed it properly after independence? then gave it away? Same reasons we scrapped what was then the most advanced public transport/tram system in the world, rather than develop it further or even take it underground.
    Plus some of the other things we should have in Ireland but don't.
    Political incompetence, shortsightedness and cronyism ?? I dono

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



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    #94
    Vandango
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    ClovenHoof wrote: »
    Dublin is not a major city

    Fyp...:pac:. By major cities people mean Paris, New York, London, Tokyo ect. Dublin is a pretty small city by major city standards.


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    #95
    316
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    Hooters


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    #96
    NotYourYear20
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    Hills30 wrote: »
    What should Ireland have?

    A government looking after its the people and not the Banksters, would be a nice place to start.


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    #97
    Fratton Fred
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    Vandango wrote: »
    Fyp...:pac:. By major cities people mean Paris, New York, London, Tokyo ect. Dublin is a pretty small city by major city standards.

    It's bigger than Newcastle though, which does have a metro.


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    #98
    Sever Tomorrow
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    the groutch wrote: »
    there used to be one, but they were dumb enough to put it on Grafton Street.
    no chance they were ever going to cover Grafton St. rents selling donuts.
    There were branches in some petrol stations too.


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    #99
    BoJack Horseman
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    It's bigger than Newcastle though, which does have a metro.

    As does Dublin


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    #100
    jobbridge4life
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    the groutch wrote: »
    there used to be one, but they were dumb enough to put it on Grafton Street.
    no chance they were ever going to cover Grafton St. rents selling donuts.

    Well there is a ice cream parlor on Grafton St now so....


    And there were dunkin donuts in other locations including in UCD.


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    #101
    Flippyfloppy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭Flippyfloppy


    Indoor ski slopes like in the emirates
    Ice skating rinks
    Olympic size swimming pools
    Proper football clubs & dare I say players
    More restaurant laden harbors and promenades
    Less skobiness & beating up tourists
    On time public transport
    Less of the smart attitude
    Better weather
    Less clouds
    Youth activities for all youths
    More non denominational schools
    Walt Disney parks
    Better TV stations with less cheap corny sets & shows
    Whales


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    #102
    Yurt2
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    psinno wrote: »
    They also have twice the GDP Ireland does.

    Bilbao then, smaller city than Dublin, probably no where near where Dublin is in economic output.

    We're allowed have nice things too you know.

    I wonder is it our austere beetroot and cabbage fed upbringings that makes us think we cant dream big.

    'Them fancy under the ground railroad carriages aren't for us, we don't deserve such things. All them bad things we've done, we shouldn't be having proper transport'


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    #103
    Hazys
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Seafood resetaurants.

    Seafood takeaways by the sea side.

    Seafood generally.

    We are an island. Why is seafood so expensive, and why is it not part of our history?

    I read a book on medieval history once which showed that Ireland has never had a fond relationship with seafood, not even after food preservation techniques were acquired.

    Skibbereen was a mortality black-spot during the Great Famine. 10,000 bodies are buried in its famine cemetary, despite the fact that the fish were jumping out of the river and conditions were suitable for fishing.

    Why does Ireland not have a seafood culture?

    "You will pay the price if you are a hussy eater" - Alan Partridge

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gfjpcgZmw


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    #104
    Yurt2
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    The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city0) rank Dublin as an Alpha minus global city alongside places like Melbourne, Boston, Taipei, Prague and Atlanta. Not bad company. And It's ahead of places like Rome, Vancouver and Tel Aviv. It's nonsense to suggest that Dublin couldn't support a metro. It would make it such a much more livable place and would spur on further economic growth like never before.


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    #105
    pajor
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    Jonti wrote: »
    Milo is available here. The Chinese Supermarket at the top of Henry Street in Limerick has plenty of it.

    Mr Bells in The English Market has it too.


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    #106
    L'Enfer du Nord
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    Yurt! wrote: »
    Bilbao then, smaller city than Dublin, probably no where near where Dublin is in economic output.

    We're allowed have nice things too you know.

    I wonder is it our austere beetroot and cabbage fed upbringings that makes us think we cant dream big.

    'Them fancy under the ground railroad carriages aren't for us, we don't deserve such things. All them bad things we've done, we shouldn't be having proper transport'

    Visiting various European cities with Irish people I've actually noticed a marked reluctance to use public transport, undergrounds in particular. This is medium sized cities like Vienna, Budapest, Marsielles rather than London, Paris where you have no choice really.


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    #107
    SpatialPlanning
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    Political transparency - politicians who are held accountable for their actions and lose their jobs for poor performance.
    A move away from party politics.
    More interconnected public transport with fully integrated ticketing.
    Pedestrianised urban centres with high permeability for both pedestrians and cyclists. Also, cycle lane integration with all new and upgraded routes.
    A developed marine tourism network (getting better at this).
    Free WiFi in urban centres.
    Chipotle.
    Planning regulations stating that rooftops in urban areas must have alternative purposes (eco friendly). Rooftops are probably the biggest wastes of space in cities.
    Paternity leave.
    Less xenophobia.


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    #108
    For Forks Sake
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    Rabbo wrote: »
    I vote for much much lower taxes and much much more services

    To the Magic Money Tree with you!


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    #109
    Cody montana
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    Greggs Bakery...tragically.


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    #110
    Mr_Muffin
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    I am not from Dublin but isn't the Luas supposed to be just like an metro only overground?


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    #111
    IrishWandering
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    High-rise buildings, a new national airline (before Ryanair gets in) and a government that somewhat cares for their citizens. :)


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    #112
    BoJack Horseman
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    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    I am not from Dublin but isn't the Luas supposed to be just like an metro only overground?

    Dublin has a metro running along its coastline (bafflingly forgotton in this thread).

    Luas was not supposed to be a metro substitute..... But it does what it can.


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    #113
    stehyl15
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    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    Dublin has a metro running along its coastline (bafflingly forgotton in this thread).

    I assume your talking about the DART which is not a metro it is suburban rail not an underground metro as it shares track with intercity, regional and freight trains


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    #114
    stehyl15
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    IrishWandering wrote: »
    High-rise buildings, a new national airline (before Ryanair gets in) and a government that somewhat cares for their citizens. :)

    So putting people up in tiny squats is caring for citizens


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    #115
    darkpagandeath
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    Monorail....

    dammit beaten to it..


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    #116
    SMJSF
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭SMJSF


    Wal-Mart.
    Macy's.
    Sears.
    Target.
    Never been to America, but it sounds like shops I'd love!

    Sepora.

    John Lewis.


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    #117
    Not a NSA agent
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    More all you can eat places.


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    #118
    bur
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    A motorway for the west of Ireland.

    Wouldn't lead directly to Dublin though so, you know, why bother.


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    #119
    Wompa1
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    Decent healthcare /thread


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    #120
    Bayberry
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    Yurt! wrote: »
    Them fancy under the ground railroad carriages aren't for us, we don't deserve such things. All them bad things we've done, we shouldn't be having proper transport'

    If you want to have that sort of stuff in Dublin, you'll have to start electing Dubliners to the Dáil. When the Minister for Transport is from Roscommon or Limerick, the priorities are going to be different.


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    #121
    mikemac1
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    Bayberry wrote: »
    If you want to have that sort of stuff in Dublin, you'll have to start electing Dubliners to the Dáil. When the Minister for Transport is from Roscommon or Limerick, the priorities are going to be different.

    The minister for transport is from Dublin ;)

    Paschal Donohue

    And before him was the bould Leo Vardakar and Pat Carey

    Before that the Minister for Snow Noel Dempsey was from Meath so not far away

    It's not like there are no Dubs in the cabinet!


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