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Web Summit quits Dublin

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  • #842
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Ouch that didn't look good!

    He was in a tough position though as he was having to answer stuff about what Cosgrave was saying.

    That's why Paddy Cosgrave should have done the interview himself, the wuss.


  • #843
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Wonder that the million is going to be spent on ? Providing transport ? hotel rooms ? I think I have an idea.... Always love the "It's not about money" and then move to a place offering more money...


  • #844
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Who in the name of God pays €700 to attend a conference. Is it primarily employers paying for employees to go?


  • #845
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    That's why Paddy Cosgrave should have done the interview himself, the wuss.

    Well judging by the other guy nearly bursting into tears like a spoilt child May have been a reason he did not do the interview.


  • #846
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Synode wrote: »
    Who in the name of God pays €700 to attend a conference. Is it primarily employers paying for employees to go?
    Easy tax write off for companies. It's an excuse for a day off.


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  • #847
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    According to that rag the Indo Twitter users were up in arms at RTE for the "dreadful" interview. Personally I think Sharon went easy on them, Daire just got tripped up by the spin and ****e they had been feeding the media for the last few months since the Portugal announcement!.


  • #848
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    gandalf wrote: »
    According to that rag the Indo Twitter users were up in arms at RTE for the "dreadful" interview.

    Yesterday the Indo were slating WS over the food. They need to figure out what side of the fence they're on.


  • #849
    my friend
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭my friend


    gandalf wrote: »
    According to that rag the Indo Twitter users were up in arms at RTE for the "dreadful" interview. Personally I think Sharon went easy on them, Daire just got tripped up by the spin and ****e they had been feeding the media for the last few months since the Portugal announcement!.

    Adrian 'ride me paddy Cosgrave' Weckler has his hand in that


  • #850
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    gandalf wrote: »
    According to that rag the Indo Twitter users were up in arms at RTE for the "dreadful" interview. Personally I think Sharon went easy on them, Daire just got tripped up by the spin and ****e they had been feeding the media for the last few months since the Portugal announcement!.

    What's Dreadful about asking why they want the Government to provide a company free stuff ? I mean who thinks Enda saying “how can I help” equates to some ridiculous wish list. Including stuff nothing to do with the Government, Like Wi-Fi, Hotels Free police outriders.


  • #851
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    I think the hypocrisy of do as we say and not as we do is becoming very apparent from the organisers of this event.


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  • #852
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    ringadingding wrote: »
    I work for a company that served food today, the food vendors are fuming too, they had no idea that the food was not included.
    My boss spent the day dealing with 100's and 100's of angry customers who now have a bad taste in their mouth towards us as a brand.
    €8 portions were agreed

    That sucks, sorry to hear that.


  • #853
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Stheno wrote: »
    Tbh that's pretty standard for three days at a conference imo.

    Could you buy a ticket for just one day?

    WS tickets are on sale on DD for the past few weeks for as low as €100 for 3 days. Here's one for €150.. http://www.donedeal.ie/othertickets-for-sale/web-summit-tickets/10667933?offset=15
    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    That's why Paddy Cosgrave should have done the interview himself, the wuss.

    Scared? Realises the world and his dog know the game is up?

    Or just found his sidekick to throw under the bus.


  • #854
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    There's no doubt the Web Summit has garnered lots of media coverage in Ireland over the last few years. You'd have to wonder if Portugal will give anywhere near as much of a sh1t about it. Paddy is well-connected in Ireland, I understand, but does that matter in Portugal?

    Also interesting that the Web Summit is garnering criticism from the Indo, considering that Daire Hickey used to write for them a bit. I suppose 'used' is the key word here. Maybe they thought the media would be on their side? But I guess the released email correspondence speaks for itself.


  • #855
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Red Kev wrote: »
    WS tickets are on sale on DD for the past few weeks for as low as €100 for 3 days. Here's one for €150.. http://www.donedeal.ie/othertickets-for-sale/web-summit-tickets/10667933?offset=15



    Scared? Realises the world and his dog know the game is up?

    Or just found his sidekick to throw under the bus.

    Yup, maybe. Though people are right when they say Hickey is a co-founder and should have been able to field those questions himself. Maybe there's dissatisfaction within the camp.


  • #856
    Carlos Orange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭Carlos Orange


    Red Kev wrote: »
    WS tickets are on sale on DD for the past few weeks for as low as €100 for 3 days. Here's one for €150.. http://www.donedeal.ie/othertickets-for-sale/web-summit-tickets/10667933?offset=15

    I wonder if they are some of the free womens tickets they were handing out.


  • #857
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,155 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I hadn't seen the interviews until now so I've linked to them for others who also did not see them...

    Paddy being interviewed on Nov 3rd
    http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/web-summit-30001731/10487442/

    Daire being interviewed on Nov 3rd
    http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2015/1103/20873496-interview-with-daire-hickey-web-summit-co-founder/


  • #858
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Red Kev wrote: »
    WS tickets are on sale on DD for the past few weeks for as low as €100 for 3 days. Here's one for €150.. http://www.donedeal.ie/othertickets-for-sale/web-summit-tickets/10667933?offset=15

    A lot of people will want access to the pub crawl but a lot of those selling the tickets never applied to the pub crawl so the tickets are only useful for the day event... for the limited areas they can access!


  • #859
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/web-summit/give-us-back-the-700000-hush-money-minister-tells-web-summit-organisers-34168886.html

    Wonder if they will give the money back.


  • #860
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    smash wrote: »
    Yesterday the Indo were slating WS over the food. They need to figure out what side of the fence they're on.
    they're on the anti-state funded media side. if it was an interview with a member of the INM media stable, I'm sure they wouldn't have anything bad to say about it.
    much like the Daily Mail/Telegraph constantly attacking the BBC....


  • #861
    Subcomandante Marcos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,683 ✭✭✭Subcomandante Marcos


    The more I hear them piss and moan that nobody held their hands and told them they were special little flowers and do their jobs for them the more I'm glad they are fu*king off to Lisbon.

    I know a Russian girl studying at trinity who does some modeling work who along with a group of friends was given free three day passes and complimentary food and beverages because and I quote "the organisers didn't want a sausage fest so they handed out passes to attractive STEM students in Trinity and UCD".

    Ridiculous.


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  • #862
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    kbannon wrote: »
    I hadn't seen the interviews until now so I've linked to them for others who also did not see them...

    Paddy being interviewed on Nov 3rd
    http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/web-summit-30001731/10487442/

    Daire being interviewed on Nov 3rd
    http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2015/1103/20873496-interview-with-daire-hickey-web-summit-co-founder/

    Too big for the city my A*se, Odd that other bigger events don't have issues in the RDS.


  • #863
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Are people here confusing the price of a ticket for a visitor compared to the price of an exhibition spot for a company? €1k+ just to attend the thing as an interested spectator?!


  • #864
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,155 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    See here...
    https://websummit.net/tickets


  • #865
    randy hickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Pat will be discussing the great value at the Web Summit after the break on Newstalk in a minute.


  • #866
    BMMachine
    Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    "we are moving to Lisbon because Ireland does Irish things like traffic and rip off our clients"

    we are famously crap at doing things like this (MCD........) and our bureaucratic awful governments are crap at making things like this better.
    Do you really think they wanted to move to Lisbon? Or was it a case of "we have to get a better deal because we are a business and can't afford to lose our client base due to bullsh*t"


  • #867
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,500 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/web-summit/give-us-back-the-700000-hush-money-minister-tells-web-summit-organisers-34168886.html

    Wonder if they will give the money back.

    He comes across as a petulant little boy. Wants everything for free and considers taxpayers money as "hush money". Portugal is welcome to him. I have a feeling that the Portuguese will be glad to see the back of Paddy and his circus after the three years in Lisbon is up.


  • #868
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    kbannon wrote: »
    I hadn't seen the interviews until now so I've linked to them for others who also did not see them...

    Did you see Liam Cunningham's interview?
    http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/web-summit/irate-game-of-thrones-star-dublin-losing-the-web-summit-is-an-embarrassment-34166473.html

    He calls the government dumb, says they probably can't even turn on a mobile phone and then goes on to call the web summit a diamond and says it's important "to the world"...

    facepalm!


  • #869
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,155 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    smash wrote: »
    He calls the government dumb, says they probably can't even turn on a mobile phone and then goes on to call the web summit a diamond and says it's important "to the world"...
    Well at least he is correct on the first point and probably correct on the second!
    His third and fourth comments were slips of the tongue
    :D


  • #870
    BMMachine
    Site Banned Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭BMMachine


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    He comes across as a petulant little boy. Wants everything for free and considers taxpayers money as "hush money". Portugal is welcome to him. I have a feeling that the Portuguese will be glad to see the back of Paddy and his circus after the three years in Lisbon is up.

    see this.
    and see our stupid spiteful attitude towards it.

    WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT GIVING THEM 700,000????????
    WHY AREN'T YOU ANGRY AT THE GOVERNMENT FOR GIVING THEM THAT MONEY AND STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEM IN THE COUNTRY.


    instead no, just get spiteful and do the ol' "oh you're welcome to them" like they have done something wrong. We are so smalltime and insular its ridiculous.



    oh and look behind that article. A minister wants airtime and wants to look good and like hes "on your side" and you swallow that sh1te right up


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  • #871
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,500 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    BMMachine wrote: »
    see this.
    and see our stupid spiteful attitude towards it.

    WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT GIVING THEM 700,000????????
    WHY AREN'T YOU ANGRY AT THE GOVERNMENT FOR GIVING THEM THAT MONEY AND STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEM IN THE COUNTRY.


    instead no, just get spiteful and do the ol' "oh you're welcome to them" like they have done something wrong. We are so smalltime and insular its ridiculous.

    So it was about more money so??? But Paddy said it wasn't about money.....mmmmm.


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