Spire to be moved to 1916 commemorations

GBX · 15-01-2016 05:51PM #1

Seriously .. great as it is celebrating the rising. The f**king thing cost enough to put on O'Connell Street. They are going to waste another €500000 to move it for 2 weeks. Spend it on something more worthwhile.. give it to the homeless or needy! :mad:

Tombi! · 15-01-2016 05:52PM

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0401/691308-spire/
how I wish this was a joke

MadsL · 15-01-2016 05:52PM

If this is true - worthy to be on nottheonion.

"recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago"
Meanwhile, Moore St. I give up.

snubbleste · 15-01-2016 05:54PM

Who are "the organisers"?

Maximus Alexander · 15-01-2016 05:54PM

:rolleyes:

This country sometimes.

Hande hoche! · 15-01-2016 05:54PM

Will they be using explosives?

darkpagandeath · 15-01-2016 05:55PM

You would have though the builders would have thought about this being an issue with large events.... At least it faired better than the clock.

Riskymove · 15-01-2016 05:55PM

Unless something more recent has occurred, this was announced previously.....

...on April 1 2015.......

yes...that's April 1...................

Dyr · 15-01-2016 05:56PM

It would be brilliant if they blew the arse out of it, save us a few bob every year too.

Maximus Alexander · 15-01-2016 05:57PM

Maybe we could just have an actual rising in response to the frivolous wasting of our tax Euros, really get in the 1916 mood.

GBX · 15-01-2016 05:57PM

Riskymove wrote: »

Unless something more recent has occurred, this was announced previously.....

...on April 1 2015.......

yes...that's April 1...................

Showed up on my twitbook feed there ..

:D

Bazzo · 15-01-2016 05:57PM

It's rare you see someone falling for an April fools in January.

Canadel · 15-01-2016 05:58PM

The landmark, which cost €4m to erect, will be removed in sections, with organisers hopeful the sections can be stored in a hangar at Dublin Airport for the duration of the commemorations.

We should leave the spire as it is and store the organisers in a hangar.

Gatling · 15-01-2016 05:58PM

Maybe the have the army have live fire exercises across the city center for 3 days

ScumLord · 15-01-2016 05:58PM

MadsL wrote: »

If this is true - worthy to be on nottheonion.

"recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago"

Have they not heard of photoshop?

This is daft. It's nonsense like this that makes me want to tell the taxman to feck off, I'm more than capable of wasting money on stupid crap all on my own.

Maximus Alexander · 15-01-2016 05:59PM

Bazzo wrote: »

It's rare you see someone falling for an April fools in January.

Well played GBX. Well played.

GBX · 15-01-2016 06:01PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Well played GBX. Well played.

Its been a long day.. few pints last night is my excuse and im sticking to!

15-01-2016 06:03PM

Scarleh for your Ma for havin ya

ThisRegard · 15-01-2016 06:06PM

Tombi! wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0401/691308-spire/
how I wish this was a joke

Maybe use your wish with the Wizard of Oz on something more useful instead?

ThisRegard · 15-01-2016 06:07PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Have they not heard of photoshop?

This is daft. It's nonsense like this that makes me want to tell the taxman to feck off, I'm more than capable of wasting money on stupid crap all on my own.

Lol, is nobody looking at the date of the article, or even reading subsequent posts stating the obvious?

MadsL · 15-01-2016 06:08PM

Dammit. What am I going to do with my outrage for the rest of the day...pah.

Maximus Alexander · 15-01-2016 06:09PM

MadsL wrote: »

Dammit. What am I going to do with my outrage for the rest of the day...pah.

I agree. I've had so little to be outraged over today that I had to spend a while arguing with bus drivers over LUAS strikes. I thought this was my golden ticket.

Thepoet85 · 15-01-2016 06:19PM

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

15-01-2016 06:19PM

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

*sigh*

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-01-2016 06:20PM

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

Emm, it was an April Fools joke all off 9 months ago.

Relax!

RobertKK · 15-01-2016 06:23PM

April fools is long and gone, you're the fool that carries on.

ahnowbrowncow · 15-01-2016 06:23PM

Thepoet85 wrote: »

The country is in a shambles, just coming out of a significant recession. Well never fcuking learn.

I am also outraged. Let us rage together.

kneemos · 15-01-2016 06:23PM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Will they be using explosives?

Just strap rockets to it.

Eugene Norman · 15-01-2016 06:25PM

I am even more outraged now that I know it wasn't true. It's an outrage!

#Watercharges.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-01-2016 06:30PM

Hopefully they forget to put it back.

Strumms · 15-01-2016 07:21PM

The only time I've taken any damn notice of the thing since it was first stuck there was recently when it was lit it up for the Star Wars premier before Christmas. It was quite eye catching at night, to a point (no pun intended) where otherwise its just something that people tend to walk past every time without even looking at it.

It's a pity they couldn't have built something that people could go up and have some interaction with.. say a rebuilt Nelson's pillar with someone else on the top. An Irishman this time who did something for the country... maybe Jack Charlton... Jack's pillar. yeah.

Spire to be moved to 1916 commemorations

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