'Draining' the Shannon

Wulfie · 11-03-2016 05:39AM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

The other night in Clare I went into a pub and encountered some people

Country is Fugked.

I can't see why it's not just as simple as constructing reservoirs. Jesus wept.
We need to harness the destructive force of the sometimes unrelenting rain ,that this island gets lashed by.

We could give water to any nation in dire need of drinking water. We could collect a years supply on wet weekend.
What ? Free water ? Just start water conservation infrastructural projects. When the construction workers are busy ,the locality benefits better than when we're redundant/idle. Not needed

Can't keep building schools forever. That FG/L sh!the about checking and making sure all employees were to be paid rate 39+ time and a half.

Giz another election. One person One vote.

I'm sure there'd be less recounts.

J Mysterio · 11-03-2016 08:01AM

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

What part of Clare? Guessing it wasn't along the Shannon?

Those places that flooded around limerick in December? They are still flooded, Particulary clonlara.

Not now, no.

Badly Drunk Boy · 11-03-2016 08:36AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Shannon certainly has been there for a long time. It's name comes from Sean Abhainn, old river, like Old Man River in America. Not a lot of people know that.

While that sounds plausible etymologically, I always thought it was supposed to be named after Sionann (or Sionna), the grand-daughter of Manannán, the Celtic Sea-God. Although I suppose you could argue whether she was named after the river or the river named after her.

hytrogen · 11-03-2016 09:06AM

dxhound2005 wrote:

All your bodily waste, and all those shampoos and soaps you are using, and all the bleaches and washing powders being used in your house, are being removed from your waste water. And then they send it back to your house for you to make your tea. How do you feel about that?

I like my coffee black, black as my heart

JustShon · 11-03-2016 09:33AM

Drunken ****e-talk in a pub is hardly unique to Clare. You don't even need to be in a pub to hear that level of bollox talking here in Dublin, just hop in a taxi and you can hear all about such interesting topics as "If global warming is real, then why is it getting colder?" and "Sure we'd be better off if we kicked out all the foreigners and left the EU."

VinLieger · 11-03-2016 09:37AM

Its gonna be drained below all of the 3 major lakes and will even be happening below ardnacrusha, the reservoir for it isnt even gonna be in the county of clare and its actually nowhere near as bad or will affect anywhere near the amount of people who think it will. The problem is the people in charge have done a piss poor job of pushing out this information to the likes of the people the OP met.

However I do think we would be far better spending the money planned on it fixing the god awful pipe systems before sending more good water to just drain away through all the cracks, but thats another debate entirely

The Moldy Gowl · 11-03-2016 09:41AM

J Mysterio wrote: »

Not now, no.

Are they all back to normal now?
I haven't been home since late January and the mother told me Springfield in clonlara still was flooded.
It's been 5/6 weeks I guess

Nermal · 11-03-2016 09:49AM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

These rural urban arguments are rather tiresome and I've always found it strange that TD's from urban areas like Tony Gregory were admired whereas the Healy-Raes have scorn heaped upon them even though they are basically the same type of politician i.e looking after their own constituents first and foremost.

Tony Gregory was looking after the most deprived area in the country. It's not the same.

Of course we do have our own problems in Dublin with half the people elected there being far-left fruitcakes.

sabat · 11-03-2016 10:07AM

Nermal wrote: »

Tony Gregory was looking after the most deprived area in the country. It's not the same.

I think Gregory was misguided in his approach and probably did more harm than good in the long term but it's not like he died a rich man as a direct result of his public service. Contrast this with the Healy-Rae clan, Lowry etc whose number one priority is always themselves.

biko · 11-03-2016 10:39AM

Let them drink the Liffey

a fat guy · 11-03-2016 10:42AM

Great how one can just offer up an anecdote to **** stir up some more hate on rural folk these days. And have plenty of people agree with you.

Good job op.

Shannon757 · 11-03-2016 10:48AM

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Are they all back to normal now?
I haven't been home since late January and the mother told me Springfield in clonlara still was flooded.
It's been 5/6 weeks I guess

It's not flooded now. I was down there this morning.

JustShon · 11-03-2016 10:49AM

Shannon757 wrote: »

It's not flooded now. I was down there this morning.

Are you feeling drained now?

Shannon757 · 11-03-2016 10:51AM

JustShon wrote: »

Are you feeling drained now?

Not now, I was feeling bloated a few weeks back though.

suicide_circus · 11-03-2016 10:54AM

biko wrote: »

Let them drink the Liffey

Let them fund their own services

The Moldy Gowl · 11-03-2016 11:07AM

Shannon757 wrote: »

It's not flooded now. I was down there this morning.

I hope you live in Shannon banks.

I live in the big schmoke now so unless flooding happens here, no one cares about it.

John_Rambo · 13-03-2016 11:53PM

biko wrote: »

Let them drink the Liffey

We do already Biko. Again, your sheer ignorance of your capital and your country is outstanding, the blinkered keyboard warrior anti-Dublin ranting you carry on with is again unfounded, kneejerk belligerent bile!!

Water is supplied in Dublin on a Regional basis. The Region includes all of Dublin City and County and parts of Wicklow and Kildare. On a typical day 540 million litres of water is collected from rivers, cleaned and made safe to drink at four main treatment plants. Three of these treatment plants are operated at Ballymore Eustace (Liffey), Roundwood (Vartry) and Ballyboden (Dodder) and Leixlip (Liffey).

If you need any more info on your capital PM me, or simply post on the Dublin city forum.

Jester252 · 14-03-2016 08:23AM

At least they'll be happy with the collapse of Irish water. All of Dublin CC will have to pay Clare CC nicely for access.

Galwayguy35 · 14-03-2016 08:43AM

Nermal wrote: »

Tony Gregory was looking after the most deprived area in the country. It's not the same.

Actually it is, many rural areas have absolutely nothing in them and would be just as deprived.

Shannon757 · 14-03-2016 10:16AM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

The other night in Clare I went into a pub and encountered some people who were literally hysterical at the idea of pipeline being run from the Shannon to Dublin in order to offset the decreasing water supply in the capital.

Their whole attitude was one of 'the Dublin gubbermint is staylin our warsher.' as if each county and region of our fair isle had a personal ownership of the natural resources that are present within it.

I played Devil's Advocate stating that the pipeline might use up so much water that the annual flooding of the Shannon could be avoided in places such as Clare. A win-win for the whole country. They were having none of it! Dublin was robbing the Whest's water out of their children's cots and that was that.

I came away feeling very depressed. Not only did it show me that the Parish Pump is so ingrained in Irish people that any chance of pulling together as a nation is impossible, but also the inherent childishness of our people. No maturity, common sense or even a relaxed attitude of mature examination of the project.

Country is Fugked.

I'm not agreeing to this.

topper75 · 14-03-2016 12:56PM

a fat guy wrote: »

Great how one can just offer up an anecdote to **** stir up some more hate on rural folk these days. And have plenty of people agree with you.

Good job op.

I thought his effort at conveying how locals speak was the real argument winner...

'the Dublin gubbermint is staylin our warsher.'

Yeah there was I as a local concerned about low water level in summer destroying our tourism (fishing/eco/cruiser safety) on Lough Derg and they OP has shown me up to be a foolish bumpkin.

My headscratching about how winter floods in the midwest offsetting summer shortages in Dublin now also makes me feel foolish.

And since that money and jobs pipeline from the IFSC was built along the old Grand Canal, surely we in the west owe Dublin some water at least.

Dublin authorities need to look at the silent valley in Down and look again at Wicklow. But that would be too practical for them.

'Draining' the Shannon

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