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  • #1322
    rn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭rn


    Suppose the only good thing is he's still minister during the clusteromnishambles going on in Dail Eireann at the moment and he'll remain in the job for duration of this event.

    Meanwhile Robert troy is busy telephoning people in the council from the relative safety of mullingar, Dublin or anywhere except Athlone. Some leadership there...


  • #1323
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    rn wrote: »
    Suppose the only good thing is he's still minister during the clusteromnishambles going on in Dail Eireann at the moment and he'll remain in the job for duration of this event.

    Meanwhile Robert troy is busy telephoning people in the council from the relative safety of mullingar, Dublin or anywhere except Athlone. Some leadership there...

    Troys loyalties are to his commuters in Mullingar - kept seeing his ad on the M4 express bus. I doubt he knows directions to Athlone.

    No sign of any of these gowls creating constituency offices or clinics in Athlone either. Town to goto sh1te till the next election.


  • #1324
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Troys loyalties are to his commuters in Mullingar - kept seeing his ad on the M4 express bus. I doubt he knows directions to Athlone.

    No sign of any of these gowls creating constituency offices or clinics in Athlone either. Town to goto sh1te till the next election.
    Robert Troy has a constituency office in Athlone beside Carey's pub .


  • #1325
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Town to goto sh1te till the next election.


    The idea that Boxer Moran was the making of Athlone is a joke. He got money spent on flood defences, which are not finished for this flood. Many breakfast rolls sold to lads in hi viz. Not exactly a huge boost to the economy.


  • #1326
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    The idea that Boxer Moran was the making of Athlone is a joke. He got money spent on flood defences, which are not finished for this flood. Many breakfast rolls sold to lads in hi viz. Not exactly a huge boost to the economy.

    Actually he is also actively making cosmetic improvements to the town e.g approach roads, roundabouts, amenities, pushed for fast-tracking the cycle track extension and regularly uses his Saturdays with his sons to tidy up residential areas around the town.

    Regardless of the opinions on Boxer, having zero TDs for a town this large is a bad thing.


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  • #1327
    White lighting
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭White lighting


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Actually he is also actively making cosmetic improvements to the town e.g approach roads, roundabouts, amenities, pushed for fast-tracking the cycle track extension and regularly uses his Saturdays with his sons to tidy up residential areas around the town.

    Regardless of the opinions on Boxer, having zero TDs for a town this large is a bad thing.


    Ah cop yourself on coming on here spouting facts dont you know the thing to do now is bash boxer and praise that sinn fein yoke that wont do a tap for the place


  • #1328
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    veryangryman wrote: »
    regularly uses his Saturdays with his sons to tidy up residential areas around the town.


    This is true - elected as a member of our legislative body and appointed a government minister, he is often to be seen in a hi viz picking up litter.


    No feckin idea that he is no longer just a town councillor. Well, he'll no longer be a TD either shortly.


  • #1329
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    White lighting wrote: »
    Ah cop yourself on coming on here spouting facts dont you know the thing to do now is bash boxer and praise that sinn fein yoke that wont do a tap for the place

    She has been elected to the national legislator, part of the problem is parish pump politics. Let local councillors do what they are paid for.


  • #1330
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    This is true - elected as a member of our legislative body and appointed a government minister, he is often to be seen in a hi viz picking up litter.


    No feckin idea that he is no longer just a town councillor. Well, he'll no longer be a TD either shortly.

    When he was a councillor he looked for government funding repeatedly but fell on deaf ears. Now that he has some power, he's putting it to good use.

    No idea what your issue is with someone helping make an area clean and nicer to live in. I'm the first to admit that I don't get involved, but more power to anyone who does. Shows that the notions of the bigger job never got to him. Hopefully his young lad follows on from his good job.


  • #1331
    White lighting
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭White lighting


    He might be better suited to local council than the Dail but there is no denying the trojan work he puts in. Absolutely breaking his boll*x for the people effected with the flooding in the locality these past days/weeks. Never got the hump over the pathetic lack of support he got from the town in the recent election. Fair play to him.

    Hopefully he gets a nice warm shower somewhere soon.

    https://twitter.com/kevinboxermoran/status/1232982769778774016


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  • #1332
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Word from Wolfe Tone terrace - they complained that the Shannon Barrier created to save them from flooding was not glass/seethrough.

    "It blocks our view of the River"

    See it plenty if they take it down and it enters your kitchen love. :eek:


  • #1333
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    I read the bauld Boxer calling for pay allowances for army to be increased now due to all the work they are doing during the floods. If he had supported them before then I have no doubt that he'd have been elected again


  • #1334
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Saint_Mel wrote: »
    I read the bauld Boxer calling for pay allowances for army to be increased now due to all the work they are doing during the floods. If he had supported them before then I have no doubt that he'd have been elected again

    Maybe he suspects there will be a return to the polls soon.


  • #1335
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    He's ex army AFAIK so will obviously back them up to the hilt


  • #1336
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    veryangryman wrote: »
    He's ex army AFAIK so will obviously back them up to the hilt

    He went MIA when a vote was called to address Army pay and allowances.


  • #1337
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    He went MIA when a vote was called to address Army pay and allowances.

    Id imagine being in gov means you have to vote for some stuff you don't like to stay in power. Likely got concessions as a result.

    Lucky for us no wars occurred during this time


  • #1338
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Mearings


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Word from Wolfe Tone terrace - they complained that the Shannon Barrier created to save them from flooding was not glass/seethrough.

    "It blocks our view of the River"

    See it plenty if they take it down and it enters your kitchen love. :eek:


    Not all the residents, a minority.


  • #1339
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    Is their something going on in town.?? I'm meeting a lot of loud boisterous people wearing jerseys with paint on their faces on church street and in the Athlone Town centre. Seems strange.


  • #1340
    White lighting
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭White lighting


    horseofstone wrote: »
    Is their something going on in town.?? I'm meeting a lot of loud boisterous people wearing jerseys with paint on their faces on church street and in the Athlone Town centre. Seems strange.


    What time did you see them in town at? Marist are playing a Leinster Semi Final today but thats throwing in now in Kinnegad afaik.


  • #1341
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    White lighting wrote: »
    What time did you see them in town at? Marist are playing a Leinster Semi Final today but thats throwing in now in Kinnegad afaik.

    About 12.30 to 1pm.they all looked about 18 or so, male and female and very loud and noisy.


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  • #1342
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    Rag week?


  • #1343
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Rag week?

    That was a couple of weeks back.

    Some IRadio style promotion maybe. Or students union elections


  • #1344
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    horseofstone wrote: »
    Is their something going on in town.?? I'm meeting a lot of loud boisterous people wearing jerseys with paint on their faces on church street and in the Athlone Town centre. Seems strange.

    Schools game. The Jes from Galway are playing in Athlone today


  • #1345
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    Anybody know what this new development around Golden island will be? There was mention of something on Westmeath independent


  • #1346
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Anybody know what this new development around Golden island will be? There was mention of something on Westmeath independent


    That's want to fix the flooding issues for the land at the back of Golden Island first, I'm sure. I would assume that's where any large scale development would take place.


  • #1347
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Anybody know what this new development around Golden island will be? There was mention of something on Westmeath independent


    Demolish the Diskin complex and build new shops and offices there.


  • #1348
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Demolish the Diskin complex and build new shops and offices there.


    I heard something about that around about a year or 2 ago. I wonder will they assist in relocating the businesses that currently occupy the centre?


  • #1349
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    I heard something about that around about a year or 2 ago. I wonder will they assist in relocating the businesses that currently occupy the centre?

    It is an awful eye sore in fairness in this day and age and theres a fair bit of land.


  • #1350
    holyhead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭holyhead


    I understand Mr Price may move their retail unit to their warehouse. Talks of a retail park going in on the Diskin Centre. With so much empty retail units over in Monksland you would wonder about the logic. Time will tell. Another issue would be traffic.


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  • #1351
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭cena


    I hear Inglot makeup has closed shop in the town centre


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