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  • #2852
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    The Bistro does a great offer during the week (mon-thurs) where kids go free. Anywhere else in town doing something similar?


  • #2853
    Scarlet42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 457 ✭✭Scarlet42


    I think Andersons do something like that aswell .. just checked their page .. Kids Eat Free for Sunday lunch 12-4 .. every Sunda


  • #2854
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    I was in Sligo at the weekend and walking down by Riverside - the new bridge is going to ruin such a nice area of town.

    It's ironic there's so much talk about climate change but then in Sligo there going to destroy an area of natural beauty to make way for a bridge to facilitate cars/trucks etc..


  • #2855
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    marvin80 wrote: »
    I was in Sligo at the weekend and walking down by Riverside - the new bridge is going to ruin such a nice area of town.

    It's ironic there's so much talk about climate change but then in Sligo there going to destroy an area of natural beauty to make way for a bridge to facilitate cars/trucks etc..

    In fairness, be old and grey before that goes ahead, even if it does. They're only after adding a pontoon in for the waterbus on that site


  • #2856
    Scarlet42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 457 ✭✭Scarlet42


    such a pity they can't have a walk bridge over to Hazelwood from riverside .. that would be brilliant .. would really open up Hazelwood to locals


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  • #2857
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    In fairness, be old and grey before that goes ahead, even if it does. They're only after adding a pontoon in for the waterbus on that site

    Work due to start the end of this year/early next year:

    https://www.oceanfm.ie/2019/01/03/work-on-sligos-new-bridge-to-start-earlier-than-expected/


  • #2858
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    The Bistro does a great offer during the week (mon-thurs) where kids go free. Anywhere else in town doing something similar?

    Bistro seem to have stopped doing kids go free during the week.


  • #2859
    Bebo stunnah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Bebo stunnah


    marvin80 wrote: »
    I was in Sligo at the weekend and walking down by Riverside - the new bridge is going to ruin such a nice area of town.

    It's ironic there's so much talk about climate change but then in Sligo there going to destroy an area of natural beauty to make way for a bridge to facilitate cars/trucks etc..

    Or alleviate a large portion of traffic that would otherwise have needed to go through the town centre. That bridge will give access to the Abbeyquarter/Cranmore side of town almost direct access to the routes to the North of town without them needing to go through the subpar road network in town.

    There's far nicer places in Sligo (county) than the Riverside, and while calling a place of 'natural beauty' is subjective, building a bridge has no more effect than building one elsewhere has on combating climate change.


  • #2860
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Bebo stunnah wrote: »
    Or alleviate a large portion of traffic that would otherwise have needed to go through the town centre. That bridge will give access to the Abbeyquarter/Cranmore side of town almost direct access to the routes to the North of town without them needing to go through the subpar road network in town.

    There's far nicer places in Sligo (county) than the Riverside, and while calling a place of 'natural beauty' is subjective, building a bridge has no more effect than building one elsewhere has on combating climate change.

    Fair enough - it will be great for more direct access for traffic.
    However, it's a nice area/route for walking etc.. (less than 10 minute walk of the town centre) and putting a new bridge will take away from this.

    I think it's a backwards step clogging up a quiet part of town with more traffic.


  • #2861
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    According to the design the riverside walkway will go under the bridge. Until such time as there's a direct route from carraroe down to there via brownes field there's not likely to be a significant increase in traffic I can't imagine

    https://www.rod.ie/projects/eastern-garvoge-bridge-approach-roads
    http://www.sligococo.ie/media/SligoCountyCouncil2015/Services/Planning/Downloads/SEDP2010-2016/Environmental%20Report%20Addendum%20IV%20for%20Eastern%20Bridge%20Variation%20of%20the%20SEDP.pdf


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  • #2862
    EmptyTree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    Until such time as there's a direct route from carraroe down to there via brownes field there's not likely to be a significant increase in traffic I can't imagine

    This. Until it gets directly linked to a main artery road it's only half the story and the real benefit won't be realised.


  • #2863
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭dingding


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    According to the design the riverside walkway will go under the bridge. Until such time as there's a direct route from carraroe down to there via brownes field there's not likely to be a significant increase in traffic I can't imagine

    https://www.rod.ie/projects/eastern-garvoge-bridge-approach-roads
    http://www.sligococo.ie/media/SligoCountyCouncil2015/Services/Planning/Downloads/SEDP2010-2016/Environmental%20Report%20Addendum%20IV%20for%20Eastern%20Bridge%20Variation%20of%20the%20SEDP.pdf


    http://www.sligococo.ie/media/SligoCountyCouncil2015/Services/Regeneration/Cranmore/Stage3/13%20Browns%20Field%20Site.pdf


  • #2864
    Zechariah Uneven Cow
    Posts: 0 ✭ Zechariah Uneven Cow


    Hi all.

    Whats going to happen with the existing road from Oakfield (Murrays shop) to Carraroe roundabout? Will that remain in use after the new road has been completed?

    Whats the target completion date? Thanks


  • #2865
    Hombre Lobo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭Hombre Lobo


    Zechariah Uneven Cow wrote: »
    Hi all.

    Whats going to happen with the existing road from Oakfield (Murrays shop) to Carraroe roundabout? Will that remain in use after the new road has been completed?

    Whats the target completion date? Thanks


    There should be a roundabout built that will still give you access to the oakfield road. I think it's roughly on that road where the current work is taking place where they have their own construction intersection. It's estimated to be completed by Summer 2020. You can see some of the existing work that's been done here via drone footage: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showpost.php?p=109928246&postcount=13


  • #2866
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Sligo University Hospital seems to have been sued/lost a lot of cases lately on the news and have had to pay out millions and hundreds thousands of euros in cases I have been reading lately. I think a case of the around 84 Y/O man who was admitted to the hospital and renal failure overlooked or not treated in time and other stuff , and a 12 Y/O boy who sued them for problems when he was born there and then a few years back of a local 9 Y/O sued the hospital and got around 5 million , mother got sent home when he was in the womb and something wasnt picked up by the hospital.

    I realise that the payouts must come from the Hospitals insurance but i still wonder how they can still survive with loosing this amount money and what effect it has on the hospital in question - its huge payouts we are talking of for a relitively small Hospital ...


  • #2867
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Sligo University Hospital seems to have been sued/lost a lot of cases lately on the news and have had to pay out millions and hundreds thousands of euros in cases I have been reading lately. I think a case of the around 84 Y/O man who was admitted to the hospital and renal failure overlooked or not treated in time and other stuff , and a 12 Y/O boy who sued them for problems when he was born there and then a few years back of a local 9 Y/O sued the hospital and got around 5 million , mother got sent home when he was in the womb and something wasnt picked up by the hospital.

    I realise that the payouts must come from the Hospitals insurance but i still wonder how they can still survive with loosing this amount money and what effect it has on the hospital in question - its huge payouts we are talking of for a relitively small Hospital ...


    Yeah, you're right. We should just close it down and use it for homeless accommodation instead. :rolleyes:


  • #2868
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    Yeah, you're right. We should just close it down and use it for homeless accommodation instead. :rolleyes:

    If they supposedly keep carrying on with the negligence and keep making mistakes
    and errors and keep getting sued, you don't know how correct you might be saying it might shut down!!


  • #2869
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    I missed out on a claim there meself 10 years ago that I didn't do anything about. I was admitted for bad sciatica, and when I was in they were giving me heparin into my stomach to stop blood clots because I could hardly move, then they discharged me with nothing. Started getting a pain in my right leg , they said it was the sciatica sent me home, it was the start of DVT and then over the course of next couple of days it travelled up to my chest , pain was unbearable, had an xray and 2 blood clots were heading for my heart and lungs, it was pulmonary embolism , nearly killed me.

    Although i dont believe in all this suing culture really , I still think from time to time how much the payout would be if I would have pursued it and went to a solicitor, Too late now , I should have got the ball rolling at the time.


  • #2870
    Freedive Ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Freedive Ireland


    Hands up if you never made a mistake.


  • #2871
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Freedive Ireland wrote: »
    Hands up if you never made a mistake.

    I'm keeping my hands firmly down, But then again I am not as important as a consultant and don't deal with something as important as health care... and do a job that can really affect peoples lives


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  • #2872
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Ah here - fuck off back to After Hours with your nonsense....


  • #2873
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    I realise that the payouts must come from the Hospitals insurance but i still wonder how they can still survive with loosing this amount money and what effect it has on the hospital in question - its huge payouts we are talking of for a relitively small Hospital ...

    Pretty sure all these people sued the HSE, not the hospital.


  • #2874
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Pretty sure all these people sued the HSE, not the hospital.

    of course - i do realise that

    i do presume that local hospitals are held accountable though still, and investigated if there is a catalogue of errors and claims?


  • #2875
    Zechariah Uneven Cow
    Posts: 0 ✭ Zechariah Uneven Cow


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    I missed out on a claim there meself 10 years ago that I didn't do anything about. I was admitted for bad sciatica, and when I was in they were giving me heparin into my stomach to stop blood clots because I could hardly move, then they discharged me with nothing. Started getting a pain in my right leg , they said it was the sciatica sent me home, it was the start of DVT and then over the course of next couple of days it travelled up to my chest , pain was unbearable, had an xray and 2 blood clots were heading for my heart and lungs, it was pulmonary embolism , nearly killed me.

    Although i dont believe in all this suing culture really , I still think from time to time how much the payout would be if I would have pursued it and went to a solicitor, Too late now , I should have got the ball rolling at the time.

    In my humble opinion you wouldn't have stood a chance of getting a claim with what you have described. Many many people have had much worse and got on with it. Sh1t, happens, it's life. The compo culture is a sickener.

    I'm sure if you contact a legal specialist they'd say the same. I'd park it and forget about it.


  • #2876
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Zechariah Uneven Cow wrote: »
    In my humble opinion you wouldn't have stood a chance of getting a claim with what you have described. Many many people have had much worse and got on with it. Sh1t, happens, it's life. The compo culture is a sickener.

    I'm sure if you contact a legal specialist they'd say the same. I'd park it and forget about it.

    oh I parked it ages ago and didnt go ahead ahead with anything apart from writing a letter to the management of the hospital, of course it was on file .. in the bin most probably :) , but some people told me i should have contacted someone legal at the time

    Callan Tansey - seem to be the ones that take on the HSE claims and seem to win most cases it seems

    can never tell if i would have got any payout, have read of people getting payouts for less negligence cases


  • #2877
    Zechariah Uneven Cow
    Posts: 0 ✭ Zechariah Uneven Cow


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    oh I parked it ages ago and didnt go ahead ahead with anything apart from writing a letter to the management of the hospital, of course it was on file .. in the bin most probably :) , but some people told me i should have contacted someone legal at the time

    Callan Tansey - seem to be the ones that take on the HSE claims and seem to win most cases it seems

    can never tell if i would have got any payout, have read of people getting payouts for less negligence cases

    As Budford TJ said, you're better off in After Hours with this. Careful you don't slip up on the way there.


  • #2878
    waterboy15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭waterboy15


    So who installed the new barriers in Strandhill behind the Strand bar for accessing the small carpark ?


  • #2879
    rizzodun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    waterboy15 wrote: »
    So who installed the new barriers in Strandhill behind the Strand bar for accessing the small carpark ?

    I'm gonna guess the landowner. The work has been ongoing for a while.

    Is there something wrong with them?


  • #2880
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    why cant there be or isn't there a Westlife Museum or permanent Westlife Exhibition in Sligo - you know like a proper designated building or even a decent enough section in the model building?

    They are a huge hit around the world and I think it would be good for attracting tourists - if Liverpool can have tourism for the Beatles then i cannot see why Sligo cannot have the same (not putting westlife in the same level as the Beatles BTW lol )

    I like them and most of their songs, I wouldnt personally be what you could call a 'fan' , and I have never been to any of their concerts or anything but i know they have massive fans around the world (well in this country and the UK too) that would most probably love to visit a place like this in Sligo.
    It could also have an onsite shop selling cups and other merchandise of the band for people to buy and take away with them.

    I dunno i just think such a success for Sligo but nothing really , apart from the murial in town to celebrate or promote them in the town they came from (bar 1)

    Or is this another one of my silly ideas?


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  • #2881
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    I think it's a good idea.

    I always thought Sligo needs one or two more indoor heritage/history things to do around the town or improve some of the places they have already.
    The museum is quite small and poor.

    Does the Yeats building have a good exhibition on Yeats?
    The National Library in Dublin had a really impressive exhibition looking at Yeat's life and influences etc.. - be great to see something similar in Sligo.


  • #2882
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    For Fuchs sake. Is Westlife really what we have to resort to to market our town?


  • #2883
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Slideways wrote: »
    For Fuchs sake. Is Westlife really what we have to resort to to market our town?

    I wouldn't be a fan of their music but they've been a massively successful band.

    If there was a decent sized museum/cultural/heritage centre in Sligo they'd be deserving of a place in there highlighting their achievements.

    And if it leads to more people visiting Sligo I can't see any issue.


  • #2884
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Slideways wrote: »
    For Fuchs sake. Is Westlife really what we have to resort to to market our town?

    no, not that only ... but it could (maybe should) be one of the things - well i think so


  • #2885
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Ugh! Looking for a house to share in Sligo town is such a headache! Nothing online suits at all.. :(


  • #2886
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/councillors-vote-to-keep-15-property-tax-cut-in-dublin-city-1.4028052?mode=amp&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


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  • #2887
    EmptyTree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/councillors-vote-to-keep-15-property-tax-cut-in-dublin-city-1.4028052?mode=amp&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
    :confused:


  • #2888
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    :confused:

    DCC keeping LPT as is, aren’t SCC increasing by 15%?


  • #2889
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    DCC keeping LPT as is, aren’t SCC increasing by 15%?

    DCC != SCC. What's your point?


  • #2890
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    DCC != SCC. What's your point?

    Don’t worry about it, just thought it was interesting that Dublin City Council were retaining their cut in local property tax while Sligo County Council were increasing theirs by 15%, unless I misread the situation, and before any comes back to me on this, I understand Sligo in not Dublin.


  • #2891
    EmptyTree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    EmptyTree wrote: »
    :confused:
    DCC keeping LPT as is, aren’t SCC increasing by 15%?
    Thanks for clarifying, I didn't know SCC we're increasing the tax.


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  • #2892
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    Don’t worry about it, just thought it was interesting that Dublin City Council were retaining their cut in local property tax while Sligo County Council were increasing theirs by 15%, unless I misread the situation, and before any comes back to me on this, I understand Sligo in not Dublin.

    Not exactly comparing like for like now is it, hence my point?


  • #2893
    Blackstar767
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Blackstar767


    Slideways wrote: »
    For Fuchs sake. Is Westlife really what we have to resort to to market our town?

    Exactly. As pointed out earlier, Westlife aren't exactly in the same bracket as The Beatles and won't do much for town's tourism. There are bigger issues that need addressing in town and county in order to bring more tourists.


  • #2894
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    ah well no harm, it was just a suggestion ...


  • #2895
    Freedive Ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Freedive Ireland


    Blackstar767 wrote: »
    Exactly. As pointed out earlier, Westlife aren't exactly in the same bracket as The Beatles and won't do much for town's tourism. There are bigger issues that need addressing in town and county in order to bring more tourists.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2017/oct/31/pop-stars-broken-beatles-chart-records-one-direction-niall-horan

    Depends what you are measuring.
    Are they a global phenomenon? Yes by any metric you want to measure by.
    Are they from Sligo? Yes
    Should we as a town be prouder of them? Yes
    You don't have to love their music or have all their albums to admit, these are local guys who have done extremely well, is the bar so high that unless you are better than the most popular band in the world we won't pass much heed of you.
    :rolleyes:


  • #2896
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭job seeker


    job seeker wrote: »
    Ugh! Looking for a house to share in Sligo town is such a headache! Nothing online suits at all.. :(

    I see a place in Cartron Heights for house sharing. Can anyone tell me what it's like to live in Cartron Heights??? Is it a nice area ect?


  • #2897
    fisgon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭fisgon


    Salsa and bachata classes are starting in Sligo Town this evening, November 4th, run by Sligo Spanish Society. Yeats Building from 7.30pm. Every Monday until December 5th.

    https://sligospanishsociety.blogspot.com/2019/10/salsa-and-bachata-classes-starting.html

    Sligo is about the only major town in the West (and probably in the country) without salsa classes, and there seems to be a demand for it, so we in the Spanish Society have decided to put them on. All welcome.


  • #2898
    tinpib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,509 ✭✭✭tinpib


    job seeker wrote: »
    I see a place in Cartron Heights for house sharing. Can anyone tell me what it's like to live in Cartron Heights??? Is it a nice area ect?


    Hi Job seeker.


    I think Cartron Heights would be fine, it's not exactly Beverly Hills but it's fine. Sligo is not like Dublin in that our 'worst' areas are nowhere near as bad as the worst ones there.


    The common consensus was that Cranmore was the worst area in Sligo, had the most social problems, cheapest houses etc. But it has improved a lot over the years, no offense to anyone there.


    Some of the estates near the IT would be full of students so maybe not the best if you have a young family or prefer the quiet life.


    All depends on what you are willing and not willing to accept. Feel free to PM if you want more info.


  • #2899
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    what is with the big crane on the Collooney side of the N4 and barriers there? - its not for this footbridge across the N4 at collooney they were on about is it? or is it there for something else? - if it is for a bridge i personally find it an odd place to put it , and so far away from the sligo gate filling station and business park


  • #2900
    waterboy15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭waterboy15


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    what is with the big crane on the Collooney side of the N4 and barriers there? - its not for this footbridge across the N4 at collooney they were on about is it? or is it there for something else? - if it is for a bridge i personally find it an odd place to put it , and so far away from the sligo gate filling station and business park

    If it's on the left heading south bound just before the first roundabout coming to Collooney it's for the water treatment plant I believe.


  • #2901
    rizzodun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    waterboy15 wrote: »
    If it's on the left heading south bound just before the first roundabout coming to Collooney it's for the water treatment plant I believe.

    Correct, it's for the upgrade works going on at the water treatment plant there.


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