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Originally posted by jembo View PostO'Connell Street had declined ever further by the erection of a pile of scrap metal.Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by quinner View PostAnd Iconic......
As for the self cleaning bit.... what eejits are they taking the inhabitants for ?.
The astonishing sum has been spent since the Spire was erected in 2003, and is almost half the €4.6m construction cost.
The huge sum will come as an embarrassment to Dublin City Council, which is cutting capital spending in areas such as social housing, roads, sports and cultural facilities by 50pc over the next three years.
The Spire -- nicknamed the 'Stiletto in the Ghetto' -- was originally touted as being 'self-cleaning' as it was designed to allow rain to flow off, taking any dirt with it. Indeed, because of this it is still believed to require less cleaning than it would otherwise.
However, an average of almost €225,000 has been spent on maintaining the structure each year between 2003 and 2011.
Figures obtained by the Irish Independent show that the largest sum was paid in 2007 when €435,432 was spent on cleaning and lighting repairs. Similar work costing €324,868 was carried out the following year.
We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostIndeed..... a tragic situation......while addicts were dying in squalor for the lack of help, the corpo go spend €4.8 million on a piece of rubbish that does absolutely nothing.
As for the self cleaning bit.... what eejits are they taking the inhabitants for ?.
The astonishing sum has been spent since the Spire was erected in 2003, and is almost half the €4.6m construction cost.
The huge sum will come as an embarrassment to Dublin City Council, which is cutting capital spending in areas such as social housing, roads, sports and cultural facilities by 50pc over the next three years.
The Spire -- nicknamed the 'Stiletto in the Ghetto' -- was originally touted as being 'self-cleaning' as it was designed to allow rain to flow off, taking any dirt with it. Indeed, because of this it is still believed to require less cleaning than it would otherwise.
However, an average of almost €225,000 has been spent on maintaining the structure each year between 2003 and 2011.
Figures obtained by the Irish Independent show that the largest sum was paid in 2007 when €435,432 was spent on cleaning and lighting repairs. Similar work costing €324,868 was carried out the following year.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-26856389.html
But, I will assume it could have been better spent......Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by quinner View PostA tidy sum (excuse the pun).......I wouldn't for one minute assume the responsibilities of deciding what the Corpo. spends it's money on.......But, I will assume it could have been better spent......We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by quinner View PostAs is Somerset County Council.......
Not a spire in sight.........(Maybe, no sense of humour).....Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post......LOL. Antiques ship London... on unofficial temp loan.
Butty Sugrue
Old age and treachery will outdo youth and skill anyday
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Originally posted by Sharkface View PostI recall reading of its appearance at the pub in london owned by an Irishman
Butty Sugrue
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=1636,2830595
Not sure if he owned it.....he took over from a Manager that did a ''Moonlighter''.....
And the three before him were only Managers.....Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by Sharkface View PostI recall reading of its appearance at the pub in london owned by an Irishman Butty Sugrue
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=1636,2830595
Getting the head off oul Nelson.Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostLOL... didn't know that..... 'Op Carry on Leprechaun' lmao.
Getting the head off oul Nelson.I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit
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