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Why not build a weir on the Liffey?

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  • 01-05-2008 6:46pm
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    mikemac
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    Inspired by this thread
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055285481

    Would it be an idea to build a weir on the Liffey before maybe Dublin port or somewhere inland. I'm sure there are weirs way further up the Liffey but I'm talking about the final stage, maybe from Heuston Station onwards.
    We've all seen the Liffey at low tide and the resultant smell and shopping trolleys, traffic cones and bikes.

    This would eliminate all of these though I'm no engineering expert.
    They had similar issues in Belfast and they built the Lagan Weir.

    Well, what say you?


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    Tabnabs
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    What happens when the Liffey is in flood?


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    Gillo
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    There's not a lot of space to build a weir is there? especially when you consider the cost of land around Dublin.

    I haven't noticed a smell from the Liffey, that said it does look crap in low tide.


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    shakin
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    i thought there was plans for something like that already?


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Its been a long time since the Liffey stank.

    Wanna improve it, get rid of the boardwalk. Or rather, get rid of the junkies on the boardwalk.


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    humberklog
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    I've got one in my back garden. The one at the Trinity boat house. Very smart it is too. Perfect picnic spot, heron, geese, swans , loedsa things for me and my daughter to throw stones.


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    dubtom
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    It hasn't been a long time since it stank,last summer it was particularly pungent on the day or two the sun came out. I've always wondered why it stank,is it sewerage or just the scum at low tide. Would dredging it make a difference?


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    Dord
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    Mairt wrote: »
    Its been a long time since the Liffey stank.

    Wanna improve it, get rid of the boardwalk. Or rather, get rid of the junkies on the boardwalk.

    I agree, I haven't been hit by the "stench" in a good while. Except for that of the boozy junkies. :mad:


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    Jay D
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    Mairt wrote: »
    Its been a long time since the Liffey stank.

    Wanna improve it, get rid of the boardwalk. Or rather, get rid of the junkies on the boardwalk.
    and also the little batter burger head 12-19 year olds that do hang around there


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