Who wants this bleedin Queen?

feels2gd2btrue

Does anyone know when the exact details of road closures will be announced?? I've an exam on Friday morning and dealing with that kind of stress is the last thing I want to be doing before an exam! Ucc have not sent out any info yet.

gbee

feels2gd2btrue wrote: »

Ucc have not sent out any info yet.

They might not have any to send out. Check out the Garda Twitter pages for the most up to date info, you'll see it there even before the college gets it's emails.

Buceph

feels2gd2btrue wrote: »

Does anyone know when the exact details of road closures will be announced?? I've an exam on Friday morning and dealing with that kind of stress is the last thing I want to be doing before an exam! Ucc have not sent out any info yet.

Get on to the SU. This will be one of the few cases they might be useful. They generally have good links with the guards and some of the UCC staff have extremely good links with the guards.

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getz wrote: »

i allways keep telling the old dears,to go over to ireland for their hollidays,believe it or not,even though more british visit ireland on holiday than any other race,many of them still have to be convinced that it is safe to do so,there is still a strong its not safe for us feeling,the big TV coverage,will do a lot to change their minds.

If people keep living in the past then there is no hope for any of us.
Only last week when in the local pub i had a young lad not even out of his teens trying to give me the history of the hunger strike(Very funny as i am 37 and did a history essay on it for the leaving and got an A+ in honours:))once i set the lad right on one or two of his "facts" he went down to the other end of the bar so i could play pool in peace.

getz

Show Time wrote: »

If people keep living in the past then there is no hope for any of us.
Only last week when in the local pub i had a young lad not even out of his teens trying to give me the history of the hunger strike(Very funny as i am 37 and did a history essay on it for the leaving and got an A+ in honours:))once i set the lad right on one or two of his "facts" he went down to the other end of the bar so i could play pool in peace.

i try to say to them,how beautiful the country is,and the best part of being in ireland are the friendly people,in the village i always go to[south wicklow] my wife and i are treated like family,often asked into their homes,the older ones are always wanting to tell me about,when they were in london ect during the war,the younger ones who aways seem to be united/liverpool or arsenal fans,always want to know the best bars,and places to visit in the UK. never yet in my 10 years of holidays in ireland have we met or heard any off putting remarks.

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getz wrote: »

i try to say to them,how beautiful the country is,and the best part of being in ireland are the friendly people,in the village i always go to[south wicklow] my wife and i are treated like family,often asked into their homes,the older ones are always wanting to tell me about,when they were in london ect during the war,the younger ones who aways seem to be united/liverpool or arsenal fans,always want to know the best bars,and places to visit in the UK. never yet in my 10 years of holidays in ireland have we met or heard any off putting remarks.

I have family in London and have had a few enjoyable hols over there(including a night i can't remember in the Ministry of Sound:D)and never had any problems over my Irish accent. The only place i ever got hassle over that was in Belfast.

getz

Show Time wrote: »

I have family in London and have had a few enjoyable hols over there(including a night i can't remember in the Ministry of Sound:D)and never had any problems over my Irish accent. The only place i ever got hassle over that was in Belfast.

yes belfast is still living on a knife edge,if you ever get a chance go the northern england,blackpool and manchester for a piss up,or the lake district and the dales for beauty,when in ireland i never miss going down to the meeting of the waters,i can sit for hrs just listening to gentle flow and relaxing

Buceph

Show Time wrote: »

I have family in London and have had a few enjoyable hols over there(including a night i can't remember in the Ministry of Sound:D)and never had any problems over my Irish accent. The only place i ever got hassle over that was in Belfast.

I've been to Belfast a couple of times. Stayed near the university mostly, although there's some dodgy areas nearby. Didn't have a spot of bother from the group we were there to meet with, or from random people in the pubs and clubs. Most would ask us where we were from, at least some of them would have to have been loyalists, and not a bother.

We did have one crazy guy come up to us during some quiet pints on the Sunday when we were in the Uni bar to tell us he thinks Gerry Adams should be president of Ireland. We dismissed him saying he wouldn't be elected as city dog catcher. :mad:


Edit: And though this was in the end of June, I figure our experiences would have been with a predominantly young crowd, so that might have shaped events for us.

BarneyMagee

Garda Information relating to the Cork City area for the Visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II on 20 May 2011

From 10 a.m. on Friday, 20 May 2011 a number of streets in the city centre will be closed to traffic. The outer routes around the city will remain open.
Pedestrians will have access to the city centre with reduced crossing points due to crowd control barriers. Other restrictions to pedestrians will be in place at appointed locations.

Bus Éireann have the Park and Ride facility operational at the Black Ash Park and Ride Facility to Lavitts Quay. Access to the Park and Ride will be via
Mick Barry Road from the Tramore Road direction. All Bus Eireann schedules can be found at www.buseireann.ie

The City Centre areas of South Link Road (Inbound), Station Road, Anglesea Street, South Mall, Grand Parade, Patrick Street, Academy Street, Washington Street, Sheares Street, and Dyke Parade will be closed to traffic from 1000 hrs on the 20th May 2011.
No parking will be allowed on this route from 1800 hrs the previous evening the 19th May 2011.
This will also affect deliveries and services as barriers will be placed along the route. Arrangements should be made to have deliveries prior to 1800hrs on the 19th May 2011. The service providers in the city centre have been consulted and are aware of this restriction.

There will be No Pedestrian Access to the following Streets on the 20th May 2011 between 12 noon and 4 p.m.
Princess Street (“Upper”)
Both Sides
Grand Parade
Junction of Oliver Plunkett Street to Patrick Street
St Augustine Street to Tuckey Street
Junction of Tuckey Street and Grand Parade to Electric Bar South Mall
Washington Street (Both Sides)
Junction Grand Parade to South Main Street

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getz wrote: »

yes belfast is still living on a knife edge,if you ever get a chance go the northern england,blackpool and manchester for a piss up,or the lake district and the dales for beauty,when in ireland i never miss going down to the meeting of the waters,i can sit for hrs just listening to gentle flow and relaxing

They are a different race up North and i always wanted to explore the option of using some TNT to blast the North out as it's own island and up into the north sea to give everyone some peace.:).
The lake district has been on the to do list for a long time and if i get my home improvements done before the end of the summer then i may look into a few days over that way.
The dream holiday for me is still North Africa along the route the 8th army Desert Rats and the Afrikakorps slugged it out. The legends of both Monty and Rommel were born on those sands.

*Out and out history buff/geek.

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Buceph wrote: »

I've been to Belfast a couple of times. Stayed near the university mostly, although there's some dodgy areas nearby. Didn't have a spot of bother from the group we were there to meet with, or from random people in the pubs and clubs. Most would ask us where we were from, at least some of them would have to have been loyalists, and not a bother.

We did have one crazy guy come up to us during some quiet pints on the Sunday when we were in the Uni bar to tell us he thinks Gerry Adams should be president of Ireland. We dismissed him saying he wouldn't be elected as city dog catcher. :mad:


Edit: And though this was in the end of June, I figure our experiences would have been with a predominantly young crowd, so that might have shaped events for us.

Sorry i should have added the Belfast experience was a once off and could be dismissed as the rantings of a drunk old fool.

Ludo

I was in town last night and I must say the place is looking very well. The corpo seem to have done a good job cleaning the place up. Streets were the cleanest I have ever seen them.
Pity it cant be like that all the time.

evilivor

That all went fine it seems. Lovely atmosphere outside and hot, hot, hot weather. The whole city looked well. Glad for City Hall that it worked out.

gimmick

God bless her.

Sephiroth_dude

Buceph wrote: »

We did have one crazy guy come up to us during some quiet pints on the Sunday when we were in the Uni bar to tell us he thinks Gerry Adams should be president of Ireland. We dismissed him saying he wouldn't be elected as city dog catcher. :mad:

haha that made me laugh

Seems to have gone very well for her.

FTGFOP

I don't think I've ever seen a better looking bunch around town. Interesting.

On the down-side I saw the gardai being heavy-handed with someone, kinda ruined it for me.

Malari

FTGFOP wrote: »

I don't think I've ever seen a better looking bunch around town. Interesting.

On the down-side I saw the gardai being heavy-handed with someone, kinda ruined it for me.

I thought the guards were pretty much in control of everything. The protesting was very peaceful, I didn't see any scuffles. Plus they brought in a barrier of children as human shields between the protesters on Sullivan's Quay and the queen. :cool::D

who the fug

Show Time wrote: »

If people keep living in the past then there is no hope for any of us.
Only last week when in the local pub i had a young lad not even out of his teens trying to give me the history of the hunger strike(Very funny as i am 37 and did a history essay on it for the leaving and got an A+ in honours:))once i set the lad right on one or two of his "facts" he went down to the other end of the bar so i could play pool in peace.

How can you do a history lesson for your leaving on something that happened 10 years before hand , general knowledge yes, history no.

who the fug

getz wrote: »

yes belfast is still living on a knife edge,if you ever get a chance go the northern england,blackpool and manchester for a piss up,or the lake district and the dales for beauty,when in ireland i never miss going down to the meeting of the waters,i can sit for hrs just listening to gentle flow and relaxing

Please note, north of watford, it rains they have banjos and the people are weird

FTGFOP

Malari wrote: »

they brought in a barrier of children as human shields between the protesters on Sullivan's Quay and the queen. :cool::D

:eek:

Malari wrote: »

I thought the guards were pretty much in control of everything. The protesting was very peaceful, I didn't see any scuffles

I just saw poster taken off someone. Felt wrong. You couldn't even read the bloody thing.

I didn't see any protests other than that failed attempt.

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who the fug wrote: »

How can you do a history lesson for your leaving on something that happened 10 years before hand , general knowledge yes, history no.

The hunger strike was in 81' which would mean in was history in 94' when i wrote about it.

Kold

Jesus, some collection of scum outside the old FAS office today. Couldn't get any work done because of the sh*tty rebel sh*te music blaring. Really let themselves when they started chanting "What do we want? Brits out" revealing that they weren't simply anti monarchy but actual xenophobes. Then the 'intimidating' face off at the bridge where they loomed towards the police before dissipating.

Had to have a chuckle at the fellow with the "Queens against the Queen" board though, wearing a feather boa. Didn't seem like a whole lot of the lads wanted to be seen near him.

Popped into the English Market and the place was full to the brim with tourists and natives alike. No doubt this visit has bolstered business there and the week has passed relatively without incident. Shows the country in a positive light despite those idiots determined to drag the image down.

deRanged

I thought the whole thing was great. I was over by the courthouse.


HRH Queen Elizabeth visits Cork by Brian Clayton, on Flickr

I couldn't really see the queen, but got a decent shot of the Duke.


HRH Queen Elizabeth visits Cork by Brian Clayton, on Flickr

We saw the public order unit heading off in a rush at one stage, but down there you couldn't see any protests or trouble at all.

fryup

ok confess which one of you langers said.."i like your hat" to the queen:rolleyes:

40" in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asuGZsy6oU

FTGFOP

^Didn't realise she actually interacted with the crowds today until you posted that.


Here is my crummy picture of the queen driving by.

who the fug

Show Time wrote: »

The hunger strike was in 81' which would mean in was history in 94' when i wrote about it.

so you got an A for current affairs

FTGFOP

who the fug wrote: »

so you got an A for current affairs

Why do you have such a hard time accepting a thirteen year old event can make it into a history syllabus?

Vinta81

Thought it was absolutely brilliant! Was down on the South Mall and the atmosphere around us was great! got two big waves when she was coming and going, delighted

Patrick St was great then watching her in the English Market....fabulous day out

FTGFOP

Were there some people let into the English Market or were you watching on one of the screens?

Hoffmans

any views on the union jack hangin over city hall........:rolleyes:

leahyl

Hoffmans wrote: »

any views on the union jack hangin over city hall........:rolleyes:

Absolute disgrace - a step too far

Esp when the tricolour is at half mast for Garret Fitzgerald. Just wrong IMO - there's too much history between the 2 countries and I dont think we've come quite far enough (or ever will imo) to be raising the union jack over the city hall but that's just my view

evilivor

Hoffmans wrote: »

any views on the union jack hangin over city hall........:rolleyes:

It's traditional to fly the flags of visiting dignitaries. City hall did very well on coordinating it with the complications of the tricolour flying at half mast for former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and the Union flag for the state visit. A lot if upping and downing.

Vinta81

FTGFOP wrote: »

Were there some people let into the English Market or were you watching on one of the screens?

Oh just watching on the screens, was great seeing everyone racing to Patrick St after she passed on the South Mall.

gbee

Given several accidents and the bottleneck of having traffic diverted to the exclusion zone for a while, the event went off much better than forecast from the information drip fed to us.

Seemingly security was relaxed and people allowed to actually see the Queen and pedestrians not barred from some areas previously so designated.

The rolling road closures worked well and caused minimal disruption. Overall the operation was much better than had been communicated to the general public.

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who the fug wrote: »

so you got an A for current affairs

I got an A for know my stuff kiddo.;)

FTGFOP

Hey, so what did the half million for The English Market get spent on? Anything noticeable?

who the fug

FTGFOP wrote: »

Why do you have such a hard time accepting a thirteen year old event can make it into a history syllabus?

When I did the leaving in 1985 there was no questions on arms trial, think the last question you could do was the Mother & baby scheme

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who the fug wrote: »

When I did the leaving in 1985 there was no questions on arms trial, think the last question you could do was the Mother & baby scheme

It changed a bit in nine years.:rolleyes: