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ATHLONE CHINESE HUB

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    #92
    Milk & Honey
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    force eleven wrote: »
    This is correct. The Chinese will ship in their own cheap labour, that is just their way of doing things. No frills, no after business golf and drinking trips.

    Don't be offended.

    The number of green cards is being limited. they won't have it all their own way.


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    #93
    Alfasud
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    Check out todays Irish Independent page14


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    #94
    SilverScreen
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    Alfasud wrote: »
    Check out todays Irish Independent page14
    Or just read about it here:
    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/china-trade-hub-investors-were-told-outlandish-state-aid-claims-3127215.html


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    #95
    [Deleted User]
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    Zero1986 wrote: »
    Or just read about it here:
    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/china-trade-hub-investors-were-told-outlandish-state-aid-claims-3127215.html
    Many of the comments agree that it's bollocks as well!


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    #96
    Saint_Mel
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    Will they be trying to pawn off the proposed Tubber Airport as Athlone International


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    #97
    martin1
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    Saint_Mel wrote: »
    Will they be trying to pawn off the proposed Tubber Airport as Athlone International

    Surely you mean "prawn off" st mel ?? hehehe :D


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    #98
    Steven81
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    There isnt a word about this now, has it stopped or are there behind the scenes actions that we are not aware of.


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    #99
    [Deleted User]
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    Steven81 wrote: »
    There isnt a word about this now, has it stopped or are there behind the scenes actions that we are not aware of.

    They're still trying to grow the magic money tree!

    yokohama%20chinatown%20fantasy%2012.jpg


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    #100
    LLU
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    Steven81 wrote: »
    There isnt a word about this now, has it stopped or are there behind the scenes actions that we are not aware of.

    Or has it dawned on someone that maybe possibly perhaps sometimes the path to success does *not* involve building another shopping center/industrial unit/apartment block/etc?


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    #101
    cherryghost
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    LLU wrote: »
    Or has it dawned on someone that maybe possibly perhaps sometimes the path to success does *not* involve building another shopping center/industrial unit/apartment block/etc?

    That's exactly it. They're just going to farm the large amount of land with rice paddies. It's a win win!


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    #102
    nice_guy80
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    cherryghost wrote: »
    That's exactly it. They're just going to farm the large amount of land with rice paddies. It's a win win!

    plenty of land along the shannon that floods! thanks to the ESB


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    #103
    1huge1
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    Done a lot of searching on the Internet and have found no update on this story in quite a while. Any word know what the latest developments are with the hub?


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    #104
    [Deleted User]
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    1huge1 wrote: »
    Done a lot of searching on the Internet and have found no update on this story in quite a while. Any word know what the latest developments are with the hub?
    Realistically, it was a non-runner, all it was was a group of speculators who bought up land in the run up to the peak of the boom who are now desperately trying to sell it on to "the greater fool" the Chinese are not fools.

    The Irish government haven't fallen for it either!

    It will still be fields for a few decades more, only possible developments may be wind turbines.


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    #105
    demanufactured
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    A white elephant.


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    #106
    Saint_Mel
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    I think a delegation went over to China recently to seek out investors/tennents etc


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    #107
    djethro
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    In the news recently they went over prior to St patricks day this year, so it's not dead yet I guess.


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    #108
    [Deleted User]
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    djethro wrote: »
    In the news recently they went over prior to St patricks day this year, so it's not dead yet I guess.
    But what did they come back with? My guess is nothing!


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    #109
    athlonelad
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    But what did they come back with?!

    Not even a shhhtick of rock?


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    #110
    L.Jenkins
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    Not a notion of what's going on with the Chinese trade hub. I see the scale model isn't available in the civic centre for viewing anymore. Anyone know the story behind negotiations, as I've heard conflicting reports that it is and isn't going ahead.


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    #111
    L.Jenkins
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    Anyone know if anything is going ahead or has it been scraped?


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    #112
    [Deleted User]
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    The deafening silence is all that I've heard so far!


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    #113
    mr_edge_to_you
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    Once ya can still get the salt and chilli ribs in the Imperial on Northgate Street we have all the Chinese business we need in Athlone.


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    #114
    1huge1
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    Fair to assume that this is stalled for the moment/ for good?


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    #115
    demanufactured
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    All a dream.


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    #116
    Shout Dust
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    Anything more happen about this after or is it dead in the water?


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    #117
    [Deleted User]
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    Shout Dust wrote: »
    Anything more happen about this after or is it dead in the water?
    It was always a dream, and still is.


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    #118
    galait
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was always a dream, and still is.

    It was dead in the water before it started


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    #119
    L.Jenkins
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    demanufactured wrote: »
    All a dream.
    galait wrote: »
    It was dead in the water before it started

    Why do I feel I should post a video of Susan Boyle, "I dreamed a dream".

    On saying that, something needs to be done in this town to give it a bit of a boost.


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    #120
    galait
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    Itzy wrote: »
    Why do I feel I should post a video of Susan Boyle, "I dreamed a dream".

    On saying that, something needs to be done in this town to give it a bit of a boost.

    I travel around the country and Athlone is looking much healthier than most other towns of a similar size.


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    #121
    coylemj
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    Deja Vu....

    London mayor Boris Johnson recently (Oct 2nd) took part in a PR blitz in involving a bunch of Chinese 'businessmen' who unveiled plans to rebuild the Crystal Palace from the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park which was relocated to Penge Common in south London and burnt down in 1936. Couldn't help thinking of the Athlone business hub when watching the grandiose plans which included a scale model and the Lord Mayor licking assorted arses.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442468/Crystal-Palace-rebuild-plans-unveiled.html


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