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Reasons to be positive in Waterford?

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    #392
    south
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭south


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    Members of Roddy's consortium I wonder?

    :D no


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    #393
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,710 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    Notice work been carried out on old Shoe Zone Shop, anyone know what might be going there?


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    #394
    lanno25
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭lanno25


    John Martin Jewelers


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    #395
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    Best news Waterfors couls have would be ALL the wasters in the council resign and a new batch of young/non-affiliated people come in.


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    #396
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    seanaway wrote: »
    Best news Waterfors couls have would be ALL the wasters in the council resign and a new batch of young/non-affiliated people come in.

    I agree 100%. These fellows in the Council are not even living in the town and will never be affected by all the ridiculous out and out nonsensical changes to road directions that they are planning. And they have way too much power. Even after all the meetings and appeals it still looks like they are going ahead to change the traffic in Bilberry and Bunkers Hill etc. Meanwhile they can swan off and drive home to the country and live their lives unaffected :mad:


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    #397
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 38,386 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    have heard the Mansion will be open before Xmas

    dont knw how true it is ?


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    #398
    BBM77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭BBM77


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    have heard the Mansion will be open before Xmas

    dont knw how true it is ?

    Sounds plausible, I passed there on Saturday morning and there were builders working on the building.


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    #399
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    I agree 100%. These fellows in the Council are not even living in the town and will never be affected by all the ridiculous out and out nonsensical changes to road directions that they are planning. And they have way too much power. Even after all the meetings and appeals it still looks like they are going ahead to change the traffic in Bilberry and Bunkers Hill etc. Meanwhile they can swan off and drive home to the country and live their lives unaffected :mad:

    What about a protest march on this?


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    #400
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    I agree 100%. These fellows in the Council are not even living in the town and will never be affected by all the ridiculous out and out nonsensical changes to road directions that they are planning. And they have way too much power. Even after all the meetings and appeals it still looks like they are going ahead to change the traffic in Bilberry and Bunkers Hill etc. Meanwhile they can swan off and drive home to the country and live their lives unaffected :mad:

    You'd swear councillors live in mansions and are not affected by everything that happens in the city, just like everyone else.this is just more hysterical rantings.this thread is for positives not rantings......
    Great to see start date of January on city square expansion...see news and star.


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    #401
    BBM77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭BBM77


    Max Powers wrote: »
    You'd swear councillors live in mansions and are not affected by everything that happens in the city, just like everyone else.this is just more hysterical rantings.this thread is for positives not rantings......
    Great to see start date of January on city square expansion...see news and star.

    That is very good news. As good and all as the Newgate centre is realistically it will be 5 or more years before it opens. City Square’s changes will bring new shops into the city centre and Waterford can benefit from the attraction they create in a short period of time.


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    #402
    Jambo
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Jambo


    Max Powers wrote: »
    You'd swear councillors live in mansions and are not affected by everything that happens in the city, just like everyone else.this is just more hysterical rantings.this thread is for positives not rantings......
    Great to see start date of January on city square expansion...see news and star.

    Passed there on Friday and noticed some harris type fencing around the buildings on the front and it looked like some demolition crowd had already begun cleaning the inside of the shops at the front (Brasserie and Beside it)


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    #403
    mooseknunkle
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    Whats happening with Burger King is it moving to somewhere else in the new city square?


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    #404
    MRnotlob606
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    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    mooseknunkle wrote: »
    Whats happening with Burger King is it moving to somewhere else in the new city square?

    Says food outlets moving upstairs.


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    #406
    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭Road-Hog


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    I agree 100%. These fellows in the Council are not even living in the town and will never be affected by all the ridiculous out and out nonsensical changes to road directions that they are planning. And they have way too much power. Even after all the meetings and appeals it still looks like they are going ahead to change the traffic in Bilberry and Bunkers Hill etc. Meanwhile they can swan off and drive home to the country and live their lives unaffected :mad:

    One of dumbest posts I've read in a long time...


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    #407
    Scaldy Ned
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Scaldy Ned


    Positivity about Waterford.ive lived for over 2 years in what's been voted "worst place to live in England. I love crossing the bridge when I come home. I also feel shame for letting our city down.out parents have followed two party politics for years and we've fallen in to the same trap. They know that we're predictable and the "dynasties" will survive.we've got what we've voted for and its our own fault.we're the oldest city in the country and also the most placid and laziest when it comes to "being arsed" about something... Don't come back with a hundred smart arse answers why we're not .... We are what we are.... Even the youngest and most dynamic politician is fg .... Here we go again ... Need I say more


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    #408
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    Scaldy Ned wrote: »
    Positivity about Waterford.ive lived for over 2 years in what's been voted "worst place to live in England. I love crossing the bridge when I come home. I also feel shame for letting our city down.out parents have followed two party politics for years and we've fallen in to the same trap. They know that we're predictable and the "dynasties" will survive.we've got what we've voted for and its our own fault.we're the oldest city in the country and also the most placid and laziest when it comes to "being arsed" about something... Don't come back with a hundred smart arse answers why we're not .... We are what we are.... Even the youngest and most dynamic politician is fg .... Here we go again ... Need I say more

    Real positive Ned, I don't agree with a lot of what you said, simply, if we voted against the main parties for last number of years we would be in worse situation.what do you do to help Waterford.?


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    #409
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,440 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    It's clearly obvious to me anyway, there's something fundamentally wrong with our political systems, this is not just evident here but in other western nations. I personally believe neoliberalism and free market economic policies are mainly to blame here. I personally believe we're in a lot of trouble now and these systems must go if things are to truly improve. The only thing is, nobody really knows what to do. We need to be true to ourselves if things are to improve, are we truly recovering, when there's rising inequality, an ever worsening housing/homeless situation and serious problems arising in our health care systems? These theories are a bust! The people are not to blame, we've been fed a pile of ****e for decades. Sadly I can see us continue on this path for some time, experiencing more frequent and probably more serious crashes until we start to accept these fundamental problems, and start to change things.


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    #410
    fricatus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Ye're getting a bit off-topic now lads...

    Nice to see movement on the City Square redevelopment. I had great fun with the little lad yesterday, watching the demolition of the building next to the alleyway leading to Sully's on Arundel Square. Hopefully the new units will be open as planned in the lead-up to Christmas 2017.


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    #411
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    The city will change a lot visually in the coming years. Which is rather nice. We need to accept change is required for our city to grow.


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    #412
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    A picture on Wednesday of the demolition. Great to see :D


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    #413
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,440 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    MRnotlob606 wrote:
    The city will change a lot visually in the coming years. Which is rather nice. We need to accept change is required for our city to grow.

    Change most certainly is good but we must do so by not destroying our past!


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    #414
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    Seems like a lot is happening in this city that is long overdue.


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    #415
    Deise Vu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,962 ✭✭✭Deise Vu


    Could the great days of the bluez be coming back?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/swindon-town-chairman-completes-deal-to-take-over-at-waterford-united-1.2867673

    Sporting success gives most people a lift and it is almost un-noticed how many players from Waterford are playing, or were playing until recently, at a decent level elsewhere: John O'Shea, Daryl Murphy, Brian Murphy, the Hunts, Derrick Williams, Eddie Nolan, Jim Goodwin and I am sure I am forgetting a few more. (I know we could never afford them now but wouldn't it be nice if they had started their careers at the RSC before a big money transfer? We can dream anyway!!)

    It is only 2012 that we played Dundalk in a promotion playoff. Just saying!!!


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    #416
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    Deise Vu wrote: »
    Could the great days of the bluez be coming back?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/swindon-town-chairman-completes-deal-to-take-over-at-waterford-united-1.2867673

    Sporting success gives most people a lift and it is almost un-noticed how many players from Waterford are playing, or were playing until recently, at a decent level elsewhere: John O'Shea, Daryl Murphy, Brian Murphy, the Hunts, Derrick Williams, Eddie Nolan, Jim Goodwin and I am sure I am forgetting a few more. (I know we could never afford them now but wouldn't it be nice if they had started their careers at the RSC before a big money transfer? We can dream anyway!!)

    It is only 2012 that we played Dundalk in a promotion playoff. Just saying!!!

    Great news hopefully,e where and when can you get season tickets DeiseVu?


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    #417
    BBM77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭BBM77


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    Seems like a lot is happening in this city that is long overdue.

    Absolutely. There is a real vibrancy in the city at the moment which is great to see.


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    BBM77
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    Work on the Gas Works car park is starting next week which is good to see. Hopefully this will make that end of the city centre more accessible.


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    #419
    Kadser
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 102 ✭✭Kadser


    They're now talking about a financial services centre getting built across the river. Will probably never happen but a better idea than a casino.


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,440 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Kadser wrote: »
    They're now talking about a financial services centre getting built across the river. Will probably never happen but a better idea than a casino.

    the only problem is, financialisation of our economies isnt exactly working out, as its involved in similar activity to a casino


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    #421
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    Kadser wrote: »
    They're now talking about a financial services centre getting built across the river. Will probably never happen but a better idea than a casino.

    Who exactly is talking about that?


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