Liveline Thread 20/7/2013 to 12/10/2013

Judgement Day

Meathlass wrote: »

I can answer the question for this woman.

We have no money to do any of these things. The National Museum and Heritage Council haven't a penny between them. I'm not saying it's right but that's the way it is.

Also the mania for doing up every derelict and historic building is unreal.

Utter tripe.

Roger_007

Stand by. Tears imminent!

ButtersSuki

Pc7, if I were you I'd give up now and podcast Tug o War Talk and report back to us by the end of the show!

Fujitsu10

An Claidheamh wrote: »

I'd love to go there if Vincent Browne was giving the talk!

Seriously though, painting ourselves as cultural and then charging people a fiver to step into the tower?

Museums are meant to be free. Do these people not realise they sound like gombeens?

I visited Nottingham Castle in England which is a Museum about 2 weeks ago and was charged £5.00 to go in.
Come to think of it maybe that was the reason Robin Hood disliked the Sheriff!!

ButtersSuki

Roger_007 wrote: »

Stand by. Tears imminent!

Don't think she'll crack too easily, Joe might have his work cut out for him here. Assuming he's even listening of course.

An Claidheamh

Meathlass wrote: »

In fairness, you won't get the same numbers willing to pay a fee as are now visiting for free so you can't do a cost analysis on that basis.

People often say open up Skull Island, bring back the Railways, etc for specific tourists yet never mention the cost benefit analysis, when we all know we'd be paying millions for thousands!

Pseudo-tourist experts seem to be everywhere these days.

quinrea01

Ass-burgers!!...Bingo!

constitutionus

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Is Guineys still closed too?

thats gone isnt it ?

closed up for good last year IIRC.

ButtersSuki

quinrea01 wrote: »

Ass-burgers!!...Bingo!

It's much better when Joe says it in Dubalinese.

ButtersSuki

constitutionus wrote: »

closed up for good last year IIRC.

hopefully

constitutionus

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

I visited Nottingham Castle in England which is a Museum about 2 weeks ago and was charged £5.00 to go in.
Come to think of it maybe that was the reason Robin Hood disliked the Sheriff!!

Im pretty sure were fairly unique in not charging into things like museums.

the yanks love it anyway from what theyve been telling me

snubbleste

de most vulnerable

ButtersSuki

We need to add "the most vulnerable" to the bingo card.
Along with "are you making this up?"

vicwatson

constitutionus wrote: »

thats gone isnt it ?

closed up for good last year IIRC.

ButtersSuki wrote: »

hopefully

So, which Guineys is closing down?

http://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/

These dudes are still going....

http://michaelguineys.ie/

snubbleste

Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.

An Claidheamh

He said that autistic students need to be integrated into schools...

...but am I right in thinking that many parents of autistic children don't want them in mainstream schools? I've always wondered about this.

Meathlass

An Claidheamh wrote: »

People often say open up Skull Island, bring back the Railways, etc for specific tourists yet never mention the cost benefit analysis, when we all know we'd be paying millions for thousands!

Pseudo-tourist experts seem to be everywhere these days.

Well I don't agree that Heritage sites have to be profit making but you have to do some sort of analysis on them or your figures will be all wrong e.g. Every time I'm in Dublin I pop into the National Museum of Archaeology, sometimes for only 5 mins to look at my favourite artefacts. I invariably come out with a new book, costing €10 or more. I wouldn't go in so often if I had to pay €3 each time though. It's a psychological thing.

These are long term questions that the various heritage bodies need to sort out on a country/regional/county level and target and build up specific areas they want to focus on. The problem, like most things in Ireland, is the level of fragmentation of state bodies with responsibility for these things.

ButtersSuki

vicwatson wrote: »

So, which Guineys is closing down?

http://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/

Who cares?

An Claidheamh

constitutionus wrote: »

Im pretty sure were fairly unique in not charging into things like museums.

the yanks love it anyway from what theyve been telling me

I always thought that was always mentioned about Dublin anyway, the national museum, gallery were free.

Degringola

I can't help thinking that if public servants took a pay cut down to average European levels then the most vulnerable would not have to go without.
But those holiday homes don't pay for themselves. Maybe I'm too cynical.

ButtersSuki

snubbleste wrote: »

Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.

He might get another in yet, he usually has 2 between 14:50 and 15:00

snubbleste

The point is there is zero commercial advertisers in that ad break

An Claidheamh

What the hell are they talking about!

Any secondary school I know has a half day on Wednesday or Friday.

What's so difficult about that.

constitutionus

snubbleste wrote: »

Commercial break at 1454 - one rte ad.

theres our tax euros at work !

vicwatson

Me father, me mother, me sister, me brother, oh no, no brother

Meathlass

She can't believe it's derelict ... but she last visited it 40 years ago!

ButtersSuki

Shock and horror.

Wouldn't want to be in a real emergency situation with this caller.

snubbleste

Toora a loora bally lee

Dan Jaman

An enormous key?

syklops

Get the lads in Tog to pick the lock for them.