Should we get rid of The River Lee?

Dannyboy83

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

I think this is God trying to tell you something... maybe stop being a bunch of arrogant, whinging, jealous shower of langers. you will never be the capital and thats that

According to the IDA, Cork is already the industrial heart of Ireland.

http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2014/01/30/an-economic-renaissance-in-cork

According to the IDA, it is not Dublin that is the industrial heart of Ireland, but Cork.
In 2011, the south-west region accounted for 36.2pc, or €36.7bn, of Irish industrial output. Dublin as a region produced 18.9pc, or €19.2bn, worth of industrial gross output in 2011.
Dublin as a region had the lowest proportion of Irish-owned industrial units in 2011 at 14.5pc.
The south-west region, with a much, much smaller population, accounted for 15pc of Irish-owned industry.
The Cork region has the highest industrial wages in Ireland. This may come as a surprise to some but average industrial wages in the Cork region are €44,800, while the Dublin region is next highest at €44,700.

If we didn't have to subsidise Dublin;), we could afford to build a tidal barrier like this



Jokes aside tho, between flooding and Swiss Cheese-like roads throughout Cork, we'd all be better off investing in hovercraft.

gobnaitolunacy

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

I think this is God trying to tell you something... maybe stop being a bunch of arrogant, whinging, jealous shower of langers. you will never be the capital and thats that

Yeah, we'll just have the live with the fact Dublin is the real capital.






(and it's a nawful sh!thole of a capital)

mackerski

kippy wrote: »

Itd be easier to move the city.

Yeah, to Dublin. That's what most of rural Ireland seems to do anyway.

Ash.J.Williams

Will someone please think about the mullet

zetalambda

Where will all the norries wash themselves if we do that?

mordeith

Dannyboy83 wrote: »

According to the IDA, Cork is already the industrial heart of Ireland.



If we didn't have to subsidise Dublin;), we could afford to build a tidal barrier like this



Jokes aside tho, between flooding and Swiss Cheese-like roads throughout Cork, we'd all be better off investing in hovercraft.

That cost £500 million to build in the 1980s. Apparently it costs £16,000 to close it each time. I reckon even if they built one for the Lee they'd never use it!

Dannyboy83

mordeith wrote: »

That cost £500 million to build in the 1980s. Apparently it costs £16,000 to close it each time. I reckon even if they built one for the Lee they'd never use it!

That's certainly pricey, but Nash19 reckon the least 3 flood have cost them 90k alone and she laid off 20 staff today:

http://corkindependent.com/20140205/news/not-good-enough-2016-too-late-for-flood-works-S79430.html
That's not good enough, according to Ms Nash, who has experienced three major flood incidents in the past number of years, the most recent of which cost her approximately €90,000.

An emotional Ms Nash told the Cork Independent that yesterday she was forced to ask 20 of her 24 staff to sign on because she cannot reopen her restaurant due to health and safety concerns caused by floodwaters.

Businesses such as that might contribute toward the costs.

Dbu

Stick the river up on Donedeal and see what we get for it:D

Tommy Dillon

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Yeah, we'll just have the live with the fact Dublin is the real capital.






(and it's a nawful sh!thole of a capital)

Yup......but its still the capital..... doesnt say much about the rest of the country in fairness