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ESB considering knocking Poolbeg chimneys again!

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    #62
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,294 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    De Bhál wrote: »
    ?
    no it's not
    The chimney wall, not the entire chimney!


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    #63
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    I've just landed at Dublin. I wouldn't feel like I'd arrived home if I didn't see them on the way in. Them and the cloudy skies :)


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    #64
    BowWow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭BowWow


    BowWow wrote: »
    My wish would be that the narrow one be demolished and something like the Seattle Needle be crafted from the other one.

    Dam! Brighton have used my vision :p

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2711751/World-s-vertical-cable-car-Work-begins-46m-Brighton-i360-tower-soars-600ft.html


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    #65
    Duckett
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Duckett


    Cool video clip on today's Irish Times website taken from a drone - enjoy


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    #66
    bigroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,134 ✭✭✭bigroad


    Duckett wrote: »
    Cool video clip on today's Irish Times website taken from a drone - enjoy
    Link please.


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    #67
    bigroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,134 ✭✭✭bigroad


    Watched it on their website thanks.Good show.
    Base jumping comes to mind.


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    #68
    Davy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    bigroad wrote: »
    Link please.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRUZF4AGNV0


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    #69
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,360 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Was discussing this with mates at the weekend sitting up in the blue light. They are Dublins only real bit of recognizable skyline and it would be a shame to see them go, although I can understand the ESB not wanting to continue maintaining them indefinitely. I would be happy for them to be just left in good repair and painted occasionally at the tax payers expense. I think if they were gone we would soon regret the visual loss.


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    #70
    afatbollix
    Registered Users Posts: 4,063 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    A tourist attraction! Ya I can see the trip advisors reports.

    Just go east out past the sewage plant and then past the power station and if you make it past that climb the 200 metres for €15.

    Load of bollix.


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    #71
    Duckett
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Duckett


    like U2 or hate them - One of U2's early, iconic photoshoots was on Sandymount Strand, with the 'twin towers' of the Poolbeg Generating Station in the background. Clearly the chimneys meant something to U2 – they would subsequently feature in the video to Pride (In The Name Of Love).


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    #72
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Duckett wrote: »
    like U2 or hate them - One of U2's early, iconic photoshoots was on Sandymount Strand, with the 'twin towers' of the Poolbeg Generating Station in the background. Clearly the chimneys meant something to U2 – they would subsequently feature in the video to Pride (In The Name Of Love).
    Even more reason to tear them down. :D

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #73
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,684 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Good news. They're staying and getting a lick of paint.

    http://lovindublin.com/dublin/dublins-skyline-is-saved-esb-says-its-going-to-preserve-and-paint-our-beloved-poolbeg-chimneys


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    #74
    James Delaney
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭James Delaney


    Great - The chimneys are iconic & Dublins Twin Towers.

    A lovely sight when coming home from abroad.


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    #75
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    James Delaney wrote: »
    Great - The chimneys are iconic & Dublins Twin Towers.

    A lovely sight when coming home from abroad.

    I hope the terrorists don't get wind of the plans to keep them there then.


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    #76
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Great news. Love 'em or hate 'em. They are very much a part of who we - oh ok, our skyline - are !


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