What should Ireland have?

For Forks Sake

barryfitz wrote: »

MONORAIL!

That's really more a Shelbyville kind of thing.

Pinch Flat

A roof over it. Constant temperature of 25 degrees Celcius.

Wurzelbert

kneemos wrote: »

We don't have major cities.

true, but dublin could use a wee underground...though that would probably only turn into a major scumbag magnet...bad enough on the luas up on top and in daylight already...

bodhi085

Decent broadband in rural areas with more than one bar signal.

Fred Swanson

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cloud493

Cheaper fast food.

Grayson

For Forks Sake wrote: »

That's really more a Shelbyville Cork kind of thing.

fyp

endacl

maximoose wrote: »

Dunkin Donuts.

We had those. They didn't last. Because they're crap.

happinessfr

Better quality fast food.

Fast food doesn't necessarily be cheap and bad quality.

someone please bring in my favourite Japanese food chain - MOS Burger!

tayto lover

Proper public toilets in our cities and large towns.

Deathwish4

More meats on sticks

Pumpkinseeds

Jonti wrote: »

Milo is available here. The Chinese Supermarket at the top of Henry Street in Limerick has plenty of it.

It's vile. Australian cousins of ours brought some over when they visited in the '80's, tasted rank.

stehyl15

Proper Coffeeshops like the ones in Amsterdam

Rakish Paddy

For Forks Sake wrote: »

That's really more a Shelbyville kind of thing.

It put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map.

topper75

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

But Ireland did have fisheries and as I mentioned earlier, there are historical reports of them having difficulty in getting rid of their fish.

My second criticism is that fishing infrastructure was not developed after the famine, or as soon as the over-reliance on the potato cult was beyond dispute.


The land that raised potatoes belonged to the landowners too, not the tenant farmers. There seems to have been zero entrepreneurial interest in fish, not only from landowners, but from wealthy tenants and merchants generally, who must have been aware of the 'salmon falls; the mackeral-crowded seas' all around them.

None of this posed a problem for the Scots, who have been smoking and preserving fish for centuries.

There may have been seasonal fish gluts sure, but few hungry consecutive weeks puts you in jeopardy. Whether fish or potatoes, it is not just a question of harvest, but also storage/preservation.

I presume the Scottish drying was the North Sea coast. Cold and dry - perfect for air drying. West of Ireland not so much.

There was a salmon cannery in Connemara alright so not fair to say zero entrepreneurial interest. Google fails me here but Tim Robinson's excellent Listening to the Wind details it. Owned by Ballinahinch Castle AFAIK. Robinson also outlined the difficulties with turning to the sea for food for the starving populace at the time. I'll look it up and edit this post later with the pages. You'll get it in any Irish bookshop/library. Maybe google books even.

Eugene Norman

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Seafood resetaurants.

Seafood takeaways by the sea side.

Seafood generally.

We are an island. Why is seafood so expensive, and why is it not part of our history?

I read a book on medieval history once which showed that Ireland has never had a fond relationship with seafood, not even after food preservation techniques were acquired.

Skibbereen was a mortality black-spot during the Great Famine. 10,000 bodies are buried in its famine cemetary, despite the fact that the fish were jumping out of the river and conditions were suitable for fishing.

Why does Ireland not have a seafood culture?

Because they were farmers mostly. Fishing is a learned skill.

There are plenty of fish restaurants by the sea or in Irish fishing villages.

Lagraso

Super whorehouses like they have in Germany with swimming pools, jacuzzis, saunas,all you can eat buffet, bar etc. Oh and of course plenty of whores.

blade1

Death penalty!

Saipanne

Starokan wrote: »

An underground rail system in the major city's would be nice

Underground in Galway?

For Forks Sake

Lagraso wrote: »

Super whorehouses like they have in Germany with swimming pools, jacuzzis, saunas,all you can eat buffet, bar etc. Oh and of course plenty of whores.

A mild remodel of Coppers should sort that out.

Realt Dearg Sec

Rakish Paddy wrote: »

It put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map.

Is there a chance the track could bend?

Cienciano

Street food.
Cheap bar licences. In contintental countries the cities have loads of small bars. Not worth your while in ireland because of the bar licence system. You can't even get a beer in a lot of resturants.
Proper opening hours. Pubs and off licences should be able to open when they want.

grundie

Costco or Sams Club.
An equivalent of one of those big middle east hub airports for transatlantic travel.
A really good science museum.

enda1

High density hosusing
Pedestrianised city centres
Deregulation of on and off licenses
Unlimited opening hours for on and off licensed premises
Doctors/dentists/pharmacies/banks/post offices with proper opening hours - ones which include when the majority of the working population aren't working
Mortgages changed to hire purchase - you don't own until you make your last payment
Political parties with clear, transparent and defining values
Mandatory connection of all cable/telephone/fibre to to all new builds - make it a prerequisite o planning consent.
Tenant rights and responsibilities - allow long term renting to be a viable life choice
Eliminate charitable status concept
Ban chugging
Enforced cold calling register

Leif Johnson

A special island to exile the scumbags to

jimgoose

Leif Johnson wrote: »

A special island to exile the scumbags to

A.k.a. "Australia".

fiachr_a

blade1 wrote: »

Death penalty!

Death metal strip clubs like Florida had.

manutd83

Not on your life my Hindu friend

Faith+1

Marcos Icy Gazebo wrote: »

Abortions. Loads and loads of abortions.

eh......NO.

jimgoose

Faith+1 wrote: »

eh......NO.

eh.....POSSIBLY? Donohue-Levitt Hypothesis.

Dog walker 1234

Decent weather:)

Drexel

jimgoose wrote: »

A.k.a. "Australia".

They just send them back when their visas run out. They got the idea from a boomerang

jimgoose

jonny666 wrote: »

They just send them back when their visas run out. They got the idea from a boomerang

Really? I'd have called 'em Chazwozzers.

dd972

Proper transport, French/Spanish style high speed trains that get to Cork or Galway in an hour, a Dublin Metro.

Morpheus

Larger defence forces and increase defence spending to 2% GDP

proper justice system

and....

capital punishment

BoJack Horseman

Much much higher taxation levels.

Rabbo

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Much much higher taxation levels.

I vote for much much lower taxes and much much more services

BoJack Horseman

Rabbo wrote: »

I vote for much much lower taxes and much much more services

I'm calling for an overhaul of arithmetic education!

Fred Swanson

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Whosthis

jimgoose wrote: »

Taco Bell. I wants burritos, and I wants 'em now.

You can't move in Dublin these days without tripping over a burrito place.

fiachr_a

Katie Hopkins, give me women like that instead of Miriam big bird O'Callaghan any day!

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topper75 wrote: »

There may have been seasonal fish gluts sure, but few hungry consecutive weeks puts you in jeopardy. Whether fish or potatoes, it is not just a question of harvest, but also storage/preservation.

I presume the Scottish drying was the North Sea coast. Cold and dry - perfect for air drying. West of Ireland not so much.

For preserving mainly used smoking, salting and pickling. Many of the fishing and preserving techniques were actually introduced to Scotland from Ireland in the 1700's.
As A Tyrant Named Miltiades! said we did have a fishing industry. Quite a lucrative one too, as far back as the 18th century. Intiatives were first setup in the mid 1700's to develop fishing, buildings, training, subsidies for exports and levies on imported fish products, etc
It did have periods ups and down though for various reasons, cycles of fish stocks, emigration and various uprisings.

Look around the coast and islands and you can still find the old stone smoking houses. Lots of old photos around harbor pubs still from the mid 1800's showing the stacks of thousands of barrels of herring and spratt (pilchard) and other fish, sailing ships in the harbors taking these products abroad, to the continent and the USA.

We have the best fishing grounds in the world, bar none. Why we never developed it properly after independence? then gave it away? Same reasons we scrapped what was then the most advanced public transport/tram system in the world, rather than develop it further or even take it underground.
Plus some of the other things we should have in Ireland but don't.
Political incompetence, shortsightedness and cronyism ?? I dono

Vandango

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Dublin is not a major city

Fyp...:pac:. By major cities people mean Paris, New York, London, Tokyo ect. Dublin is a pretty small city by major city standards.

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Hooters

NotYourYear20

Hills30 wrote: »

What should Ireland have?

A government looking after its the people and not the Banksters, would be a nice place to start.

Fratton Fred

Vandango wrote: »

Fyp...:pac:. By major cities people mean Paris, New York, London, Tokyo ect. Dublin is a pretty small city by major city standards.

It's bigger than Newcastle though, which does have a metro.

Sever Tomorrow

the groutch wrote: »

there used to be one, but they were dumb enough to put it on Grafton Street.
no chance they were ever going to cover Grafton St. rents selling donuts.

There were branches in some petrol stations too.

BoJack Horseman

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It's bigger than Newcastle though, which does have a metro.

As does Dublin

jobbridge4life

the groutch wrote: »

there used to be one, but they were dumb enough to put it on Grafton Street.
no chance they were ever going to cover Grafton St. rents selling donuts.

Well there is a ice cream parlor on Grafton St now so....


And there were dunkin donuts in other locations including in UCD.

Flippyfloppy

Indoor ski slopes like in the emirates
Ice skating rinks
Olympic size swimming pools
Proper football clubs & dare I say players
More restaurant laden harbors and promenades
Less skobiness & beating up tourists
On time public transport
Less of the smart attitude
Better weather
Less clouds
Youth activities for all youths
More non denominational schools
Walt Disney parks
Better TV stations with less cheap corny sets & shows
Whales