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€300M Investment into Waterford City

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    #2012
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    hardybuck wrote: »
    Where have you seen that it's held back?

    probably read some ****e on FB.... so must be true lol


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    #2013
    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭Road-Hog


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Related matter, how is there not a fast track for this kind of stuff?

    https://twitter.com/damienwlrfm/status/1098128583317442561?s=21

    He would appear to have down a lot of demolition up there from what i have heard (source - pub, Facebook and Twitter)......could this not be viewed as premature...if he doesn’t as of yet have out right ownership of the site


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    #2014
    curmudgeonly
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭curmudgeonly


    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.


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    #2015
    cactus jacks
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭cactus jacks


    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.


    Great news if true.


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    #2016
    Irishlad2014
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭Irishlad2014


    cactus jacks wrote: »
    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.


    Great news if true.
    That will make a lot of fellas quite, if you get my drift ;)


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    #2017
    Max Powers
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    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.

    From what I read, they were always, from day one in council proposal, contributing to infrastructure costs for bridge etc. Planning is due in May or later with you would hope construction soon after
    There has been reliable updates in the local papers last few weeks.


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    #2018
    Bards
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    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.
    Check out @DermotKeyes’;s Tweet:


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    #2019
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Are we saved, will Little Nell see the new dawn after all!? :D Etc.


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    #2020
    mooseknunkle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭mooseknunkle


    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.

    Whos the large anchor tenant ;)


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    #2021
    curmudgeonly
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭curmudgeonly


    mooseknunkle wrote: »
    Whos the large anchor tenant ;)

    Peter France

    They haven't gone away ya know.


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    #2022
    fricatus
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    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Peter France

    I heard it was Darrers!


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    #2023
    Waterboy2014
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Waterboy2014


    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    Seems like all the naysayers may have been wrong, Alkohair have committed to spending 7.5 million on prep work on NQ immediately and Michael street to start before the end of summer is what I am hearing, albeit with an internal design change for one large anchor tenant.

    I'm wondering where you saw this. I read MEx article and there mention.


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    #2024
    curmudgeonly
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭curmudgeonly


    Waterboy2014 wrote: »
    I'm wondering where you saw this. I read MEx article and there mention.

    I didn't see it I heard it at an update meeting.


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    #2025
    robcass78
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭robcass78


    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    I didn't see it I heard it at an update meeting.

    What meeting?


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    #2026
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    robcass78 wrote: »
    What meeting?

    A meeting in the pub, I'd guess


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    #2027
    Bards
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    Check out @munsterexpress’;s Tweet:


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    #2028
    Max Powers
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    Bards wrote: »
    Check out @munsterexpress’;s Tweet: https://twitter.com/munsterexpress/status/1100382241866346496?s=09

    I read the article in the paper, old school hard copy style, nothing in it about what OP was saying immediate starts etc, I wonder did person read article or just tweet headline.


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    #2029
    curmudgeonly
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭curmudgeonly


    Max Powers wrote: »
    A meeting in the pub, I'd guess

    In the Can Can on Mayors walk, Rob was gone home early.


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    #2030
    Max Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Max Powers


    curmudgeonly wrote: »
    In the Can Can on Mayors walk, Rob was gone home early.

    Thought so...never been into that place.


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    #2031
    curmudgeonly
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭curmudgeonly


    Max Powers wrote: »
    Thought so...never been into that place.

    Whoosh


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    #2032
    Waterboy2014
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    robcass78 wrote: »
    What meeting?

    I'm taking it, Rob, that this isn't true?


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    #2033
    robcass78
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭robcass78


    Waterboy2014 wrote: »
    I'm taking it, Rob, that this isn't true?

    I'm starting to think my office or mobile is bugged.


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    #2034
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    robcass78 wrote: »
    I'm starting to think my office or mobile is bugged.

    So its true then?


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    #2035
    Harry Palmr
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    This thread needs a reset.


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    #2036
    TheQuietFella
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    This thread needs a reset.


    I think the word 'rest' would be more appropriate Harry!


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    #2037
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I think the word 'rest' would be more appropriate Harry!

    Pot, meet kettle.


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    #2038
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Pot, meet kettle.

    To be fair I haven't posted in a long time in the Waterford forum as I said to myself 'there is no point arguing with the silly people' as they are totally deluded so just leave them to their own devices!


    'You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead'


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    #2039
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    To be fair I haven't posted in a long time in the Waterford forum as I said to myself 'there is no point arguing with the silly people' as they are totally deluded so just leave them to their own devices!


    'You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead'

    And yet here you are.

    All. The. Time.


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    #2040
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    Deiseen wrote: »
    And yet here you are.

    All. The. Time.

    Oh no I'm not!!! :D:D:D


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    #2041
    Deiseen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    Oh no I'm not!!! :D:D:D

    Good to see someone is laughing anyway.


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