North ring road section to alleviate HGV challenged by protesters.

Mankbag

catbear wrote: »

Any councillor could indeed attach their name to any project by merely blattering about it in the paper but the real work was done by the volunteers who kept the medieval aspects intact and explored more like the way the Archeaoligical society bought and restored rothe house in the 1950s.

I've read loads of John Bradley papers over the years and along with the other contributors to the kilkenny archeaological journal we really are very fortunate to have such enthusiasm for that heritage in this town, long before it became the tourist spot it is today.

Dead on re John Bradley. It's a pity he didn't live to be given the freedom of the city. The work he and, before him, the like of Margaret Phelan did in helping preserve as much of old Kilkenny as they could will probably be never fully understood or appreciated.

randylonghorn

Very true, and loads of others like Maureen Hegarty and Dorcas Birthistle and way too many to mention here, and good to see their mantle being upheld by a new generation, including John Bradley's student in earlier days, and later collaborator on a number of projects, Cóilin Ó Drisceoil.

Delighted to see that John Bradley is held in such high esteem, especially given some of the other comments above, as John was wholly opposed to the CAS!

Also strange to see Malcolm Noonan being denigrated in one breath and John praised in the next, as the two men were friendly and were usually to be found on the same side of the argument re: issues affecting Kilkenny's heritage and built environment, including CAS.

up for anything

road_high wrote: »

Rent a mob/ anarchy types with too much time on their hands. These people protest all development on the grounds of anti capitalism or trendy "environmentalism". While they cheerfully live off the state and system they dispise.

road_high wrote: »

Course they are...they're serial objectors/anarchists. None of them work or do anything remotely productive so plenty of time to conjure up rubbish to protest about.

Really? 99% of the people that I knew protesting on the bridge were working or retired but you carry on with your ranting.

DickoHara

Was not one of the leading protestor an ex irish, lions star.

Mankbag

road_high wrote: »

Course they are...they're serial objectors/anarchists. None of them work or do anything remotely productive so plenty of time to conjure up rubbish to protest about.

Contrary to what Catbear and Road High insisted (with absolutely no proof, needless to say, but they insisted anyway), it turns out that the people objecting to the extension of the ring road are nothing to do with the people who objected to the CAS bridge. Now there's a surprise!!!

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/european-court-judgment-may-be-good-news-for-kilkenny-road-objectors-1.3691438?fbclid=IwAR1Fw74kEZjT4qTIzL_v8gw7QFz41pfPETXodIzke-g-YTjXmsbxcDFgUbI#.W-V1tdbYH6k.facebook

Joe Daly

Old money holding on to what they have.