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Guardian of the Déise project - yes or no?

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    #62
    vriesmays
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    The whole country will be jealous, an unemployment spot with a daft statue.


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    #63
    debok
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    The whole country will be jealous, an unemployment spot with a daft statue.

    Your a Hoot


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    #64
    vriesmays
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    An airport with no planes.


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    #65
    debok
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    An airport with no planes.

    Hoot hoot


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    #66
    55Percent
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    friendlyfun wrote: »
    Stick it up sure. Whats the worst that could happen? I think it looks great. Have been a fan since I saw it. Its something unique, much better than a certain local councillors Idea of a mount rushmore style bust of Michael Collins on mount misery.

    Thats like saying we will replace one idiotic idea with another idiotic idea.


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    #67
    gw80
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    If money was no object, i think what would be a better idea would be two of these statues on either side of the river just before the city as you come up the river, kinda like that scene from lord of the rings, what a sight for visiting cruise liners as they come around the bend of the river to enter the city.


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    #68
    Cabaal
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    friendlyfun wrote: »
    Stick it up sure. Whats the worst that could happen? I think it looks great. Have been a fan since I saw it. Its something unique, much better than a certain local councillors Idea of a mount rushmore style bust of Michael Collins on mount misery.

    If you love this idea, I have this monorail idea I'd like to sell you....


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    #69
    914
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    The whole country will be jealous, an unemployment spot with a daft statue.

    Seen as you ignored my last post in response to you claims about poor paid jobs in Waterford


    Full of poorly paid jobs?

    You obvisiouly don't realise the amount of tech and pharma industry in Waterford.


    Tech - sunlife, se2, redhat, threefold, tssg, routematch, bluefin, archlabs, errigal, distilled, fundrecs just to name a few.

    Pharma - West, sanofi, bausch and lomb, Ivax again just to name a few.

    As well as the above you also have larger employment in the public sector here, land registry, hse, tax etc...

    Thankfully a lot of non poorly paid roles and companies exist in Waterford and the region

    I think you will find Waterford isn't full of poorly paid jobs as you say.

    Could you also provide statistics on Waterford being an "unemployment spot"


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    #70
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    vriesmays wrote: »
    The whole country will be jealous, an unemployment spot with a daft statue.

    Where are you from?


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    #71
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    gw80 wrote: »
    If money was no object, i think what would be a better idea would be two of these statues on either side of the river just before the city as you come up the river, kinda like that scene from lord of the rings, what a sight for visiting cruise liners as they come around the bend of the river to enter the city.

    Now that you mention it that might not be a bad idea as they are a few scary orc which frequent the quays so it would really add to the experience :D


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    #72
    vriesmays
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    914 wrote: »
    Could you also provide statistics on Waterford being an "unemployment spot"
    http://www.munster-express.ie/business/waterford-designated-as-unemployment-blackspot/

    https://www.thesun.ie/news/1137632/number-of-irish-people-working-is-on-the-rise-but-waterford-and-limerick-still-unemployment-blackspots-census-data-reveals/


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    #73
    914
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    http://www.munster-express.ie/business/waterford-designated-as-unemployment-blackspot/

    https://www.thesun.ie/news/1137632/number-of-irish-people-working-is-on-the-rise-but-waterford-and-limerick-still-unemployment-blackspots-census-data-reveals/

    They are from the 2016 census, could you provide more update figures?

    We all know Waterford was still suffering from the depths of the recession then, just as Limerick was which was also pointed out in both links above


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    #74
    vriesmays
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    https://www.wlrfm.com/2019/03/11/councillor-highlights-high-unemployment-in-parts-of-waterford-city/


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    #75
    alta stare
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    https://www.wlrfm.com/2019/03/11/councillor-highlights-high-unemployment-in-parts-of-waterford-city/

    Where are you from?


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    #76
    914
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    https://www.wlrfm.com/2019/03/11/councillor-highlights-high-unemployment-in-parts-of-waterford-city/

    Again that is referring to parts of the city and not the city and county as whole. No different to employment blackspots in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick etc.

    Latest signing on figures in Waterford are 7,125, how does that compare to the rest of the country per population?


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    #77
    vriesmays
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    This is the Waterford City forum not the county one. Parts of the city have over a third of residents unemployed. Add in disability and lone parents and that would be almost 50% on welfare.
    You can't say the city's recovering because a few housing estates out the Dunmore Road have well paid jobs in IT and pharmaceuticals.
    Waterford City has also the highest rate for minimum-wage jobs.


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    #78
    alta stare
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    This is the Waterford City forum not the county one. Parts of the city have over a third of residents unemployed. Add in disability and lone parents and that would be almost 50% on welfare.
    You can't say the city's recovering because a few housing estates out the Dunmore Road have well paid jobs in IT and pharmaceuticals.
    Waterford City has also the highest rate for minimum-wage jobs.

    Where are you from?


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    #79
    914
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    This is the Waterford City forum not the county one. Parts of the city have over a third of residents unemployed. Add in disability and lone parents and that would be almost 50% on welfare.
    You can't say the city's recovering because a few housing estates out the Dunmore Road have well paid jobs in IT and pharmaceuticals.
    Waterford City has also the highest rate for minimum-wage jobs.

    So you reckon only people on the Dunmore Road have high paid IT and Pharma jobs? Seriously???

    Could you tell me what parts of the city that have over a third of residents unemploye


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    #80
    debok
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    This is the Waterford City forum not the county one. Parts of the city have over a third of residents unemployed. Add in disability and lone parents and that would be almost 50% on welfare.
    You can't say the city's recovering because a few housing estates out the Dunmore Road have well paid jobs in IT and pharmaceuticals.
    Waterford City has also the highest rate for minimum-wage jobs.

    What I don't get is , why you seem to take pleasure in every negative story related to Waterford and dismiss anything positive?


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    #81
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    You think a €22 million over-sized eyesore is positive news. A social psychologist could write a book on Waterford about how the town is projecting its despair and neglect onto silly art pieces to make themselves feel important.


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    #82
    fricatus
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    You think a €22 million over-sized eyesore is positive news. A social psychologist could write a book on Waterford about how the town is projecting its despair and neglect onto silly art pieces to make themselves feel important.

    Oh myyy God.... now you’re Sigmund Freud. To be honest, you sound like one of these “de towen is fcuked” heads that hang around the place shouting at people in the middle of the day.

    This project would be a positive addition to the place, as is Waterford Walls, as is the runway extension out at the airport. Yet all you can do is see the negatives and carp from the sidelines.

    “Silly art pieces” - so are Christ the Redeemer, the Angel of the North, that mirror bean thing in Chicago, also all “silly art pieces”?


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    #83
    vriesmays
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    fricatus wrote: »
    This project would be a positive addition to the place, as is Waterford Walls, as is the runway extension out at the airport. Yet all you can do is see the negatives and carp from the sidelines.
    Painting empty buildings and extending a runway with no planes. You're right I do see the negatives in this. The mayor will probably cut the ribbon when the new Wetherspoons opens. The town is a laughing stock.


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    #84
    914
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    Painting empty buildings and extending a runway with no planes. You're right I do see the negatives in this. The mayor will probably cut the ribbon when the new Wetherspoons opens. The town is a laughing stock.

    Are you living in town yourself do you mind me asking?

    If so, I have yet to see you offer a solution, have you ever been involved in voluntary services to help improve things.

    Employment seems to be an issue with you especially in certain parts of the city, have you offered your services to improve kids education, ensuring kids stay away from alcohol/drugs.

    Maybe been involved in spraoi, waterford walls, winterval, tidy towns etc?

    If you have not maybe this is a part that you could take that way you might actually see the positives around and not just the negatives?


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    #85
    debok
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    914 wrote: »
    Are you living in town yourself do you mind me asking?

    If so, I have yet to see you offer a solution, have you ever been involved in voluntary services to help improve things.

    Employment seems to be an issue with you especially in certain parts of the city, have you offered your services to improve kids education, ensuring kids stay away from alcohol/drugs.

    Maybe been involved in spraoi, waterford walls, winterval, tidy towns etc?

    If you have not maybe this is a part that you could take that way you might actually see the positives around and not just the negatives?

    He can't get involved in things because he's not from Waterford. Might be originally from city but he stubbed his toe on the quay one day and has never forgiving the city for it.


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    #86
    914
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    debok wrote: »
    He can't get involved in things because he's not from Waterford. Might be originally from city but he stubbed his toe on the quay one day and has never forgiving the city for it.

    Is this the same person that used to post under a different name?


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    #87
    azimuth17
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    debok wrote: »
    He can't get involved in things because he's not from Waterford. Might be originally from city but he stubbed his toe on the quay one day and has never forgiving the city for it.
    Definitely not from Waterford and deeply reminiscent of another (not so much nowadays) frequent poster on the Waterford city page. A new identity recycling the same old stuff perhaps? You can smell the begrudgery at 100 metres. I don't know why people give oxygen to some of the most blatant and intentionally offensive trolling on this forum. His posts should simply be ignored.


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    #88
    debok
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    914 wrote: »
    Is this the same person that used to post under a different name?

    Very similar alright


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    #89
    alta stare
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    914 wrote: »
    Are you living in town yourself do you mind me asking?

    If so, I have yet to see you offer a solution, have you ever been involved in voluntary services to help improve things.

    Employment seems to be an issue with you especially in certain parts of the city, have you offered your services to improve kids education, ensuring kids stay away from alcohol/drugs.

    Maybe been involved in spraoi, waterford walls, winterval, tidy towns etc?

    If you have not maybe this is a part that you could take that way you might actually see the positives around and not just the negatives?

    He/She wont answer where he/she is living. I wonder is it Dublin. Wasnt the quiet fella living there....is it him who has resurfaced i wonder??


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    #90
    Christy Browne
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    Should have been banned long ago. Ruins every thread in this forum.


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    #91
    friendlyfun
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    You think a €22 million over-sized eyesore is positive news. A social psychologist could write a book on Waterford about how the town is projecting its despair and neglect onto silly art pieces to make themselves feel important.

    You spend all your time trying to derail threads here. Injecting a litany of negative, false,crap. I would be of the opinion that Waterford is on the ascendant. The Greenway, Viking Triangle, Apple Market, Cathedral square redevelopment and the North Quays development are a testament to this.

    I cannot seriously think your assessment of Waterford is based on any rational reflection, but probably a result of some personal grievance. You need to find a new shtick because most of the users here are quite jaded by your musings.


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