@Fallen Angel, I pay taxes in both jurisdictions, and would object to taxes from either going towards this white elephant.Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel
There's nothing stopping people getting together with a developer to create this in the private sector.
Go ask Sean Dunne. Quit with the begging bowl to the state.
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I don't want my "tax dollars" being used to fund places like the Hugh Lane gallery and various other "projects" around the country, but I do respect the fact that other people have different views from me and are entitled to some help from the government to pursue something that others may benefit from.
My own view is that Dublin should have a Gaeltacht Quarter like Belfast- but only if Dublin City Council goes down the road of having different quarters in Dublin.
A national survey should be carried out by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to see how many people would want to live in a new gaeltacht. Say if, for example, only two thousand people decided that they wanted to then only two thousand houses/apartments should be built. It wouldn't be a question of the Government marketing to get people to live in new gaeltachtaí but mererly a question of building new developments for Irish speakers on the basis of demand. It doesn't sound unfair to me.
You'll have my support if you locate your gaeltacht quarter in Finglas.I don't want my "tax dollars" being used to fund places like the Hugh Lane gallery and various other "projects" around the country, but I do respect the fact that other people have different views from me and are entitled to some help from the government to pursue something that others may benefit from.
http://skinflicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/ ... nglas.html
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Before TG4 was created, Journalist Kevin Meyers said that creating an Irish speaking television station in the south was a big white elephant.
10 years later, TG4 has tripled it's audience share with 750,000 people tuning into the station each day.
TG4 is now independent of RTE, and is much more efficently run than RTE. with a budget of only 30m.
Not to mention the fact that TG4 has also been one of the reasons why the British government agreed to fund a Scottish Gaelic Television Service.
If you want to talk about white elephants then maybe you should talk about RTE.
Nothing ventured nothing gained !!!
Oh, believe me I've little time for RTE and their anti-competitive licence fee.Before TG4 was created, Journalist Kevin Meyers said that creating an Irish speaking television station in the south was a big white elephant.
10 years later, TG4 has tripled it's audience share with 750,000 people tuning into the station each day.
TG4 is now independent of RTE, and is much more efficently run than RTE.
If you want to talk about white elephants then maybe you should talk about RTE.
Nothing ventured nothing gained !!!
I believe I have indeed talked about them in the past here:
http://skinflicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/ ... ghing.html
and most importantly here:
http://skinflicks.blogspot.com/2007/06/ ... s-now.html
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I'd personally rather see a young persons radio station- a 2FM i nGaeilge- and statutory naming committees at council level to name new residential developments before the setting up of new gaeltachtaí. The issue is third on my list.
I dont think anyone's tax dollars should go toward a project like this; look how language suffered in Fallujah!
Grow spuds and be true to yourself...
Why would having places named after Irish names take precedence over having a significantly placed area where Irish would be the spoken language?
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