Demolish Crumlin

[Norman Bates]

I thought there was little money in the coffers to undertake major capital projects. But the Phoenix Park should be left alone anyway. And surely, there are more areas in a worse state in the city, and elsewhere, which could do with some re-development ... and anyway haven't NAMA got loads of properties which they need to get rid of? And ... and... and ....

[fecker]

Large clumps of Limerick. That ************************hole is so bad that soldiers are forbidden to turn right when they leave the Barracks. Imagine that...a chunk of a major city off-limits even to the Defence Forces !!

Em, Crumlin. Not Limerick. Not this thread anyway.....yet.

[gerhard dengler]

Doesn’t necessarily have to be Crumlin and could be some other ************************hole but shouldn’t we seriously be thinking of making some improvements around here while simultaneously getting people back to work?. I mean there is no escaping the fact that large areas of the city and country towns are eyesores and this will always have a draining effect on people’s confidence.
While driving though Crumlin the other day it crossed my mind that with so many tens of thousands of construction workers, architects, planners etc. on the dole that some huge public works projects should be carried out to get them working again.
The idea would be that we take somewhere like the Phoneix Park and construct a perfect suburb with the best of modern planning. Then you do a compulsory move of everyone in Crumlin to a nicer property in this new place at no cost to them and turn what was once Crumlin into a park.
Then you move on to the next ************************hole and do the same.
All workers on the projects have to come from the dole, they have no choice but to do it or be cut off and they are paid a fair wage.
Is the govt. serious about creating jobs or not?.

Crumlin?

Have you been on the sauce?

[harshreality]

Crumlin?

Have you been on the sauce?

Someome who starts a thread like this does not go 'on the sauce'.

They have one tipple too many down in the yacht club!

[Vote_No_on_Everything]

_ I'v often heard it said that houses built in the 50's & 60's by Dublin Corperation/Council (or what ever it was called then) were built to a very high structural quality (Strong concrete mix, mass concrete or 9''x4'' blocks on their flat. I'v also heard it said that houses build in Dublin during the boom were built with low quality materials structurally?

Anyone know is this true?

[harshreality]

_ I'v often heard it said that houses built in the 50's & 60's by Dublin Corperation/Council (or what ever it was called then) were built to a very high structural quality (Strong concrete mix, mass concrete or 9''x4'' blocks on their flat. I'v also heard it said that houses build in Dublin during the boom were built with low quality materials structurally?

Anyone know is this true?

I can vouch for that. The materials and quality of workmanship in many of these houses are second to none. Have seen it time after time but there have also been a few terrible exceptions.

[The Mowl]

_ I'v often heard it said that houses built in the 50's & 60's by Dublin Corperation/Council (or what ever it was called then) were built to a very high structural quality (Strong concrete mix, mass concrete or 9''x4'' blocks on their flat. I'v also heard it said that houses build in Dublin during the boom were built with low quality materials structurally?

Anyone know is this true?

As for shoddily built modern structures in Dublin I would have suggested throw a stone and you'll hit one, but it might just knock the damned thing down in doing so.
I've stayed in those new housing estates out in Ongar, Westmeath when I come home for example. Rattling floorboards, creaking stairs, water pipes that howl and groan. Radiators clicking and wheezing, draughts everywhere. Open a door in one room and the every other door and window rattles on its frame. Lousy water pressure. Someone takes a shower upsatirs, there's no water pressure downstairs. Wait an age for the cistern to refill, and jaze help you if someone gets up to use the toilet when you're trying to get to sleep..the whole structure creaks and groans, and the pipes go on all night.

The older Crumlin houses would definitely fall into the former category. Solid walls, solid floors, etc. Same in my old neighbourhood, also built in the fifties by DCC. With decent modern insulation on the windows and doors they're easy to heat and they maintain their heat quite well by comparison to the jerry huts flung up in the boom.

[eoghanacht]

Large clumps of Limerick. That ************************hole is so bad that soldiers are forbidden to turn right when they leave the Barracks. Imagine that...a chunk of a major city off-limits even to the Defence Forces !!

Doesn't say a whole lot for our military's martial prowess does it!!

You have only gone and told Al Queada where to plant their sleepers. Just to the right of the barracks gate!

Do you know whats happening in this American football malarkey? It's the bastard son of GAA and rugby as far as I can tell.

[Mitsui2]

Someome who starts a thread like this does not go 'on the sauce'.

They have one tipple too many down in the yacht club!

Possibly in the kitchen, draining the last bits from the returned bottles?

[RobertW]

Are you seriously advocating demolishing Crumlin and rebuilding in the Phoenix Pk?

This is obviously a joke thread.

Either that or one of the most stupidest opening posts you're ever likely to come across.