Metro my arse
I just don’t understand this Metro business.
For those of you who are not aware of what’s going in this dear old fucked-up country, they are talking about running a brand new railway from the very heart of Dublin, through the airport and on to Swords which is one of those sprawling dormitory towns to the north of Dublin.
Because it starts in the heart of Dublin, it has to go underground. It also has to go underground at Dublin Airport.
To build this railway, they will have to excavate O’Connell Street and St Stephen’s Green. I have to admire that bit of planning, as they couldn’t pick two better spots to utterly fuck up traffic in the city [which is pretty well fucked-up anyway]. They will also have to destroy St Stephen’s Green which is one of the very few nice places in the city.
This is an expensive project. They haven’t a fucking clue how much it is going to cost, but they reckon on between three and five billion. Now the fuckwits who do the planning and costing in this country always get it wrong, so a more realistic estimate of the cost would be between six and ten billion.
What the fuck is all this for?
OK, it would be nice for the people of Swords to have a third method of getting into the city [they already have the train and buses], but is it ten billion’s worth of nice? It would be nice to have a railway running to the airport, but is it ten billion’s worth? This country is bankrupt. They are saying that they have to find fifteen billion for the country to survive, yet they are still talking about spending up to ten billion on a piece of luxury? That would be like a bloke who is about to lose his house because of mortgage arrears, deciding to go an a round the world cruise.
So they are going to spend shed loads of money on a project we don’t really need, and disrupt the capitol city for months if not years, when we haven’t two cents to rub together?
How fucking insane can you get?.
one the plus side, it will create jobs..
But anything can create jobs? Why don’t they concrete over the Bog of Allen? That would create thousands of jobs? It worked during the famine…..
Ah Grandad, I thought Metro Bashing was a South Side hobby horse because it only really benefits Northsiders – Get over it ,
I do think it’s a good idea – creates employment, gets people off the dole, increases spending etc
It’s the lack of a budget that kills me – The Germans, French and Spanish would be able to do it for 4 billion – but we have to have an open ended budget of up to 10 million – Stupid
OK, Dessiegee, I won’t bash the Metro, provided there is a cast iron guarantee that there will be no cuts in the budget for OAPs, education, health or care for the disabled.
If they do cut any of those and the Metro gets the go ahead, then I shall be mightily pissed off. Is a toy train of greater importance that our old folk, children and disabled?
If this goes ahead can we not export all the key contracts to Joe Foreigner please? It is not beyond Irish company’s to fabricate tram lines, excavate underground etc.
Just think how sexy old Dublin will be when its all over (about 2099)!!. There’s no fucking way this project will ever go ahead with the shit storm the country is in , its a load of old codswallop designed to refocus our attention away from the real problems of the banking and other assorted shit that this government is up to its collective neck(s) in. I see Aherne was on preaching to the Poles yesterday about how to run their country, into the fucking ground if they listen to that criminal.Why oh why are none of these bastards behind bars yet???
Johnie- – That is a good point. The gubmint will shout about the number of jobs that will be created, but how many of them will be Irish? I would guess very few. Maybe they will import a dose of Chilean miners?
I’ve just seen on rte “news” that 4 td’s tried to claim dail allowances while they were grounded outside of the country by the ash cloud. How come these fuckers are not being charged with fraud?? this place gets worse by the day. Fuck me, I’m in a bad mood today.
Kenny refuses to criticise party’s ‘Ash Cloud Three’
By Conor Ryan Political Correspondent
FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has refused to criticise three of his TDs who had the Dáil record changed so their absences, caused by Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud, would not be highlighted.
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/#ixzz13fxGfCC3
That explains it so, by the way the other robbing bastard was o’donaghue,a man not exactly renowned for his honesty when it comes to claiming our fucking money. Can people not see that there will be no change in Ireland until all these thieves and their thieving offspring are removed from political life once and for all.
Frank – And when did this country ever do the logical thing? It would surprise me at all if it goes ahead. It has been described as a ‘vanity project’ which I think is very fitting. The only reason the want it is because other capitols have theirs.
As for the ash clod mob – they have all now said they are not claiming. Big fucking deal. Those bastards should have to beg for every red cent. What’s more those fucking regulations they keep quoting should be radically overhauled.
Seamus’ vision of the Metro under construction –
Heh!
Thanks Seamus
Across the pond, we call this “progress” with an outstanding chances for graft, stealing, and failure.
I see y’all are getting 500 million from Europe to get it going. Gotta love the good old EEC.
Rapid transit is the way to go.
A classic civil service ‘inspired’ diversion tactic.
“Give the proles a clear target and they will focus on it. Raise that target up above head height and we can sneak in the things we really want right in front of them. They will never notice what is really going on beacuse they are looking up at the shiny target”
Sadly I am ignorant of what the Irish civil service is called but over here in the third world hole called the United Kingdom our civil service roll this tactic out all the time and it works every time.
We should just take the free travel off the pensioners – that would pay more than pay for it
Look at the shiney shiney!!!! No- look at the shiney shiney. Shower of lazy thieving bastards is what they are called over here Bill.
Desssiegee…Well, for us old farts, keep the Golden Treekers for at least a year!
Frank….Our shining example is Boston’s Big Ditch…Cost was billions…and leaks like a little baby..or an old fart wearing Depends.
Grandad, there’s loads more nice places in Dublin!
The Phoenix Park, Sandymount Strand and the South Wall, Dollymount Strand, East and West Piers in Dun Laoghaire, The Grand Canal, The Dublin mountains, River Dodder walk from Tallaght to the sea, Botanic Gardens, Herbert Park, Bushy Park, Marlay Park, St. Anne’s Park, Howth Head, Corkagh Park, Tibradden Wood, Iveagh Gardens, Blessington Street reservoir.
And I think we need a train straight from the airport. It’s 2010 and we’re supposed to be a European capital. Anyway, it’ll be privately funded and run like the trams so we won’t actually pay for it unless you use it yourself. If they feck up the Green though, there’ll be killings.