tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post5114749187032866284..comments2023-03-31T09:25:02.356-07:00Comments on The Galway Tent Blog: Greenwash: Becbay Relative & DDDA AppointmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-46419367867640547032010-07-29T02:59:56.816-07:002010-07-29T02:59:56.816-07:00Nice response but you seem to have let your anger ...Nice response but you seem to have let your anger get ahead of the facts.<br /><br />While I will agree that most apartments that were built during the boom could be described as “rabbit-hutch flats” that majority weren’t – have a look at a little document called ‘Sustabiable Urban Housing: Design standards for New Apartments”. Anything built after the summer of 2006 were built to these stabndards which are completely acceptable living standards (DOE). <br /><br />In terms of Irishtown Beach and Sandymount Strand, aka the Irish Glass Bottle city-dump not being within the DDDA administrative area have a look at this web page you may be mistaken there! http://www.ddda.ie/index.jsp?p=124&n=603<br /><br />If you read my first post you will see that I said that there is no doubt that Anglo is one of the main reasons we are in the position we are ion and FF are also massivly to blame. I have support FG all my life but I will hold my hands uo and say that if they had been in power during the boom (or any other political party) we would no doubt be in the same situation as we are today. <br /><br />‘The whole world is not in a mess’ – Eh do you read the international papers – Greece is not a mess, Spain is not a mess, the US is not a mess???? The UK are not planning pay cuts for the public sector??? Come on wake up and stop being blinded by conspiracy theories! <br /><br />You still haven’t shown me a country free from corruption! As for that link haha – you have too much time on your hands!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-57848096047077916652010-07-28T12:11:57.676-07:002010-07-28T12:11:57.676-07:00@anon July 28, 2010.
>>"we would of nev...@anon July 28, 2010.<br />>>"we would of never experienced the highs which we did in the past,..."<br /><br />Do you mean the total diversion of just about all internal-Irish investment and mindset into non-productive "investment" in rabbit-hutch flats and Anglo's ultra-vires headquarters, usw?<br /><br />As you know DDDA initially served the public good in the docklands; the docklands does not include Irishtown Beach at Sandymount Strand, aka the Irish Glass Bottle city-dump. Even DDDA belatedly admits its governance standards stink to high heaven, at least up to recently. The DDDA-Anglo combo catalysed the national bankruptcy. No doubt they did that all legally. National bill: €50 Billion to €100 Billion. <br /><br />The whole world is not in a mess - that's a red herring from the PR dept of Anglo-Irish, FF, etc; used to fool innocent people. The inward-looking crony-capitalists, a perversion of productive capitalism, and their hangers on are the ones in a mess; unfortunately they've trapped the whole country in a mess for 10 to 20 years. Which means Ireland will be bypassed by countries with intellectual and financial strength.<br /><br />One Solution, from a large city in a country growing at 10%:<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10535226The Galway Tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785991600065262397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-4006778094687818702010-07-28T02:19:35.474-07:002010-07-28T02:19:35.474-07:00I stumbled across your little "blog", or...I stumbled across your little "blog", or should we call it a rant, after reading an article in the Irish time today (28/07/2010) on the Glass Bottle Site. <br /><br />I think maybe you should go back to the drawing board – get a copy of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 85 in case you have trouble) and read up on what you write! What the DDDA have permission to do and what they have done is perfectly legal and all above board! It seems to me that there is a lot of ‘apparently’ in your 'rant' which to me equates to not actually knowing what you are talking about! <br /><br />I do not argue that there is corruption in our government but you give me a government with no corruption! If the opposing party was in power do you not think we would be in the same situation in which we are today? I may remind you that this is a world recession not just an Irish one. <br /><br />Have you been to the Docklands area recently - can you tell me that this area is not thriving due to the work which has been carried out by the DDDA. Had it been left in the hands of the City Council, with no Section 85, this area would still be a dockland area which was no longer utilized – i.e. Under utilized lands with massive development potential. <br /><br />I think it is safe to say if the country was left to be run by people like you, who are also close minded, who seem to want no development what so ever - we would of never experienced the highs which we did in the past, and the highs im sure you enjoyed! <br /><br />Move on, get over it, and instead of blaming everybody else help come up with an idea to get us out of the mess that the whole world is experiencing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-75535081655736016292009-03-13T00:14:00.000-07:002009-03-13T00:14:00.000-07:00Question 7Scientists say a chimpanzee in a demonst...Question 7<br>Scientists say a chimpanzee in a demonstrated an ability to plan for future events. What exactly did the chimp do?<br> <br> A: He collected stones to attack local residents<br> <br> B: He hoarded peanuts, in order to treat his fellow chimps to a feast<br> <br> C: He rehearsed a chest-thumping display in private, until it was good enough to put on in an Oireachtas hearing <br><br> D: He was appointed to the board of Dublin Docklands Developers AutocracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-68640266798016321352009-03-12T23:30:00.000-07:002009-03-12T23:30:00.000-07:00€47,000,000,000 Up In Smoke. Goodbody Stockbrokers...<b>€47,000,000,000 Up In Smoke. </b><br><br>Goodbody Stockbrokers expects the six Irish lenders to write off a total of €27.7 billion over the three worst years of the crisis, 2009 to 2011, and €35 billion over four years, to 2012.<br><br>Analysts at JPMorgan estimated last week that loan losses at the Government-guaranteed Irish-owned lenders, excluding EBS, would reach €26.9 billion and that they may require a further €12.9 billion injected in capital, in addition to the €7 billion being invested in Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and Bank of Ireland. <br><br>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0313/1224242800049.htmlThe Galway Tenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785991600065262397noreply@blogger.com