In summary we have 8,000 citizens who have chosen not to register. It is their responsibility. I am surprised at the Senator wasting time on a matter where people have made a free choice. Does he plan to force people to register and vote if elected to Dail?
The sketch is something on the lines of Tellytubbie land. Kevin I do agree with you on this and would like to see Waterford City Council take note of this. I saw some ofn the works your office proposed for the Viking Triangle and saw your proposal videos on Youtube and was most impressed with it, and indeed everyone I know who saw it was impressed too, so why then can't the City Council give this job to an office such as yours to really create a suitable garden suiting both an architectural and conservation approach to it. The answer to this I suppose is simple , the City Council seem to have no desire to support local business, even when the loca business offers them a greater and more impressive end product??
This is so funny.
Here I am thinking that all my life I was living in a free country only to find out that it's not.
This so-called minister for environment is now telling us that we can't use our own transport for social,domestic or any other purpose.
Ok fair enough so should not the goverment lead by example let's say they pay for there own car,insurance,motor tax and nct instead of us ?
I mean fair is fair right !
Oh how about the goverment start creating jobs for irish workers and quit thinking of ways to steal from us.
Waterford NEEDS proper jobs. BUILD a factory outlet there and reduce the rates to make bussinesses go there and AFFORDABLE prices, to compete and give people reasons to spend. INVITE ASDA to build a megashop, but then I am sure you will have objections from THE WATERFORD shops due to NO MONEY.
WE need something happy and NON-Irish to make Waterford boom. the irish companies are not able to afford to spend any more from the likes of Waterford crystal to Hasbro. ALL owned by usa or China. EVEN the waterford Hotels are not even Irish. DUBLIN is massive due to extensive trade on By-Pass, but as long as the Waterford city council blokes the developments of such booming opportunities. Waterford will slide and slide to be like roscommon etc,,, SOON the Airport will go away. THEN they will say OOOOPS why did that HAPPEN !!!!!!
If the police go round ballybeg every day,,, they will see that MOST of the drivers DONT even have a full drivers licence,,,
Ballybeg is known a best place to do what you want because if you call the police,,, they will tell you they are busy and will take 30-45 mins to get to you...
SO if the even had 2 officers on the cork road entrance to Ardmore terrace every night instead of sitting the the office WAITING for a call... BUT is that picking on the police !!!!
If the community were to stop these drivers, they will be charged for doing police work ha ha ... but drink drinving is only caught IF the police are out there to catch them...
AND we do not want to hear the usual.. "no funds" they have more money than we have, and they dont call out when you need them.
Hi David
I've no problem with people objecting. My gripe lies with those who object for the sake of objecting over and over again, thereby making a mockery of the process, and we all know that such people most certainly exist in Waterford.
It's worth pointing out that in my report I also state: "Of course, it's worth noting that those with well-considered grounds for objection, be it local residents worried about the scale of the project or existing city retailers, may well have bona fide concerns they wish to air." Surely that shows I'm not too "blinkered" as you suggest in your post.
It's important that we all have the right to object, of course it is, but there are those who clearly abuse that right, and such an abuse is unwelcome and doesn't always reflect genuine local concerns.
In my column for this week's paper, I refer to white elephants and empty units in the city, good points which you've made yourself, and clearly the focus should be on getting those units filled first before anything else is built, no question.
Whether this project will actually go ahead or even approach the scale suggested by the drawing which accompanied my report will be of interest.
The sketch above shows no respect at all for the city walls which should be exposed for admiration rather than buried under a field of lavender, this is a civic space not a silly garden. The design is a cartoon / joke that has no basis in the reality of the street, the illustration could have been done by a child, did he really do this?. Diarmuid Gavins "decorative oversized flower features" idea frightens me to death, please keep this for fun parks. This kind of landscaping has no place in a formal street. It is extremely high maintenance too. Dont get me wrong , I love what he does, very inventive, but please, please, please not this kind of 'pop culture' thing in the Viking Triangle. look at this for restrained inventiveness http://www.wirtznv.be/ Diarmuids vision would be better suited to the little park in Johns Lane or the Ballybricken green area where the context would be more forgiving.
Why is he worries,
It's not as if these people we elect into office listen to us when they get there.
Yeah yeah i know that some might say that if you are not on the register you cant vote.
But how many have promised us the sun, the moon and stars and when there in we are forgotten.
W.I.T. has been passed again
Investors are never shown what Waterford has to offer.
These are two of the biggest problems I know there is more but this is what i look for but never see any movement in it.
It is good to see the report of Waterford good for one thing... BUT if the litter review people wants to get a proper view of waterford/ballybeg rubbish/litter issue, they sould walk around on a saturday afternoon... for example, on ardmore terrace green, there is an old suite, and PLENTY of used nappy's with risk of dogs ripping them apart...
The council generally does a very good clean 2-3 times a week... but it seems only WHEN they are expecting visitors...
The idea of the collage being across the road from the BALLYBEG area must be very embarrasing, as in because the other quality collages/univercity's are not exactly next to an area where drugs are as easily available as a local loaf, so many unregistered businesses are trading, with FULL knowledge of the council and social....
The main thing that should be done in BALLYBEG is get all the people that do/did drugs out and move in proper people and make Ballybeg a place that will want people to live.
Cristiano Ronaldo on Ronaldo rarity
September 1st, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Leonel Messi is good, but Cristiano Ronaldo is better :)
Joe Greene on Senator Coffey worried about 8,000 ‘missing’ voters
September 1st, 2010 at 3:53 pm
In summary we have 8,000 citizens who have chosen not to register. It is their responsibility. I am surprised at the Senator wasting time on a matter where people have made a free choice. Does he plan to force people to register and vote if elected to Dail?
tony on Bishop’s Palace project excites Diarmuid Gavin
September 1st, 2010 at 1:17 am
The sketch is something on the lines of Tellytubbie land. Kevin I do agree with you on this and would like to see Waterford City Council take note of this. I saw some ofn the works your office proposed for the Viking Triangle and saw your proposal videos on Youtube and was most impressed with it, and indeed everyone I know who saw it was impressed too, so why then can't the City Council give this job to an office such as yours to really create a suitable garden suiting both an architectural and conservation approach to it. The answer to this I suppose is simple , the City Council seem to have no desire to support local business, even when the loca business offers them a greater and more impressive end product??
tony on Council ordered stop to Woodstown beach development
September 1st, 2010 at 1:06 am
They should be fined and shown the full extent of the law, the planning legislation clearly states ignorance of the law is not excused.
tony on North Quays should be put to ‘useful purpose’
September 1st, 2010 at 1:00 am
I completely agree with you Aidan, someone finally speaks the truth, nice to see someone cares.
edward james on Calls to abandon planned motor tax
August 31st, 2010 at 10:37 pm
This is so funny. Here I am thinking that all my life I was living in a free country only to find out that it's not. This so-called minister for environment is now telling us that we can't use our own transport for social,domestic or any other purpose. Ok fair enough so should not the goverment lead by example let's say they pay for there own car,insurance,motor tax and nct instead of us ? I mean fair is fair right ! Oh how about the goverment start creating jobs for irish workers and quit thinking of ways to steal from us.
Jen G on Is “Fennor” going back to the future?
August 31st, 2010 at 8:36 pm
They need to make it one or the other this is ridiculous. People have only ever known it as FENOR so don't fix whats not broken.
Aidan O'Reilly on North Quays should be put to ‘useful purpose’
August 31st, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Waterford NEEDS proper jobs. BUILD a factory outlet there and reduce the rates to make bussinesses go there and AFFORDABLE prices, to compete and give people reasons to spend. INVITE ASDA to build a megashop, but then I am sure you will have objections from THE WATERFORD shops due to NO MONEY. WE need something happy and NON-Irish to make Waterford boom. the irish companies are not able to afford to spend any more from the likes of Waterford crystal to Hasbro. ALL owned by usa or China. EVEN the waterford Hotels are not even Irish. DUBLIN is massive due to extensive trade on By-Pass, but as long as the Waterford city council blokes the developments of such booming opportunities. Waterford will slide and slide to be like roscommon etc,,, SOON the Airport will go away. THEN they will say OOOOPS why did that HAPPEN !!!!!!
Aidan O'Reilly on Drink driving puzzle
August 31st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
If the police go round ballybeg every day,,, they will see that MOST of the drivers DONT even have a full drivers licence,,, Ballybeg is known a best place to do what you want because if you call the police,,, they will tell you they are busy and will take 30-45 mins to get to you... SO if the even had 2 officers on the cork road entrance to Ardmore terrace every night instead of sitting the the office WAITING for a call... BUT is that picking on the police !!!! If the community were to stop these drivers, they will be charged for doing police work ha ha ... but drink drinving is only caught IF the police are out there to catch them... AND we do not want to hear the usual.. "no funds" they have more money than we have, and they dont call out when you need them.
mickey wong on Council ordered stop to Woodstown beach development
August 31st, 2010 at 12:00 pm
tell him to go back to kilkenny and dig up there
Dermot Keyes on Outlet centre with 34 retail units proposed for Cork Road location
August 31st, 2010 at 9:44 am
Hi David I've no problem with people objecting. My gripe lies with those who object for the sake of objecting over and over again, thereby making a mockery of the process, and we all know that such people most certainly exist in Waterford. It's worth pointing out that in my report I also state: "Of course, it's worth noting that those with well-considered grounds for objection, be it local residents worried about the scale of the project or existing city retailers, may well have bona fide concerns they wish to air." Surely that shows I'm not too "blinkered" as you suggest in your post. It's important that we all have the right to object, of course it is, but there are those who clearly abuse that right, and such an abuse is unwelcome and doesn't always reflect genuine local concerns. In my column for this week's paper, I refer to white elephants and empty units in the city, good points which you've made yourself, and clearly the focus should be on getting those units filled first before anything else is built, no question. Whether this project will actually go ahead or even approach the scale suggested by the drawing which accompanied my report will be of interest.
Kevin McGrath on Bishop’s Palace project excites Diarmuid Gavin
August 30th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
The sketch above shows no respect at all for the city walls which should be exposed for admiration rather than buried under a field of lavender, this is a civic space not a silly garden. The design is a cartoon / joke that has no basis in the reality of the street, the illustration could have been done by a child, did he really do this?. Diarmuid Gavins "decorative oversized flower features" idea frightens me to death, please keep this for fun parks. This kind of landscaping has no place in a formal street. It is extremely high maintenance too. Dont get me wrong , I love what he does, very inventive, but please, please, please not this kind of 'pop culture' thing in the Viking Triangle. look at this for restrained inventiveness http://www.wirtznv.be/ Diarmuids vision would be better suited to the little park in Johns Lane or the Ballybricken green area where the context would be more forgiving.
edward james on Senator Coffey worried about 8,000 ‘missing’ voters
August 30th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Why is he worries, It's not as if these people we elect into office listen to us when they get there. Yeah yeah i know that some might say that if you are not on the register you cant vote. But how many have promised us the sun, the moon and stars and when there in we are forgotten. W.I.T. has been passed again Investors are never shown what Waterford has to offer. These are two of the biggest problems I know there is more but this is what i look for but never see any movement in it.
Aidan O'Reilly on Waterford is Ireland’s cleanest city
August 30th, 2010 at 2:23 am
It is good to see the report of Waterford good for one thing... BUT if the litter review people wants to get a proper view of waterford/ballybeg rubbish/litter issue, they sould walk around on a saturday afternoon... for example, on ardmore terrace green, there is an old suite, and PLENTY of used nappy's with risk of dogs ripping them apart... The council generally does a very good clean 2-3 times a week... but it seems only WHEN they are expecting visitors... The idea of the collage being across the road from the BALLYBEG area must be very embarrasing, as in because the other quality collages/univercity's are not exactly next to an area where drugs are as easily available as a local loaf, so many unregistered businesses are trading, with FULL knowledge of the council and social.... The main thing that should be done in BALLYBEG is get all the people that do/did drugs out and move in proper people and make Ballybeg a place that will want people to live.
Jimmy three Ks on Paint rivalry on Mount Misery ‘flagstone’ set to continue!
August 29th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
They are painting a Kilkenny hill , question is do you know where the border is ? Have a look on a map and all will be clear ;)