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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has given the official go-ahead for this summer’s series of Phoenix Park concerts – the first of which is due to be held tomorrow week.
Licences for the three concerts have been granted to MCD, subject to 14 conditions – following a consultation process between locals and other stakeholders.
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The conditions include robust security and Garda operations plans and an integrated waste/litter management plan for the concert site. A resident hotline will also be provided from 9am until midnight on the day of each gig.
Chair of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Board, Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick has welcomed the improved arrangements, though she says it’s “imperative that the event organisers, the Gardaí and the OPW get it right this time”. She adds:
Dublin City Council must ensure that the commitments given by the event organisers, Gardai and the OPW are actually delivered and there is no repeat of the horrible scenes from last year’s concerts.
A report from the Garda Commissioner released in the wake of last year’s Swedish House Mafia gig found that MCD’s control centre at the park was not fit for purpose, and stated that the venue was not suitable for use for large scale dance music concerts.
It’s expected this year’s headliners – Justin Timberlake, The Killers and Mumford & Sons – will attract a slightly older crowd.
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I feel really sorry for all those employees and their families but in all seriousness HP charge 43 Euro for a 10ml ink cartridge and they wonder why nobody wants to use their printers?
Liquid Gold would probably be cheaper to buy.
@John:
I have changed over to a Brother printer. A refill only costs €5 but I found a supplier in Germany that can supply 28 compatible cartridges (that’s 7 sets) for €23 (includes postage!) so I can print forever. I have been using them for about 3 years now and they are great when printing photographs. I won’t mention the names of the suppliers here as that might be considered advertising and I might be banned.
Cloud and digital documents negated the ink requirement. Like supermarkets finished the milkman – and bus conductors lost out to ticket machines. And shops to the Internet. And…
Mymilkman.ie is flourishing and as good value as the Supermarkets plus you rarely run out of milk. Seems “Ernie” (He drove the fastest milkcart in the West, according to Benny Hill) ain’t daid yet…
Wonder how much this closure and the destruction of 500 jobs and the enormous damage to the families they support has to do with the fact that Ireland can’t do any cute-hoor tax deals anymore nor give any sort of state subsidy without going cap in hand to the EU for permission which will almost invariably be ”NEIN!”
”VOTE LISBON FOR JOBS AND RECOVERY” wasn’t that the placard Brian Cowen was waving? Where’s the (decent) jobs and recovery then? Don’t tell me about zero-hours and Scambridge and so on and so forth that’s allegedly brought ”unemployment” ”down” from 15% to 7%. I’d say the emigrant boat and plane have more to do with that in reality but of course there’s always lies damned lies and statistics and the likes of Kevin Cardiff are still producing them.
Sure last year we were told there was a 26% jump in GDP (thanks to Mr Noonan’s new besties, the vultures) but we’re still 200 billion in debt for the banksters and borrowing nine billion a year just to pay the interest and have to ask the EUrocrats for permission to wipe our holes?
@John. Sad day for the Workers. Hopefully they can pick something up quickly. Our economy is built on another 50 to 100 multi nationals. If more start leaving we will be in trouble. Our enemies in Europe will be feasting on our carcass now that our main ally in Europe is leaving.
I recall as a young lad growing up in Cavan back in ’72 how some Cyaavan rebels would paint “EEC NO!” on roads and bridges (in fact there’s a little butt of a bridge wall out by the Nadrageale lakes that still bears the words, very faintly. It’s an historical document now). Back then we thought we were applying thru our elected representatives to join a common market in which customs duties and queues would be a thing of the past. We (altho’ I was only six so use the term advisedly) didn’t back then apply to join a sovereignty stealing hyper-militarising bankster controlled sEUperstate. That came later. And when we did vote to reject it twice, our democratic voices were ignored and trampled on. Some of us have good memories. Was it for this the Wild grey wing etc.?
Hi David only one of those lakes is called Lacken but collectively they’re the Nadrageales. The little bit of a bridge wall I mean is on the Lismeen road where the old schoolhouse used to be. Btw did you have a dad called Mike who once taught me judo in Oldcastle thirty five odd years ago, a mountain of a man and a nice chap too? Probably not but anyway you are only the second person I’ve heard of with that surname. Too old and cracked for anything but tai chi chuan now,,, sic transit.
Big blow for North Kildare. Arguably that part of the country was the first to experience the Celtic Tiger, with Intel opening in 1989 and this place in 1995, as well as Maynooth University nearby. Now both Intel and HP are trimming their workforces. Let’s hope Leixlip wins the next round of investment from Intel. They’re apply for planning permission for an extenison to the plant to employ a further 2,500 workers.
Microsoft, Dell, IBM & Intel are all within about half an hours drive of HP. They don’t all soothe same thing but hopefully there may be opportunities there for those being let go.
Can’t he visit his Clare golf course and pick his own? He could jump on a US warbird or GulfScream CIA torture jet and get there for free via Shannon Warport.
First and foremost a tough day for all the staff impacted. Wish them all the best. When the HP plant was built in the mid 90′s the story locally was that the plant was built with a dual purpose of being able to be converted to a hospital at limited costs. Is there potential to make a good news story out of a bad one? Place the children’s hospital on the site. 5 mins from motorway. Close to rail and bus services. 20.min drive to James hospital site. Avoid the car crash and congestion that will be the children’s hospital location.
Reading this story reminds me of the parable ‘The seed on the rock’. I expect this won’t be the only foreign multi-national to leave Ireland or downsize if it suits their business model. Dark times ahead I think.
Stores should stop selling their products and the people should switch to another brand. This should happen with any business leaving the country. Hit them back where it hurts. Profits.
What has thst got to do with my comment? They are not all based in Ireland and leaving causing hundreds of job losses to families. You are missing my point completely. Have a great evening
It’s not about moving to China or Trump getting revenge. Most people don’t print at home anymore. So the demand for inkjet cartridges has completely dried up. I used to work in a video tape plant, same story, no need to blame the government or boycott videotape manufacturers that pulled out of Ireland.
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