tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post3120521383481214909..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Wicklow County Council and "closed" car parks on Military RoadThe Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-57961932536473508172011-07-05T13:03:08.484+01:002011-07-05T13:03:08.484+01:00I could very well live with that GM :)I could very well live with that GM :)Harald75https://www.blogger.com/profile/17978721924984521818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-49882561382587397122011-07-04T19:54:54.674+01:002011-07-04T19:54:54.674+01:00Harald - I might take you up on that, the next t...Harald - I might take you up on that, the next time, if you are not careful! ;-)The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-16252694577119433322011-07-04T17:32:47.677+01:002011-07-04T17:32:47.677+01:00I realize you were close to us and did not stop fo...I realize you were close to us and did not stop for a cuppa ... again ;-)Harald75https://www.blogger.com/profile/17978721924984521818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-12005394183617929722011-07-03T11:27:19.637+01:002011-07-03T11:27:19.637+01:00Oh Jaysus... don't want to think about it, D.Oh Jaysus... don't want to think about it, D.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-48693141680124494472011-07-02T21:00:47.565+01:002011-07-02T21:00:47.565+01:00Yep GM road replaced rail as the new trend. But hy...Yep GM road replaced rail as the new trend. But hypothetically if Britain never invaded the Island of OIREEEELAND and we had free reign, we would not have had the level of investment we had, if we were just relying on transporting spuds or cattle to the nearest market. The natural resourses were never there to provide the incentive and economic impetous. The Irish had 90 years with economic boom for 16 of those years and just look at the mess. Imagine if that 90 was 900 years!Dakotanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-33815082154615830332011-07-02T14:40:33.222+01:002011-07-02T14:40:33.222+01:00It's true, Dakota. I rememberer living in Lond...It's true, Dakota. I rememberer living in London for the best part of 9 years, and it was a real ordeal to "get away from it"... don't think I ever did, actually! Dublin's setting is a nice one, but yeah... pity about so many of the folk.<br /><br />I remember some years back seeing maps of Ireland's railways prior to, and after, independence. I think there was a general trend to rip up railways in other countries, as road transport took off, but I doubt if it was done with the gusto you had here. Maybe railways were seen as too "British" by Dev and the rest of them? <br /><br />Remember, this was a man who wanted to flatten Dublin's Georgian squares because the saw them an "alien" influences. He would have had us living in whitewashed cottages with a few pigs running about the place to keep it homely. <br /><br />The arsehole.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-84635798370131542282011-07-02T13:00:42.111+01:002011-07-02T13:00:42.111+01:00GM Dublin is exceptionaly fortunate when it comes ...GM Dublin is exceptionaly fortunate when it comes to geographic location. With the Wicklow Mountains to the south and the Sea to the East, these are natural resources which any capital city would envy. Problems start when the human element is added, it is Dublin afterall. <br />With regards to the Alexander Taylor road (another great resource wasted due to the fecklessness and stupidity of the local council) I often thought, what type of road and rail network we would have without British influence? I always come to the same conclusion, which is, there would have been very little, as Ireland has virtually no natural resources to speak of. A fact conveniently forgotten by generations of policy makers in this land. If the EU never stepped in rickshaws would be the favoured mode of transport in Dublin by now.Dakotanoreply@blogger.com