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General discussion / Police make personal injury claim against robbery victim!
February 15, 2017, 01:43:12 PM #2
General discussion / User is on moderator watch listWatched
February 06, 2017, 08:08:36 AM
So the watsup group aren't happy that everyone isn't as liberal as themselves or those who find it acceptable to fire personal abuse, cannot take anyone defending themselves and run yapping to ziggy!!
I will be banned from travelling to other sites via hyperlinks soon.
I will be banned from travelling to other sites via hyperlinks soon.
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General discussion / Killer Clowns
October 11, 2016, 08:13:20 AM
Craze seems to be spreading, it's all the talk in my kids primary school and they are all frightened!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37605841
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37605841
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General discussion / Sober for October!
September 27, 2016, 09:29:18 AM
Anyone else doing it, a great way of helping yourself as well as raising money for a great cause.
https://www.gosober.org.uk/
https://www.gosober.org.uk/
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General discussion / Great British Bake Off: Mel and Sue to quit as hosts
September 13, 2016, 07:39:55 PM #6
General discussion / Drumsill / Arena - no more!
August 24, 2016, 12:55:09 PM
End of an Era - if that place could talk!!
http://armaghi.com/watch-as-diggers-pull-apart-former-drumsill-hotel-and-arena-nightclub/
For years the Drumsill Hotel and the adjacent Arena, off the Moy Road in Armagh, were the highlights of the local social scene.
This week the bulldozers finally moved in, clearing the site to make way for a new distribution warehouse and office development.
It is an investment in excess of £5 million and one which will create at least 50 new jobs.
Armagh I exclusively revealed last August that the developent – on behalf of Bunzl McLaughlin – would be allowed to go ahead 12 years after the first of four planning applications was submitted.
It is to be located on "land at the former Drumsill House Hotel Moy Road Armagh".
The planning officer's professional assessment states: "The site comprises the former Drumsill House Hotel, Met Night Club (Arena) and associated car parking approximately two-and-a-half miles to the north of Armagh City."
And while officials, in approving the proposals, said it would make a "significant contribution to the regional company", it does not lessen the nostalgic sadness which many will feel.
It took two industrial diggers to tear down the famous yellow-coloured hotel.
The old Drumsill building had been derelict and neglected for many years. But there was a sadness in watching it being torn down. Digger-load after digger-load of rubble was lifted and carried from the site, as both machines took it in turns to strike the falling shell and retreat.
Both the old hotel and the Arena – or Met as some would recall – were owned by the Gorman family at the time they closed.
The Arena opened in 1990 to much excitement and was the place to be seen in Armagh!
But it was extensively damaged in a fire in 1995.
The venue was rebuilt and refurbished and opened under the guise of The Met – or Met Arena – and again proved a huge draw.
The night-club famously drew revellers from all over, north and south, a thriving venue at the height of the dance scene.
It is even to feature in a documentary being filmed by Hollywood star David Arquette on how dance music helped unite communities here at the height of the Troubles.
It was to close for the last time at the end of August 2004 – 12 years ago this week. The hotel itself closed in December 2001.
Memories were made here; many met their future partners – husbands, wives and significant others – attending club nights in the Arena or Met or discos, dance nights and functions in the hotel itself.
The hotel closed for the last time in December 2001.
All have their stories to tell.
Some might say, 'if walls could talk'. But those walls are now gone and all that remains are our own individual recollections.
The area in front of the hotel has also been dug up and levelled ready for the new development.
The premises will be for use by Bunzl McLaughlin, the leading supplier of non-food catering and cleaning supplies to businesses across Ireland, providing services to the hospitality, healthcare, leisure, industry, facilities management and public sectors – including education, local councils and Civil Service.
The most recent application for planning permission was submitted – by Silverwood Property Development Ltd – in January 2015 and approved exactly one year ago this week.
Officials accepted that Bunzl McLaughlin had no room to grow on its current Cathedral Road site and allowed the construction of a facility which would provide 6,503 sq metres of storage space and 1,435 sq metres of office accommodation.
There had been fears that the company might have to move out of Armagh if it were unable to expand.
The development will also see the retention of a "majority proportion of the existing trees and vegetation" with plans too for new planting to "minimise visual impact".
It is expected that the new facilities will be constructed and ready for occupancy in 2017.
In the meantime, we'll raise a glass, slip back through the years and say: 'Drumsill, Met, Arena – thanks for the music and the memories!'
http://armaghi.com/watch-as-diggers-pull-apart-former-drumsill-hotel-and-arena-nightclub/
For years the Drumsill Hotel and the adjacent Arena, off the Moy Road in Armagh, were the highlights of the local social scene.
This week the bulldozers finally moved in, clearing the site to make way for a new distribution warehouse and office development.
It is an investment in excess of £5 million and one which will create at least 50 new jobs.
Armagh I exclusively revealed last August that the developent – on behalf of Bunzl McLaughlin – would be allowed to go ahead 12 years after the first of four planning applications was submitted.
It is to be located on "land at the former Drumsill House Hotel Moy Road Armagh".
The planning officer's professional assessment states: "The site comprises the former Drumsill House Hotel, Met Night Club (Arena) and associated car parking approximately two-and-a-half miles to the north of Armagh City."
And while officials, in approving the proposals, said it would make a "significant contribution to the regional company", it does not lessen the nostalgic sadness which many will feel.
It took two industrial diggers to tear down the famous yellow-coloured hotel.
The old Drumsill building had been derelict and neglected for many years. But there was a sadness in watching it being torn down. Digger-load after digger-load of rubble was lifted and carried from the site, as both machines took it in turns to strike the falling shell and retreat.
Both the old hotel and the Arena – or Met as some would recall – were owned by the Gorman family at the time they closed.
The Arena opened in 1990 to much excitement and was the place to be seen in Armagh!
But it was extensively damaged in a fire in 1995.
The venue was rebuilt and refurbished and opened under the guise of The Met – or Met Arena – and again proved a huge draw.
The night-club famously drew revellers from all over, north and south, a thriving venue at the height of the dance scene.
It is even to feature in a documentary being filmed by Hollywood star David Arquette on how dance music helped unite communities here at the height of the Troubles.
It was to close for the last time at the end of August 2004 – 12 years ago this week. The hotel itself closed in December 2001.
Memories were made here; many met their future partners – husbands, wives and significant others – attending club nights in the Arena or Met or discos, dance nights and functions in the hotel itself.
The hotel closed for the last time in December 2001.
All have their stories to tell.
Some might say, 'if walls could talk'. But those walls are now gone and all that remains are our own individual recollections.
The area in front of the hotel has also been dug up and levelled ready for the new development.
The premises will be for use by Bunzl McLaughlin, the leading supplier of non-food catering and cleaning supplies to businesses across Ireland, providing services to the hospitality, healthcare, leisure, industry, facilities management and public sectors – including education, local councils and Civil Service.
The most recent application for planning permission was submitted – by Silverwood Property Development Ltd – in January 2015 and approved exactly one year ago this week.
Officials accepted that Bunzl McLaughlin had no room to grow on its current Cathedral Road site and allowed the construction of a facility which would provide 6,503 sq metres of storage space and 1,435 sq metres of office accommodation.
There had been fears that the company might have to move out of Armagh if it were unable to expand.
The development will also see the retention of a "majority proportion of the existing trees and vegetation" with plans too for new planting to "minimise visual impact".
It is expected that the new facilities will be constructed and ready for occupancy in 2017.
In the meantime, we'll raise a glass, slip back through the years and say: 'Drumsill, Met, Arena – thanks for the music and the memories!'
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Hurling Discussion / U14 Féile
June 16, 2016, 09:29:04 AMHeading down tomorrow to Tipperary, wee lad playing in his first hurling Féile, and my first also as a spectator football or hurling, just looking at the fixtures cannot wait. The lads have been training 4 days a week since winning the county championship and last night got their new kit, half zips, jerseys, trackies and togs, it was like Christmas for them all. From speaking to others these are meant to amazing occasions for all involved, with the weather predicted to be good all weekend, roll on Friday.
http://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/feile-na-ngael
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General discussion / Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore quits after 'sexist' comments
March 22, 2016, 08:20:27 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35868662
He is entitled to his opinion, in my view a well warranted opinion, do professional sportswomen in any other sport get paid the same as men?
He is entitled to his opinion, in my view a well warranted opinion, do professional sportswomen in any other sport get paid the same as men?
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General discussion / EU referendum on Thursday 23 June
February 20, 2016, 02:14:39 PM
Now the deal has been done, for those who have a vote will you vote to leave or to stay?
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General discussion / Apple v FBI
February 18, 2016, 01:57:54 PM
Find this fascinating, hope Apple stand their ground, why have security when you need a backdoor for the FBI and whomever else wants to use it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35601035
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35601035
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General discussion / Is the human race going to see the year 3000?
January 14, 2016, 01:22:23 PM
Global warming.
Global wars.
Mankind raping the earth.
Unprecedented growing population.
Resistance to Antibiotics.
New diseases.
No appetite among the greedy global / commercial leaders for change.
I personally think we are fucked, no way can the current situation continue on this blue planet, people are inherently selfish beings, what can I get now and to hell with the consequences.
Global wars.
Mankind raping the earth.
Unprecedented growing population.
Resistance to Antibiotics.
New diseases.
No appetite among the greedy global / commercial leaders for change.
I personally think we are fucked, no way can the current situation continue on this blue planet, people are inherently selfish beings, what can I get now and to hell with the consequences.
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