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Topic: Limerick ...City of Culture for 2014
Hitch
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:16
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It has been announced that Limerick will have the honour for 2014. Expect this will give a lift to everyone from that lovely city!
scelp
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:18
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This thread will not be pretty, I fear!!!
frasiercrane
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:29
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What does being city of culture entail.
staycalm
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:35
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
What does being city of culture entail.

Having to wash your tackies and have them white as snow before walking your pitbull down Cruises Street. No dirty tackies allowed in 2014
Hitch
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:36
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
What does being city of culture entail.

A team of people is being put together to develop and market a programme of events and initiatives for the year, involving culture, sports, heritage and the arts.
N16
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:36
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Bring all these aristocrats down the dock road some Sunday night.
Habanerocat
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:54
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Originally posted by Hitch:
A team of people is being put together to develop and market a programme of events and initiatives for the year, involving culture, sports, heritage and the arts.

Just another rugby thing so is it? And I aint being smart saying that.

Can you give some previous examples? Do I remember Liverpool having it a few years ago?
Habanerocat
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 13:59
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Ah, It's just National City of Culture, not European City of Culture.
theface2010
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 14:01
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Originally posted by Hitch:

It has been announced that Limerick will have the honour for 2014. Expect this will give a lift to everyone from that lovely city!

Good one Hitch-it certainly gave me a lift when I read it.
notrealdan
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 14:08
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
What does being city of culture entail.

It will mean keeping the Clare crowd out of the city for 12 months.
Time!!!
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 14:34
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Anyone care to take a stab at how they got it.
Harry Styles
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 14:58
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Originally posted by Time!!!:
Anyone care to take a stab at how they got it.

Davy Fitz put in a word a for us and plus as well most Clare people like to associate themselves with Limerick as we are by far in a way the nicest people in Ireland!
Cusack Park
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 15:04
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Originally posted by Cusack Park:
This message has been edited - 09-jul-2012 @ 15:05
seanvat
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 17:19
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Originally posted by Time!!!:
Anyone care to take a stab at how they got it.

Unfortunate turn of phrase
ProjX
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 17:44
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Originally posted by seanvat:
Unfortunate turn of phrase

Why?
Shannonside
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 18:16
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Originally posted by ProjX:
Why?

Limerick often known as Stab citaaayy ProjX
rebelrebel30
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 18:23
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Originally posted by scelp:
This thread will not be pretty, I fear!!!

HAHA.............
ProjX
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 22:12
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Originally posted by Shannonside:
Limerick often known as Stab citaaayy ProjX

Surely you mean Dublin or Cork? Those guys have gone crazy with knife crime.
rebelrebel30
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 22:40
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Originally posted by ProjX:
Surely you mean Dublin or Cork? Those guys have gone crazy with knife crime.

Latest Crime stats from the CSO were in the papers over the weekend on crime in ireland ..... A crime map of ireland was outlined.., Murders ( Limerick no 5 - Cork not named) Rape and Sexual assault ( limerick No 3 - Cork not named),burgularies, Aggrivated Burgularies, Muggings,Assaults Under all these headings Cork didnt feature in one, Limerick was in the top 5 in 2 outta the 6 which is high for its population relative to the rest of Ireland. All there on P9 Saturdays Daily Mail.....to view.
ProjX
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 22:55
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Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Latest Crime stats from the CSO were in the papers over the weekend on crime in ireland ..... A crime map of ireland was outlined.., Murders ( Limerick no 5 - Cork not named) Rape and Sexual assault ( limerick No 3 - Cork not named),burgularies, Aggrivated Burgularies, Muggings,Assaults Under all these headings Cork didnt feature in one, Limerick was in the top 5 in 2 outta the 6 which is high for its population relative to the rest of Ireland. All there on P9 Saturdays Daily Mail.....to view.

That would indicate that nobody was killed in Cork. Surely your source is incorrect? A quick google shows there were plenty of murders in Cork over the last few months.

Rebelrebel30, you can't state statistics that are simply incorrect. Serious problems with violent behaviour in Cork.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0506/man-dies-after-stabbing-in-cork-city.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0508/1224315744874.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0217/breaking23.html

http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-upgrade-cork-death-to-murder-investigation-333353-Jan2012/

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/river-bodies-second-cork-murder-investigation-launched-2935672.html

Don't try to bring us down to your level.
ProjX
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 23:00
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Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Latest Crime stats from the CSO were in the papers over the weekend on crime in ireland ..... A crime map of ireland was outlined.., Murders ( Limerick no 5 - Cork not named) Rape and Sexual assault ( limerick No 3 - Cork not named),burgularies, Aggrivated Burgularies, Muggings,Assaults Under all these headings Cork didnt feature in one, Limerick was in the top 5 in 2 outta the 6 which is high for its population relative to the rest of Ireland. All there on P9 Saturdays Daily Mail.....to view.

Also, thanks for pointing out the low crime rates in Limerick!
lopper
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 23:17
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Originally posted by ProjX:

That would indicate that nobody was killed in Cork. Surely your source is incorrect? A quick google shows there were plenty of murders in Cork over the last few months.Rebelrebel30, you can't state statistics that are simply incorrect. Serious problems with violent behaviour in Cork.

Don't try to bring us down to your level.

And ne'er a newspaper pull-out section or a TV3 Special Report to be seen. Shockin'.

This message has been edited - 09-jul-2012 @ 23:17
ProjX
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Posted: 09-Jul-2012 23:21
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Originally posted by lopper:
And ne'er a newspaper pull-out section or a TV3 Special Report to be seen. Shockin'.

It's wonderful that Limerick has been selected for this honour of city of culture.

Best city and county in Ireland, possibly the world
This message has been edited - 09-jul-2012 @ 23:21
scelp
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Posted: 10-Jul-2012 12:17
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Way ahead of London, New York, Venice, Rome, Paris, Sydney, Prague etc to name just a few. Tough battle with Galway, though for world's greatest.
inbetweeners
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Posted: 10-Jul-2012 14:09
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Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Latest Crime stats from the CSO were in the papers over the weekend on crime in ireland ..... A crime map of ireland was outlined.., Murders ( Limerick no 5 - Cork not named) Rape and Sexual assault ( limerick No 3 - Cork not named),burgularies, Aggrivated Burgularies, Muggings,Assaults Under all these headings Cork didnt feature in one, Limerick was in the top 5 in 2 outta the 6 which is high for its population relative to the rest of Ireland. All there on P9 Saturdays Daily Mail.....to view.

I can't possibly comment on the Daily Mail. Awful stuff, I wouldn't trust anything they say.

From the CSO:

In 2011, there were 4 homicides in Cork City and 6 in the county, giving a total of ten

For the same period, there were 4 homicides in Limerick City and county.

So there were 1.93 homicides per million of population in Cork and 2.08 per million in Limerick.

Limerick has a crime problem but Cork is hardly a paradise either. In fact in terms of homicides there were more than twice as much in absolute numbers and not much better on a per capita basis.
This message has been edited - 10-jul-2012 @ 14:10

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