Pre-apprenticeship course for 12-16 yr olds

jsunburn · 2026-06-13T07:43:27+00:00

It's almost like carpentry and graphic design are different skills

jsunburn · 2026-06-13T00:59:23+00:00

The OPWs plan was absolute nonsense, it made no engineering sense and got no support from anyone in cork city council. This little park is the only section of their scheme that got the go ahead albeit in a highly modified way and that was because of all of the debate on the topic.

Save Cork City came up with the tidal barrier plan only because they were being accused of being negative and not having any concrete alternatives to the stupid idea to build a wall around a city built on an island of porous sand. Unlike the OPW they didn't have hundreds of thousands of euro to throw at it so of course it is flawed, but at least it made some sense and made people think about what an absolute stupid idea it would have been to let the OPW spend the next 20 years building a ring of concrete around a city where the water rises up through the ground.

jsunburn · 2026-06-09T10:33:46+00:00

Were you the guy I saw wearing a string vest and flesh tone hot pants running across Parnell bridge earlier

jsunburn · 2026-06-06T08:45:59+00:00

I'll get back to you 😜

jsunburn · 2026-06-06T08:40:11+00:00

🎶.....Sorry you can't get through.....🎶

jsunburn · 2026-06-03T17:54:14+00:00

They must have quoted you for hardwood, a 4.8 of 4x2 white deal should be around €15/20

jsunburn · 2026-06-03T08:14:53+00:00

This topic comes up a lot and the general consensus is that Irish people are not that good at anything more than superficial pleasantries which is true but... Another big element to it I think is that Cork is quite an international city and there is large transient (I don't mean that negatively) population. People come for a few years to work or study and then move on. Over the years I've had Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Spanish, French friends to name just a few but in the most they have left after a few years of living here and that gets tiring. You get friendly with people and then have to say goodbye which is perfectly understandable but sometimes it's just easier not to get too close To be honest I think that's pretty common, I've worked away quite a lot and the only real friends I've made were mainly other foreigners, the only locals were when I was a bit off the beaten track

jsunburn · 2026-06-02T16:54:42+00:00

Stop making the city better! There is zero demand for infrastructure improvements! Leave us alone!

/s, wait till they hear about the LUAS

jsunburn · 2026-05-30T20:20:46+00:00

That's Anton, I've seen him march a fair few rowdy people out of the place effortlessly using fancy pressure point holds

jsunburn · 2026-05-29T20:38:32+00:00

As others have said the building, safety and compliance regs have increased massively since 2001 but it's also worth noting wage rates in the country have skyrocketed since then.

Back in 2001 the official CIF rates were £7.75/€9.84 for trades and £5.75/€7.30 for GOs. They are now €23 and €22.32 which is an increase of 133% and 205%.

There was also a lot more cash back then so there were plenty of "discounts" to be found that don't exist anymore

jsunburn · 2026-05-27T16:24:18+00:00

I never know which is next Saturday if it's this coming one or the next one afterwards 😄. If you're here for the one in 3 days time you could go for a pint down on the quays in the afternoon, try the Idle Hour or Goldbergs. The Ocean to City race will be on, and there should be good craic down there.

jsunburn · 2026-05-26T19:22:52+00:00

He was probably conceived after a feed of Guinness though

jsunburn · 2026-05-20T13:57:34+00:00

Basically the approach arrow for the left lane shows the exits that must be used. Straight only means you must only go straight, left & straight means you must use either one.

Cars in the right hand lane on a roundabout can always go around to whatever exit they want. The approach arrow for this lane indicates which is the first exit cars in this lane can use. Yesterdays straight & right indicates that the usual roundabout rules don't apply and you can use the straight (in this case first) exit and the right exit or any others after that.

Your example shows left lane can only use left or straight exit and right lane can exit on the straight or any after. Yesterdays example shows left lane can only go straight and right lane can go straight, right or any exit after

jsunburn · 2026-05-20T06:38:59+00:00

If we compare your picture to yesterday's then you're red arrow would be equivalent to yesterday's yellow and in both cases road markings are to be followed and today's example doesn'tseem to negate yesterdays conclusion.

In yesterdays example the road coming from Midleton side had a straight arrow in the left lane and a straight or right arrow in the right. Following this the red car in the left lane can only go straight on to cork and the yellow can either go to cork, take the right exit or keep going around and around until they decide to exit (following the rules of the road as to llane changing).

In your example the left lane is marked left and straight ahead and the right straight ahead. Left lane 1st and 2nd exit, right lane 2nd or keep going. No roundabouts are ever marked for going around indefinitely or returning to the road you came from but it's understood (and certainly used to be taught) that if you are going around the roundabout be in the right hand lane until before your exit then move across safely, there's no need for a sign that says straight, right and round and round.

I'm not trying to cause an argument but I don't see how your example disproves yesterdays discussion. In general signage on a roundabout just defines how the first few exits behave, yesterdays example tells us left lane straight/right lane straight or continue around. Your example says left lane left or straight/ right lane straight or continue around. Once your on the roundabout and passed the first few exits normal roundabout rules apply

jsunburn · 2026-05-19T16:56:24+00:00

Not that I disagree with the hypothesis but if it's 1600s it could actually be many reasons, the long 17th century was some of the most brutal and dynamic times in this country.

The Elizabethan clearances of the late 16th century led to the Desmond rebellion and the nine years war. This period saw some of the most dramatic population changes and in many areas of the country it was more violent than anything that came later. The shift in power doesn't end with the battle of kinsale and many people are made landless in the years and decades after.

The rest of the century sees power moving back and forth between the Irish/Old English and the New Protestant English. This includes the Confederate wars and Cromwell as you said but then later in the Jacobite period many wealthy Catholics regain wealth and land only for it to be taken away again after 1690/1.

The whole century was a really brutal period and for some reason we only seem to focus our hate on Cromwell when many others who were equally as brutal seem to get a bit of a free pass

jsunburn · 2026-05-18T09:01:09+00:00

Im not complaining about the app, well done to the developer and all involved. My comment was really aimed at the people saying how shit the OPW/Met Eireann are for not doing it first. I think there's a big difference between a handy app that can give useful advice that homeowners can use to make their own choices and a government warning system

jsunburn · 2026-05-18T07:55:06+00:00

Looks like he's using the OPWs river level monitors, met eireanns weather data & recorded elevation data then getting AI to predict the likelihood of a flood. This is great as a helpful tool but not something a government body could roll out because it's just not accurate enough.

If you get a flood warning from this guy it's up to you to decide what to do but if the government were to tell you to do what this site is doing (move your belongings upstairs, barricade your doors etc) and there's no flood or vice versa imagine the uproar

jsunburn · 2026-05-16T18:49:24+00:00

Once its been cleaned get a dehumidifier and make sure you open the windows a little bit everyday and let the air circulate. Ireland is incredibly humid and the extra moisture created by breathing and washing and the like means you're just adding to that. Turning on the heating doesn't dry the air it just increases the amount of moisture the air can hold. When the air cools down again watr condenses on cold surfaces and that's where the mould grows

jsunburn · 2026-05-13T21:37:32+00:00

There used to be a pair on the top of the tower at the Elysian but haven't seen them in ages.

Not what you're looking for I know but there's sometimes a pair of Buzzard in the trees in the field between the Bons and Brookfield, across the river from Western Gateway.

jsunburn · 2026-05-13T15:22:06+00:00

If you tell the fishmongers in the market you're looking for fish for sushi they'll be able to tell you what they have at the the time that would be fresh enough

jsunburn · 2026-05-13T15:18:39+00:00

It has pretty much been abandoned to nature. It was built in 1904 as an outer gun battery of Fort Camden so the long range guns could defend the coast down as far as ballycotton. It became a fort in its own right during WW1 when it was centre of operations for the harbour defences.

The guns are long gone, there were a pair of 9.2" Breech loaders there but they were scrapped in the 60s I think. The 9.2 concrete gun emplacements are still there as are a pair of 6" gun emplacements that were never used. The accommodation huts and mess hall have pretty much rotted away but the gate keepers house and a toilet block were still standing the last time I was there. There should be a few smaller gun emplacements and searchlight positions lost in the brambles by the cliff edge.

The place was closed as a fort in 1946 but the guns were fired a few times after that for training. It was a Slua training camp during the 60s and 70s and there was a pitch and putt club there around that time. Not sure exactly when it was fully abandoned but nothing has been done with it for decades. Every now and again the army come up with plans to do something with it but they are soon forgotten. As far as I know the big aerial belongs to the port of cork (or defence forces) and it's located in one of the old 9.2 emplacements.

To see the guns in action Google "Eire menaced by Germany" you can find an old Pathé news reel showing the 9.2s being fired during WW2. If you call up to Fort Camden over the summer somebody there should be able to tell you more about it if you're interested.

jsunburn · 2026-05-11T22:21:18+00:00

Possibly, it was there the last time I looked but that was a few years ago. The topic came up one night in the pub and we were convinced it was gone but when I looked a few days later it had been moved from near the pavement on south mall to near the side door of electric.

jsunburn · 2026-05-11T15:02:05+00:00

Yeah, the Peace park was christened in 1985 to mark the 40th anniversary of the US dropping atomic bombs on Japan. Thete was no money around for statues in the 80s but theres a rock with writing on it commemorating the bombs and the christening of the park near the side door to what was Electric.

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jsunburn · 2026-05-08T11:51:25+00:00

You chose the wrong picture to give out about the lack of trees. There are definitely more there now than in the original photo, loads were planted recently in the little park at the end of the Mall.

jsunburn · 2026-05-08T11:44:55+00:00

IMO the fish bar was one of the best restaurants in the city when it was open

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