They have the technology they have the capability to make the world's first bionic underpass ! :D
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They have the technology they have the capability to make the world's first bionic underpass ! :D
they did the railway bridge over the M1 north of dundalk over one weekend (60hrs? or 84? might have been a bank holiday weekend?) as far as I heard. should be possible. saw some encouraging aerial photos a while back.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
don't forget, the newly professionalised IRFU are 'helping' (aka driving) this.
they are installing a precast concrete system which basically means most of the work has already been done off site and just needs to be set in place on site
I went down and took a couple of pictures yesterday. didnt get into the site mind you. There is a structure of some sort already over the rails. will post pics later...
Trains aren't running again this weekend. Obviously haven't finished it yet.
www.lrsdc.ie go to media gallery section and click on new ground shots.:DAfter years of false dawns and empty promises this is actually happening
http://www.lrsdc.ie/_fileupload/DSCF...)_77160567.JPG
Just like Tallaght :D
Its great to see. One thing I'd like to see would be a bit of imagination on the internal design. Its one of the drawbacks of Croker, insofar as when you're in it - it justs looks like a concrete hub, and cold.
Has any one been to the visitors centre near gate 7? Is it worth a look?
Shouldn't we have a statue right in the middle of that entrance area.
Any decent stadium should have it's statue honouring a legend.
The chiselled features of John Giles are a ready made model for a statue of Soviet proportions.
The inscription could simply read
John Giles - moral courage :)
All the great man has is a plaque outside where he was born and raised in Ormond Sq.
Id prefer a statue of Eamonn:DQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I met a traveller from far away
Who said: A vast abandoned field stands
In west Dublin, beyond the concrete grey.
The ruins of an ancient lab yield to
Empty meadows where tall grasses sway.
Here in this place that time forgot,
Developers planning a shopping mall
Cleared a patch for a parking lot,
And found the remnants of a wall
On whose pedestal these words appear:
My name is Bertymandias, lord of Fianna
Fáil. Look on my works, ye suckers, and despair!
Nothing beside remains.
Round the decay of that colossal farce,
boundless and bare,
The wild and tangled weeds stretch far
away.
Which one? Dunphy or Dev?? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
ah there are enough statues of Dev!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Just wondering if anyone has been out that way,if so how are things looking in terms of the new stadium. When is it due to open?
have a look at this. photos under the media gallery section
www.lrsdc.ie
yeah its coming along nicely. You can see the early bits of the stands been built. I going past it a good bit at the moment.
Is it just me or is it when I look at those shots from Podium (website) it looks like one side (behind the goals) will only seat about 1500-2000 people
the north terrace end is very small due to the houses behind. i think the capacity is about 10,000 too short for both football and rugby
I think the capacity is perfect. Even if you could supplant the existing crowd at croker to a football specific stadium, the atmosphere would still be gank.
When the extra 20k are taken off, I reckon we'll be left with the right type of crowd. The masses of kids has to go for starters.