GPO to be Shopping Centre

**the 12 th man** · 17/07/2007, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by noby

, some die-hards will moan, but the beer will taste the exact same.

The "die hards" will be saying that the Guinness doesn't travel well.

**BohsPartisan** · 17/07/2007, 7:28 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

There's already an arcade at the back of the GPO. Did you rise up in protest, when that was opened by Fergal Quinn!?

Hardly part of the GPO though is it?

So you're happy with this historic building to be filled with Zara, A Wear, Oasis and all the same sh1te that is replicated accross the city ad nauseum?

**Dodge** · 17/07/2007, 7:31 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Hardly part of the GPO though is it?

So you're happy with this historic building to be filled with Zara, A Wear, Oasis and all the same sh1te that is replicated accross the city ad nauseum?

You realise that won't be the case?!

**BohsPartisan** · 17/07/2007, 7:34 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

You realise that won't be the case?!

No I don't. Don't believe anything property types say.

**Dodge** · 17/07/2007, 7:40 PM

You believed they'd put a shopping centre in there...

**soccerc** · 17/07/2007, 7:40 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Hardly part of the GPO though is it?

So you're happy with this historic building to be filled with Zara, A Wear, Oasis and all the same sh1te that is replicated accross the city ad nauseum?

It already is, the shops as far as Arnotts are all part of the GPO Building. as is the arcade.

See my original post, the public office will remain a post office

**BohsPartisan** · 17/07/2007, 7:53 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

You believed they'd put a shopping centre in there...

Stop messing with my mind!

**Peadar** · 17/07/2007, 9:42 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Hardly part of the GPO though is it?

What is it then?
It was part of the GPO, until they made it an arcade.
I've worked in the GPO and there isn't much of significance, besides the public shop & the fascade.
Whether the remainder of the building houses An Post employees or Zara sales assistants, doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'd be more likely to get a decent level of service from the latter.

**SolitudeRed** · 17/07/2007, 9:59 PM

Is this for real or is this a late April fools story! sounds like an absolute joke of an idea can't see many people going for it!

**soccerc** · 17/07/2007, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

I've worked in the GPO and there isn't much of significance, besides the public shop & the fascade.

Having spent ten years working in the offices upstairs I can safely say there is nothing of historical significance apart from the Public Letter Office.

The arcade always had shops in it including the side entrance to Woolworths, a jewellers and Government Publications Office.. It was redeveloped in 1989 to its present condition.

**BohsPartisan** · 17/07/2007, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

Whether the remainder of the building houses An Post employees or Zara sales assistants, doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'd be more likely to get a decent level of service from the latter.

I'm glad the girls in Zara are open minded about transvestisism but that notwithstanding, I always find the level of service at the GPO to be of a good standard.

**Peadar** · 18/07/2007, 9:35 AM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

I'm glad the girls in Zara are open minded about transvestisism ...

You've completely lost me here.
I have to put this idiotic comment down to ignorance, on your part.

**noby** · 18/07/2007, 9:54 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

But the Storehouse won't be half the attraction it is if the brewery is gone

I'm not so sure. A lot of tourists are more interested in the contents of the Storehouse (the old ads etc.) and the gravity bar than the fact that there's a working brewery around them.
Doesn't the Jameson storehouse work on the same basis; ie the distillery is somewhere else?

**Dodge** · 18/07/2007, 9:57 AM

And it doesn't have anywhere near the same pull as the Storehouse.

The couple I went with were very impressed by the idea of the brewery working around them and the smell definitely added to the event

**noby** · 18/07/2007, 10:08 AM

I'm sure they could pipe the smell in.
I was impressed with the working brewery too. I would have been more impressed if a tour of some of the actual brewery was part of the deal. Because it wasn't, it just amounted to a Guinness museum. A rather good one at that, but the brewery isn't crucial to the enjoyment of it.

**BohsPartisan** · 19/07/2007, 7:41 PM

Originally Posted by noby

I'm not so sure. A lot of tourists are more interested in the contents of the Storehouse (the old ads etc.) and the gravity bar than the fact that there's a working brewery around them.
Doesn't the Jameson storehouse work on the same basis; ie the distillery is somewhere else?

Jameson is distilled in Middleton and bottled in Bushmills

**BohsPartisan** · 19/07/2007, 7:43 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

You've completely lost me here.
I have to put this idiotic comment down to ignorance, on your part.

Zara sells womens clothes. You expect a good level of service there, 2+2=

**Peadar** · 19/07/2007, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Zara sells womens clothes. You expect a good level of service there, 2+2=

Just as I suspected, pure ignorance!

**BohsPartisan** · 19/07/2007, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

Just as I suspected, pure ignorance!

Yeah thats what it is alright Paeder. Pure ignorance. You made a stupid remark about the staff of the GPO, now thats pure ignorance.

**Peadar** · 20/07/2007, 9:54 AM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Yeah thats what it is alright Paeder. Pure ignorance. You made a stupid remark about the staff of the GPO, now thats pure ignorance.

My remark was based on my own experience, it's valid & would probably reflect the experiences of many others.

You, on the other hand, are ignorant to the fact that Zara sell clothes for men, women & children.