Are the council planning to buy all the premises on Emmett Road that sit in front of Richmond?
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Nothing official but it’s safe to assume they are. We sold McDowells pub so something would have to be worked out there and with another business that is a few doors down. I wouldn’t assume like some are that the front of the houses will be preserved to keep the look of the street. I’m looking forward to seeing the official plans whenever they are revealed. Hopefully when we hear something it’s that it’s funded and ready to proceed.
Fair play. Great to see progress with any club.
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We own 125 and the archway. The old dry cleaners on the corner has been derelict for years. What the council own I’m not sure but to make the plan viable they must had more property on the street than I would have thought. It’s hard not to see a scenario where a few hold outs look for a better deal from the corpo.
Whats going to happen to McDowells lads?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
In relation to Saint Pats, it a private company that run the club I think, which getting money from the public purse for a stadium is problematic. Also, this might have been sorted, but was Richmond Park a collateral for a loan of something like 16million. Pats fans will know better and these issues may have been sorted, so the latest news is positive for them especially with the better crowds they are getting.
I was standing behind the goal in Tolka up the back and realised id never noticed before they have a fence walling off the back half of the away end.
Some Rovers fans went in there and were moved out by the Guards as they had been let in by mistake.
The only difference i could see was the metal holders for the seats that used to be thee were stilll in that section but had been removed where we were standing.
With big crowds traveling now from the Dublin clubs could Shels not take out the holders and move the fence back?
We were jammed in , didnt feel unsafe at all but whats the point in jamming people in when there is half as much space again.
It was a great spot, pre-game and at HT for a while; though when HT exit for away fans stopped, one game we were front row of the away end of the stand and chatting to a really sound steward, he said if we wanted in to the bar at HT just head to the gate and mention his name. It was obviously full of only Pats fans and is one of the stand out lovely LoI moments for me over all the years chatting to the home fans. Caught up with a few again post match and in Dundalk that season(2013 iirc). A shame it couldnt be incorporated in to a develpment in some way, or that any club can have an unsegregated bar, as besides income, one of the things I liked most about LoI was being able to mingle with fellow fans. Derry in general, (+some others), before heading up the hill to the Brandywell was great too. As a home fan be it Kennedy's or the Lilywhite Lounge same type of thing applies. In the grand scheme of things its not a biggy, just part of the old appeal of LoI imo.
So the Irish government are putting €500k into a stadium in New York. Wow, just wow.
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