One inch of snow - Dublin closed

Everyone prays it'll snow until it does and then were all up in arms..

^ was just thinking the same thing - national shortage of **ing grit is there. incredible

went out had a good night but if i had to i would walk 5/6 miles home from a pub, taxis rip us off anyway
There is a big housing estate locally 300 houses, the residents gritted all their own roads themselves

i have seen grit left at hills, bends etc, but with the way the laws work down here (ignoring common sence etc) i dont know too many farmers that would expose themselves to any liabilities by doin the councils job.

:D Any opportunity at all at all at all.

We have a small crossroads on a hill near the house and the council had no problem leaving a small trailer of grit at it for us.
We throw a few shovel fulls in the morning and evening and no problems there all week..................other people in the area doing the same...
Saves pulling cars out of the ditch at all hours..........

The County Councils may be as you say obliged to grit our roads, but you can not cut peoples wages and then expect them to be patriotic and work for free.
The chap that delivered the grit told me his hours were 0830 to 1630 but offered to start gritting at 0700 (some people going to work) and finish at 1500, the answer was no.

But the post above said they where willing to go to work early once they could finish early. That seems fair to me but the council would not allow it, thats down to the council not the workforce, they should not have to work for free, because the council don't give 2 f00ks about people's safety.

downallstar its not a public /private sector argument
To me the county councils have wasted piles of money over the years and they still do foreign junkets while they have no money.
They should grit the roads full stop , and worry about the money later, if people die on our roads or the economy stops then whats the cost???????
The guys who work on our roads for co.councils have a bad reputation, they are not the hardest workers in the world and frequently are seen having lunch extra long lunch breaks or wet time or taking their time doing their job
First we had the floods that decimated peoples homes and now they cant get out of the house due to non gritting , ridiculous

:^0 Buses stopped again i just heard on the radio and the roads ain't getting gritted until tomorrow :^0

schools in swords closed lol

i crashed my car last Saturday on way to Knock Airport...bear in mind this is the N5, National Primary Route leading to one of our main airports at its busiest time..... i couldn't believe the response to an e-mail from Mayo Co Co...see below...bare faced lies i walked the road and nearly killed myself

Dear x
re your e mail below , see reply at 14.46.
The date should read the 2nd rather than the 3rd.
Regards



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From:
Sent: 06 January 2010 14:46
To:
Subject: RE: Charlestown Bypass


This road was treated with salt twice on the day in question which I assume

to be Sat. 3rd 2010. and has been treated every day during this cold spell.

The finished surface is Hot Rolled Asphalt laid to the proper specification.






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From:
Sent: 06 January 2010 12:45
To:
Subject: FW: Charlestown Bypass








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From:
Sent: 06 January 2010 12:36
To: Roads
Cc:
Subject: Charlestown Bypass

I have to say with deep regret that the failure of Mayo Co Co to grit the Charlestown Bypass is nothing short of disgraceful. Unfortunately I had a collision on the road on Saturday morning and therefore witnessed first hand the terrible state it was in. Its significant that this is one of the main arterial routes in the country and also to Knock airport and was therefore heavily trafficked over the xmas period.



I appreciate its a new surface; however, clearly, its a treterous surface during icy conditions. When attempting to walk on it I fell flat on my ass (for want of a better word). Whilst waiting on the side of the road for approximately 20 mins, every car wishing to take the Airport Interchange struggled with it, infact one bus was very lucky to escape not having a head on collision. That was in the space of 20 minutes. There was no warning signs, no gritting etc. My brother, who was flying out, met a person in the airport whos car had over turned on the road.



Im writing this to pled with MCC to research the materials in the surface of the Charlestown Bypass and to grit the road at all times during this hard freeze before a very very serious accident occurs. I saw at one stage a Tesco truck travelling at in excess of 100kmp that Sat morning, you can only imagine the carnage that would have happened had there been a pile up?



Kind regards

t r e a c h e r o u s

Do the Betfair police have something against overenthusiastic weathermen?

The weather has to date been worse in England than in Ireland . The relative performances of those involved in either jurisdiction in dealing with adverse weather is hard to assess .Neither is covered in glory at present .

England/ Britain has been going steadily downhill in most areas ( including politics and the public service ) for last 20 years or more , nothing I have seen inclines me to the view that the situation is going to start to get substantially better in the near future .

Ireland had the chance to garner up the fruits of the Celtic Tiger , act sensiibly and frugally within reasonable constraints , but blew it big time allowing the Tiger to be excessively vulgar and spendthrift , everyone living too high on the hog , among other things destroying the foreign tourist trade by overpricing . Was well sign posted up on here for years , but nobody was listening .

The roads currently are the most noticeable manifestation of the result of strictures in public spending . Unlucky that the current cold spell ( which is probably going to continue ) has been so bad , but government / local councils have plenty of management structures to apply a bit of brains and common sense to the problem . Holding their hands up does not wash with someone vainly trying to operate a business in trying circumstances , parents and family trying to get children to school , farmers trying to preserve stocks , etc etc .

Everyone in these islands needs a back to basics approach , one upon a time we were all good at making do with scarcer resources than we have even at present . Self help is always a good fall back , we cant blame governments etc for every problem . Most people ( fit that is ) I know would gladly throw in a few hours free involvement in a concerted effort to get roads passable in their neighbourhood , if that freed up officialdom to concentrate elswhere on major roads so be it , its all for the general good . But it has to be planned and co-ordinated sensibly , and I doubt many of our leaders have it as a priority in front of re-election .

Typical rambling nonsense from Kelly.

You would just love the galwayman on a jury . No prospect of fair assessment .

what do u mean the way people carry on closure town to ?

Nothing wrong with my driving amigo, thats one thing i'm good at


Everyone seems to think they are a great driver in this country.
Not sure why Mayo CC get the blame. They can control alot of things but the weather is even beyond their remit.

I assessed your post fairly. Rambling nonsense.

tgm, did you not get the 8 fe-1's? what you upto now??

Was out with young Laide there recently!!