13 April 2015 Guest blog by Rear Admiral Lunchalot - a response to my submission to the DL Harbour public consultation earlier today.
Alison
You need to embrace change. A disembarkation gangway from a liner through the front door of the Royal St George is no bad thing; and for those that don’t want to walk can I say the front platforms are, to my mind, a perfect parking place for a taxi rank and coaches. The adjacent Royal Irish has always struggled on the catering front and I am sure those passengers, by the time they hit (sorry dock in) our humble port, will be up to their ying yangs in fine dining. Where better than the Irish for an old burger and beer? One in the eye for McDonalds up on main street. If the RIYC could change their club colour and logo from deep navy blue to green and encourage staff to go for the leprechaun look, hey presto you are talking one serious Irish experience right on your doorstep. No need to go and see the real Temple Bar.
Should all this be too much of an imposition the clubs can always look at a reverse takeover of the Dún Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club and drop the “motor” to give it some social cache. Remember we will always have the coal harbour.
The downside of this new structure, as I see it, is that the guys that build it are going to expect to be paid, unlike last time. Dalkey residents won’t be too happy about dynamite use up in the quarry - could result in spilt pints in Finnegans. All in all though, I think they should go for it. Nothing like progress.
Rear Admiral Lunchalot
Nota Bene: my response to this letter was signed using my pseudonym Major Major Smoked Salmon Liberal.
Alison
You need to embrace change. A disembarkation gangway from a liner through the front door of the Royal St George is no bad thing; and for those that don’t want to walk can I say the front platforms are, to my mind, a perfect parking place for a taxi rank and coaches. The adjacent Royal Irish has always struggled on the catering front and I am sure those passengers, by the time they hit (sorry dock in) our humble port, will be up to their ying yangs in fine dining. Where better than the Irish for an old burger and beer? One in the eye for McDonalds up on main street. If the RIYC could change their club colour and logo from deep navy blue to green and encourage staff to go for the leprechaun look, hey presto you are talking one serious Irish experience right on your doorstep. No need to go and see the real Temple Bar.
Should all this be too much of an imposition the clubs can always look at a reverse takeover of the Dún Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club and drop the “motor” to give it some social cache. Remember we will always have the coal harbour.
The downside of this new structure, as I see it, is that the guys that build it are going to expect to be paid, unlike last time. Dalkey residents won’t be too happy about dynamite use up in the quarry - could result in spilt pints in Finnegans. All in all though, I think they should go for it. Nothing like progress.
Rear Admiral Lunchalot
Nota Bene: my response to this letter was signed using my pseudonym Major Major Smoked Salmon Liberal.