Web Summit

Government saying they did everything they could in order to keep it here in Dublin, which is complete and utter bullsh*t. Estimated it brought in €100 million to the Irish economy last year. It's it a grand aul time when the Irish Government can afford to lose something like the Web Summit 

Or else they decided yer man Paddy Cosgrave was just too much of a total w*nkbag to be dealing with.

It's definitely a loss to the city though as it's grown substantially over the last few years. It'll be interesting to see how it gets on in Lisbon.

bhob wrote: Devrozex wrote: Or else they decided yer man Paddy Cosgrave was just too much of a total w*nkbag to be dealing with. It's definitely a loss to the city though as it's grown substantially over the last few years. It'll be interesting to see how it gets on in Lisbon. Regardless of him being a w**ker or not it just shows how bad some of those in Government are in doing their job. Surely they could have put forth a minimal amount of effort and Web Summit would have been happy. The fact they hadn't got traffic plans or even plans for something as simple as wifi is just dumbfounding. Lisbon are absolutely delighted to have it over there and it is something which will probably never return to the Irish shores

bhob wrote: Regardless of him being a w**ker or not it just shows how bad some of those in Government are in doing their job. Surely they could have put forth a minimal amount of effort and Web Summit would have been happy. The fact they hadn't got traffic plans or even plans for something as simple as wifi is just dumbfounding. Lisbon are absolutely delighted to have it over there and it is something which will probably never return to the Irish shores

I don't think its that simple. Shutting down the quays for a private event for a week isn't a 'minimal amount of work'. Has any other event in the Conference Centre asked for this? Why would the state be providing wifi?

They did ask for the quays to be shut down. There are events every day in the CC, how come there is no problem with other events? If the Wifi in the Convention Centre or RDS is sub par, talk to the venues, its not a government issue. They heavily funded this event, but they aren't the organisers and cannot credibly be expected to iron out every glitch for them. That said the emails make grim reading, but the reality is Dublin hosts dozens of these events without any issues every year. There are issues on the WS side too.

watched your man on the news yesterday he was talking absolute bullsh*t it was always about money he should have just come out and said it. A special Traffic plan ffs and special Rail ,Dart and Bus timetable plus €1m for improved wi fi in the rds who does he think he is fooling.

I get the impression that if the government had spent millions on ensuring this was in Dublin, the same people giving out now, would be giving out that the government wasted millions.

Ah come on - Dunphy and Hook are treated like clowns in fairness. I am sure that they are both fully aware that their participation on panels is purely for comic relief purposes.