Like we were going to get our money back from the visits of Obama and Queen Elizabeth?!

The Obama visit brought in some revenue, the Queen’s visit brought in diddly squat but no one in the Tourist industry expected it to, that was just political spin.

The difference this time is that the money is already in the Irish economy. We got the buggers cash b4 the event at all through ticket sales, Aer Lingus flights and accommodation.

8 thumbs down. Hotel bookings from the UK actually declined after the visit ffs. It had no impact whatsoever. How could it? Why would it?

But you only have two thumbs…

while I love your optimism Winston… even if the 85000 people coming to Dublin all had 10 pints each.. the vat bill still wouldn’t be covered… be fairly close though.. that’s assuming a pint is on average ?5 and the vat rate is 13.5%

oh and also… this was overall a very sound investment… the 600,000 will be easily recovered and we will make money… what I don’t agree with is the over exaggerated figure of bringing in 100m which I assume takes into account future visitors who are attracted by the ads…. but even then the money the small % of people who will actually visit based on viewing this will bring in is nowhere near 10m never mind the rest….

100% they will get a return… nice to see a wise investment with guaranteed income for local businesses plus the relevant vat receipts…

Galway religiously votes for FG/FF, same with most of the west, and then wonder why the Govt. ignores you.

Why would they give a bass penny to that part of the country when it will return the same political divide it has for 50 years.

A sad truth.

Are you joking, Galway has been getting handouts for years. The poor wesht again

Galway gets pittance handouts. Where is the railway line from Ennis to Sligo, where is the road improvement from Galway to Limerick or Galway to Athlone. Where is the focus to turn Galway in to a strategic regional hub.

All these kinds of things are of immense benefit to the national economy, especially to Dublin. Just imagine a country where everybody wasn’t trying to find jobs in the one little county that is dublin.

You would notice that quickly in your Mortgages and rent.

@Arjun – I’m not sure how often you travel from galway to athlone, but it’s a Phuckn motorway – you can do that trip in 11 seconds as long as you dodge the five-o!! And the only part of the western rail corridor to be built is the section in Galway.
Try driving from Dublin to Mayo, Lietrim, Sligo or Donegal, or in fact try to do anything in those counties, and you’ll see what it’s like to be a victim of underinvestment. And don’t even think about getting sick in the north west, or you’ll be deported to Galway on a bus…

As far as I can recall the governments decentralization plan has been slowed, if not stopped. In my humble opinion our countries infrastructure has benefited hugely from the boom, its very easy to forget how atrocious our infrastructure was 20 years ago.

Also, Arjun Deepra, nice throwaway account ;)

I’m sure they have a limited budget so have to decide what will get the best return and highest viewership.

Great question! Could they not have gotten Gabriel Byrne or Liam Neeson or someone to record something? Someone well known in the US where the majority of viewers are watching from!?

Martin Sinnott, you sir are not an idiot.

(I posted that you were an idiot initially and it got removed, so I’m hoping that the people at the journal don’t understand sarcasm)

your name and your profile pic contradict one another…u give real utd fans like me a headache.

Where else would you suggest they hold this match? A fifty thousand seat stadium is required in a city that can accommodate at least 35,000 travelling supporters.