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Whilst entering Supervalu from the carpark two workmen, wearing Castlerock high vis jackets walked in front of me at around 1330 today ignoring social distancing and not wearing any face covering albeit mask or shield One of the two actually spat on the ground right by the door entrance. I felt like...

Brego wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 19:59 Town badly needs a lidl or aldi

Anything to compete with SuperValu, stock is getting worse

So with Dublin in Level 3 lockdown travelling communities are let travel around, set up wherever they can or choose. Now there are talks of a Nationwide level 5 lockdown. These travelling communities need to move away from the peninsular where we can lockdown safely without risk of unknowns. Now mor...

It does seem coincidental that during the Covid-19 lockdown period this year that there were hardly, if at all, any power or water outages. Now that lockdown is being lifted and construction works have started again, outages occur. You would think that with more people working from home, the demand ...

It's all a matter of speed and safety. I cycle as fast as I can and do not like to have to slow down for cyclists that weave around a cycle and footpath, but some paths you have no choice but to. So when I get to an open road such as the new bypass, I will use the road as I will be travelling at spe...

I don't think people living in The Gallery realise that during winter months, they will get no direct sunlight on a cloudless day as the sun will be behind the 5 floor buildings. It's bad enough with the suspected construction entrance at the unmarked crossing on Turvey Ave. It's going to wreck the ...

Have also found new products appearing with no price or product label on shelf. One of these was fire logs. And to get the price checked would have meant queuing twice. Having worked in retail I have witnessed this store make far too many mistakes and would be subject to multiple fines under the Sal...

If you already have a bike, you can get a cheap turbo trainer and tyre.
The latter is required as a normal tyre on a turbo trainer will shred rubber everywhere

Parks are closing in the UK because people are ignoring the rules. If we ignore the rules, the lockdown will be extended. FFS people please, please, please be sensible about this Just stay home unless necessary like essential work, shopping or daily exercise. Otherwise it will be months not weeks. T...

There are as many bad and inconsiderate pedestrians out there as there are cyclists and joggers (before this social distancing) I've had to step off a footpath onto a freshly seeded grass area in Newbridge House because a group of pedestrians did not deem it worthy to move over a little and let some...

So, lockdown until 12th of April. Sad that it's come to this, but people just don't grasp the magnitude of this and claim we are being over zealous when telling people to stay at home. Now the government tells you, will you listen? There's enough shite on TV. Twitter, Facebook and many other social ...

I've seen joggers running in tandem or more at 2 meters apart, but downwind of each other.
Pretty pointless really.
You're running into someone else's breath

A cough can travel up to 6 meters, a sneeze over 8 meters and droplets active for over 10 minutes But we are being "advised" that during this Covid-19 crisis we should stay 2 meters apart. And people think it is safe to go to public spaces where winds can carry contaminants further. Sympto...

Everyone should treat this like a Zombie Apocalypse, but without killing each other or panic buying. Stay at home and only go out when necessary. Going to the park, beach or social visiting friends or family is not necessary whereas going to the Doctors, pharmacy or food shops is. To quote Piers Mor...

Fingal County Council played the Ryanair fan-fair tune when they opened the Donabate/Portrane Distributor Road ahead of next weeks delayed opening.

According to latest news by FCC, 8 weeks = 10th April. link below https://www.fingal.ie/news/mayor-and-chief-executive-update-taoiseach-progress-donabate-distributor-road But let's hold an event well before it's actual opening. AND! The Donabate Distributor Road is a key piece of strategic infrastru...

What can I say???

They are digging up the same area again.

Anyone know how to reinstate the water pump opposite Supervalu?

Is it worth reinstating the old water pump in village center?
Might be ground water, but it's water and you'll have to boil it anyway

It's ironic, we also get water outages that should lead to boil water notices.
In this day and age, we pay for and suffer these outages that one would expect in Tristan da Cunha

So we have a General Election coming up. I hope we do not have the same eye scratching zip tied posters on nearly every post around the peninsula, or have them placed where can distract drivers. There should be nothing but road signs along Hearse Road, there's enough incorrect signage related to roa...

If you can post a picture of the turntable or list what make and model it is, I may be able to carry out some repairs subject to parts.
Feel free to PM me

Certainly is painful at times using this store. Other branches always seem to have the stock I seek. More often than not, this branch has poor stock levels or is just struggling to meet the demand of the ever increasing population? And these self service tills are faster than other branches. Always ...

I'd say another couple of years. Due to condition of roads and personal safety sharing roads with construction traffic, I have given up cycling around the peninsular. I grew up in London so am very used to bad roads and drivers, but I've had far too many near misses. It takes the pleasure out of cyc...

If anywhere, should be a raised crossing at the Pelican crossing on Main Street.
This would also remove the puddle (when rains) at said crossing

Any chance in getting this raised again considering recent destruction of hedgerows on New Road, and the disruption caused by road resurfacing? There's enough construction going on at present on the peninsular, there should not be any more added until at least one of the current projects is completed.