Spire of Dublin

1. Ty
   September 11th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

   I’d hate to be there during an earthquake.

2. Adam Stanhope
   September 11th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

   In the text that goes along with the slideshow, they talked about internal “dampeners” that prevent it from swaying.

   I don’t think Dublin is in much risk of experiencing a powerful earthquake, however.

3. Chris
   September 11th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

   phallic.

4. kerozene
   September 11th, 2007 at 9:52 pm

   Oooh thats exactly what we need to pop the giant sky banana. Too bad its in Dublin.

5. laura
   September 11th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

   I was in dublin for a wedding a few months back, everyone thinks it was the biggest waste of 5 million euros the irish government could come up with. a giant metallic stick in the middle of the oldest part of the town. it doesn’t fit in with the surrounding buildings whatsoever!

6. Adam Stanhope
   September 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

   I love it.

7. Neil
   September 12th, 2007 at 5:35 am

   120 million euros of wasted taxpayers money actually. I can see it from my appartment. What a meaningless lump. 5 years late and over budget. And they nearly destroyed half of O’Connell street because high wind meant the upper pieces were swinging wildly when they were mounted.

8. Neil
   September 12th, 2007 at 5:36 am

   appartment? apartment.

9. Lady Cooper
   September 12th, 2007 at 6:11 am

   The Stiffy on the Liffey!

   It’s even uglier in person.

10. Heather
    September 12th, 2007 at 6:11 am

    I live in England and hadn’t even heard of it!

11. cuimhne
    September 12th, 2007 at 10:56 am

    Isn’t it the tallest free-standing monument in Europe? Anyway it was a HUGE waste of money, it is however, mildly amusing to watch tourists leaning back to look at the the top and bumping into people.

12. Alex
    September 12th, 2007 at 11:09 am

    Vlad the Impaler would so love this!

13. brian t
    September 12th, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    also known The Bertie Pole (after PM Bertie Ahern), or the Stump in the Dump. It doesn’t even do anything, it just sits there…

14. Sid Morrison
    September 13th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    Obviously, a monument to Nelson isn’t a good choice anymore, but why not a monument to a hero of the Irish Republic? de Valera? Collins? Are those just “too political”? What exactly does THIS monument commemorate?

15. Alex
    September 14th, 2007 at 12:41 am

    Needles and other pointy things in life, Sid Morrison.

16. Ratz
    September 20th, 2007 at 6:51 am

    Christ whate a waste of 5 million euro. Incidentally, the plural of Euro is Euro, in the same way as the plural of lego is lego and sheep is sheep. There’s something similar in Belfast: http://www.belfastcathedral.org/news/photo-gallery/gallery/36/the-spir e-of-hope-the-concept

    Though perhaps that’s just because they couldn’t afford a proper spire that might actually match either the building or surrounding. Instead we’ve got a giant cocktail stick.

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