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Drogheda Cinema.
More and more I hear of local
people going to the cinema outside Drogheda. Those with cars, etc have been telling me that they refuse more now, to go to
the Drogheda ones. Instead they travel to Dundalk and Stillorgan, etc. I can understand why.
Here are a number of reasons
just personally observed by myself.
1. They cut the films. When the first part of the "Lord of the Rings"
was out, I went to see it in Dublin, I am a big fan of the combined books. However, my wife later that week wanted to go see
it also when she was able to. So personally not minding seeing a second showing, we went to the Drogheda cinema. It was only
half way through the film when I suddenly realised that parts of the film were missing from what I had seen in Dublin! Long
story short - I found out from sources, they cut the film by 15/16 minutes in Drogheda so that the owners could get in an
extra showing per day to maximise their daily profits. Ever since on the very rare occasion I have gone back, I have noted
the same thing happening again and again. I make a note of the time the film is supposed to last according the write-ups and
compare them to our cinema. Folks, there is quite often a difference.
2. The dirt. In one cinema room there is a (mineral)
stain on a screen where someone has thrown their drink. Its so big its sticking out a mile. It has been there on the screen
for nearly two years now and not yet have I seen it been cleaned yet. Don't get me started either on how they keep people
waiting while they clean up! Have you seen the state of the screens in Drogheda?
3. My wife personally seen a rat
running across the cinema floor. She screamed as you would expect and ran out.
4. The cost. For lesser money that
we pay in Dublin where we go, we get better seating, better inner building facilities, food, café and child minding services.
Go to the cinema at the back of the Ilac centre if you wish to see how a cinema ought to be run and build. It's like a five
star hotel compared to the Drogheda dump. In one cinema room they actually have loads of masking tape sealing up defaults
in the floor. I have personally seen people tripping over the stuff as they make their way across in the rows of seats. Instead
of correcting the problem straight away, it seems they are waiting instead for a lawsuit to claim against them for the first
serious casualty. Someone is going to trip and hit their head against a seat, wall or worse. It's only a matter of time. Expect
it to be settled out of court - if it hasn't already! They won't want the publicity.
Guess what - TOO LATE.
5.
I have got so tired of going to a film in Drogheda and complaining to the staff that the projectionist had the film either
consistently fuzzy, parts of the film were missing on the left/right-hand side of the screen, the reels were off centre, the
words were cut off and the sound was too low or in some cases non-existent!
6. Every time I have gone to the cinema
here in town there is one member of staff that scows at you as you buy your ticket. Why, I don't know but you get the impression
that by going up to the ticket desk, you have disturbed her from reading her womans magazines which she keeps under the counter!
What a sour-puss of a face she has. I have yet to see her smile.
7. Times! Now there's a laugh. If the local cinema
says that the film is starting at 8.00 pm, I can bet you 99 times out of a hundred that by 8.15/8.20 the films has yet to
start. A minor gripe you might say but consider just for example, those that have to make arrangement for babysitters, etc,
only to find out when they get to their film that once again, there is a delay in the starting time. Then there is parents
picking up their children! Don't get me started on their film times. "Professional timing" is not a phrase that will be found
used in the Drogheda Omniplex.
8. Myself and others have noticed this next problem a lot. The cinema in Drogheda is
regularly a week or two behind the rest of the country with showing a film out any particular week. If your looking forwards
to seeing a film that has been advertised to be "showing next week" for example, DO NOT EXPECT THAT TO APPLY TO OUR PRESENT
DROGHEDA CINEMA. We seem to be exempt from the rest of Ireland!
It has been reported and personally noted too that
they are holding back films, some times by weeks. The reasons are obvious. The owners know that an average person will only
go/be able to see so many films in one week. Fair enough but to delay it while the rest of the country moves on - Drogheda
shows instead either something stupid and old or something that has been in the cinema weeks - AGAIN! A lot of people that
I know, have now had enough. We are going elsewhere with our money. *** Feel free to join the club.
There are a lot
more reasons and I am not the only one giving out. Thee sooner the new cinema opens up in Drogheda the opposite side of the
Boyne, the better. The dump that now operates in Drogheda will soon be out of business. I suspect that the owners will stupidly
be scratching their heads as to why they are no longer popular but when the local community are able to finally see a proper
omniplex, they will see the light (no pun intended) and protest finally with their wallets and feet.
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Dunne's Surprise!
My wife
while pregnant with our second child noticed something and pointed it out. If your shopping in Dunne's for pregnancy related
clothes, go to a Dublin branch where you will save money. Let me explain.
We went to Dublin one day to try and get
her clothes to fit her expanding condition. Saw a few things but didn't buy everything that was there. Came back to Drogheda
that evening and went into the town centre (West street)for late night shopping. Saw the exact same items for sale - only
they were 20 to 50 euro dearer that the Dunne's in Dublin. Now there was absolutely no difference in material or size, just
the price.
So I have to ask! Why, because it's Drogheda (silly question really!) are the items more expensive?
We
also noted that standard clothing that we had been looking at in Dublin was also (the exact same items again) dearer in Drogheda.
Strange or what?
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Drogheda questions that need to be asked/answered?
1. Seriously folks, what is the point of the yellow box outside the Trinity Arms Bar? Every mode of transport
seems to ignore its existence and drive onto it from the bridge, block the other traffic and public from getting past. If
your trying to cross from one side of the road, walking, you have to dodge, weave in and out the vehicles that aren't supposed
to be there in the first place. Try pushing a child in a buggy through it daily! Terrible accidents waiting to happen.
2.
Curious fact; the Irish Dail have quietly refused to condemn a certain T.D. (whom is a confirmed alcoholic) for being from
drunk at the wheel of his car, too much. The reason; they too use the loop-hole in law that says you cannot stop at T.D. (for
even drink-driving, etc) if he/she is one their way to the Dail! It seems they also use this escape clause in law and
abuse it regularly themselves, thus they don't want to call attention to the whole issue more so. It would be shooting themselves
in the foot! Among the culprits that regularly abuse this old law, is someone elected from this county.
If the
figures and associated names were to be released on just how many use this excuse to avoid the letter of the law, the voting
public would be shocked. Votes would certainly change in Drogheda.
3. Who is the clever genius that faced the "Disabled
Parking" sign toward the entrance of Dunne's Stores! If your a driver in your car, you actually have to be passing by
it, in order to be able to read it and then its too late! You can't u-turn in west street so you have to go all the way around
again to get back to the same places that you wish to get to if your disabled! Stupid or what!!! Turn the sign toward
the oncoming traffic you fools - like the rest of the country does on the roads.
4. Why was the electoral system
allowed to be changed, voting borders changed quietly!
5. Talk about saint and sinners! Apparently right beside each
other is a brothel operating beside the church in James's St. Mind you there are not on their own. There is a few operating
in some of the housing estates in Drogheda?
6. Why are certain estates and their cul-de-sacs, on the Dublin Road being
turned into one culture ghetto's care of the money being "doled" out from the social welfare? Previous "born and bred" residents
are being pressurised by unscrupulous methods, to move out because now they are in the minority!
7. Why are the young
thugs not being punished for stoning Firemen, Ambulance crews and Gardi just doing their duty? Why aren't the parents being
held accountable? Fined for neglect of their duty? Someone needs to stop pissing around, get up off their arse and do something!
8. Why are children as young as ten roaming our streets at all hours of the night? I.E. Down the ramparts, at the
side of the Millmount Tower (binge drinking spots), under the New bridge (gym side) and more... and where are the parents
to (not) see this happening? I suspect, supporting their own drink habit!
9. What is stopping our local public officials
from placing height restriction bars across out entrances/exit to our town? Place them at the appropriate junction points,
sites and we can ensure that the towns traffic is lessened by the serious amount of trucks running right through it in order
to skip going through the by-pass!
10. Is there anyone out there able to do anything to stop all
the junk mail clothing collection leaflets, coming through our front doors. Where we live, we get three to four a week. Seriously,
a small section of the African community that is doing this, is taking the piss with this racket they are running. Enough
already!
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