Comments on: Opportunity for a Property Developer

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:57:05 +0000

It’s the ideal location really since it keeps the extra motor traffic out of the town but potentially adds tons of foot traffic for the local businesses.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:00:32 +0000

I heartily agree that we desperately need a decent modern conference centre in Bandon with ample parking – flexible in size as one of the previous posts suggested so that it can accommodate small and large groups. There are endless societies, businesses etc crying out for such a venue.

I am guessing that there will still be room on the County Council glasslyn site even once the pitches are in place.

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:36:27 +0000

Sorry for the delay in replying to these comments. All of the notifications ended up in my spam folder! I’ve also just moved it to Blacknight today and so far it is working well.

Boy Racer thing seems to have gone nuts recently. The amount of burnt rubber from Bishopstown to Bandon is unbelievable.

Just read in Bandon Opinion that the Glasslyn sites are going to be used for a multi-amenity centre (pitches etc). Brilliant idea and perfect location.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:32:00 +0000

They would have to pay the boy-racers to leave the town during any potential conference!! As I type there appears to be a circuit of the Kilbrogan Hill area by noisy motors…

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:56:30 +0000

Apart from some stickiness in Innishannon at rush hour, you can get from airport to Bandon in 25 minutes. That beats Excel and all the other London ones hands-down. Faster than Dublin Airport to Croker too.

The centre could also kick-start more international flights into Cork, including the much needed NY, Newark or Boston.

All that land on Glasslyn sitting idle, losing value. A conference centre on the water, it could be awesome!

By: Phoebe Bright

Phoebe Bright — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:49:41 +0000

I second that and what I would really like to see if a conference centre that was designed to have remote attendees. As it gets more and more expensive to travel, attending overseas or even Dublin based conferences gets less affordable. Imagine being able say you can hold a worldwide conference in Bandon! The centre would have to be very flexible in terms of layout – be easy to break up into rooms for group conversations with a mix of live and remote people attending via top quality video conference. Live streaming to the internet from multiple cameras…….