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Pics: A record-setting day for Dublin - as monster cruise liner 'Splendida' sails in

The 333 metre vessel is the longest ever to arrive at Dublin Port – and had to reverse in this morning.

AMATEUR (AND PROFESSIONAL) photographers were out in force early this morning – to watch the MSC Splendida arrive into Dublin Port.

The 333 metre vessel is the longest ever to arrive at the facility.

She’s so big, in fact, that she isn’t able to turn around inside the port. The captain reversed in this morning.

(For more on the ship – check out this story from last week).

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    Mute Aaran Heavey
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:07 PM

    Seeing as it is Ulster TV, isn’t it already UTV Ireland?

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    Mute Aireach
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:16 PM

    Strange sityeeation

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    Mute Andrew Hickey
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:20 PM

    So it is, So it is.

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    Mute Fergus O'Neill
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    Feb 6th 2014, 4:11 PM

    Luckily, my TV is already UTV-Ready. It has an Off button.

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    Mute Roland 303
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:11 PM

    32 county UTV based in Dublin!!! Disgrase so it is. No surrender to Patrick Lyons and James Buchanon ;)

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    Mute duckduckduck
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:15 PM

    UTV have “regional limits” on their online video playback system. Some of Ulster can’t watch UTV!!!

    Quackers….

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    Mute Don Juan
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:42 PM

    Does this mean the Julian guy is back?
    Jebus! Garth Brooks and now Julian!
    The biggest comeback since Lazarus!

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    Mute Jeremy Usbourne
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:29 PM

    much of their content is on TV3.

    will this make any difference?

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    Mute Neal •INTO YOUR HEAD
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:52 PM

    They’re going to take Coronation Street and other ITV stuff away from TV3 and keep it for the new channel.

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    Mute Jeremy Usbourne
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:57 PM

    aah…. OK.

    troubling times for TV3 then.

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    Mute Seán O'Sullivan
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    Feb 6th 2014, 3:25 PM

    ‘and naii on the utv ….’

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    Mute Crocodylus Pontifex
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:23 PM

    Silly accents and pointless divisions over the same silly religion. I can’t wait until they broadcast that down here. I wonder if the yanks would donate a signal jammer in exchange for Shannon?

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:55 PM

    Don’t go any further than Fair City for the silly accent

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    Mute Ru Ni Digs
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:22 PM

    There is only one station on this island that’s worse than RTE and that’s UTV.

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    Mute Mark Hannon
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:28 PM

    Eh…TV3!?! Constantly recycling the “Ireland’s Worst…” label & churning out utter shite in the process!! Take away the few American syndicated shows and films broadcast and that’s all they have!! Oh sorry, that and Xpose!!

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    Mute Ru Ni Digs
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:34 PM

    I honestly couldn’t say Mark,the only thing I watch on TV3 is Vincent Browne but I’ll take your word for it.

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    Mute Mark Hannon
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:49 PM

    So you watch RTE, UTV & VinB…Understood!

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:53 PM

    Agreed 100%

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    Mute Dean Anderson
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    Feb 6th 2014, 6:10 PM

    Nothing could be worse than RTE. Nuclear apocalypse maybe

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    Mute Colin C
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    Feb 6th 2014, 3:50 PM

    For the sake of continuity, I want to know if this is for real, or just provisional?

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    Mute Fergus Flanagan
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    Feb 6th 2014, 6:06 PM

    What you did there, I seen it.

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    Mute Seamus Collins
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:48 PM

    Oh great , more soap/xfactor saturation.

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    Mute Hugh Mahon
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    Feb 6th 2014, 6:59 PM

    Well the reason we get so much of that sh*t is because people(cough women) watch it in droves.

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    Mute Brian O'Donnell
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    Feb 6th 2014, 2:11 PM

    Will it be on Saorview?

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    Mute ads20101
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    Feb 6th 2014, 3:10 PM

    All terrestrial channels are on saorview including this new one.

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    Mute Anton de Buitlear
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:24 PM

    can anybody tell me we are going to get a national television station.of our own ???

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:49 PM

    Has anything been learned look at the history of Sky Ireland most of us have Utv so maybe there’s only a new news coming .Rte and Tv3 already have are we going to have more imported stuff left on the shelf in the states and flogged off for next to nothing

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    Mute Sheik Yahbouti
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    Feb 6th 2014, 3:15 PM

    “Oh frabjous day, Kaloo,. Kallay” he warbled in his joy. If one does not bother to watch the existing channel, why would one watch channel mark 2?

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    Mute John Kelly
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    Feb 6th 2014, 10:56 PM

    Why all the negativity? More choice has to be a good thing. I wish UTV well in their endeavour.

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    Mute Sebastian MacLochliann
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    Feb 7th 2014, 3:19 AM

    Cos people on here love to bitch about anything at all, imagine a new station..who cares?

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    Mute Spud Jones
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:22 PM

    Which of the CH mucser will it be transmitted on the RTE1 or 2 HD transponders or will there be a third transponder used, as there are 4 available to chose from

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    Mute Ben Frank
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    Feb 6th 2014, 1:27 PM

    turra ler der der

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    Mute Louise Ní Riain
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    Feb 6th 2014, 5:32 PM

    Tv3 just the same stuff

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    Mute GERRY HANNAN
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    Feb 6th 2014, 6:47 PM

    Oh great. Just what we need. Another a Irish channel to ignore.

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    Mute Steven Boyd
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    Feb 6th 2014, 9:53 PM

    does this mean more American crap over the digital network coming to our screens !

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    Mute Andrew Brennan
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    Feb 6th 2014, 7:55 PM

    UTV Internet have a great Broadband service down south – hopefully TV will be included.

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