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SPARE A THOUGHT for anyone serving coffee in the city centre this morning…
Four cruise-liners are JAMMED into Dublin Port today – and they’ve sent some 10,000 tourists into the city centre for a look around.
It’s the busiest day ever for cruise tourism in the port, in fact.
The ships – measuring between 200 and 330 metres – all arrived in a four-hour window early this morning, between 3.30am and 7.
End-to-end, they’d measure a kilometre in length (but obviously, they’re not parked end-to-end).
Significant planning and research had to be undertaken ahead of the inaugural visit of the 333 metre MSC Splendida earlier this year – up to that point, it was the largest vessel ever to berth in the port.
One of the ships arriving today is just three metres shy of that length: the 330 metre Royal Princess. Elsewhere, the Celebrity Silhouette is 319m long, the MV Horizon is 208m and the Magellan is 222m long.
Like the MSC Splendida, both the ‘Princess’ and the ‘Silhouette’ had to reverse into the port in a complex manoeuvre coordinated by Harbour Master David Dignam and the port’s pilots, assisted by tugs Shackleton and Beaufort.
According to Dublin Port:
Cruise ship arrivals typically deliver a €100 per passenger spend, meaning an economic boost of €1.3million for the city today. These ships’ passengers originate primarily from the United States of America, France and Great Britain.
(If you want to see more of the ships – it looks like Philip Bromwell of RTÉ News is all over this one: check out their bulletins later, I’d imagine).
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I’d die
Scorpionvenom for a guy afraid of snakes and dying at the thought of it, you’ve a very misleading username
Scorpion might have something to do with November ha
I’d cook him and eat him. Ate snake in Thailand. Absolutely delicious.
Ultimate game of Snakes & Ladders
First a spider crawled out on front of me this morning… Now I have this to look forward to??!!
Well, in good news, the snake would make short order of the spider…
I don’t think people should be allowed to keep snakes in Ireland.. They’re not very friendly…they escape, can breed and then start turning up in bathrooms and homes..like in Australia. I don’t like snakes…I don’t like them at all, even the non poisonous ones.
How can you say they’re not very friendly?
They’re amazingly friendly, it’s just the language barrier and their intellectual thoughtful nature that makes them seem so aloof.
Five feet? About the same size as my shnake.
G’lad.
And made of wood?
On my Facebook feed I saw a gigantic yellow snake eating a puppy alive. Now I’ve have a fear not only of snakes but also of scrolling through Facebook. I never want to see that again.
“Where the snake is making a recovery…”
What about the man??
He’ll need some serious counselling after that lol
Where’s Saint Patrick when you need him.
That’s a just a myth! He’s as big a fraud as jebidiah Springfield!
Not exactly… he ‘drove out’ pagan druids who used to have tattoos of serpents on their forearms, apparently.
Basically, he killed people for not sharing his beliefs.
and Jebediah was a perfectly cromulent embiggenator
You’d be checking your underpants after that!
Throwing it away!
I found one years ago on Dollymount beach. I got a fright, i picked it up with a stick put it into a bag and brought it to the zoo, RTE were there at the time covering a vet show. I was as nervous as hell driving over I was afraid it would get out of the bag.
Homeowner did mention that the past owner was a snake!
We read a story concerning a huge spider on the Journal.ie some weeks ago and now this snake . I suppose wit
Must have been hiding out for for paddys day.
Last Canvasser found in Dublin Home !
If it wasn’t a sea snake then it wasn’t poisonous…it wasn’t venomous?
Nice of the previous owners to let them know there was a snake loose in the attic
As regards snakes not being friendly I opened my door one morning in Thailand and there was a beauty sunning itself, but ultimately in my way. I tried reasoning with it, like “Shoo” , ” go away” “I’ll get the manager” but it didn’t oblige. Because I had no idea whether it was dangerous or not I had to sit it out until it decided to slither down a rainspout ! Very uncommunicative indeed ! Inconvenienced me , late for breakfast !!
We need bears to tackle these snakes
Petrol? Check
Matches? Check
We read a story concerning a huge spider on the Journal.ie some weeks ago and now this snake . I suppose with more people bringing them from other Countrys the odd one poping up here and there will happen . As long as they don’t pose to a person’s life its not a problem
Apologies for half a post above This phone has a mind of its own
And not even a week after St.Patricks day…..
Might not be your phone@Alan. Journal app behaving queer since yesterday…
@the girl.
Thank you for that info
Us shirt lifters don’t mind. Just don’t call me a ceiling lifter.
Can you eat it in a stew !!!
Michael
Yes fairly tasty
For sure Stephen. The shock alone would kill me.
I have Rat Snakes in the country all around me. Harmless and help keep the rat population down.
I killed a 5ft Python in Thailand with my bare hands once……when I say bare hands I mean I gripped the steering wheel and drove over that sucker…..still gives me the creeps when I think about it.
#snakesonthebrain
Jaysus!!
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