The House Always Wins?

To the concerned parents in greystones. The court application for the gaming licence was advertised last Dec. Concerned parents should read their local paper as it gives local news which is fact based and not gossip on the net. While I like to have a drink in the local pubs, I have on numerous occasions observed many an adult male and female wiping remnants of white power from their nostrils as the leave the toilets , I’m quite sure a lot of these adults would be parents of teenagers, I can’t help but wonder are these concerned parents. Are yous not giving money to the biggest cartel in Europe the kinnahins..so maybe in future stay sober and clean and read the newspapers..when the concerned parents are eating a camile takeaway from the main St not only are you supporting a local business but a vast franchise of over 45 eateries internationally. How about your favourite Chinese are the fa.ily run or do they have triad links??.how about your local tesco, ever wonder how Israel has a booming economy with a state of the art army, in the middle of a desert, is it from selling oranges, no, its because tesco is a Jewish company and all Jewish companies send money back to the mother land to finance the economy, so the few Bob you spend in tesco kills little kiddies in Palestine,are you still concerned parents now?,how about the booze you buy which pays for alcohol advertisements t your kid see,how about the cheap clothes you buy on line, made in sweat shops by children’s young as 4yrs old working 8hr days for 50c a day, still concerned??how a out paddypowers are they not international with 600 shops, why not close them down or do yous like a little flutter on the gi gi s when the grand national is on a nd watch the races while betting on your phones,sipping your cocktails and snorting another line of coke.,still feeling concerned?? And for us that like to reminisce of times gone by we should reminisce, I for one reminisce about the pig n a poke we were all sold by wicklow co.council and the developers of the marina,,where’s the hotel that was supposed to be built down there, where’s the state of the art health care center that was to be built down there? Is that where the magic 11 acres appeared from that the council sold to the developers? To the people that have fears, tell me of an occasion where there has been drunkeness,violence and drug taking at the casinos in bray,wicklow or courtown….I haven’t seen any application for a liquor licence so I take it that there won’t be any alcohol sold on the premises ,aren’t casinos over 18s anyway.?.To the people that know people that have a gambling problem under the age of 18 did the problem start with slot machines or gambling on their phones..to the people that want this not to go ahead, just think, we ve been denied the choice of going to McDonald’s and now yous want to deny us that are over 18 the choice to play a few slots, would have thought in 2023 in a modern society that being aloud a choice is a common practice,..So with all that said we should close all the pubs, Chinese takeaways, tesco, camile and bookies and yous should all stop being hypocrites,

I genuinely don’t understand how comments below which reminisce about how wonderful “old” greystones was ,can in the same breath welcome a multi million pound gambling organisation that will only take us further away from that local community and spirit that is remembered so fondly.
This casino is not on a par with the old Sweeneys machines(despite them trying to sell it to us as such) so let’s look at what they’re selling us now and see what will it really bring to Greystones and do we want it for our towns future.
For me that’s a sure NO

PUBLIC MEETING, Thursday Feb 9th @ 19:30 in St. Patrick’s School. Come and hear the facts on the UK&I Casino agency (Expo Casino) hoping to set up imminently without engaging the local community.

Is not every business in greystones profit focused. Are these n,I,m,b,y,s the same people that denied us mc Donald’s, fishing rights for our local Fisher people, deny us to have cheaper shops,,why not close the pub and coffee shops,as the cause more damage to public health than a few slots,, aren t casinos over 18s,,these scare mongers should camp out side the casinos in bray ,wicklow and courtown for a few nights and then post their opinions about druggies drinkers and disorder, greystones is already fckd with all the new comers to our once peaceful village, a village where people had time for each other and had road manners,,why don’t these rejectors put their energy in looking for pot hole free roads,,most affluent part of wicklow has the worst roads in the country,,give greystones back to the people,,,remember the wheat field, the sound of cock pheasants and curlews, greenfields getting a great bargain in pat or John flynns,sweets in scuffles,best deli in muffins cough your lungs up in Murphy s when buying your smokes,free tennis opposite the latouche, soccer pitches without fences,being able to cross the main St without barriers, bon fires and drinking sessions on the south beach when people used to take home their empties and rubbish, being able to walk up the main st suck in the fresh salty air instead of smelly greasy food and side stepping dog shit the days we could swim in the harbour sit against the upturned boats eating our chips and ice cream and sheltering under the two sided bus shelter, long live Joe’s long live Joe’s should be the cries of the people when the stand on the pavements when the parade passes by on the 17th.

Here is the link to the Petition. We have 300+ signatures in less than an hour. Please support : https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protect-our-youth-say-no-to-the-casino-in-greystones?source=rawlink&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=launched&share=21fc9329-0558-41f4-b307-306991208f63

Is there a link to a petition?

I am totally against this to be brought to our community .. cant imagine a casino at the enterace of a residential area.. imagine all the young ones .. vulnerable people with addiction get access to this? Drunk people will be seen on our streets, fights , crimes .. we dont want to encoruge unhealthy behaviours .. the youth are suffering so much from medias, phones dont bring this as well and destroy their lives… if you want a casino you can go to an area away from people homes ..again totally opposing this

So the issue of addiction and anti-social behaviour is of concern to the residents of the sanctity that is the marina estate. Well in that case why not call for The Beach House and Dann’s to be closed.
Or is it that the clientele of these two establishments is of a certain calibre of citizenry — one that befits Greystones.
It wouldn’t be the case that the marina dwellers are a tad bit cautious of an outsider element entering their enclave, would it? Let us not forget that a high premium was payed to guarantee membership to this guilded middle class community.
So who is the feared outlier? The smelly fish? No, that’s another matter altogether.
It is people from a different background. A different socio-economic background. Working class people.
By the way, the great destruction that befell this country in 2008-09 was caused by out of control bank lending and a property bubble — gambling: white collar gambling.
Oh, and let’s not forget. The vast majority of people in Greystones were vehemently opposed to the marina development in the first place.

I a totaled against gambling.again I’d go as far as saying its Mario part of scan. As carina of it against fishing men. It a l
Clan. Backed up with council. Ower tds don’t even put up a fight. Time they got of theare ass.