05-03-2007, 17:39 | #1 |
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Busking on the dart
I was on a peak hour dart north bound and there was a guy busking on the train. He seems to be doing it quite often. What is irish rails position on busking. Is it within their rule book?
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Its against the rules
Section 23 SI 109 1984 Quote:
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05-03-2007, 19:04 | #3 |
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I like the clause in 23 (1) above where it says "to the annoyance of"
I was on the DART last week and a few kids had some sort of death metal or something playing. I was thinking to myself that if it was boyzone or shelflife I would tell them to turn it off, but I was quite enjoying the metal. |
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In Toronto buskers on 25 of the TTC subway/bus station platforms audition for their spots - the spots cost $150 (100 Euro) to the successful recipients. The auditions are open to the public and have run for about 25 years.
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"I can't give change to a busker, I need it for my double moccachino expresso skinny latte overpriced coffee when I get off...and anyway the racket they're making is interfering with my video iPod"
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To be honest I'd rather they get lost and leave us to doze.
If I had a euro for every time I've come across someone busking or trying to sell me something I'd have enough for a night out. Its a big problem its annoying |
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I've encountered the same busker guy. He always seems to get on at Killester and gets off at Raheny or Kilbarrack, he does it during the afternoon usually.
I gave him loose change the first time but now him and his music piss me off! |
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I wouldn't have a problem with licensed buskers in the stations, but I think they should be kept out of the carriages. Not everyone wants to hear them and while you can walk past someone in a single spot, getting trapped in a carriage with it could become frustrating. Also, when they come looking for money, it can be intimidating for someone who doesn't speak much of the local language.
I've encountered this in France, the UK and the Netherlands. It's disheartening to learn that it's spreading to Dublin. |
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what I hate are people who hand out leaflets on the sly - and one Sunday a guy was leaving religious newspapers on empty seats/window ledges of the subway car. If you are paying a fee to TTC to spread your crap on advertising boards or the platform TV - fine. I don't like it, but that keeps my Metropass cost down a bit. But if you want to spread your crap for free then fewk off I say.
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The current trend is to go around leaving small trinkets on the seats of a coach then coming back and trying to sell them
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07-03-2007, 23:20 | #17 |
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Excellent. I've seen this in various other countries. not sure it will work on the irish. you give us free stuff and we keep it!
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12-03-2007, 11:27 | #18 |
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23. (1) No person while upon the railway or in any vehicle shall to the annoyance of any other person or if requested not to do so by an authorised person, sing, perform on any musical or other instrument or use any gramophone, record player, tape recorder or portable wireless or television apparatus.
Does this mean if someone's on their phone, and it causes me "annoyance" then the other person is breaking the law? it's wireless and it's portable. I'd wonder how this would stack up against article 41.6.1 of bunreacht na hEireann, if it's matter of public order or if it's immoral. What used to bug me was the interference phones made to my walkman before a call came in. |
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One of my lecturers once told me that you only mention the constitution when you havent got a real case. He was right, as it happens.
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Damn! You mean I can't bring my gramophone on the Enterprise or CDE/MK4.. I'd love to see how the needle would hold up
The free trinkets reminds me of a book club, we had some random company send books to our house and then try to bill us for them (no one had signed anything). After a few threatening letters, I wrote to them suggesting that they pay the €800 storage fee that I was now charging for the safe keeping of their books. Never heard from them again. Last edited by MrX : 12-03-2007 at 17:52. |
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