oops in ireland

[sless]

just found out the hotel that we were staying at in downings has burnt down

anyone got a tent
hahaha

[sless]

24 man tent

[peter.m]

Ask Billy Smart if he\'s not too busy for the holidays, just don\'t upset the lions and check for buckets of water over the entrance flap!

[Edited on 4/8/2005 by peter.m]

[sless]

too reet bri
were flying to belfast aswell
so i know my way

i think we are booked into a hotel not far away with a nightclub
or am i being wound up

[Stephen]

bri ,

me dad only wanted a extra night in dublin and free champaigne and meals and all the rest of it lol

aye sless it is sad rumours say its all sorted

the new hotel they were building apaprently its finished and thats where thats wat ive heard supposed to be 150 a night job lol posh as fook,

be stinking of fish if its reet lol


ps. nightclub nah sless thats the other posh one with plasmer screens they recon its posher lol only built this year just opend thats the rumour

[Edited on 5/8/2005 by Stephen]

[MikeR]

You sound as lucky as me Sless!

[sless]

SHOCKED ULSTER families last night spoke of their dramatic escape from a seaside hotel minutes before it was engulfed by flames.

A Northern Ireland woman was last night still being questioned by gardai in connection with a fire which gutted the Beach Hotel in the popular Downings area of Donegal.

More than 30 people - most from across Northern Ireland - had to run through thick smoke on to a balcony ledge on the first floor at around 4am yesterday.

The guests - including children - were alerted to the blaze by local people banging on their bedroom doors as they slept.

Retired airline manager Joe McGowan, from Glengormley, told the Telegraph he had to squeeze through a skylight and on to roofing of the floor below.

The 65-year-old, who was yesterday trying to find alternative accommodation, said: \"I tried to go out the door at first but there was a wall of smoke that beat me back at the top of the stairs.\"

Locals and holidaymakers from nearby caravan homes rushed to the aid of the hotel guests, helping them down and out of the building.

\"It was very very frightening\" said Mr McGowan.

Wreckage from the rooms, including charred beds and furniture, was yesterday lying strewn around the hotel, which has been cordoned off.

Omagh musician Martin Fay (38) and his three children, aged three, seven and nine, were woken up by Andersonstown man Freddie Wray, who was frantically banging on the room doors.

\"That man saved us all\" Mr Fay said.

\"I was in a daze just after being woken up. He helped me out, threw a blanket over my youngster and took him outside. That man is a hero.

\"Then we heard there was someone trapped on the third floor and me and him tried to get back in but the corridor was black with smoke.

\"The whole thing was really, really scary.\"

Neither Mr Fay or Mr McGowan heard a smoke alarm go off.

Darragh McClafferty, whose father Charles is the owner of the hotel in which the family also lived, said it was only through good fortune and the swift actions of local people that no one was seriously injured in the blaze.

Mr McClafferty, who himself helped waken residents, yesterday said that the family business was destroyed and 40 jobs lost.

\"The local voluntary fire brigade responded very quickly and hooked up to the hose but there was a problem with the water pressure.

\"When the other fire brigade arrived and they got the fire out. They went door-to-door breaking in every room making sure there was nobody inside.

\"Thankfully there are no body bags coming out today,\" Mr McClafferty added.

The Fire Service in Letterkenny yesterday praised the McClafferty family for the hotel\'s compliance with health and safety guidelines.

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[sless]

stephen your right we are booked in the downings bay hotel 150 euro\'s a night
at no extra cost
you will need your shirt and tie
posh as hell
so i will fit in nicely

[KeithB]

Is Scully in the staff quarters

[sless]

dog kennel

[Stephen]

looking forward to it mate try and hope one of the guys on our boat land a shark never mind me catching one hehe :P

[sless]

looks like were all gaan to be in the kennel

[Stephen]

soz for making ur day at work worse with the phone call mate



caravans it is then lol

[sless]

who gives a fook

were away arent we
i would sleep on a washing line