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    Connacht GAA Air Dome distrutta durante la tempesta Éowyn

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    1. fedupofbrick on

      > due to its ability to host indoor games at all levels, regardless of the conditions.

      🧐

    3. bdog1011 on

      This always happens to this things – would they consider deflating for storms?

    4. Apprehensive_Ratio80 on

      Ah for feck sake 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

      Sorry to all who worked on that hopefully it can be fixed/ re-built. Have never been there but know it’s a huge plus for the region to have a facility like that

    7. susanboylesvajazzle on

      “The National Frisbee Championship, which was to be held in the Air Dome tomorrow, has been cancelled.”

      Well…

    9. forksinthebagugowl on

      Based on the success of the dome surely there is now justification for a more permanent indoor facility that wouldn’t be as prone to weather events like last night

    10. McAidan on

      Very sad to see tbh. An extremely impressive and unique venue that I was lucky to visit before. I hope they can get it reinstalled.

    11. ReeceLightning88 on

      An inflatable arena, In the windy w’hest, a place on the edge of the feckin Atlantic.. Only in Ireland

    12. thedaveg on

      Everyone is going to say…. “why didn’t they deflate the airdome”. There is a reason.

      It’s because these airdomes are not designed to be deflated and taken down at very short notice.

      The airdomes are designed to be big, fast, light and economical to build. With those principle comes trade-offs:

      * big -> temperatures/air pressure/ventilation/cumbersome
      * fast -> limited aesthetic quality
      * light -> less durable
      * economical -> not designed to last forever / expensive to maintain.

      Variety of engineering reasons which makes taking down these domes extremely challenging. First and foremost, the membrane itself is simultaneously both “light” and “heavy”. It’s light in that it is easily damaged, and heavy in that it’s huge and awkward when on the ground.

      To take it down, it must be 1) unsecured from fastenings, 2) deflated at an even and steady pace, 3) gathered and stored on the ground. All done with the expectation to 1) setup, 2) inflate and 3) fasten at a later date.

      Every one of those steps is a significant engineering and logistical task. To build that competency into your maintenance activities is expensive. The cost of insuring these structures for weather events is going to increase. Design and build with all that in mind.

    13. Galdrack on

      I’ve never heard of this before, is there a reason they didn’t just build an *actual* building that could have easily withstood this sorta damage?

      Like I get it’s probably cheaper but is that the only reason for something like this? Seems like a scam from Lyle Lanley exploiting artificially expensive construction costs in the country.

    14. Brilliant_Bluejay254 on

      West of Ireland so needs an indoor arena. Connaught rugby should have developed one

    15. no13wirefan on

      Gonna be a massive hike in the insurance premiums to insure the replacement if they can even get cover!
      Whole thing seem like a white elephant folly now …

    16. snek-jazz on

      There’s a pattern to the headlines

      <Building which is effectively giant tent> destroyed by storm

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