Blackpool
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Sep 20, 2026
Thomas MulcahyGUEST
But we are really, really happy.
Thomas MulcahyGUEST
We're back to Blackpool tonight.
Thomas MulcahyGUEST
We're going to come to the semi-final in Park, I believe.
Thomas MulcahyGUEST
The
AlanHOST
Just before you leave it, we will be in Quinlan's and the Bleaker.
AlanHOST
So, Quinlan's Blackpool car.
AlanHOST
Ah, look, he has the photo
ChrisHOST
ready to go for me.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
I love
AlanHOST
it.
AlanHOST
Bleaker Street Bar, D01, RT, RT 20, sorry, KT 22 and then Quinlan's Bar, Blackpool, T23, DK 60.
AlanHOST
You're anywhere in and around either of those.
PJ CooganHOST
At least a hundred, if not a whole lot more.
PJ CooganHOST
One of them is out in Blackpool.
PJ CooganHOST
It's a walking tour called At Work, Rest and Play.
PJ CooganHOST
And I'll get to that in just a sec, but historian Dermot O'Donovan is the man behind it.
Dermot O'DonovanGUEST
Yes.
Dermot O'DonovanGUEST
Yes.
Dermot O'DonovanGUEST
Because it, as you say, it disappears and basically goes down under the Watercourse Road, which is the heart of Blackpool, where a lot of my talk will be concentrated and my walk will be concentrated tonight.
Dermot O'DonovanGUEST
Yeah, so it's the idea of the talk came about earlier in the year for the Lifelong Learning Festival.
PJ CooganHOST
But want to go local, want to go travelling, want to go... on the road to Military Park.
PJ CooganHOST
Now, PJ, where's Military Park? Military Park is just off Assumption Road near Blackpool.
PJ CooganHOST
And locals there have been telling us the park is becoming a no-go area because of drug dealing And drug abuse to the point where they say they're worried for the welfare and the safety of their kids.
PJ CooganHOST
And if you wander around the park, you'll find used needles and other drug-related stuff.
16 MINS LATER
PJ CooganHOST
Where about it is, Paul?
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
Good morning, PJ.
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
If you go into Blackpool, if you're at the tax office, everybody I think will know the tax office.
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
And if you are passing the tax office, you leave it on the right, continue on up the road and you're up there to Military Park at the very, very top.
PJ CooganHOST
To Military Park.
PJ CooganHOST
Now PJ, where's Military Park? Military Park is just off Assumption Road near Blackpool.
PJ CooganHOST
And locals there have been telling us the park is becoming a no-go area because of drug dealing.
PJ CooganHOST
and drug abuse to the point where they say they're worried for the welfare and the safety of their kids.
18 MINS LATER
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
It's widely being used at the moment.
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
Now, while I was there yesterday, there was this guy, a particular guy, he was pacing the roads up and down and he was waiting to purchase his fix.
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
I met him afterwards and I had a chat with him and he said that the guy he was buying from was aware that we were in there doing an interview he had seen a little bit of activity and he said under no circumstances was he coming over and he told the guy who was looking to buy the drugs to meet him elsewhere in Blackpool so and then last evening there was a lot of activity up there again a lot of users in and around the area looking to purchase their fix um It's happening wholesale right across the city.
Paul ByrneCORRESPONDENT
As you said, you heard Bob there in the report, you know, we do know that crime figures and crime activity has reduced in the city centre, thankfully, because of the extra 48 guards that came on board last year.
PJ CooganHOST
He said, "There's a connection missing.
PJ CooganHOST
It's the new Kilbarry in Blackpool that would link two major transport systems and be important for the north side." But you will link at Kent, won't you?
Paolo CarboniGUEST
We will link at Kent, and, and, and as I say, multiple connections are, are possible in the future.
PJ CooganHOST
Okay.
PJ CooganHOST
He said, "There's a connection missing.
PJ CooganHOST
It's the new Kilbarry in Blackpool that would link two major transport systems and be important for the north side." But you will link at Kent, won't you?
Paolo CarboniGUEST
We will link at Kent, and, and, and as I say, multiple connections are, are possible in the future.
PJ CooganHOST
Okay.
Evan GearnsGUEST
And he wasn't making any sense to her at all.
Evan GearnsGUEST
Said he was in Blackpool down in Cork.
Evan GearnsGUEST
He got slashed.
Evan GearnsGUEST
You know, yeah, that was at about between 20 past 12 in the day and half past 12.
Evan GearnsGUEST
Yeah.
Evan GearnsGUEST
We didn't know if he was fighting or someone attacked him or something.
CathyHOST
And so when he called your mum, he had kind of said he was down in Blackpool.
Evan GearnsGUEST
She knew he wasn't.
Marcela WhelanGUEST
So it'll be nice, mellow DJ music as you traverse the city and maybe discover some new locations.
Marcela WhelanGUEST
Like Blackpool has a whole lot of things happening from the Cork Community Art Link, which is a hive of activity year round.
Conor TallonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Marcela WhelanGUEST
As people will know, they do the Dragon of Shandon.
Niamh CrammondGUEST
like I had never boxed before in my life.
Niamh CrammondGUEST
So Sinead, like set myself and Chrissy up with boxing training down in SBG Blackpool with one of the coaches there, Liam.
Niamh CrammondGUEST
And like, even though, as you said, it's a boxing film without any boxing, the boxing training was so important because you're still playing a boxer.
Niamh CrammondGUEST
And so in order to like, play that person like what Liam really spoke to us about at the training was like the mindset of a boxer like why people box you know everyone has their story and like stepping into that mindset of playing a boxer like and doing that training down there was just was just amazing and myself and Chrissy had a ball doing that
1 HR 12 MINS LATER
PJ CooganHOST
But Douglas in particular is a disaster.
PJ CooganHOST
That thing on the Ballinray Road is a disaster.
PJ CooganHOST
Blackpool.
PJ CooganHOST
We had another person contacted us from Blackpool with a complaint from out there.
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