Oct 16, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
Kieran helps a man transport a dinosaur from the UK to Ireland See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ciaran CudahyHostDave McGowanGuestSimon ReidGuest
David, listen, before I let any of you go, 'cause you're right, you said right at the outset, people will remember that, uh, seeing the images of that plane being floated on barges, um, uh, from, uh, Shannon up towards Enniscrone.
A- and I, I seem to remember there being talk of kind of a, a, a glamping site, and there was a helicopter involved at one stage.
When I went in to get the, uh, apply for funding and stuff for it in Ireland, uh, they give out capital funding there for pr- large projects like itself.
And, uh, they told me I was unfortunate that, um, I got a letter from the minister.
They're not to support food or beds anymore, and unfortunately, we can't help you.
And that left, that was a big blow for me because we had several meetings with them before, and they more or less said, "Yeah, it fits all the boxes, ticks all the boxes, but we don't think you'll do it."
With all the disappointment of, of the very end of it, um, uh, we decided to put our interest into something else at the time.
'Cause we needed to get positivity back into our minds again, and, uh, we, we always wanted to open our own crematorium in Sligo.
And, uh, we opened that last year, and we made a promise we'd go back and look at the site again.
David, listen, before I let any of you go, 'cause you're right, you said right at the outset, people will remember that, uh, seeing the images of that plane being floated on barges, um, uh, from, uh, Shannon up towards Enniscrone.
A- and I, I seem to remember there being talk of kind of a, a, a glamping site, and there was a helicopter involved at one stage.
When I went in to get the, uh, apply for funding and stuff for it in Ireland, uh, they give out capital funding there for pr- large projects like itself.
And, uh, they told me I was unfortunate that, um, I got a letter from the minister.
They're not to support food or beds anymore, and unfortunately, we can't help you.
And that left, that was a big blow for me because we had several meetings with them before, and they more or less said, "Yeah, it fits all the boxes, ticks all the boxes, but we don't think you'll do it."
With all the disappointment of, of the very end of it, um, uh, we decided to put our interest into something else at the time.
'Cause we needed to get positivity back into our minds again, and, uh, we, we always wanted to open our own crematorium in Sligo.
And, uh, we opened that last year, and we made a promise we'd go back and look at the site again.
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