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    HSE shuts down Officers' Mess at Irish Air Corps HQ in Baldonnel
    The main restaurant/ cafe at the headquarters of the Irish Air Force has been shut down by the HSE under the Food Safety Act.
    The Officers' Mess at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell was closed down yesterday (December 12) under the Food Safety of Ireland Act 1998.
    According to the Food Safety Authority the notice was served on the General Officer Commanding.
    No details have been given as to why the order was issued or when it might be lifted and the mess allowed to reopen.




    Are the Officers Mess run by external caterers now or is this strictly an internal DF problem that needs to be addressed?
    This is shocking.
    For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

  • #2
    Not sure about that particular mess but generally:
    Cooks - military
    Bar staff - Military
    Front of house (waiters etc) & cleaning staff - civvies

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    • #3
      Good wheeze to justify that refurb they all knew was long overdue .....

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      • #4
        This is unusual. Messes and dining facilities across all DF locations are usually maintained at a good standard.

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        • #5
          wont matter in the slightest; they will drink coffee in their offices, as per and the bar won't be affected. normal jogging will continue.

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          • #6
            Not the first in recent weeks to have been closed!
            Last edited by Fantasia; 14 December 2018, 12:52.

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            • #7


              For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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              • #8
                How else is Chef Baldrick going to cook with fresh meat

                It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
                It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
                It was a new age...It was the end of history.
                It was the year everything changed.

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                • #9
                  Rodents in the Officers Mess?


                  Write your own punchline....
                  'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                  'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                  Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                  He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                  http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                  • #10
                    the Mess building is ancient, anyway. Wouldnt be any harm if it was pulled down and a new one built.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                      the Mess building is ancient, anyway. Wouldnt be any harm if it was pulled down and a new one built.
                      I think it's listed, I hope I am wrong...
                      "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
                      Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
                      Illegitimi non carborundum

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Turkey View Post
                        I think it's listed, I hope I am wrong...
                        Surely it would only date from the 1930s, at best.

                        Just checked,
                        1932, Of Architectural, Artistic, and Engineering importance.
                        Detached multiple-bay single-storey officers' mess, c.1932. Roughcast rendered walls with yellow brick base. Central entrance section with timber door having brick and tile dressings to surround, and three French windows to each side with tile lintels and concrete surrounds. uPVC casement windows to flanking sections. Hipped slate roof with sprocketed eaves, rendered chimney stacks, and cupola and parapet to entrance section. Canted side pavilions. X-plan north dormitory wing with decorated doorway. Conservatories to south, modern extension to east. Barrel-vaulted ballroom with original fixtures and fittings.

                        Appraisal
                        A low, attractive officers' mess with rich decorative detailing, designed by W H Cooke of the Office of Public Works in 1927, intended to resemble part of an English village
                        A low, attractive officers' mess with rich decorative detailing, designed by W H Cooke of the Office of Public Works in 1927, intended to resemble part of a...

                        The WW1 era hangars are of more significance though.
                        For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by na grohmití View Post
                          The WW1 era hangars are of more significance though.
                          Hanger 1 has already been dismantled and replaced with a modern structure, however I believe Gormo's original hangers still exist.
                          "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
                          Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
                          Illegitimi non carborundum

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                          • #14
                            Back in my time, the old hangars were lethal and had been condemned by visiting Health and safety people many times. But the rules didnt apply to the Don so they were kept in service until the constant leaks and self-falling-off roof bolts became too much of a risk and they were torn down. One occasion that prompted such action was a VIP visit, where Rangers wanted to go up on Heli Flight hangar roof for observational purposes. At first, they shrugged off the highly dubious state of the iron ladder ( and a chorus of warnings not to) on the side of the building and climbed up but a few minutes up there was enough for even those hardy souls. Even the bravest of us wouldn't go up there, beyond a small platform about halfway up. When BFTS was rebuilt, that was fine and it and the gym became the de facto high points for ARW observation parties.

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