http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/campaign-to-rename-city-train-station-after-tragic-singer-stephen-2108197.html
DUBLIN City Council is to consider a proposal to name a train station after tragic Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.
Independent councillor Christy Burke has tabled a motion calling on the local authority to rename the Docklands stop in Dublin 1 after the late star.
The rail station is located in the heart of Gately's home community, where he is idolised.
"I put a motion in this morning for the April meeting that the central area committee agrees that we call it after Stephen," Cllr Burke told the Herald.
"It would be appropriate as he came from the area. Boyzone have already said they would pay for a statue (of Stephen)," he added.
He said: "If it gets through the area committee in April it will go before the May city council meeting."
Cllr Burke wants to see the official naming ceremony taking place on St Patrick's Day next year.
"He was an ambassador for Dublin and particularly for Sheriff Street. His family are a rock in that community," the City Hall member said.
News of Cllr Burke's proposal has come after ITV aired a special tribute show dedicated to Gately's memory.
Stephen died at the age of 33 last October while on holiday with his husband Andrew Cowles in the Spanish resort island of Majorca.
His funeral was attended by family and close friends, with more than 3,500 fans listening to the service on speakers outside St Laurence O'Toole's Church.
Father Declan Blake told mourners: "Through his singing and entertaining, Stephen touched the lives of many, many people.
"He brought great joy and lifted the hearts of many people. Stephen, as we all know, was a real gentleman, he was kind, caring and he was very talented."
Fr Blake said Gately supported charities and brought children happiness by visiting them in hospital.
The ITV show Boyzone: A Tribute To Stephen Gately featured Nadine Coyle and a host of other stars including the band members themselves.
Autopsy reports confirmed Gately suffered an acute pulmonary oedema -- or sudden build up of fluid in the lungs -- thought to have been caused by a heart attack.
His manager Louis Walsh said: "Of all the people I've worked with, I don't think anybody thanked me as much as Stephen.
"He used to always say to me 'if I wasn't in Boyzone I don't know where I'd be today, thank you'."


感恩的steo~

STEO是个懂得感恩的孩子

嗯嗯，很好的指路牌···

呃。。steo的影响力这么大吗？ 爱尔兰人已经不只把他当偶像歌手看了吧

恐怕影响力真的超乎我们的想象,要不怎么最伟大的爱尔兰人会有他的提名呢

人活着的时候倒没见他们怎样，果然是俗话说“死好”

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真的么，哪里的消息？

有新闻吗?转下?

噢.....真可惜

By Geraldine Gittens
Monday April 12 2010
TRAGIC Boyzone singer Stephen Gately will not have a new train station named after him.
Iarnrod Eireann has quashed plans to rename the Docklands train station after local singer, despite a campaign to do so.
The rail company has insisted that, while it will review any requests to rename a city station after the locally-idolised Gately, it has no intention change the name of any city station.

Independent councillor Christy Burke tabled a motion, which will be discussed next Tuesday April 13, calling on Dublin City Council to rename the Docklands stop in Dublin 1 after the late star.
But a spokesperson for Iarnrod Eireann told the Herald that it regularly receives requests to rename Dart and railway stations, and it cannot rename the Docklands stop. 
"We get a lot of requests to rename stations. When and if we do get a request, we will look at it but we don't have any plans."

Independent councillor Christy Burke tabled a motion, which will be discussed next Tuesday April 13, calling on Dublin City Council to rename the Docklands stop in Dublin 1 after the late star.
But a spokesperson for Iarnrod Eireann told the Herald that it regularly receives requests to rename Dart and railway stations, and it cannot rename the Docklands stop. 
"We get a lot of requests to rename stations. When and if we do get a request, we will look at it but we don't have any plans."
The rail station is located in the heart of Gately's home community, where he is well loved.

我恨度受

And Cllr Burke maintains that the local community is largely in favour of what would be a deserving tribute to the singer, who was an ambassador for Dublin.
"I have no doubt that Iarnrod Eireann will co-operate, in view of the great work done by Stephen Gately."

唉…每当这时候，总是纠结着自己的英语水平为啥如此之差…  二十六个字母都认识，可是它们一凑在一起，我就不认识了…看不懂啊