Cork city has gone to the dogs.

[White Van Man]

361k spent on restoring fireman's hut by CCC, including 5k on scaffolding for an eight foot high structure that seems to have about a 40 square foot base. Outdoing the OPW is CCC.

Cork City Council accused of ‘scandalous’ waste on €361,000 fireman’s rest

Final cost of restoring hut, dating from 1892, is still unclear, says Sinn Féin TD

www.irishtimes.com

So it turns out the final cost for restoring this glorified garden shed is somewhere north of €400k. CCC pissing away money as usual

Cost of restoring Cork 'glorified shed' tops €400,000

The structure, made from prefabricated cast iron and wrought iron panels, was commissioned by Cork Corporation in 1892 and was situated on Patrick ...

www.echolive.ie

The cost of restoring Cork's iconic 'fireman’s rest' structure on Anglesea Street has risen again, topping €400,000, while an audit report has said the project was not a good use of the council’s 'limited resources'.

The conservation work was completed last year, yet the structure already appears to be rusting.

At audit, management advised that the project was expected to cost €403,000, mainly comprising €254,000 on conservation and restoration works, €126,000 on paving and hard landscaping works, and €23,000 on consultants’ fees.

Ya couldn’t make it up.

 

[Pontipine]

Bishop Lucey Park

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043999595227754729

 

[Crusty Ring]

Bishop Lucey Park

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043999595227754729

Leaving the park open all night was absolutely insane.

Anyone who knows anything about Cork city could have told them it would be a disaster, wait and see someone will be killed or raped in there yet

 

[sigourney's knickers]

Bishop Lucey Park

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043999595227754729

It's a respectful culture that maintains open social areas.

Ireland does not have that.

 

[sigourney's knickers]

Many other countries do.

 

[Cormac]

Many other countries do.

I was in Japan years ago and it was a real eye opener.
Everywhere spotless, everyone respectful and polite (including the teenagers).

 

[sigourney's knickers]

I was in Japan years ago and it was a real eye opener.
Everywhere spotless, everyone respectful and polite (including the teenagers).

Belgium.

Graffiti alley.

Acknowledged need. Provide.

 

[Heraldo]

Bishop Lucey Park

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043999595227754729

Wait for the syringes to appear, if not already, in the gravel

 

[flyingspud]

It's a respectful culture that maintains open social areas.

Ireland does not have that.

If they can't rob it, burn it or smash it, they spray paint all over it.

 

[White Van Man]

It's a respectful culture that maintains open social areas.

Ireland does not have that.

I’m going to say it was an insult to the people of Cork to begin with to pass off this shithole as a park, while burning €7million of taxpayers money. The disrespect started in Cork City Council, on the desk of the fucking morons who designed and approved this monstrosity.

If any of you have a family member or friend who’s responsible for this “park”, tell them I said they’re a cunt.