fitzgeralds park run by idiots

spitfireIRL · 17-05-2014 2:14pm

Yup it looks class today! I can see it being pretty nice during the hot June/July days! Optimistic

Worztron · 27-05-2014 2:45pm

Most of the park is great.

However the hanging garden is an eye sore and a complete waste of money. Also, the pond badly needs a clean.

opus · 21-05-2015 12:35pm

Noticed that the playground there is now a hole in the ground with a large mound of earth close-by. I assume it's being refurbished but haven't read anything about it anywhere?

Pitcairn · 21-05-2015 12:47pm

opus wrote: »

Noticed that the playground there is now a hole in the ground with a large mound of earth close-by. I assume it's being refurbished but haven't read anything about it anywhere?

A new playground.
http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/work-to-begin-on-new-e600k-fitzgeralds-park-playground/

hoodwinked · 21-05-2015 12:57pm

opus wrote: »

Noticed that the playground there is now a hole in the ground with a large mound of earth close-by. I assume it's being refurbished but haven't read anything about it anywhere?

yup the bright sparks that they are in city council thought it was a GREAT idea to use the summer months to renovate the only children's playground in the city center.... :rolleyes:

rob316 · 21-05-2015 1:02pm

hoodwinked wrote: »

yup the bright sparks that they are in city council thought it was a GREAT idea to use the summer months to renovate the only children's playground in the city center.... :rolleyes:

Ya at the same time as Ballincollig Regional Park is been renovated.

whisky_galore · 21-05-2015 1:08pm

It is a play area, hole fills with rainwater...sure kids will have a great time in it.
Everyone wins.

Triangla · 21-05-2015 1:16pm

hoodwinked wrote: »

yup the bright sparks that they are in city council thought it was a GREAT idea to use the summer months to renovate the only children's playground in the city center.... :rolleyes:

Well traffic is queiter in summer and days are longer so no point doing road works at this time of year. May as well use the extra capacity. ;-)

pwurple · 21-05-2015 1:50pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

It is a play area, hole fills with rainwater...sure kids will have a great time in it.
Everyone wins.

I was just looking at the pictures thinking... is that a sand pit? In dog-walker land?

I wonder how long before that's a litter tray. :rolleyes:

Milly33 · 22-05-2015 1:46pm

It is mad, I wish there was someway you could actually stop them from doing this. Great idea but the park there is already lovely maybe could do with a few bits but certainly nothing that would cost this much

opus · 23-05-2015 6:07pm

Here's what it looks like at the moment.

Not exactly an ideal playground with the nice weather rolling in.

Milly33 · 24-05-2015 1:38pm

all it is missing is the sky garden

opus · 17-06-2015 7:33pm

Looks like things are moving along, bit faster than I expected tbh.

Rhys Essien · 17-06-2015 8:03pm

I read somewhere that it should be finished by the end of July.We'll wait and see.

pwurple · 18-06-2015 9:06am

Thanks for the pic. Timber though? Surprised they are going for that. The ballincollig one is mainly metal, looks like it will last forever.

mordeith · 18-06-2015 11:19am

pwurple wrote: »

Thanks for the pic. Timber though? Surprised they are going for that. The ballincollig one is mainly metal, looks like it will last forever.

If the wood is treated properly and maintained regularly it should last. Of course some asshole will probably try to set it on fire within the week.

pwurple · 18-06-2015 1:52pm

mordeith wrote: »

If the wood is treated properly and maintained regularly it should last. Of course some asshole will probably try to set it on fire within the week.

Yup, The slide in douglas was set on fire, and that was plastic.

Thinking about splinters in my toddlers too.

Going Strong · 19-06-2015 1:13pm

pwurple wrote: »

Thinking about splinters in my toddlers too.

Can't you just get their ears pierced?

opus · 12-07-2015 10:27pm

Still going strong with the construction of the new playground. Spotted the screen going up for the films in the park as well today.

sok2005 · 14-07-2015 10:33am

Every time I bring my kids to Ballincollig Park they start generating static electricity on the hardened plastic slide, is this to do with whatever materials they've used when putting the park together I wonder?

lostinsuperfunk · 14-07-2015 12:41pm

I can't believe the negativity in most of the comments on this thread.
A badly needed brand new playground with a great design is nearly complete and the responses include:

wrong time of year
not made of plastic
not made of metal
it'll be set on fire
it'll be a dog toilet
we don't need a new playground, the old one was grand

gimmick · 14-07-2015 12:43pm

To be fair the work should have been done during an off peak month.

zenarcadian · 14-07-2015 12:52pm

I quite like the bandstand, actually, I just wish they'd open that f**ker up to the community and let promoters put local bands of all genres on in there Friday/Saturday nights.

moyners · 14-07-2015 1:58pm

sok2005 wrote: »

Every time I bring my kids to Ballincollig Park they start generating static electricity on the hardened plastic slide, is this to do with whatever materials they've used when putting the park together I wonder?

Haha I thought that was just me!

Ludo · 14-07-2015 2:03pm

gimmick wrote: »

To be fair the work should have been done during an off peak month.

They are doing it now while the weather is nice and dry to get it done quickly....DOH!!!

pwurple · 14-07-2015 2:32pm

gimmick wrote: »

To be fair the work should have been done during an off peak month.

I'm all for new playgrounds... Cork doesn't have half enough of them.

But closing the only playground in the city for May, June and July is daft alright.

I'm personally not a fan of sand in any playground. Was in the one in fota at the weekend and kids were in a bad way after it. both ended up with sand kicked in their eyes by another kid, one ended up covered in concealed birdshit trying to make a sandcastle and the other ate some of it. What the fook is wrong with grass?

sok2005 · 14-07-2015 2:36pm

moyners wrote: »

Haha I thought that was just me!

Supposedly our best plan is to bring tumble dryer sheets and stuff them in the kids pockets and rub down the slides!

Markcheese · 14-07-2015 5:25pm

pwurple wrote: »

I'm all for new playgrounds... Cork doesn't have half enough of them.

But closing the only playground in the city for May, June and July is daft alright.

I'm personally not a fan of sand in any playground. Was in the one in fota at the weekend and kids were in a bad way
after it. both ended up with sand kicked in their eyes by another kid, one ended up covered in concealed birdshit trying to make a sandcastle and the other ate some of it. What the fook is wrong with grass?

Grass doesn't last long in playgrounds-
To be fair even the soft rubber stuff in our local playground gets a fair beating ( potholes)
That sand in fota is a dose alright -

pwurple · 15-07-2015 10:26am

Markcheese wrote: »

Grass doesn't last long in playgrounds-
To be fair even the soft rubber stuff in our local playground gets a fair beating ( potholes)
That sand in fota is a dose alright -

Rubber, astroturf, tarmac, concrete, grass.. just about anything that can't be thrown would be better than sand.

Especially in prime dog walkies area like fitzgerald park.

lostinsuperfunk · 15-07-2015 10:29am

It looks more like woodchips than sand. It still can be thrown of course! Unless it is that strange bonded woodchip/rubber stuff they sometimes use.

Roger Hassenforder · 27-07-2015 8:44pm

whats the latest on the playground peeps?

namloc1980 · 27-07-2015 8:59pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

whats the latest on the playground peeps?

Open sometime in August apparently.

Dob74 · 28-07-2015 5:51pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote:

whats the latest on the playground peeps?

It looks completely finished. Anyone know when it will be open. This weekend? They said it would take 2 months when they started May weekend. So it should be anytime now.
There was No one working on it today. So hopefully they'll be taking down the temporary fence soon.

Rhys Essien · 29-07-2015 11:00am

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

whats the latest on the playground peeps?

Opening this Friday.

http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/revamped-fitzgeralds-park-playground-opens-ahead-of-time/

the beer revolu · 29-07-2015 1:59pm

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Opening this Friday.

http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/revamped-fitzgeralds-park-playground-opens-ahead-of-time/

Couldn't even get the timing right.
Idiots!

run_Forrest_run · 30-07-2015 8:04am

the beer revolu wrote: »

Couldn't even get the timing right.
Idiots!

ah c'mon, cut them some slack, they're 4 weeks early.

pwurple · 30-07-2015 9:17am

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

ah c'mon, cut them some slack, they're 4 weeks early.

lol, I think that was a joke!

lostinsuperfunk · 31-07-2015 11:33am

Opened this morning, absolutely amazing! Well done to all concerned.

pwurple · 31-07-2015 1:33pm

lostinsuperfunk wrote: »

Opened this morning, absolutely amazing! Well done to all concerned.

Sand?

lostinsuperfunk · 31-07-2015 2:57pm

Yes, some sand

, lots of woodchips, and some areas have a rubber surface.

pwurple · 31-07-2015 3:14pm

lostinsuperfunk wrote: »

Yes, some sand , lots of woodchips, and some areas have a rubber surface.

goddammit!

Roger Hassenforder · 31-07-2015 7:28pm

pwurple wrote: »

goddammit!

Sand has no business in a kids playground.
Other than that the kids were down there today and loved it.
Well done city council

pwurple · 02-08-2015 5:30pm

Wheelchair fail unfortunately. Couldn't get a wheelchair across woodchip surface. Nothing like a crying 5 year old in a wheelchair who wants to get to the play castle to dampen your spirits. I thought this thing was supposed to be accessible? What kind of muscle power do they think a child in a wheelchair has? They went to all the effort with the levels, and then put f-ing wood chip on it.

kerry4sam · 04-08-2015 10:42am

pwurple wrote: »

Wheelchair fail unfortunately. Couldn't get a wheelchair across woodchip surface. Nothing like a crying 5 year old in a wheelchair who wants to get to the play castle to dampen your spirits. I thought this thing was supposed to be accessible? What kind of muscle power do they think a child in a wheelchair has? They went to all the effort with the levels, and then put f-ing wood chip on it.

Disgraceful! Have the council been contacted about this? Surely it wouldn't take much to rectify or make a change to allow accessibility for all for Heavens sakes like.

lostinsuperfunk · 04-08-2015 11:01am

Yes, you should definitely contact the council about it. Even if they can't/won't change it now, it's going to get a lot of wear and tear and maybe they could change it as part of planned maintenance. The rubber surface would surely work well in place of the woodchips.

pwurple · 04-08-2015 2:17pm

kerry4sam wrote: »

Disgraceful! Have the council been contacted about this? Surely it wouldn't take much to rectify or make a change to allow accessibility for all for Heavens sakes like.

Yes, sent a playground "feedback" letter and a photo of the wheels sunken into the wood chipping surface.

I don't understand how a playground which was specifically designed to be accessible, and was even sponsored by the Bons Secours, ended up with this ridiculous surface.

...And after the clamour there was to get it opened, I can't see them closing it again to change this.

rob316 · 04-08-2015 2:20pm

pwurple wrote: »

Yes, sent a playground "feedback" letter and a photo of the wheels sunken into the wood chipping surface.

I don't understand how a playground which was specifically designed to be accessible, and was even sponsored by the Bons Secours, ended up with this ridiculous surface.

...And after the clamour there was to get it opened, I can't see them closing it again to change this.

Do what everyone does who has a problem in Cork, give Neil a ring, he would love to discuss this.

byronbay2 · 05-08-2015 12:38pm

rob316 wrote: »

Do what everyone does who has a problem in Cork, give Neil a ring, he would love to discuss this.

Hey Presto - guess what they were discussing (for ages) on Neil's show this morning? Not the accessibility issue, mind you, but the fact that the "castle effect" wall prevents continuous visibility of children if you are sitting down.

It was great: lots of women coming on to outdo each other over how safe their children were at the playground. Apparently there are paedos everywhere just salivating at the chance of kidnapping a child from the playground. The super-careful parents are obviously doing a good job though - I have never heard of such an event happening in Cork/Ireland!

namloc1980 · 05-08-2015 2:04pm

Herself took the kids there yesterday. Apart from the place being completely crowded she said it was great.

cardinal tetra · 11-02-2016 1:29pm

I have to admit, the dual usage of the Playground/Swimming pool was an ingenious idea.

fitzgeralds park run by idiots

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