building collapse on castle street

wazzoraybelle

Just heard this! anyone got anymore info??

Heisenberg.

This post has been deleted.

sunnyside

News confirmed that nobody was hurt. It was thought that people were in there but the fire brigade checked and it was empty.

People could easily have been hurt though. It's on a busy street.

deRanged

I saw it this evening. Some poor sod needs a new car.

Faith

What used it be?

rotinaj

Faith wrote: »

What used it be?

A 2euro shop I think

hudsonriver

When I saw the pictures on rte I presumed it was the next building further down, the old abandonded mens centre or something.

Very lucky nobody was hurt, anybody know what time it collapsed?

rotinaj

hudsonriver wrote: »

When I saw the pictures on rte I presumed it was the next building further down, the old abandonded mens centre or something.

Very lucky nobody was hurt, anybody know what time it collapsed?

You could be right about the mens centre. Think one person is been treated in hospital for minor injuries

Fabio

A culvert runs under there with water I think...the building had been slowly sinking I heard.

In fact if you look at the road outside O'Briens and the old Cork City FC shop on Daunt Square you'll see that that is sinking too...it's not very visible now but it was before the council levelled it over again, the weight on vehicle tracks on it had just pushed the paving stones way down into what must surely be fairly soft and marshy ground.

JohnK

I'd say the shops on either side are a bit worried - you'd imagine they'd all be in a similar state.

rotinaj

JohnK wrote: »

I'd say the shops on either side are a bit worried - you'd imagine they'd all be in a similar state.

Id say the area will be closed while they are made safe. Or else they might just knock them down

raah!

Jeez that's insane, one of my friends used to work in that shop.

JohnK

JimBob85 wrote: »

Id say the area will be closed while they are made safe. Or else they might just knock them down

Probably right there. Isn't that what they did when the building on Washington street collapsed a few years back?

rotinaj

I m not sure about Washington st but when it happened on Shandon st last year they took down the surrounding buildings

deRanged

JohnK wrote: »

Probably right there. Isn't that what they did when the building on Washington street collapsed a few years back?

nope. they're all still there. you can still see where the section that fell was.

Thoie

I like the "business as usual" sign.

Dankoozy

looks like the 206 got the worst of it

soundsham

JohnK wrote: »

Probably right there. Isn't that what they did when the building on Washington street collapsed a few years back?

correct one girl killed and a guy paralysed, parapet wall fell a few doors down from the wash about 8yrs back, a few days before new years.

I've been on the roof of a few buildings around there upkeep is shocking they whole place vibrates when a truck passes,don't even mention south mall to oliver plunkett street.......waiting to happen......think of the old rickety staircases especially to the top levels in those buildings to get a picture of the state of the buildings

taram

Anyone notice how slow RTE has 'Anglesea Street' as the caption of one of the photos on the news link? http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0827/cork.html :rolleyes:

Fabio

soundsham wrote: »

correct one girl killed and a guy paralysed, parapet wall fell a few doors down from the wash about 8yrs back, a few days before new years.

I've been on the roof of a few buildings around there upkeep is shocking they whole place vibrates when a truck passes,don't even mention south mall to oliver plunkett street.......waiting to happen......think of the old rickety staircases especially to the top levels in those buildings to get a picture of the state of the buildings

Is it really that bad yeah?

Are they not checked on an annual basis or anything no?

deRanged

they've started clearing the rubble.






the car is wrecked:

Oafley Jones

sunnyside wrote: »

News confirmed that nobody was hurt. It was thought that people were in there but the fire brigade checked and it was empty.

People could easily have been hurt though. It's on a busy street.

Saw it come down at 17:36 (well that's the time on the photos on my phone). Castle St. was cordoned off as was sections of South Main St. and Cornmarket St. Very large Garda presence there.

Deliverance

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Saw it come down at 17:36 (well that's the time on the photos on my phone). Castle St. was cordoned off as was sections of South Main St. and Cornmarket St. Very large Garda presence there.

Possible subsidence in the area? Questions must be raised overall. It could have been a lot worse. That crushed looking fancy looking car could have easily been a pushchair with a child.

Blitzkrieger

Deliverance wrote: »

fancy looking car

Puegot 206? Weird number plate though....

Oafley Jones

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Puegot 206? Weird number plate though....

Number plate was just edited out. It had a standard Irish number plate.

johnnyvee

The moment of impact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3LNcxmXqQ

Oafley Jones

johnnyvee wrote: »

The moment of impact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3LNcxmXqQ

Pity the building is totally out of frame during the collapse.

Johnnyjump

What a lucky break that nobody was hurt. Remember the tragic case on Washington Street some years back?

Johnnyjump

Wow. you tube is amazing.

BArra

pity the cameraman didnt actually catch the collapse, too busy recording 2 cops... :rolleyes:

D-Generate

johnnyvee wrote: »

The moment of impact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3LNcxmXqQ

Wow.... camera man missed the actual moment of impact and only got a cloud of dust.

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johnnyvee

BArra wrote: »

pity the cameraman didnt actually catch the collapse, too busy recording 2 cops... :rolleyes:

I wasn't expecting the building to come down at all - nobody was, but I was a littlle unlucky were I was standing when it did ..........

johnnyvee

johnnyvee wrote: »

I wasn't expecting the building to come down at all - nobody was, but I was a littlle unlucky were I was standing when it did ..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhvoOg05Mlg

Tazzle

D-Generate wrote: »

Wow.... camera man missed the actual moment of impact and only got a cloud of dust.

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No need to edit this....

Owen

There was every need to edit the post. The post that was edited, was accusing the owner of the car of insurance fraud and the owners of certain shops in cork of fostering a monopoly. Which makes boards.ie ltd liable if there was going to be an issue of insurance companies reading boards jumping to conclusions, or of the said companies deciding to sue us.

I reported the post, and if I'd my time back, I'd infract the user too. People should know better.

Faith

Did nobody else think D-Generate was just joking?

Owen

Faith wrote: »

Did nobody else think D-Generate was just joking?

The very problem with a text only interface like boards is that it's hard to infer and interpret emotional content of mails so that you can know someone's joking. I might, you might, but the people in his post, and the companies might not.

We have a responsibility as Mods and users to ensure boards doesn't have any potential legal material on our hands. Deleting the post was the right thing to do, and for the record, I don't think he was joking.

Dankoozy

PaintDoctor wrote: »

There was every need to edit the post. The post that was edited, was accusing the owner of the car of insurance fraud and the owners of certain shops in cork of fostering a monopoly. Which makes boards.ie ltd liable if there was going to be an issue of insurance companies reading boards jumping to conclusions, or of the said companies deciding to sue us.

I reported the post, and if I'd my time back, I'd infract the user too. People should know better.

u sure do know a thing or 2 about petty regulations. and don't worry about Boards.ie, LTD they will be grand i'm sure nobody except the people posting here give 2 ****s about the stuff posted here

suppafly

johnnyvee wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhvoOg05Mlg

why r there so many people waiting around. Like the 2 guards and then theres about 5 or 6 other guys come into the frame wearing hi-vis vests. Was there something else going on there at the time?

Just had another look there and the street is already cornered off too. So there most have been something else going on there at the time too

kierank01

suppafly wrote: »

why r there so many people waiting around. Like the 2 guards and then theres about 5 or 6 other guys come into the frame wearing hi-vis vests. Was there something else going on there at the time?

Just had another look there and the street is already cornered off too. So there most have been something else going on there at the time too

I just watched that now, and had the same thoughts..

castie

Dankoozy wrote: »

u sure do know a thing or 2 about petty regulations. and don't worry about Boards.ie, LTD they will be grand i'm sure nobody except the people posting here give 2 ****s about the stuff posted here

Actually your 100% wrong.
Comments like the one edited can indeed get boards.ie in trouble whether they were meant as jokes or not. Its been edited and if theres a problem take it to the helpdesk otherwise stay on topic.

Owen

suppafly wrote: »

why r there so many people waiting around. Like the 2 guards and then theres about 5 or 6 other guys come into the frame wearing hi-vis vests. Was there something else going on there at the time?

According to RTE.ie, the building was being renovated.

castie

Personal abuse wont be allowed here. 7 day bans await for people wont dont listen.

MunsterCycling

The building had been making sounds all day and the workers left the site and alerted Gardai who closed off the street and evacuated tenants & shops, it was then that the collapse occured. Does anyone know if the culvert under the building was found to be in a eroded state?

54kroc

Just in case anyone is as thick as me this is what culvert means.

ajsp.

cork45 wrote: »

Just in case anyone is as thick as me this is what culvert means.

To give you a better idea, here's a culvert that was uncovered on Daunt Square a few years back.

Dankoozy

after seeing that pic i will never again feel safe walking around in cork. the whole city is like that isn't it, water below every road

minidazzler

Dankoozy wrote: »

after seeing that pic i will never again feel safe walking around in cork. the whole city is like that isn't it, water below every road

Yup.

Owen

Dankoozy wrote: »

after seeing that pic i will never again feel safe walking around in cork. the whole city is like that isn't it, water below every road

Cork was pretty much the Venice of Ireland, if you walk along the south mall, you can see some of the buildings have their entrances on the first floor, and under the steps leading up to them, you'll see arched doorways - that was so boats could go inside those arches and moor.

Also, on the Grand Parade, where it meets Tuckey Street, there's one of the city's 4 defense cannons buried head down in concrete - again for the purpose of mooring boats. A second cannon is on display near Pairc Uí Caoimh.

kierank01

MunsterCycling wrote: »

The building had been making sounds all day and the workers left the site and alerted Gardai who closed off the street and evacuated tenants & shops, it was then that the collapse occured. Does anyone know if the culvert under the building was found to be in a eroded state?

so why didn't they move the car?

Fairdues

Lucky nobody was killed.