Any public toilets in the city centre during quarantine?

Galbin

Since all the pubs, cafes, and restaurants are closed, I obviously cannot use their bathrooms. Is there anywhere with public toilets in the city centre that is still open? Even somewhere that you have to pay to use.

L1011

Jervis Centre ones might still be open as there are still three stores (Boots, Tesco and part of M&S) operating; same with Stephens Green (four stores)

DCC's tiny amount public toilets are all outside the city centre.

listermint

Aren't you meant to be in work or home..

Kintarō Hattori

listermint wrote: »

Aren't you meant to be in work or home..

What if you're an essential worker travelling to or from work.

listermint

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

What if you're an essential worker travelling to or from work.

Go at work.....


Or home............

Savage_Henry

I have the same problem and i didnt find anything. Our shop doesnt have bathroom. Luckly im alone there and just use a bottle.

Outlaw Pete

listermint wrote: »

Aren't you meant to be in work or home..

:rolleyes:

Eh, they could live in, or near, the city centre (as I do) and so could be exercising or shopping in the area.

Who are you to question what someone's business is in the city centre anyway?

Rhetorical question of course.

RugbyLad11

what about busaras

Thelonious Monk

Even in normal times there were no public toilets in Dublin, it's ridiculous. St Stephen's Green shopping centre and Jervis have them though but usually you have to dive into a pub.

Beechwoodspark

Maybe but As far as I know there was horrific drug (injection) and sex (prostitution) problems when there were city centre toilets

01902

L1011 wrote: »

Jervis Centre ones might still be open as there are still three stores (Boots, Tesco and part of M&S) operating; same with Stephens Green (four stores)

DCC's tiny amount public toilets are all outside the city centre.

Jervis toilets are definitely closed, whole of the 2nd floor is shut. Ilac is a possibility.

adam88

Most towns are empty of public toilets. It ridiculous

Beechwoodspark

If anyone on this has read Column O Gormans book you will know why the toilets were closed - shudder

Kablamo!

Toilets in Stephen's Green are shut.

adam88

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

If anyone on this has read Column O Gormans book you will know why the toilets were closed - shudder

Gwan. Tell us

JPCN1

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Even in normal times there were no public toilets in Dublin, it's ridiculous. St Stephen's Green shopping centre and Jervis have them though but usually you have to dive into a pub.

Something that has always bothered me. The people running our cities and country cannot provide the most basic things.

jrmb

Heuston Station's public toilets are open. They're the only ones I know of anywhere in the city.

JDxtra

jrmb wrote: »

Heuston Station's public toilets are open. They're the only ones I know of anywhere in the city.

I'd rather hold it in.

L1011

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

If anyone on this has read Column O Gormans book you will know why the toilets were closed - shudder

Are you possibly thinking of Frank McDonald's book?

adam88

JDxtra wrote: »

I'd rather hold it in.

Some people don’t have that luxury. People will be further prisoners

Beechwoodspark

L1011 wrote: »

Are you possibly thinking of Frank McDonald's book?

Nope, Colm OGorman from amnesty International

I won’t go into details but he was homeless and living rough in dublin and had unpleasant encounters in public toilets

His book overall is a very good read and documents the changes in society over the last 30/40 years.

Curious - What does franks book say?

drake70

the toilets in Connolly station should be open

L1011

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Nope, Colm OGorman from amnesty International

I won’t go into details but he was homeless and living rough in dublin and had unpleasant encounters in public toilets

His book overall is a very good read and documents the changes in society over the last 30/40 years.

Curious - What does franks book say?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/frank-memoir-on-the-trials-of-growing-up-gay-in-1960s-ireland-37456448.html

Seems to be on this side of the paywall, at least currently

whisky_galore

JPCN1 wrote: »

Something that has always bothered me. The people running our cities and country cannot provide the most basic things.

Open a public toilet and it would be destroyed in a few days by two legged animals who pass as people.

Guy:Incognito

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Eh, they could live in, or near, the city centre (as I do) and so could be exercising or shopping in the area.

Who are you to question what someone's business is in the city centre anyway?

Rhetorical question of course.

Dublin city is hardly unique in that case so. There are no public toilets around Tallaght when Im out for a walk either. People seem to manage though.

I try to avoid public toilets as much as possible anyway but I'd want to be near death to go in to one now.

JPCN1

whisky_galore wrote: »

Open a public toilet and it would be destroyed in a few days by two legged animals who pass as people.

Sure, put an attendant in.

Throwing in the towel because we cant control the behaviour of some knackers is not good enough. Find a way.

listermint

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Eh, they could live in, or near, the city centre (as I do) and so could be exercising or shopping in the area.

Who are you to question what someone's business is in the city centre anyway?

Rhetorical question of course.

I've long since gone from taking comments off someone who worships Donald trump.


Lol.

riclad

Jervis St shopping centre toilets are closed. Maybe bus aras toilets
are open. We are in a pandemic.
No one expected all the pubs closed and cafes
To be closed. It's a strange time. Hopefully
Cafes will be open before August. Only ground floor shops open in Jervis St shopping centre boots and tesco
Maybe they were told to close
Due to hse rules on social spacing

I was in Riga, Latvia, last year. At the height of their summer festival. They have plentiful public toilets, all perfectly clean & well respected. Don’t know how they are able to provide what are essential facilities and the lines of us can’t because of the abuse of such facilities in Ireland.

whisky_galore

JPCN1 wrote: »

Sure, put an attendant in.

Throwing in the towel because we cant control the behaviour of some knackers is not good enough. Find a way.

Would you do that job?

JPCN1

whisky_galore wrote: »

Would you do that job?

Back in the day many Dublin nightclubs had bathroom attendants and every restaurant/bar has to keep their bathrooms clean.

Do you think it's demeaning?

the purple tin

whisky_galore wrote: »

Open a public toilet and it would be destroyed in a few days by two legged animals who pass as people.

We'd be better off with the old pissoirs like they have in France. Out in the open and you can see feet and heads so they wouldn't attract junkies, muggers, vandals etc.

whisky_galore

JPCN1 wrote: »

Back in the day many Dublin nightclubs had bathroom attendants and every restaurant/bar has to keep their bathrooms clean.

Do you think it's demeaning?

Way to dodge the question by offering an obvious statement and asking another question.
Are you in politics?

Guy:Incognito

JPCN1 wrote: »

Back in the day many Dublin nightclubs had bathroom attendants and every restaurant/bar has to keep their bathrooms clean.

Do you think it's demeaning?

Massively different to a public toilet though.

Youd be more security guard than toilet attendant. So youre either a security guard thats also expected to clean toilets or a person employed to clean and maintain toilets thats also expected to deal with scumbags and junkies in an enclosed space.

Galbin

listermint wrote: »

Aren't you meant to be in work or home..

Taking a relative to donate blood. This is on the list of essential reasons to leave home.

I have problems with my kidneys so need to know in advance.

Galbin

Does anyone know if Connoly or Heuston station have open toilets now?

Thanks.

Thelonious Monk

Oh Brown Thomas has some too. When I lived in London my area had some kind of community toilet scheme where local businesses would sign up to it so that the council could list their premises as having public toilets. There was a map showing where they were as you exited the tube station.

expectationlost

Savage_Henry wrote: »

I have the same problem and i didnt find anything. Our shop doesnt have bathroom. Luckly im alone there and just use a bottle.

is the legal?

Lux23

I nearly pooped myself when I went for a cycle to Grand Canal Dock, this was before the total lockdown. I just had to get back on my bike and peg it home; I was sweating buckets, but I made it thankfully.

miamee

Galbin wrote: »

Does anyone know if Connoly or Heuston station have open toilets now?

Thanks.

If you are allowed accompany the person inside, there are toilets in the blood clinic.

Gavin "shels"

miamee wrote: »

If you are allowed accompany the person inside, there are toilets in the blood clinic.

Only people with appointments for donation are allowed to enter the blood bank at the moment.

fatknacker

Hmm. I’m not getting the whole “for everyone’s safety toilets are closed”

There was a massive stank of piss all over the Northside in the sun today.

Surely it’s unhealthy to have people pissing everywhere too.

Galbin

fatknacker wrote: »

Hmm. I’m not getting the whole “for everyone’s safety toilets are closed”

There was a massive stank of piss all over the Northside in the sun today.

Surely it’s unhealthy to have people pissing everywhere too.

Yes, especially since scientists discovered a few years back that urine is *not* sterile and has a microbiome (whole host of good and bad bacteria) just like the gut.

Anyhow, I can confirm that Connelly station toilets had cleaning signs up, but the attendants told me to go right ahead and use them.

Edgware

Galbin wrote: »

Yes, especially since scientists discovered a few years back that urine is *not* sterile and has a microbiome (whole host of good and bad bacteria) just like the gut.

Anyhow, I can confirm that Connelly station toilets had cleaning signs up, but the attendants told me to go right ahead and use them.

Oooh Matron!

Hotblack Desiato

listermint wrote: »

Go at work.....


Or home............

Some people may need a toilet a lot more frequently than most, e.g. Crohn's disease. Dublin really is appalling in its lack of provision of public toilets.

(Under normal circumstances) We're happy to have people drink pints all night and then chuck them out on the street with bladders that are still filling up from that last pint and give them "nowhere to go". The Dutch, as usual, are a very pragmatic people and they have provided pop-up urinals in Amsterdam and other cities. Paris had its pissoirs - we actually had these in the city centre many years ago until some eejit decided to remove them. So now we have people p*ssing in alleyways because they have nowhere else to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXjPxBPgGV0

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

what about busaras

Busaras IS a toilet :eek:

PhilOssophy

Deleted User wrote: »

I was in Riga, Latvia, last year. At the height of their summer festival. They have plentiful public toilets, all perfectly clean & well respected. Don’t know how they are able to provide what are essential facilities and the lines of us can’t because of the abuse of such facilities in Ireland.

Yeah but other countries can respect public facilities, in Ireland somebody would probably poo on the floor, p1ss all over the toilet seat, and dump cans, syringes, rubbish, etc in there.

Its just why we can't have nice things. They get wrecked by scumbags

thenightman

Public toilets in Heuston and criminal courts on Parkgate Street were open on Friday. I went for a walk in the Phoenix Park and was caught short, lots of people about so didn't want to pee in the bushes or whatever.

It is a joke that there's no public toilets in the city though. I get the bus on Hawkins Street most evenings and the stink of urine along the stretch of bus stops beside Department of Health building is horrific.

Hotblack Desiato

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Its just why we can't have nice things. They get wrecked by scumbags

Remember when lots of people predicted that Dublin Bikes would end up in the canal or the Liffey? It didn't happen. If we give in to the scumbag element then all is lost.

PhilOssophy

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Remember when lots of people predicted that Dublin Bikes would end up in the canal or the Liffey? It didn't happen. If we give in to the scumbag element then all is lost.

That was because people didn't understand how the thing worked, i.e. you have to register your credit card and if the bike ends up in the Liffey, you fork out for it.

If the bikes were left lying around, do you think it'd be the same?

HeidiHeidi

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Remember when lots of people predicted that Dublin Bikes would end up in the canal or the Liffey? It didn't happen. If we give in to the scumbag element then all is lost.

That's very much the (welcome) exception though.


They tried those pod toilets in Dublin about 10 or 15 years ago, and they just became glorified shooting-up galleries and had to be taken away again.

Hotblack Desiato

Well - crazy idea here - but if we provide safe areas for addicts to inject, then we can have alleyways and toilets free of shooting-up junkies. It's better for the unfortunates hooked on drugs, and it's certainly better for the rest of us...