How long do you give Dublin's new public toilets?

Kermit.de.frog

So Dublin City Council have suddenly started installing public toilets.

https://twitter.com/davidkenny311/status/1269220091847217157

This will be an interesting test.

I have always argued due to our societal quirks, lack of policing and acceptance of basic law and order issues that there are certain things we can't have.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be pleasantly if these last any length of time because I'd love to see all sorts of public facilities. Somehow, I doubt that.

Good idea, bad idea? Would you use them unless catastrophically in need?

I give these (assuming they are dotted around the city) a week before they are unusable and/or vandalised. I'm thinking waste of our money.

Am I am being optimistic?

Str8outtaWuhan

I'd rather risk a swollen prostate from holding it in than use one after one nights' use in Dublin.

BrianD3

I remember when the toilets in Busaras were revamped about 20 years ago. Lots of stainless steel, turnstiles etc. and probably supposed to be vandal resistant and easily cleaned. Within a week the turnstiles were broken, the locks were busted off the cubicle doors, some were "out of order" and sh*t was smeared about the place.

Conall Cernach

The important thing is will there be gloryholes?

Rodney Bathgate

Conall Cernach wrote: »

The important thing is will there be gloryholes?

Bring your own drill if you don’t want to take the risk.

Del2005

Unless they have staff constantly cleaning them then they will be filthy. I've been camping at a few circuits around the UK and during the day with staff around the toilets are fine always clean and well stocked once night comes they degrade rapidly.

whisky_galore

Del2005 wrote: »

Unless they have staff constantly cleaning them then they will be filthy. I've been camping at a few circuits around the UK and during the day with staff around the toilets are fine always clean and well stocked once night comes they degrade rapidly.

We're great for installing shiny new things, half arsed effort of maintaining them. Budgets get cut, and everything goes to sh1t, pardon the pun.

I'll give it at least 48 hours until someone kicks those little fences down. They'll be a mess of rubbish and fag butts in no time.

Seamai

BrianD3 wrote: »

I remember when the toilets in Busaras were revamped about 20 years ago. Lots of stainless steel, turnstiles etc. and probably supposed to be vandal resistant and easily cleaned. Within a week the turnstiles were broken, the locks were busted off the cubicle doors, some were "out of order" and sh*t was smeared about the place.

Why is it that there seems to be an inability to keep public toilets up to an acceptable level of hygiene and maintenance?
In Cork they're few and far between, off the top of my head the only one I can think of is a relatively modern one on the Grand Parade near the main library, it's in a sorry state, the haunt of junkies. I passed it one day as Gardaí were prising the door open to reveal someone unconscious on the floor. Being from the city I know where to pop in if caught short but I pity anyone who isn't in the know.
I thought that the self cleaning ones that you have pay to use were the way forward but I rarely see them except in towns outside the city.

pinkyeye

It all depends if they're staffed or not, if they're staffed they'll be fine.

If they don't want to staff them then they should put it the auto cleaning ones. These work in Cork, you put your 50 cents in, get 10 minutes to do your business and then it's opened and automatically sprayed top to bottom. I've no problems using them ones.

pinkyeye

Seamai wrote: »

Why is it that there seems to be an inability to keep public toilets up to an acceptable level of hygiene and maintenance?
In Cork they're few and far between, off the top of my head the only one I can think of is a relatively modern one on the Grand Parade near the main library, it's in a sorry state, the haunt of junkies. I passed it one day as Gardaí were prising the door open to reveal someone unconscious on the floor. Being from the city I know where to pop in if caught short but I pity anyone who isn't in the know.
I thought that the self cleaning ones that you have pay to use were the way forward but I rarely see them except in towns outside the city.

There are two of the self cleaning ones in Cork city centre, or there was last time I was there!

Atlantic Dawn

With those share wooden surrounds they won't last a month as they are a trip hazard and will have someone impailed on them. What idiot that of that must not have heard of our compensation culture.

gmisk

Hmmm I'd say wrecked within a few weeks taken over by junkies and unusable

BrianD3

BrianD3 wrote: »

I remember when the toilets in Busaras were revamped about 20 years ago. Lots of stainless steel, turnstiles etc. and probably supposed to be vandal resistant and easily cleaned. Within a week the turnstiles were broken, the locks were busted off the cubicle doors, some were "out of order" and sh*t was smeared about the place.

waiting for the bus about a year ago after an ireland soccer match and had to use it for a slash,,, went into a cubicle and twice syringes rolled into the jacks i used

L1011

The nighttime mobile pissoirs they used to do lasted fine, they just gave up due to the cost.

Seamai

pinkyeye wrote: »

There are two of the self cleaning ones in Cork city centre, or there was last time I was there!

Now that you say it, yes there is one at the junction of the Grand Parade and South Mall, there needs to be many more.