O'Connell Street Dublin. What the fook like

AMKC · 11-07-2018 08:30PM #1

Anyone else been on it lately?

Was up there today and all I can say is its in a terrible state.

What are Dublin City Council at? I know there is a drought but surely there is some other way to clean it. What do other rich countries that do not get much water clean there main streets with?

First thing I will say is if you are planning on walking on it make sure its not your good shoes or runners/trainers whatever you wana call them. Might have to get them cleaned afterwards or get someone to do it for you.

Its horrible. Like walking on a street that has had fizzy drinks spilled all over it all sticky and well horrible. Thing is Henry Street and Grafton Street even Talbot Street all seemed to be ok. So why is O'Connell Street so bad?

verycool · 11-07-2018 08:34PM

It's a sh*thole, but it's our sh*thole.

(It is really depressing that there are no decent restaurants / café's along here).

Donald Trump · 11-07-2018 08:35PM

verycool wrote: »

It's a sh*thole, but it's our sh*thole.

(It is really depressing that there are no decent restaurants / café's along here).

Tasty and tempting food

How Soon Is Now · 11-07-2018 08:37PM

The walking dead claimed it long time ago sure.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 11-07-2018 08:47PM

O'Connell St is a cesspit festering with addicts & drug dealing. Best avoided.

Pkiernan · 11-07-2018 08:53PM

Junkies

Tis Yourself? · 11-07-2018 08:54PM

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

kfallon · 11-07-2018 08:56PM

Not just there, some parts of Henry St and North Earl St the same, it's like the street cleaning vans have been using some new solution which just leaves a sticky residue.

DesperateDan · 11-07-2018 08:57PM

Looks like they're not cleaning the streets, don't realize how clean rain keeps things until it's gone

Northern Monkey · 11-07-2018 08:59PM

Is it tree sap?

acai berry · 11-07-2018 09:12PM

" Rain, Rain! Go away!"

Not any more!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 11-07-2018 09:12PM

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Is it tree sap?

It is indeed, and most town centres around the country are exactly the same.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 11-07-2018 09:13PM

O Connell Street is an absolute disgrace, it’s cheap and tacky with absolutely no appeal to tourists or anyone else for that matter. All the shops and restaurants are cheap and nasty affairs and the entire place should be bullldozed.

Conservatory · 11-07-2018 09:17PM

What I like is how the addicts sit on the statue right at o Connell bridge. Greeting the tourists with their beauty. I seen one of them roaring at an Asian looking girl last week that it was her fault her kids were up there. I’m not sure what the Asian girl did but I looked at her to show her I wasn’t happy with her putting people’s kids up there.

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 12-07-2018 01:30PM

O'Connell Street is a disgrace. Cheap burger joints, crappy souvenir shops and a general air of tackiness and tawdriness about it. It's a real symbol of the brown envelope days and money speaking louder than taste or culture.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 12-07-2018 01:38PM

Bishop Salty Tangerine wrote: »

O'Connell Street is a disgrace. Cheap burger joints, crappy souvenir shops and a general air of tackiness and tawdriness about it. It's a real symbol of the brown envelope days and money speaking louder than taste or culture.

There were genuine attempts to clean it up but it’s in a rough area.

Guitar_Monkey · 12-07-2018 01:46PM

It's not just O'Connell st, it's the city centre in general. It's absolutely filthy and a disgrace. Take a look at the state of the Ha'penny bridge, one of the main tourist attractions. In most other major cities it would be spotless !

topper75 · 12-07-2018 01:47PM

All the Duke of Leinster's fault.
If he hadn't moved south across the river, Sackville St. would still be a glorious thoroughfare.

12-07-2018 01:48PM

Tis Yourself? wrote: »

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 12-07-2018 01:52PM

Guitar_Monkey wrote: »

It's not just O'Connell st, it's the city centre in general. It's absolutely filthy and a disgrace. Take a look at the state of the Ha'penny bridge, one of the main tourist attractions. In most other major cities it would be spotless !

Oh there are lots of dirty European cities.

begbysback · 12-07-2018 01:53PM

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Is it tree sap?

Yes - but don't let the truth get in the way of a good junky/Dublin/council bashing thread.

Chinasea · 12-07-2018 01:53PM

Time to privatise the cleaning. The current system is failing.

I wrote several emails to Dublin City Co.co regarding the cleaning or indeed extreme lack there of. Never got a response.

The public bins themselves are absolutely mankey. All could be avoided with a regular clean down with a simple rag, soap and water.

The streets need regular power hoseing.

The whole local Authority CoCo is fraught and strangled with industrial relation issues.

Private cleaning is carried out by and large by mininum wage zero contract foreign nationals satisfactorily. (Not saying that is correct). Dublin CoCo Street cleaners seem to be Dubs, many of which are related. Huge disparaggy.

It stinks.

12-07-2018 01:54PM

Anton Wonderful Robin wrote: »

O'Connell St is a cesspit festering with addicts & drug dealing. Best avoided.

Not if you're a drug dealer or addict.

seachto7 · 12-07-2018 02:02PM

When the sun is out, the city centre looks even dirtier. Ugly.

wakka12 · 12-07-2018 02:29PM

Yeh its strange I must say the Oconnell Street is as bad as it is, and just a stones throw away all the grafton street area is really nice

humberklog · 12-07-2018 02:39PM

Came here to wonder the same...walked up North Earl St and left onto O'Connell. Yikes! It was like a disco bar in Tullamore at 4 in the morning. Sticky and filthy stains. This was on Cleary's side. Made it to central median lucky to have shoes still on.
Whilst the pavements were badly stained everywhere but particularly around O'C statue it was only sticky on the east of the street.

corner of hells · 12-07-2018 02:39PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.

More say an invasion at night of dangerous men Vikings maybe , or possibly Berbers from Morocco.
Cut throats , one and all.

seachto7 · 12-07-2018 02:41PM

I don't get the love in with Grafton st.

tom1ie · 12-07-2018 02:45PM

Chinasea wrote: »

Time to privatise the cleaning. The current system is failing.

I wrote several emails to Dublin City Co.co regarding the cleaning or indeed extreme lack there of. Never got a response.

The public bins themselves are absolutely mankey. All could be avoided with a regular clean down with a simple rag, soap and water.

The streets need regular power hoseing.

The whole local Authority CoCo is fraught and strangled with industrial relation issues.

Private cleaning is carried out by and large by mininum wage zero contract foreign nationals satisfactorily. (Not saying that is correct). Dublin CoCo Street cleaners seem to be Dubs, many of which are related. Huge disparaggy.

It stinks.

That’s the spirit let’s sack all the dubs and hire foreign nationals, pay them min wage and no job security. Another one who just wants a race to the bottom regarding wages and terms and conditions.
When we get rid of the dubs, where do you think they’ll end up? Claiming the dole perhaps? Who pays for that?
Think before you post please.

conor2469 · 12-07-2018 02:50PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.

Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip 5hits.

harry Bailey esq · 12-07-2018 03:23PM

Anton Wonderful Robin wrote: »

O'Connell St is a cesspit festering with addicts & drug dealing. Best avoided.

Unless you happened to be be a smack dealer, in which case it's great.

O'Connell Street Dublin. What the fook like

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