Lack of public bathrooms in Ireland?

cloud493 · 03-08-2013 07:17PM #1

Why is such a lack of public bathrooms in Ireland? I'm originally from Liverpool. And although the mersyside has many flaws, lack of public bathrooms is not one of them. Here in Dublin, if I want to use a bathroom when I'm passing through town, I have to go into a shop and buy something to use their bathrooms. This is a capital city. Not very tourist friendly is it?

mikemac1 · 03-08-2013 07:21PM

Tower records on the 3rd floor of Easons O'Connell St is a favoured spot. Not the best but will do

If you want the best spot in Ireland where no staff will challenge you then walk through the car park in the Radisson Galway. The toilets are luxurious!
Not one staff member will ever see you. 3 minutes walk from Eyre Square

TheLastMohican · 03-08-2013 07:24PM

Perhaps too much cottageing?

sinjin_smythe · 03-08-2013 07:26PM

the cons outway the pros for public toilets if you ask me. Dont wanna be touchin a bowl that some junky skank used a million times over.

Sam Kade · 03-08-2013 07:28PM

Op why do you want to have a bath in public :eek:

Pai Mei · 03-08-2013 07:28PM

Even if there were public bathrooms I still wouldn't use them. EWW!

The Backwards Man · 03-08-2013 07:29PM

The dole is too high.

dr.bollocko · 03-08-2013 07:29PM

Just because Liverpool is one big toilet doesn't mean Ireland should be.

03-08-2013 07:29PM

Having to pay 20cent to take a leak in Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is literally taking the p*ss.

BrokenArrows · 03-08-2013 07:30PM

Just go into a pub

helimachoptor · 03-08-2013 07:30PM

Frankly when things are bad any hole is the goal

Talib Fiasco · 03-08-2013 07:30PM

There would never be enough bathrooms for the ****e that's in Dublin.

bumper234 · 03-08-2013 07:32PM

Am in Liverpool right now where are the toilets? Do what everyone else does...go into pub, mcdonalds, burger king etc.

Frank Lee Midere · 03-08-2013 07:32PM

Yes. It is the standard problem in Dublin. The skanger class is why we can't have nice things.

Frank Lee Midere · 03-08-2013 07:33PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Just because Liverpool is one big toilet doesn't mean Ireland should be.

Harsh.

Edit:

But fair

Oranage2 · 03-08-2013 07:34PM

Junkieville being a stones throw away from the main street in Dublin would have them like something out of trainspotting, probably best not having them in the first place, we're all use to not being able to have nice things by now surely.

woodoo · 03-08-2013 07:34PM

You are dead right and the problem extends right across the country.

darced · 03-08-2013 07:36PM

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oppenheimer1 · 03-08-2013 07:46PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Junkieville being a stones throw away from the main street in Dublin would have them like something out of trainspotting, probably best not having them in the first place, we're all use to not being able to have nice things by now surely.

Basic public amenities are now considered "nice things"?

ceadaoin. · 03-08-2013 07:48PM

Just go into a department store and use the toilets there. M&S and Brown Thomas on grafton street both have clean ones. You don't have to buy anything. Just walk in and go to the toilets, nobody will stop you.

dodderangler · 03-08-2013 07:52PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Harsh.

But true.
Liverpool is disgusting. Crap all over the place. Can't having a decent meal without some junkie walking in trying to sell all sorts of sh!te. Starts off at perfume and slowly works up to drugs

_Kaiser_ · 03-08-2013 07:57PM

If I remember right there did used to be a few public toilets around the O'Connell Bridge area years ago but I'd guess the junkies and anti-social behaviour put an end to that one.

Vincent Vega · 03-08-2013 08:09PM

Jervis Centre has loads.
Or just go into Mc D's/BK/Supermacs and pretend to look at the menu for a moment, then head to the toilets 'before your meal'.

cloud493 · 03-08-2013 08:11PM

dodderangler wrote: »

But true.
Liverpool is disgusting. Crap all over the place. Can't having a decent meal without some junkie walking in trying to sell all sorts of sh!te. Starts off at perfume and slowly works up to drugs

Not true. In the slightest.

And department stores close fairly early.

03-08-2013 08:15PM

If you're in a city or big town then go to a hotel and use the toilets there. No-one's gonna stop you and make you book a room. Anyway toilets are generally nicer in there than pubs or restaurants.

Frank Lee Midere · 03-08-2013 08:34PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Basic public amenities are now considered "nice things"?

It's a phrase. That's why we can't have nice things. Generally applied to children.

Pang · 03-08-2013 08:35PM

The toilets in Easons scare me.

I normally nip into Marks or BTs. BTs is great because there is nearly always a toilet attendant cleaning. Jervis usually has someone in and out cleaning cubicles too.

The Ilac has automatic flush so they are much cleaner now than they used to be.

Some of the little cafes along the Quay had/have terrible trouble with junkies shooting up. So bad that I heard of a case where there was blood on the walls. Disgusting.

I think that's also why the toilets in Easons have such sharp lighting. Isn't it supposed to highlight drug residue or something?

LordSutch · 03-08-2013 08:36PM

So we're definately talking public toilets, are we?

Public bath houses (public places to take a bath) used to be widespread in England back in the 50s/60s, but they are a rarity nowadays.

Norwesterner · 03-08-2013 08:37PM

weedhead wrote: »

the cons outway the pros for public toilets if you ask me. Dont wanna be touchin a bowl that some junky skank used a million times over.

So, what do you do when in the pub?

O.P
there are scores of public toilets around Dublin, built in Victorian times.
I remember using them before the Council in their wisdom decided to brick them up.
I also remember water fonts near playgrounds, parks and in town centres, where you could drick potable water at will, free of charge.
These have been removed also in the name of "progress".

Coincidence or not, this happened around the advent of bottled water, which accrues millions in revenue for the Excheqeur.

MrShivers · 03-08-2013 08:38PM

The problem is that even if there were lots of public bathrooms around the place they would not be maintained well enough for people.

LordSutch · 03-08-2013 08:40PM

Thing is, they've never been called 'Public Bathrooms', well not as far as I can remember.

Lack of public bathrooms in Ireland?

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