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Anyone been to Cork City? Do you find the streets to be very slippery in the rain?

  • 22-05-2020 10:56pm
    #1
    LisaNass
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭LisaNass


    Just want your opinion.

    I'm mostly talking about St.Patrick's street. Whenever it's raining the ground becomes extremely slippery. It's those reddish, glassy tiles. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to construct the streets this way? You'd need to throw down some grit just to stop yourself from falling.
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  • #2
    Juniper Spoiled Tomcat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭ Juniper Spoiled Tomcat


    LisaNass wrote: »
    Just want your opinion.

    I'm mostly talking about St.Patrick's street. Whenever it's raining the ground becomes extremely slippery. It's those reddish, glassy tiles. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to construct the streets this way? You'd need to throw down some grit just to stop yourself from falling.

    from there as i work in around the city centre, i nearly brain myself on there most days if its rainy/slippery....nearly did a somersault once....its the stupid paths done this way for the Capital of Culture stuff iirc


  • #3
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    LisaNass wrote: »
    Just want your opinion.

    I'm mostly talking about St.Patrick's street. Whenever it's raining the ground becomes extremely slippery. It's those reddish, glassy tiles. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to construct the streets this way? You'd need to throw down some grit just to stop yourself from falling.
    Definitely. It's like being on an ice rink on Patrick st when its wet. I can't believe people dont slip all the time. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen.


  • #4
    Thephantomsmask
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭Thephantomsmask


    Yes, the red ones especially seem to be polished marble and like a skating rink when wet. I don't know how they ever got permission to be installed on an outdoor footpath.


  • #5
    Bassfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Bassfish


    And then when the sun comes out after the rain there's an unbelievable glare from the paving. It's like someone shining a 500w bulb in your eyes. You see everyone on Patrick's St squinting.


  • #6
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Same in Limerick city near Supermacs on O'Connell street. The pavement there gets extremely slippery when wet. Almost took a hopper a few times walking by.


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  • #7
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I find Grafton street the same in wet weather. I know they have to look nice etc. But I bet you could find something pretty that wasn't slippy when wet.

    Same with Temple Bar, Dalkey anywhere with cobbling.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Same in Limerick city near Supermacs on O'Connell street. The pavement there gets extremely slippery when wet. Almost took a hopper a few times walking by.

    I was heading down to Arthur's key a few weeks ago and I fell over there..

    Ohh..I was half way there..


  • #9
    FrStone
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭FrStone


    They are a Spanish tile or something. Put down for the capital of culture in 2005. Lethal so they are.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    No one would take my bloody hand..


  • #11
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    If you are a girl and in Town you have to bring another pair of shoes if you wear heels.


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  • #12
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No one would take my bloody hand..
    :(

    I would have.


  • #13
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I was heading down to Arthur's key a few weeks ago and I fell over there..

    Ohh..I was half way there..

    Living on a prayer.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    :(

    I would have.

    Well there was no sign of you..

    Probably typing furiously on boards..


  • #15
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    FrStone wrote: »
    They are a Spanish tile or something. Put down for the capital of culture in 2005. Lethal so they are.

    Some genius thought Spanish tiles were ideal for rainy Ireland.

    Awful surface, deadly in leather soled shoes in the wet.

    Same time they put in those ugly leaning lamposts iirc.


  • #16
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Generally granite slabs are the worse when wet.


  • #17
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    A1tRA%2BbmNlL._SL1500_.jpgSlippery when wet


  • #18
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    :(

    I would have.

    You're a good person though - alot of these one's are sneks.


  • #19
    Coillte_Bhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,909 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    Butch Moore is the man to ask, if anyone would know he will


  • #20
    Hibernicis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭Hibernicis


    LisaNass wrote: »
    Who the hell thought it was a good idea to construct the streets this way?
    That would be Beth Gali, of the Blarney Street Galis.

    Tis very simple really
    The present project proposes a construction system compatible with the differentiated character to be established in the streets and squares of the old city centre of Cork. The project thus opts for a construction system that allows the urban space to be designed in terms of categories as regards their width, significance and position within the structure of the city while preserving the architectural constants which, by ensuring continuity, make the historic city centre recognisable. These constants, which we might call the 'skeleton' of the urban space, are the constituent elements of the general construction system.

    https://www.bethgali.com/copia-de-hafencity-1


  • #21
    marvsins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭marvsins


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Some genius thought Spanish tiles were ideal for rainy Ireland.

    Awful surface, deadly in leather soled shoes in the wet.

    Same time they put in those ugly leaning lamposts iirc.

    Ya it was a Spanish genius - Beth Gali was the architect 😄


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  • #22
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Some genius thought Spanish tiles were ideal for rainy Ireland.

    Awful surface, deadly in leather soled shoes in the wet.

    Same time they put in those ugly leaning lamposts iirc.
    Yeah, around the millennium or when we were European capital of culture.

    The worst is the polished metal bits around the grates.

    They must have lawsuits pouring in. It really is awful to see elderly people hurting themselves on the regular.

    Love seeing shams slip on them though.
    marvsins wrote: »
    Ya it was a Spanish genius - Beth Gali was the architect 😄

    She probably came over on the exchange programme some summer!


  • #23
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    marvsins wrote: »
    Ya it was a Spanish genius - Beth Gali was the architect 😄

    Well they still look sh1t, half the bulbs are blown at any given time too.


  • #24
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    marvsins wrote: »
    Ya it was a Spanish genius - Beth Gali was the architect ��
    In fairness not much rain in spain.


  • #25
    georgina...c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭georgina...c


    Didn't notice.

    Sounds like an awkward conversation you'd have in a waiting room with some randomer who doesn't have anything else to say.

    Saw some aul fella in the pharmacy yesterday waffling to the checkout girl and holding everyone up with a similar uninteresting spiel.


  • #26
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    Those paving slabs have been there for over 15 years, I'm on Pana most days in all sorts weather and can't say I've ever noticed.


  • #27
    marvsins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭marvsins


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    In fairness not much rain in spain.

    Ya. That was one of the more popular comments after the street was opened.


  • #28
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    In fairness not much rain in spain.

    There's a bit but not really in the mountains.


  • #29
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Mod - Moved from AH to Cork City regional forum


  • #30
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,168 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    The narrow metal covers running the length of Faulkner's Lane (Opera Lane) are lethal if you step on them in the wet.


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  • #31
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,714 ✭✭✭corks finest


    FrStone wrote: »
    They are a Spanish tile or something. Put down for the capital of culture in 2005. Lethal so they are.

    Yet fellas with 10 pints of Beamish onboard float away like ballerina's


  • #32
    Gamb!t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Gamb!t


    FrStone wrote: »
    They are a Spanish tile or something. Put down for the capital of culture in 2005. Lethal so they are.
    I heard that too that they liked the look of them from a city in Spain a country that doesnt rain as half as much as Ireland,ingenious :rolleyes:


  • #33
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,168 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Gamb!t wrote: »
    I heard that too that they liked the look of them from a city in Spain a country that doesnt rain as half as much as Ireland,ingenious :rolleyes:

    I don't really buy that argument.
    If pavement surface is extremely slippery when wet, does it really matter if it only rains sometimes?

    A surface that is slippery when wet is just as unsuitable for Spain as anywhere else!


  • #34
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    The narrow metal covers running the length of Faulkner's Lane (Opera Lane) are lethal if you step on them in the wet.

    Nearly fell stepping on another one around Winthrop st. Horrible things, clueless architectural gob****ery.


  • #35
    Level 42
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭Level 42


    im in pana most days and when its raining people are slipping all over the place myself included a pure sh1t show in there

    noticed aswell theres an influx of junkies in there lately disgusting


  • #36
    Gamb!t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Gamb!t


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I don't really buy that argument.
    If pavement surface is extremely slippery when wet, does it really matter if it only rains sometimes?

    A surface that is slippery when wet is just as unsuitable for Spain as anywhere else!

    Well there are for example floor tiles out there that when they get wet have been designed to dry quicker and not be as slippery as standard tiles so Id imagine there are the same types for paving.Who's to say that Spanish paving (if true) doesnt have similar mechanism for a warmer and drier country?

    We should have used a different type of paving that can handle large amounts of rain and not be like an ice rink was the point.


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  • #37
    Danzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,190 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    I was going to say no, not at all but then you mentioned the ones on Pana, yes, slippy hoors.


  • #38
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,011 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    I find the footpath on Oliver Plunkett Street can be slippy.


  • #39
    Nigel Fairservice
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,291 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    Cork City is definitely very slippery in the rain. Oliver Plunkett Street can be slippery. I always tried walking on the road instead of the footpath when it rained. On North Main Steet there is a dark border tile every few metres that separates the main paving stones and they're desperate slippy. The tiles outside the library in UCC were terrible as well, as were the steps going down to the Boole basement. They were of a similar material as the tiles outside the library. I think I lost count of how many hoppers people took on those steps in the rain. They eventually covered the end of all the steps in some kind of grit. I'm surprised nobody took a case.


  • #40
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Well they still look sh1t, half the bulbs are blown at any given time too.

    Blame Cork City Council for that. Town is looking shabby under their watch.


  • #41
    c.p.w.g.w
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Same in Limerick city near Supermacs on O'Connell street. The pavement there gets extremely slippery when wet. Almost took a hopper a few times walking by.

    Bedford row that is, links O'Connell Street & Henry Street...it's so fcuking dangerous... can't believe there hasn't been an accident leading to a claim yet


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  • #42
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Completely agree! When I was in college (10 years ago) I had this one pair of boots that didn’t have great grip. Fell a few times, was always in Cork
    City and was those particular tiles. And no I wasn’t drunk, this was in the daytime.


  • #43
    pwurple
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    Yup, I've fallen twice in the last decade or so on those when wet, and my kids loads of times. I've never broken anything, but yes, agreed they appear to be designed for aesthetics rather than functionality. It's embarrassing, and I'm still surprised they haven't sprayed a grip coating or similar on to them.

    Wouldn't have been left in this state by the previous city managers, let's put it that way.


  • #44
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,011 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Nigel Fairservice wrote: »
    Cork City is definitely very slippery in the rain. Oliver Plunkett Street can be slippery. I always tried walking on the road instead of the footpath when it rained. On North Main Steet there is a dark border tile every few metres that separates the main paving stones and they're desperate slippy. The tiles outside the library in UCC were terrible as well, as were the steps going down to the Boole basement. They were of a similar material as the tiles outside the library. I think I lost count of how many hoppers people took on those steps in the rain. They eventually covered the end of all the steps in some kind of grit. I'm surprised nobody took a case.

    Forgot about those ones outside the Boole library. That thing is an absolute death trap in the rain. Had to avoid that when I was in college if it bucketed.


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