8 Catherine Place Limerick

Raiser

Stopped to answer the phone here this morning and got a fright when my 2 year old start investigating the possibilities here - I unfortunately took the snap from a 45 degree angle so its a poor illustration; but theres two missing railings here and definitely enough room for a small child to fall the [approx.] 12 feet to the concrete below

At least theres a Solicitors office nearby :rolleyes:

- Who should this appalling fcukwittedness be mentioned to; I suppose I should just call the Corpo and let them track down the owners ?

hobie

My vote is to melt down the RH "Statue" and make some railing posts to fix the above problem ....

highlydebased

hobie wrote:

My vote is to melt down the RH "Statue" and make some railing posts to fix the above problem ....

LMFAO

I have seen these railings, and other pretty dangerous ones too. I guess contacting the corporation is the only thing to do...

billy the squid

hobie wrote:

My vote is to melt down the RH "Statue" and make some railing posts to fix the above problem ....

Hobie, please refer to the charter in relation to people seeking assistance.

Your best bet is to contact the City Council, they have the power to order a building owner to maintain their buildings.

Google reveals that it is also known as Lisadell house

altered121

suggest the moderators remove the pic as the company in the bronze plate are not responsible for the public falling.. liability would be the land lord of the building in question unless tenents had removed said railings. ( unlikely, and no, I am not the owner or tenent)

billy the squid

I believe that the user was alluding to the fact that there was a solicitors office there should someone decide to fall through the railings and require his services. I do not believe he was accusing them of anything.

Jumpy

I have noticed a lot of the missing railiings are being filled in with coathanger wire strung between the remaining posts. Its an eyesore.

Raiser

billy the squid wrote:

I believe that the user was alluding to the fact that there was a solicitors office there should someone decide to fall through the railings and require his services. I do not believe he was accusing them of anything.

Thanks Billy - I will state that it would be inadvisable and foolish to accuse anyone of anything without being in possession of all of the relevant information.

However, personally [and this is only my opinion and should in no way imply that I am assigning responsibility to ANY party] I would avoid any person, business or organization who happily carries out their day to day activities 16 feet away from a serious health hazard which could quite easily cause some poor child to spend the rest of their days brain damaged in a wheelchair.

Raiser

Just to add that the last time I passed these Railings they were still in a state of wanton, careless, negligent disrepair.

3 years and 3 months is ample time to effect a simple repair such as this which is totally necessary to prevent a horrible accident - even for a Cowboy Outfit as embarrassingly feeble and laughable as Limerick City Council.

- Also for the record I'd like to say that I appreciate hobie's input on this thread and take it at face value for what it was - a bit of harmless fun.

Gneez

I was walking past 8 catherine place about a year ago and someone hurled a glass jar filled with black liquid at my head from the second floor, missed braining me by a hairs breadth. true story.