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Vandalism of Playground at St Anne's cost DCC €20,330

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  • 07-01-2010 4:31pm
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    andywozhere
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭


    The burning down of a play unit in September/October last year at St Anne's Park cost Dublin City Council €20,330. After visiting the playground with my toddler I sent in a freedom of information request to Dublin City Council (DCC) to see if vandalism was a big problem in the DCC area.

    The vandalism of the playground at O'Devaney gardens must have also cost a lot too as the whole playground was destroyed. I know there have been other incidences of playgrounds being vandalised in Dublin and would be interested to hear any other experiences.

    Here's the FOI request detailing incidences of vandalism of Dublin playgrounds.


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    LimeFruitGum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    That's infuriating.:mad::mad:


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    admiralofthefleet
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    thats a disgrace, the playground in st. annes was always a nice place


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    Dord
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    That's awful. :(


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    Táck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,744 ✭✭✭Táck


    people, not i, care more about stuff like the champions league and eastenders then stuff like this.


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    Degsy
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    Thats why community service should be employed more often..let them undo the damage that thier peers have done..they'll soon get sick of having to repair thier own mess and stop doing it.


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    andywozhere
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭andywozhere


    Interesting recent article in the Sunday Tribune entitled Vandalism and burning of Dublin playgrounds cost council €200,000


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    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    AND THEN the pissy teens go moaning that there are no facilities for them. Errrrr...why do you think that is?

    If you go around fking things up for everyone, then don't expect us to accomodate you.


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    Red_Marauder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭Red_Marauder


    WindSock wrote: »
    AND THEN the pissy teens go moaning that there are no facilities for them. Errrrr...why do you think that is?

    If you go around fking things up for everyone, then don't expect us to accomodate you.
    Presumably you understand that most 'pissy teens' aren't vandals:confused:


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    Cadiz
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Cadiz


    How does this kind of thing happen without people seeing or hearing anything?


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    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    It's a huge park. It happened in the middle of the night or the early hours of the morning. From what I can gather they burned a green wheelie bin under one of the kids playthings, I reckon it was burning brightly by the time the Gards and fire services arrived and the culprits were well gone. It's really bad, but how it cost €20,330 is beyond me.


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    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Red_Marauder wrote: »
    Presumably you understand that most 'pissy teens' aren't vandals:confused:

    No. They ALL are ;). Off to the industrial schools with them!


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    tba
    Registered Users Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    Degsy wrote: »
    Thats why community service should be employed more often..let them undo the damage that thier peers have done..they'll soon get sick of having to repair thier own mess and stop doing it.
    I'm unemployed and would love to do this type of thing! Although I reckon that referring to the vandals as my peers would be stretching it.


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