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I didn't think you were referring to the water TBH.

shtpEdthePlum

corkie wrote: »

Exclusive: Party Barge plan for The Lough as Cork to get safe 'Outdoor Session Zones'
^^^ Posted on the 01/04/2021 so take that into account.

Lough is a wildlife sanctuary, and nobody swims there so I don't see this ever been granted planning permission.

Whatever about April fool could they not put in a toilet and fix the fucking footpath.

discostu1

The original toilets have their own history #allegedly :P

ACitizenErased

Augeo wrote: »

I didn't think you were referring to the water TBH.

the post above is about a waterslide barge for april fools

Cape Clear

Augeo wrote: »

The system is functioning well enough so that such an incident is an outlier, to be fair. The standby list mitigates against such events, and I did see the person was also on a standby list.

Administering 6/7m doses won't be flawless.

You can rest assured that particular healthcare worker has put in more than a few sub par shifts over their career (like the rest of us) and made a mistake or three on the job also.

The slower the roll out the higher the death toll is the stark reality.

Heckler

discostu1 wrote: »

The original toilets have their own history #allegedly :P

Big time. There was a time you wouldn't walk around the inside of the Lough day or night. Those toilets became a drug and gay hookup in the 80's. Seedy as feck. Some mad feens around the inside. Carmodys etc.

112143

I passed bells field last night, it was absolutely jointed.
Easily the biggest crowd I've seen since lockdown began.

pwurple

Did I see the CUH dropped to 4 patients now, Mercy still 0. That’s great!


I was talking to a GP the other day about it. He said it’s the usual HSE story . He had applied for around 100 doses of vaccines for his over 85’s group. 100 vials were delivered instead. (Those have a few doses each). So he phoned and said was he to send some back. No, the response was to administer them all. So he did, got the groups from 70-85+ done. The second doses that appeared though were just 100 doses only. So he can’t do the others second jab.

Also, this Gp led system relies on people actually having a GP. The last time my mum saw a GP was 40 years ago... that GP is long dead, she isn’t on any list.

They were also asked to vaccinate people with BMI over 40. High BMI does not necessarily mean sick... so, he had a handful of patients, maybe 5 who fell into that category on their filing system, but hadn’t seen some of them in a decade. Are they still his patients? Do they still have high BMI?

The HSE doesn’t actually have any electronic system for national patients, it’s all fragmented data in various hospitals. GPs usually buy their own patient management software.

I don’t know why the HSE didn’t just commission something like the Voxpro driving license system... they seem to have an IT aversion.

Pen Rua

112143 wrote: »

I passed bells field last night, it was absolutely jointed.
Easily the biggest crowd I've seen since lockdown began.

I definitely have sympathy for residents of both Bells Field & The Lough areas. We had similar issues where I grew up in Galway (crowds, noise, parties etc). We've never had the reported bin burnings of St Patrick's Day though. My parents would have called the Gardaí to disperse crowds on occasion.

Equally though, I know that this is part & parcel of living beside a public amenity like Bells Field or The Lough. On a fine day, people will gather, they will drink, they will have loud music. It's not like these areas are private property.

Equally, people have a responsibility to be courteous and clean up after themselves. I've only been over to Bells Field a handful of times, but I don't recall seeing many / any bins for people to drop their rubbish. There's no bins on the route in/out that I can recall.

Are the gatherings at The Lough / Bells Field exasperated by COVID, or, is this a regular occurrence during the summer? I don't remember furore in my first summers in Cork.

the beer revolu

Massive crowds on Kennedy Quay yesterday evening. I'd say Goldberg's are making an absolute packet!

fin12

whatever76 wrote: »

Hearing Bells field ( top of patricks hill) is being closed off the weekend , due to Crowds and anti social behavior !

Not closed , passed by yesterday . Plenty of people around and great to see . F*ck this lockdown, going on too long .

Heckler

Pen Rua wrote: »

I definitely have sympathy for residents of both Bells Field & The Lough areas. We had similar issues where I grew up in Galway (crowds, noise, parties etc). We've never had the reported bin burnings of St Patrick's Day though. My parents would have called the Gardaí to disperse crowds on occasion.

Equally though, I know that this is part & parcel of living beside a public amenity like Bells Field or The Lough. On a fine day, people will gather, they will drink, they will have loud music. It's not like these areas are private property.

Equally, people have a responsibility to be courteous and clean up after themselves. I've only been over to Bells Field a handful of times, but I don't recall seeing many / any bins for people to drop their rubbish. There's no bins on the route in/out that I can recall.

Are the gatherings at The Lough / Bells Field exasperated by COVID, or, is this a regular occurrence during the summer? I don't remember furore in my first summers in Cork.

Dunno about Bells Field but the Lough situation is defo exasperated by covid. Its always busy in good weather but usually more with people walking. Now its large groups sitting at the church end. I have no problem with that just wish they would clean up after themselves.

Some portaloos should be provided in the summer months/good weather. No Lough resident should have to be putting up with ****e and piss in their locale nevermind in their gardens.

shtpEdthePlum

Having lived in both the Bell's Field and Lough areas, Bell's Field was mostly frequented by either junkies and young couples when I lived there, or maybe a group having a game of ball and a few cans. All of Cork was open so people were probably too distracted to enjoy it properly and there were never crowds.

The Lough has always been full of groups of people. Every summer with reasonably good weather, people come in their droves and sit by the water. Same with Fitzgerald's Park and the Carrigrohane road. There aren't enough scenic spots provided given the size of the population. And you can only access the old dump by car so most people can't go there.

Heckler

Suns out again already. Lough is gonna be mobbed today.

the beer revolu

fin12 wrote: »

Not closed , passed by yesterday . Plenty of people around and great to see .

Great to see littering?
Great to see antisocial behaviour in a residential area?
Great to see bottles smashed on the road?
Great to see bins stolen and set alight?

Yeah, great.

Heckler

the beer revolu wrote: »

Great to see littering?
Great to see antisocial behaviour in a residential area?
Great to see bottles smashed on the road?
Great to see bins stolen and set alight?

Yeah, great.

Littering is bad everywhere for sure. Thats the least of it.

No anti-social behaviour, bins on fire or smashed bottles down the Lough.

Just people out relaxing and enjoying the good weather.

Why's that not happening in Bells Field ?

Heckler

Heckler wrote: »

Suns out again already. Lough is gonna be mobbed today.

Saw a guy have a dip at 9am... His buddies on bench with tunes etc.... They out early to hog a bench.

Workers out and all / most rubbish from yesterday removed.

Heckler

Heckler wrote: »

Littering is bad everywhere for sure. Thats the least of it.

No anti-social behaviour, bins on fire or smashed bottles down the Lough.

Just people out relaxing and enjoying the good weather.

Why's that not happening in Bells Field ?

There was a chap arrested at the lough so he was up to something anyway.

shtpEdthePlum

Augeo wrote: »

There was a chap arrested at the lough so he was up to something anyway.

"Anti-social behaviour", which is the guards' new way of describing socialising with friends.

Heckler

So 1 person arrested at the Lough. Why were there no arrests at Bells Field ?

shtpEdthePlum

shtpEdthePlum wrote: »

"Anti-social behaviour", which is the guards' new way of describing socialising with friends.

Incorrect, there'd have been 100s arrested at The Lough if that was the case, you can rest assured he was acting the maggot.

shtpEdthePlum

At the Lough they were suburban middle class teenagers, at Bells Field they were tougher city lads.

Which one is easier to arrest?

The Lough is a few hundred yards from a heroin supermarket. It's as inner city as bells field.
How to you know the background of who was arrested? No scum at The Lough? Lol
Greenmount (lough parish), ballyphehane & togher has bred hardened criminals for decades.

undertaker fan 88

Here's a photo from a area known as the wella in togher. And another from the docks yesterday... This is mental like

ACitizenErased

undertaker fan 88 wrote: »

Here's a photo from a area known as the wella in togher. And another from the docks yesterday... This is mental like

If they weren’t out there they’d likely be having house parties inside so I don’t see the issue tbh. Been said hundreds of times, the risk outside is barely even calculable.

undertaker fan 88

The docks picture is up this is the wella it never loaded

Be right back

undertaker fan 88 wrote: »

The docks picture is up this is the wella it never loaded

Where is that place in Togher? Never heard of it.

titan18

ACitizenErased wrote: »

If they weren’t out there they’d likely be having house parties inside so I don’t see the issue tbh. Been said hundreds of times, the risk outside is barely even calculable.

Grand for covid. Less grand for how they leave the place. No one should have to go for a walk around the Lough and see loads of rubbish around the place, and no one living there should have their garden be used as a public toilet.

titan18

Be right back wrote: »

Where is that place in Togher? Never heard of it.

Think it's off Tramore Road

ACitizenErased

titan18 wrote: »

Grand for covid. Less grand for how they leave the place. No one should have to go for a walk around the Lough and see loads of rubbish around the place, and no one living there should have their garden be used as a public toilet.

I think the council should have installed the large bins and portaloos tbh