This afternoon.
Tara street, Dublin.
Mark Coughlan tweetz:
Kids jumping off rail bridge at Liberty Hall into Liffey. Pfft. Mad in the head. The sound of them hitting the water.
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This afternoon.
Tara street, Dublin.
Mark Coughlan tweetz:
Kids jumping off rail bridge at Liberty Hall into Liffey. Pfft. Mad in the head. The sound of them hitting the water.
Normally I am a huge fan of their work, but I am not sure about this, surely that being an active railway line there is some emmm Health and safety issues.
And the 1.5kV DC lines that they’re fairly close to on the sides of the bridge.
Similarly thick tykes jump off the M4 motorway bridge in to the intake pond of a hydro power plant. Underwater currents are strong enough there.
Suppose too late for the olympics.
They don’t call it Butt bridge for nothing! Squeaky bum time.
Only a matter of time before there’s a death. The Gardai need to stop kids jumping in to the Liffey.
Or the kids could just stop jumping in.
Are you saying people need to take responsibility for themselves rather than leaving it to the state?
I think you could be onto something there…but maybe if this was teased out you might even stretch to the idea parents taking responsibility for their children.
typical attack against the working class
Er, yeah, meantime if the Guards could step in directly n the here and now, because a dead kid would spoil everyone’s day.
Nothing illegal about jumping in the Liffey – more power to them. Trespassing onto railway bridges on the other hand…
+1
We’d a purpose built jumpie-offie thing in town in grew up in and I can list on one hand the number of people who ever did a somersault off it. It seems to be the only way to get into the water these days. The kids are alright!
The “parents” will be quick enough on to Joe when they get a flesh eating virus. http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/my-child-was-infected-with-flesh-eating-bug-in-dublin-canal-claims-mother-30368404.html
Humans are a flesh eating virus, with shoes.
They were jumping off the ha’penny earlier. Into what can only be described as floating filth
No swimming pool so suppose next best thing.
It’s a disgrace they don’t have a private swimming pool for each kid
Btw I have no issues with what they are doing. Looks like great craic if you have the balls
At least they’re not sitting at home plugged into an xbix, obesity & early onset diabetes increasing steadily.
fair play
Kids need better swimming facilities in this country the water is such a novelty on a warm day they can’t help themselves.
Same goes for golf courses.
Yeah, 11 year old inner city kids who jump off 50ft train bridges into rivers would obviously spend their days getting up at 6am to do lengths in pools it if we’re on offer
Oh look at you with your bitchy sarcasm. If there were proper facilities those kids would not be taking risks with their lives just to have a bit of fun. What part of that do you not understand?
Kids (and adults) frequently want to do things that may not be entirely safe precisely because the thrill is driven by risk. I doubt that the provision of “proper facilities” will ever change that.
True but when a kid’s mother goes to the bother and expense of buying rubber suits from Lidl to do this, you can be pretty certain that the alternative is much worst?
Is there not a swimming pool in Sean Mac Dermott Street any more?
Genuine question BTW.
Sean Mc still open and recently renovated. also one on Townsend St, 500m away
If only we lived on an island.
Darwin award imminent..
I really hate that stupid bridge.Cuts city center views to the sea and ruins the customs house ,.