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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

Cork’s only city centre park has been boarded up for 4 months now without a stroke of work being done.

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@MaintainCork

2 months

The state of this tourist sign on Daunt St. It would take 10 minutes to clean it but it’s beyond ⁦ @corkcitycouncil ⁩. As a rate-payer, the idea of giving hard earned money to an organisation that can’t even do the basics is demoralising.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Only opened a couple of years ago, Mary Elmes bridge is filthy. As a ratepayer, the disinterest shown by @corkcitycouncil to the care of our city is disheartening.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Down O’Sullivan’s Quay the lovely 19th century stone bollards and railings are in an awful state. @corkcitycouncil have the equipment and headcount to do this easy job. There culture of barely doing the minimum prevents them from even seeing the need.

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@MaintainCork

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One of these 200yo bridges is in Strasbourg and is maintained by their city council. The other is in Cork and is neglected by @corkcitycouncil . This isn’t hard to do.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

All over the city centre, paved crossings have been allowed to deteriorate for years, with only the occasional primitive splodge of tar to patch them up. Where’s the pride? #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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@MaintainCork

2 months

Nano Nagle bridge is totally manky. 1 hour with the pressure washer would transform it. Unfortunately the pressure washer is like the royal carriage and only gets rolled out for special occasions. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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@MaintainCork

2 months

Nice to see the angle grinder out and a long-dead pole being removed on Lavitts Quay. Good work @corkcitycouncil . There’s a few hundred more around the place but good to see this happening. The whole job took less than an hour.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

These planters on Patrick’s Quay were lovely when they were maintained, but have now been neglected by @corkcitycouncil for years.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

These tree-surrounds/seats on Grand Parade are nice. @corkcitycouncil don’t maintain them though. They allow them to rot, break, then get a contractor in to replace them after they’ve totally fallen apart.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

This row of wooden boxes were put around cracked plaster mouldings in the English Market by @corkcityxouncil in March 2023. 30m down the street, in 2022, a cafe totally restored far more ornate decorative plasterwork in 6 weeks.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

It’s dispiriting to see tourists trying to look at these signs, one of the first things they look at in the city. @corkcitycouncil don’t have the interest or motivation to spend 10 minutes cleaning each of them with some sticker/ink remover. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

This is grand, but a 3 sec video won’t disguise how grimy and poorly maintained the city centre is. Take a look at the pics on this account or take a walk around the city. This isn’t down to the street cleaning staff, it’s a problem of leadership apathy and disinterest.

Cork City Council

@corkcitycouncil

3 months

Like every day, our #cleansingcrews have been out all morning preparing the #City for a very busy day/weekend. We hope that you enjoy the festivities and the best of #Corks #hospitality , #culture and #retail .

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

The culture of @corkcitycouncil and its leadership summed up. The washed patch was to remove graffiti but it highlights how filthy the rest is. Sure, the river-sides of the bridge would take some planning, but at least spend another couple of hours to complete the insides.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Instead of cost-effective preventative or stitch-in-time maintenance, @corkcitycouncil prefers to let stuff fall to pieces, then put out a large tender to an external contractor for a full replacement. The wooden seating on Grand Parade is a small example.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

CCC boarded up the park in Grand Parade in late November, on the premise of imminent development. It has sat there untouched and unavailable to the people of Cork for over 3 months. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

So, CCC’s maintenance cycle rolls on: Expensive replacement tender ⬇️ Lovely new stuff ⬇️ Don’t maintain new stuff ⬇️ Stuff degrades ⬇️ Stuff falls into disrepair ⬇️ Despairing citizens ⬇️ Expensive replacement tender

Cork city centre's tar-patched pedestrian crossings to be fully restored

The city council is poised to publish invitations to tender for the work as a single project

www.irishexaminer.com

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

There are a dozen of these dead poles on Patrick’s Quay alone. After spending millions on the recent upgrades, removing these eyesores was a step too far. There are hundreds more blighting the city centre.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Parliament Bridge is one of Corks oldest bridges. Its beautiful old lamps have been broken for over a decade. Apathy or incompetence by CCC- it must be both at this stage. #CorkCityCouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

22 days

A couple of lamps on the National Monument on Grand Parade are broken. Watch @corkcitycouncil not repair them.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

All over the city, the bike lane wands installed only a couple of years ago are falling apart and filthy. As predicted ⁦ @corkcitycouncil ⁩ won’t maintain them. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

These tourist signs are well produced but @corkcitycouncil don’t maintain them. They are in poor condition all over the city. This stuff is easy. When you hear a ccc exec saying ‘world class tourist destination’, remember that they don’t really mean it.

Jillobee

@Jillobee1

3 months

@what_if_cork @corkcitycouncil @frank_oconnor Such a shame to see historic Red Abbey in Cork city centre so neglected, the Cork Walks sign for tourist’s completely vandalised, bread being left out daily attracting hundreds of pigeons covering everything in cr*p. Not good

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

1 month

Fair play to the gang in @PROC for organising this. If only the organisation we pay to do work this had 1% as much pride in the city they serve.

People's Republic of Cork

@cork

1 month

PROC Chain Gang.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

14 days

Nice to see John Behan’s lovely bronze Swan fountain highlighted by @corkcitycouncil on the hoarding around the park redevelopment. That’s the same fountain that they didn’t maintain for the last 5 years and allowed to fall into disuse and disrepair.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

25 days

1/3 The city CEO may be an efficient administrator. However, I work 6 days/wk in the city centre and in the 10 years of her leadership of CCC I have never seen her there, other than at the odd event. The culture of an organisation starts at the top. The best organisations⬇️

anois

@anoisagency

1 month

. @frank_oconnor & @judesherry added they'd be happy to arrange a walking tour for @corkcitycouncil chief executive Ann Doherty & her team, to “help them understand the realities of life in the city centre surrounded by decay & dereliction” #DerelictIreland

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@MaintainCork

27 days

Great stuff.

Mick Finn

@mickfinn01

28 days

Good to see the rest of South Gate Bridge cleaned (there is lovely limestone there afterall😁) and the collapsed wall being fixed…patience is indeed virtue.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

@corkcitycouncil can’t be arsed taking the 10 minutes required to clean this tourist sign on Coburg St. On the plus side, it has a lovely little plant growing on it now:

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

The lovely lighting installed 2 years ago at the fountain on Grand Parade is starting to g to fail. ⁦ @corkcitycouncil ⁩ maintenance won’t do the simplest tasks. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

19 days

Poor old Parliament Bridge. After a decade of chronic neglect by ⁦ @corkcitycouncil ⁩ it gets hammered by a car. At least now the council will have to repair it. Let’s hope it’s a full repair and cleaning.

Two people hospitalised after car crashes into bridge

Two people were hospitalised after the car they were travelling in crashed into the wall of one of Cork City's oldest bridges.

www.rte.ie

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Hi @timoconnorbl @NoonanJoe @RandomCorkStuff @corkbeo @josefoshea @IdahoNua @MikeMoynihanEx I had a Cork City Council parody account highlighting the lack of maintenance in Cork city centre. It had over 2000 followers until CCC got it suspended last year. I’m trying again.

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@MaintainCork

3 months

Then there’s this huge pointless sign hogging valuable footpath space next to Mary Elmes Bridge. It probably in some EU funding regs that they had to erect it, but not forever surely.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

The ornate mouldings on the English Market facade started to crumble last year. CCC first fenced off half the footpath for 3 months, then put up these wooden boxes. Now nearly a year old - don’t hold your breath. #corkcitycouncilisbroken

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

A great window here into the thinking of @corkcitycouncil ‘s head of operations. He holds a complete contempt for maintaining the city we live in.

Sam 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸

@Samtm023

3 months

After three months of ignoring emails regarding the broken bollard lights on Oliver Plunkett Street, Director of Services David Joyce replied with a non-answer to my query asking if they'd be repaired or replaced. Now, I get this. Absolutely no interest in fixing them.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

19 days

This is the kind of word salad response you get from the guy in charge of maintaining the city centre. It explains a lot.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

8 days

It’s well over a year later but, THEY’RE ACTUALLY FIXING THEM!!

Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

This row of wooden boxes were put around cracked plaster mouldings in the English Market by @corkcityxouncil in March 2023. 30m down the street, in 2022, a cafe totally restored far more ornate decorative plasterwork in 6 weeks.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

25 days

2/3….have a leadership principle of “going to Gemba”, or management by walking around. A certain proportion of a leaders time is spent on the ground, seeing the reality of how products and services are delivered. This exposure to reality leads to speedier⬇️

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

25 days

3/3….and more accurate information flow, driving better decisions. The absence of this leads the painfully slow and inefficient delivery of basic services we see around us in the city. Check out all previous posts for evidence. No dynamic leader would allow this.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

This would be great if we knew that when the first new paving stone gets loose, it gets fixed immediately. That won’t happen so it’s better for everyone if the current crossings are replaced by tar. Not as nice, but fits with the maintenance capacity of CCC.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

It’s more direct this time - the parody element seemed to upset someone in @corkcitycouncil Would appreciate RTs of the tweets so far to spread the word. The intent is to post daily. There’s no shortage of content! Thanks!🙏

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

22 days

An ad for an executive engineer…. 1 self-motivated person with a toolbox, an angle grinder and some pride in their city would work wonders. Imagine what 1 person working in a supportive organisation could get through in a year.

Cork City Council

@corkcitycouncil

22 days

📣 We are #hiring ! 👷‍♂️ Are you an experienced #Engineer ?👷‍♀️ We want to hear from you! 🖱️ To learn more, visit:

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

2 months

This pole 10 metres to the east has been dead for decades. Will be a good test to see if the one above is a one-off or part of a campaign to tidy up our footpaths.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

19 days

Full report on this in The Echo here:

Cork City Council executive accused of ‘kicking can down the road’ on robo-trees

www.echolive.ie

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

@nonorrienocry @corkcitycouncil Business rates is CCC’s biggest income - €103M in 2024 compared to €18M property tax. The budget for street cleaning alone is €8.3M. Honestly, funding isn’t an issue - there is a culture of accepting low standards across CCC operations leadership.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

More insights into the mindset and culture of leadership within @corkcountycouncil :

Michael Moynihan

@MikeMoynihanEx

3 months

Today’s city column: Cork city, maintenance of the infrastructure, and the 300k club.

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

* their - soz

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Cork City Council is broken

@MaintainCork

3 months

Despite there being limited bike parking in the city centre, these two bikes have been abandoned, gathering rust on this stand in Grand Parade for over a year.

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