I said Bollards – St Stephens Green mystery

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    • October 4, 2001 at 8:08 pm #705158
      dc3
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      I said Bollards!

      Just noticed today that , on the side of St Stephens Green opposite Iveagh House, all the bollards that were there until relatively recently, (as the remains of the former chain railings that use to run around the Green), are now gone. This demolition must be fairly recent, as some of the debris is still there, and in a couple of cases the gap is filled in by fresh tar.

      Now on at least two other sides of the Green the bollards, or their remains after ill usage, are still there. Did not pass the fourth side.

      One suspects that this move might be due to the problems they undoubtedly posed for car parking nose or tail in, but does anyone know why the bollards are no more?

    • October 6, 2001 at 12:03 pm #717755
      JL
      Participant

      Won’t the Luas run along there? Could they have been moved for that?

      I think the damage to the remaining bollards is due to corrosion of the iron chain fixings which are set into the top centre of the bollards – the metal expands as it corrodes and pops the stone – common on a lot of instances of exposed metal used with stone.

    • October 15, 2001 at 4:43 pm #717756
      Rory W
      Participant

      And what the hell is going on at the Merrion Row corner of the Green?

    • October 15, 2001 at 4:55 pm #717757
      Ronan C
      Participant

      Whats exactly is going on in that corner Rory ?

    • October 15, 2001 at 5:24 pm #717758
      PaulC
      Participant

      Beats me also – unless they are realying the footpaths around the Green – I certainly didnt notice any planning application being posted up anywhere.

    • October 16, 2001 at 9:03 am #717759
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      Could be pavement works….

    • October 16, 2001 at 12:40 pm #717760
      Rory W
      Participant

      Sorry Bit vague – but where the Wolfe Tone Memorial is the open semicircular area is blocked off with Hoardings and there seems to be a lot of builders materials there.

    • October 18, 2001 at 9:37 am #717761
      PaulC
      Participant

      I can confirm that the work being undertaken here is repaving around the green. I passed by yesterday evening and saw that they have a bi-lingual notice up outline what work is to be carried out. In short it is repaving with granite and replacing the existing trees with new ones (4 metres high) – this is necessitated by the presence of a disease.

    • October 20, 2001 at 2:35 pm #717762
      dc3
      Participant

      Yesterday morning a JCB was lifting out some of the bollards on the side facing the Shelbourne Hotel.

    • December 13, 2001 at 10:10 am #717763
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      a stretch of it is repaved now, lovely clean granite with NO chewing gum… YET….

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