The one in Rathmines went up during Covid. The least likely time in recent history that someone would use a public phone.
They are just there to rent ad space. I’ve never seen anyone use it.
mrlinkwii on
a great idea
Hobgobiln on
how about making them into actual pissers, that’s what they are used for regardless
okdrjones on
The same type of article about removing them pops up every 1-2 years then nothing is ever done about it. Is there not supposed to be penalties against Eir, formally Eircom, for not removing them?
ProfessorCummunist on
> Council engaging with Eir
Wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy
Puzzleheaded-Falcon6 on
Awh it would be lovely if they did something with them rather than removing in their entirety.
HereWeGoAgain666999 on
Say bye to the local piss box
radiogramm on
Eir do a lot of slick and expensive advertising, yet their brand is basically all over dilapidated, pissy, ugly, broken phone boxes in very high foot fall areas
The council should also block and remove any planning permission to replace these with pretend phone boxes that are actually digital advertising hoardings.
They’re basically vandalising the city by not removing these.
Great opportunity for Vodafone, Virgin or 3 to sponsor something nice in the city centre & really rub it in.
“These flower displays are brought to you by … broadband”
Then take some photos of them right next to the eir phone box..
Anustart2023-01 on
But how will Clark Kent put on his Superman costume if we get rid of them.
BlueBloodLive on
Ahh the good ol days, when it was lashing rain or when you needed to roll a joint real quick, those boxes provided more than their basic use!
I like the defib idea that some of them have been turned into, they can definitely still have their uses.
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Somebody was just [pointing this out last week](https://www.reddit.com/r/cork/s/XTdcLW9Hqb) on r/cork
Do they pay attention to what we say on here?
Pity we cant convert them into something else like local information kiosks or phone charging stations.
[wonder how far along we are with this.](https://www.thejournal.ie/ast-of-irelands-payphone-boxes-to-be-removed-over-the-coming-months-6306484-Feb2024/)
I don’t get the new ones either.
The one in Rathmines went up during Covid. The least likely time in recent history that someone would use a public phone.
They are just there to rent ad space. I’ve never seen anyone use it.
a great idea
how about making them into actual pissers, that’s what they are used for regardless
The same type of article about removing them pops up every 1-2 years then nothing is ever done about it. Is there not supposed to be penalties against Eir, formally Eircom, for not removing them?
> Council engaging with Eir
Wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy
Awh it would be lovely if they did something with them rather than removing in their entirety.
Say bye to the local piss box
Eir do a lot of slick and expensive advertising, yet their brand is basically all over dilapidated, pissy, ugly, broken phone boxes in very high foot fall areas
The council should also block and remove any planning permission to replace these with pretend phone boxes that are actually digital advertising hoardings.
They’re basically vandalising the city by not removing these.
Great opportunity for Vodafone, Virgin or 3 to sponsor something nice in the city centre & really rub it in.
“These flower displays are brought to you by … broadband”
Then take some photos of them right next to the eir phone box..
But how will Clark Kent put on his Superman costume if we get rid of them.
Ahh the good ol days, when it was lashing rain or when you needed to roll a joint real quick, those boxes provided more than their basic use!
I like the defib idea that some of them have been turned into, they can definitely still have their uses.
Well it’s not before it’s time.