Playground in Leap - What’s the story?
Posted on April 22, 2006, by Conor O'Neill, under Cork, Family.
Headed down to Skibb the morning for a few reasons: give the demon children a sleep, get some fish for a fish pie, go to the excellent playground there.
On the way I noticed a fabulous playground in Leap. Beautiful wooden structures all inside a big metal fence. But then I noticed the sign on the gate “closed until further notice”. Anyone know why? If it is due to insurance then I’ll be forced to go to the nearest courthouse, find a savage claiming compo and headbutt them.
How about all responsible citizens sign a disclaimer in perpetuity? “I the undersigned do hereby undertake never to sue the organs of the state when either I or my children hurt themselves making use of state property. In addition I shall strive to seek out those parasites who make the lives of all the rest of us more expensive with their professional victimhood and their constant sueing of the state because of the activities of their numbskull children and I shall encourage them to move to the Blasket islands where they can set up a commune and all sue each other”.
Of course, maybe the playground just isn’t finished yet.
[tags]Leap, Compo, Playgrounds[/tags]
2 Replies to "Playground in Leap - What’s the story?"
conor on October 3, 2006
So they built a playground beside a stream and then thought “oh, I wonder will the rats be a problem?”. And I thought that was only a problem is Dublin playgrounds 
I guess the issue is disease rather than the rats actually hanging around scaring kids.
I wonder is there any solution - fine mesh on the lower 18 inches of the fence? As I said in the original post, it is a beautiful playground. And Leap is a lovely village. It is such a pity it isn’t being used.
kevin jordan on October 2, 2006
Hi Conner, just stumbled over this web site and i notice your conserns over the NEW playground that is completly finished and it,s closed.
Well i have heard it is due to that someone,s got the idea that their are RATS in the small stream that runs just outside the playground. They maybe council RATS