Council chiefs have admitted that a section of the recently refurbished Dun Laoghaire Baths remains inaccessible to wheelchair users – but they plan to rectify it this year.
It comes as a disabled man revealed to the Irish Mirror how parts of the upgraded €18million baths are “beyond inaccessible” to him. Sean O’Kelly, who has spina bifida, said he was left shocked after visiting the reopened site on Monday.
The 30-year-old, from Dalkey, told how he made a few attempts to go up a ramp at the baths by himself but said it was “impossible” without needing assistance, and said he was terrified when he had to go back down. However, a spokesperson for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co Council said that while a section at the lower level of the baths is not fully accessible yet, this will be rectified during the second phase of the refurbishment.
