Limerick city safe at night?

davo2001 · 13-05-2014 4:20pm

Personally speaking I would not walk from Harveys key to arturs key at 4am, especially under sarsfields bridge and around the old dunnes stores. Maybe its just because I'm getting old :-b

zulutango · 13-05-2014 10:18pm

I've often waited for the 4am bus. I wouldn't be concerned in the slightest. The perception of danger in the city centre is far greater than the reality. I'd suggest that you're more at risk in any other Irish city and some of the big towns than you are in Limerick City centre.

Silentcorner · 13-05-2014 10:27pm

zulutango wrote: »

I've often waited for the 4am bus. I wouldn't be concerned in the slightest. The perception of danger in the city centre is far greater than the reality. I'd suggest that you're more at risk in any other Irish city and some of the big towns than you are in Limerick City centre.

Couldn't agree more...in fact I'm willing to bet that if you somehow managed to get a total of people who have claimed to be hassled or assaulted in Limerick City you would get the exact same total of people who claim to have been in Thomond Park the day Munster beat the All Blacks!!!

Totally Tropical · 13-05-2014 10:48pm

audi12 wrote: »

I live in galway and never have i heard anything about sex attacks walk around galway during the day and then do the same in limerick and you will see the difference besides the nice buzz around town in galway you dont have all the scobes you see in limerick ..awful place in my view always try to avoid it ..

And yes some fine people live in limerick of course they do no disputing that

You would take precautions in any city at late hours of the night but as i said before i have had more trouble with drug addicts and undesirables hassling me for money in Cork and Dublin than in Limerick.I wouldn't describe myself as a tough looking person but thankfully i have walked around the centre of Limerick at all hours of the day and night without having any problems.Limerick is no more dangerous than any other urban area.In fact i would go further and say that it's safer than the other major urban areas in Ireland going from my own experience.

893bet · 13-05-2014 11:37pm

davo2001 wrote: »

Personally speaking I would not walk from Harveys key to arturs key at 4am, especially under sarsfields bridge and around the old dunnes stores. Maybe its just because I'm getting old :-b

Well the smart thing would be to take the main route and go up Bedford row to o connell street and on to Patrick Street then.

bennyl10 · 13-05-2014 11:46pm

893bet wrote: »

Well the smart thing would be to take the main route and go up Bedford row to o connell street and on to Patrick Street then.

Exactly! Go this route, plenty of lights if you're anyway concerned
Honestly, she'll be fine.

audi12 · 17-05-2014 12:32pm

topper 75 .. one person was killed in limerick in the past few years how many deaths in limerick from violence enough said

Insect Overlord · 17-05-2014 12:32pm

audi12 wrote: »

topper 75 .. one person was killed in limerick in the past few years how many deaths in limerick from violence enough said

You should read your posts before you submit them. None of that ^^^ makes sense.

audi12 · 17-05-2014 12:33pm

I meant Galway one person killed in Galway it was a mistype

bennyl10 · 17-05-2014 2:13pm

audi12 wrote: »

topper 75 .. one person was killed in limerick in the past few years how many deaths in limerick from violence enough said

Werent you already told to.leave ths thread be and
go about your merry way.with your audi??
Yes youve something you dislike about limerick, we all get that, but jesus youd swear galway was a shining eutopia with no issues at all!

Youve mmade your point, now unless you want to give advice,.helpfull advice in limerick city at night, which is perfectly safe 99.9 percent of the time, why in gods name are you still posting?!

Silly troll is silly

bazz26 · 17-05-2014 2:36pm

audi12 wrote: »

I meant Galway one person killed in Galway it was a mistype

Lol, are you still here?

Mr. G · 17-05-2014 2:45pm

Audi12 is now on a 2 day holiday for trolling and ignoring a mod instruction. This is not a comparison thread of Galway vs Limerick. If you have a problem with a post please report it instead of replying to a troll. Thanks

audi12 · 19-05-2014 10:51pm

bazz26 wrote: »

Lol, are you still here?

I am back

audi12 · 19-05-2014 10:54pm

bennyl10 wrote: »

Werent you already told to.leave ths thread be and
go about your merry way.with your audi??
Yes youve something you dislike about limerick, we all get that, but jesus youd swear galway was a shining eutopia with no issues at all!

Youve mmade your point, now unless you want to give advice,.helpfull advice in limerick city at night, which is perfectly safe 99.9 percent of the time, why in gods name are you still posting?!

Silly troll is silly

Galway has fantastic reputation not just around Ireland but around Europe how do I know because I worked in Dublin etc I heard first hand their views on the city ..limerick on the other hand.. Anyway i dont want to get banned again so im not going to get in to it again.

bennyl10 · 19-05-2014 11:21pm

audi12 wrote: »

Galway has fantastic reputation not just around Ireland but around Europe how do I know because I worked in Dublin etc I heard first hand their views on the city ..limerick on the other hand.. Anyway i dont want to get banned again so im not going to get in to it again.

Obviously dont know many rugby fans

Good choice though.

The Sky · 21-05-2014 12:39pm

I really wouldn't walk the streets at that time now, I've recently been robbed at knife point and it's changed my perspective of this city sadly.

Kess73 · 21-05-2014 2:02pm

audi12 wrote: »

Galway has fantastic reputation not just around Ireland but around Europe how do I know because I worked in Dublin etc I heard first hand their views on the city ..limerick on the other hand.. Anyway i dont want to get banned again so im not going to get in to it again.

Mod Post: You were asked not to post in this thread again. You have now ignored that request a number of times. Short bans and requests to not post seem to get ignored by you, so now your ban from this forum is permanent.

Cityslicker1 · 21-05-2014 6:47pm

You can't really compare Galway with Limerick. They're very different. People like Galway because of it's small town laidback seaside holiday feel. Limerick on the other hand is much bigger, feels a lot more urban and has more of a business vibe than Galway.

Limerick to me is more like a typical 'city' (by Irish standards) than Galway due to the long wide Georgian streets, big buildings, Grid layout etc. Typical cities will always have an element of 'rough' working class areas that maybe Galway has escaped due to the relatively recent population surge that drove Galway to having more of a city status as a result of people relocating there as it started to gain the reputation of being a trendy attractive place to live (professional people with money).

sleepyman · 21-05-2014 9:34pm

Agree with you on all counts.I do think having a higher proportion of working class areas than other cities has hindered it's potential in some ways-possibly companies see the headlines and veer away from investing in the city.
Galway or Kilkenny doesn't seem to have as many problems

Limerick city safe at night?

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