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  • #3752
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    Another shooting in Corduff last night, shot's fired through front window of house. Nothing on the news yet though.


  • #3753
    ciaran76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gun-attack-on-home-linked-with-criminal-38023853.html

    Its mentioned at the end of this article.


  • #3754
    evermore
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭evermore


    Had my living room window smashed with a rock by two teenage thugs in broad daylight in Fernleigh today! They also seemingly smashed a car window a few yards up the road. Also Thursday night there was an abandoned VW Golf left in the estate with windows smashed in, prob used for joy riding


  • #3755
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭septictank


    evermore wrote: »
    Had my living room window smashed with a rock by two teenage thugs in broad daylight in Fernleigh today! They also seemingly smashed a car window a few yards up the road. Also Thursday night there was an abandoned VW Golf left in the estate with windows smashed in, prob used for joy riding

    Were you there? Did they throw it because you seen them, words exchanged?
    It's odd even for scum to put in a front window for no good reason.
    Were they trying to see was someone home so as to break in?
    Just wondering, sorry to hear about your problem.


  • #3756
    evermore
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭evermore


    septictank wrote: »
    Were you there? Did they throw it because you seen them, words exchanged?
    It's odd even for scum to put in a front window for no good reason.
    Were they trying to see was someone home so as to break in?
    Just wondering, sorry to hear about your problem.

    No words exchanged, never seen these guys in my life. I was home alone sitting on the couch watching TV. It’s so unusual as it was still bright out, families out walking etc. The Gardaí think it was just random, but it has left me feeling uneasy. I don’t believe they were trying to break in as they threw the rock from a distance and weren’t up close trying to gain access. It’s all in the Gardai’s hands now so hopefully CCTV will help


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  • #3757
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭septictank


    Crap thing to happen, cheeky little feckers. Like it could have been a group of hardy lads in the house that would given them a hiding.

    Good luck with it, if your renting it's grand if it's your place and the lads get caught, you'll have to have a think, you could get egged or cars keyed so be carefull.


  • #3758
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Serious amount of sirens around the place at the moment. I fear it's not good news, think they're coming from Corduff.


  • #3759
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    Caranica wrote: »
    Serious amount of sirens around the place at the moment. I fear it's not good news, think they're coming from Corduff.

    They were around about that time.
    Probably linked to the petrol bomb attack that happened Saturday.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/petrol-bomb-corduff-4609527-Apr2019/


  • #3760
    Cyclewizard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Cyclewizard


    Break in at Castleknock glade today - apparently late morning, early afternoon, broke in straight through the front door in case anyone sees anything or anyone suspicious.


  • #3761
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Plenty of Garda presence around at the moment. I haven't driven between Blanch and the corporate parks without seeing cop cars driving around or checkpointing all weekend.

    Probably unrelated, but there was a car set alight at the Tyrrelstown educate together secondary school earlier this evening.


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  • #3762
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    The presence is getting bigger. One day alone i counted 27 Garda car's, van's or ASU in my area, maybe more.
    Houses been petrol bombed and loads of raids and shootings.

    Just as i type now Garda are here again.


  • #3763
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,328 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    I read in one of the papers that the Gardaí planned to have checkpoints over the weekend in the Corduff area due to recent events so I guess they are trying to keep on top of that whole situation.


  • #3764
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    miamee wrote: »
    I read in one of the papers that the Gardaí planned to have checkpoints over the weekend in the Corduff area due to recent events so I guess they are trying to keep on top of that whole situation.

    It's not just this weekend, it's everyday now. One of my young neighbors works in a local bar and he said it was really quiet because people are afraid to go out. That's how bad it has become.


  • #3765
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,328 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    God really? I wouldn't be around Corduff or the nearby areas too often so I hadn't noticed, am on the other side of the N3. That is shocking, I feel sorry for the residents there with this going on on their doorstep.


  • #3766
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    miamee wrote: »
    God really? I wouldn't be around Corduff or the nearby areas too often so I hadn't noticed, am on the other side of the N3. That is shocking, I feel sorry for the residents there with this going on on their doorstep.

    It's really bad, worst i have seen all the years i have been here. Everyone is just sick of it. So many good people here too but all it takes is a small number of people to feck things up. Some people are even afraid to go to the shop. That's not a life at all.


  • #3767
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,328 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    It's always a small number ruining things for everyone else. Dreadful.


  • #3768
    horse7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭horse7


    Possible nothing to do when neighborhood watch but if you have virgin media in D15 all landlines are down, broadband is fine, you will hear a dial tone, but you can't ring anyone.


  • #3769
    daymobrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,523 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Does anyone own an Apollo Evade mountain bike, locked with a cable lock? At about 10:45 I came across a group of 8-9 teens, with their schoolbags, opposite Rosehaven apartments (Leo's place). They were trying to remove the cable lock from this bicycle. They kept claiming they owned it (which was complete bs).

    I rang Blanch station twice but no answer so reported it via 112. I followed them to the small green at Luttrell Park Heath where I saw them trying to smash the lock. I approached and told them to leave the bike. My helmet camera was on this time. One of them continued to try to break the lock even while I was talking to them and recording (the chosen video frame purposely blurs the boy so that he cannot be identified). They quickly left and then boarded a city bound train. A bunch of Irish Rail workers at the level crossing said that they did not have the bike with them.

    The bike, with lock still intact, is likely in the train station car park but I did not see it during a quick look. Nor did I see it when I cycled through the car park a few hours later.

    I did get through to the Community Gardai and I have offered to provide the video footage. They all covered their faces when they saw the camera.

    I did not see what school they might be from.


  • #3770
    LorelaiG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 699 ✭✭✭LorelaiG


    horse7 wrote: »
    Possible nothing to do when neighborhood watch but if you have virgin media in D15 all landlines are down, broadband is fine, you will hear a dial tone, but you can't ring anyone.

    Nope, ours was fine. DH was on the phone to his mother at that time last night.


  • #3771
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Video and pictures going around of a break in in Hansfield yesterday during the daytime. Two lads went around the back and just smashed in the window of the back door of the house. Same type of break in as occurred in Hollywoodrath some months ago.


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  • #3772
    AAD
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭AAD


    I've also heard that a house in Mount Symon was broken into last Saturday morning, same kind of technique around the back and broke the lock on the door this time instead of smashing it.


  • #3773
    Phil.x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Phil.x


    Any alarms?

    I see there's a burnt out car on station road today.


  • #3774
    BlazingSaddler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭BlazingSaddler


    AAD wrote: »
    I've also heard that a house in Mount Symon was broken into last Saturday morning, same kind of technique around the back and broke the lock on the door this time instead of smashing it.

    Which road in MS?, anything taken?


  • #3775
    AAD
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭AAD


    It was on Mount Symon dale, not sure what was taken but the place was turned upside down I heard, Gardai are aware of a group hitting the estates in the morning time. I noticed the garda helicopter was over the area for a long time last night as well with the full search light on.


  • #3776
    PaddyBomb
    Registered Users Posts: 954 ✭✭✭PaddyBomb


    Group of 50 teens attack staff of a Chinese restaurant and members of the public with baseball bats in Ongar on Sunday night.

    https://www.thesun.ie/news/4148842/gang-attack-chinese-takeaway-staff-dublin/


  • #3777
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,354 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    PaddyBomb wrote: »
    Group of 50 teens attack staff of a Chinese restaurant and members of the public with baseball bats in Ongar on Sunday night.

    https://www.thesun.ie/news/4148842/gang-attack-chinese-takeaway-staff-dublin/

    Never heard a sniff about it. Anyone witness or hear about it locally?


  • #3778
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    Anyone know what happened last night ? Police sirens everywhere and also helicopter out for ages.


  • #3779
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭septictank


    This I guess.

    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/blanchardstown-gardai-army-dublin-thursday-16352078


  • #3780
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I'd forgotten about that, I was just going to sleep when the helicopter started but I was clearly exhausted because I dropped off easily and didn't wake.

    Have just seen that they found a loaded gun and silencer in the woods in Waterville!!!


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  • #3781
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Helicopter over Waterville/Corduff for last half hour again. At least it's daylight this time


  • #3782
    Daeltaja
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Daeltaja


    In the closing stages of buying a house in Castlefield Hall but this thread doesn't instill me with confidence...

    I grew up in Carpenterstown (not lived in the area for a decade mind) and the misses is from the country but the seeming escalation in crime and anti-social behaviour in is putting doubt in our minds.

    Is it really as bad as it seems?


  • #3783
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Crime, and more particularly anti-social behaviour are issues pretty much everywhere these days, and unfortunately D15 is no different. That said, I don't believe that it's any worse than other parts of Dublin. I've lived here for 15 years (relatively close to Castlefield Hall) and I've never had a single reason to worry about crime or my own personal safety in that time. Sure the Garda helicopter flies over occasionally, but it also flies over my parents house in a respectable part of south Dublin occasionally as well.


  • #3784
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Daeltaja wrote: »
    In the closing stages of buying a house in Castlefield Hall but this thread doesn't instill me with confidence...

    I grew up in Carpenterstown (not lived in the area for a decade mind) and the misses is from the country but the seeming escalation in crime and anti-social behaviour in is putting doubt in our minds.

    Is it really as bad as it seems?

    It's actually difficult to say for a new estate. D15 is vast and has pockets of badness that are five minutes walk away from perfectly nice spots. So, opposite Castlefield Hall you have Mount Symon; which is a lot of young families and no real trouble (Google the area + Gardai - in this case there was a minor drug dealer arrested and some teachers who got into a pub crawl brawl, hardly petrol in the window stuff). Turn left and walk down to the Clonsilla road and there's plenty of nice settled estates. Turn right and walk across the Ongar distribution road and you're into Hartstown/Huntstown and a different setup, but again some roads/estates are fine and some attract the scaldies (I used to live in at the back of the Eurospar and it was a mixed bag).

    The big unknown a lot of people focus on in a new estate is how much social housing is going in or if the developer is putting it somewhere else / allocating it elsewhere. And the impact of it if it is in is also unknown.

    What I would remark is that buying there, within a very short walk of Clonsilla train station, you'll likely keep the value of your home if you end up not liking it.


  • #3785
    Daeltaja
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Daeltaja


    Thanks for the insights folk. It's a similar situation in Leopardstown where I'm renting at the moment. Right on the Luas line, surrounded by lovely estates and greenery, but 5 minutes down the road and you're in Ballyogan.

    We'll just invest in some proper home security and make friends with the neighbours!


  • #3786
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I think a lot of minor crime gets more media coverage these days you are more aware of it. And there are threads like this one...

    But city wide, and perhaps country wide, it feels like crime is increasing everywhere.
    My own theory is that is used to be more localised, but perhaps due to increasing wealth and mobility of those involved in crime,
    that general crime is more distributed than it used to be. You have urban gangs on crime spree in rural areas things like that. Using the Luas etc.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/crime-rate-increases-significantly-over-past-year-1.3443096
    https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/sharp-rise-in-violent-crimes-since-last-year-913281.html

    Then of course there is well known issue (scandals?) of crime stats being miss reported.
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/health-warning-on-garda-stats-unlikely-to-be-lifted-before-2022-cso-1.3857341


    So parts of D15 are rough enough, and some parts are full of millionaires. But remember D15 is the roughly size of Waterford, Galway or Limerick.


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  • #3787
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Daeltaja wrote: »
    Thanks for the insights folk. It's a similar situation in Leopardstown where I'm renting at the moment. Right on the Luas line, surrounded by lovely estates and greenery, but 5 minutes down the road and you're in Ballyogan.

    We'll just invest in some proper home security and make friends with the neighbours!

    I'm up in Hollywoodrath. So far 1 break in, and they took nothing - owners were away, they literally smashed in the window (modern doors and windows it's the only route in unless you've got acres of time) set the alarm off and were gone. If you have some cameras plus a monitored alarm and a decent neighborhood whatsapp group you'll be grand. Video going round recently of a house getting done, it had no alarm despite cameras apparently.


  • #3788
    Jebus Diced
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭Jebus Diced


    Homeowner holds off 'thugs' while at knifepoint...
    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/heroic-homeowner-holds-thugs-knifepoint-16416609


  • #3789
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭septictank


    Some here might remember the 3 kids going door to door looking for sponsership for walks and the like. Well they are back, same ones only a few years older, same old photocopy of a card with no info on it. Used to be the mother following them in a car, now it's the dad.
    Don't think they are scoping houses , just out to get the cash.


  • #3790
    Jaster Rogue
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Jaster Rogue


    septictank wrote: »
    Some here might remember the 3 kids going door to door looking for sponsership for walks and the like. Well they are back, same ones only a few years older, same old photocopy of a card with no info on it. Used to be the mother following them in a car, now it's the dad.
    Don't think they are scoping houses , just out to get the cash.


    What part of D15?


  • #3791
    Gio2
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Gio2


    Jaster Rogue wrote: »
    What part of D15?

    They were around Waterville on monday


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  • #3792
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭septictank


    Jaster Rogue wrote: »
    What part of D15?

    Laurel, lodge, and down towards the village.

    Used to have a St Margarets school on the card, but it's just a green plain one now.

    The girl is 12-14 nowI'd say, parents just pushing them out begging, prenty of names on the card.


  • #3793
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    septictank wrote: »
    Laurel, lodge, and down towards the village.

    Used to have a St Margarets school on the card, but it's just a green plain one now.

    The girl is 12-14 nowI'd say, parents just pushing them out begging, prenty of names on the card.

    Get a reg and report them.....


  • #3794
    ongarboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Daeltaja wrote: »
    In the closing stages of buying a house in Castlefield Hall but this thread doesn't instill me with confidence...

    I grew up in Carpenterstown (not lived in the area for a decade mind) and the misses is from the country but the seeming escalation in crime and anti-social behaviour in is putting doubt in our minds.

    Is it really as bad as it seems?

    Realistically, a neighbourhood watch forum is only going to discuss crimes or dodgy sightings the same way the court pages of a local newspaper will only report all the offences committed/prosecuted in an area and not any of the positive things going on. Such reportings will not be a statement or reflection of the general state and well being of an area.

    As someone said earlier, social media tends to amplify negative incidents and make them seem more widespread. There will and always has been occasional crime in every post code in the country.

    I would say the location of Castlefield Hall is in a perfectly safe neighbourhood surrounded on all sides by more established and highly reputable residential estates. Most homes going in any or all of these neighbourhoods would be 300K to 400K (or more) and would require one or two working adults to afford or make mortgage repayments...suggesting they have little time to be involved in dodgy dealings/petty crime/anti social behaviour. Criminals from outside the area would equally target homes in Castleknock, Foxrock, Dalkey so this area is as safe (or as vulnerable) as any other typically more upmarket address.


  • #3795
    Jacinta086
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Jacinta086


    I witnessed a gang of 4 youths steal a bike from Coolmine train station today at 15.25.

    I was stuck the other side of the level crossing with them for some time so i got a good look at all of them. I had a feeling they were up to no good so I kept an eye when i seen them go towards the bike dock.

    They were struggling to break the lock so i started shouting at them to say i was calling the guards but they just got more aggressive with it and managed to break it free. I'm so sad to think of someone coming home from work this evening to find their bike is gone, i used to cycle to work every day and i know how attached you can get to your bike.

    These were nothing but kids; 14 or 15 maybe.
    I did ring the guards straight away.
    I know they have CCTV on that level crossing so if the guards want to catch them they certainly can, but I've a feeling this isn't their first rodeo and nothing will happen.

    Not sure if i even should have gotten involved as i had my 4 month old in the buggy beside me. So saddening to see this going on on your door step and nothing being done about it


  • #3796
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I think you'd be crazy to leave a bike there. You only see mangled bikes attached to the racks.

    There's lockers there if you really need to leave a bike there.


  • #3797
    daymobrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,523 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Jacinta086 wrote: »
    These were nothing but kids; 14 or 15 maybe.
    I did ring the guards straight away.
    I know they have CCTV on that level crossing so if the guards want to catch them they certainly can, but I've a feeling this isn't their first rodeo and nothing will happen.
    "if the guards want to catch them" - about a month ago I saw a larger group trying to break the cable lock on a bike. I approached them and they hid their faces because my helmet camera was on. They didn't stop. I rang the station twice and no answer. Rang 999. Then rang Community Gardai and gave details. I offered the helmet camera footage but I was never contacted by them.

    If your only mode of transport is a bike it's worth way more than the monetary value.


  • #3798
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    About 80% of the bikes I see in the area are not locked and most of the one that are are locked very poorly. They won't stop unless people make it harder.


  • #3799
    Jacinta086
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Jacinta086


    I just hate the attitude of "well people shouldnt park their bikes there", i just wish we lived in a place that you could leave your bike somewhere without it being lifted in a nano second, like other places in Europe.

    The guard didn't take my number, just got the feeling like they didn't care. I know some of the recent robbery's in Riverwood were youths so could be the same guys.


  • #3800
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    You don't like the attitude of someone giving sensible realistic advice???

    Use the lockers not the rack. If people leave a expensive bike there not locked or locked with a toy lock they are simply encouragingly these thefts.

    Would you lock an iPhone to the bike rack with a cheap lock. Or leave it outside a shop unlocked? That's what people are doing.

    I don't know where in Europe you could leave a bike and it not get stolen. Even in Holland there is bike theft.

    https://www.bike-eu.com/sales-trends/nieuws/2013/02/bike-theft-in-holland-becomes-export-business-1019235?vakmedianet-approve-cookies=1&_ga=2.220072336.888072054.1561359201-1170131837.1561359201


  • #3801
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    I was walking my 2 nephews the other day over at IT Blanchardstown. Twin buggy, only 9 months old and 3 and a half.
    A group of young travellers were there and had bb guns firing pellets at people.

    No fear in them at all, They were going to shoot at me and my Nephews untill they copped on that they didn't know i had something. A 40kg dog and they crapped themselves when they seen her charging after i called her. Ha Ha.
    Karma.


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