[ViveLaVie]

Originally Posted by EyeSight

even when they are punished it's not enough. most youths get a warning the first time. and for the next 5 times they get more warnings or fines after a court appearance. there's nothing scaring them

Agreed. A drunk lad who climbed to the top of the fountain outside Hillbilly's one night a few years ago got three months in jail. THREE MONTHS! And actual criminals are let off with warnings and suspended sentences. It's a total joke.

Here's the link to the climbing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7tYbKC_-E
Loads of guards on the scene.

[grenache]

Originally Posted by gbee

Not related in any way, but Limerick bulldozed a whole estate into the ground, the occupants dispersed and some of them came from the Beautiful Lady to My Home By The Lee.

You're dead right. 3 stabbings in Cork in 3 days, surely some Limerick involvement

[gbee]

Originally Posted by grenache

You're dead right. 3 stabbings in Cork in 3 days, surely some Limerick involvement

You notice I said they are not related in any way.

[Ludo]

Yet you post it in this thread? Of course you are relating them.

[grenache]

Originally Posted by gbee

You notice I said they are not related in any way.

As Ludo said, why the need to mention it then??

[gbee]

Originally Posted by grenache

As Ludo said, why the need to mention it then??

There are social comparisons and solutions, I guess I should have phrased it differently ans said discuss.

[grenache]

Originally Posted by gbee

There are social comparisons and solutions, I guess I should have phrased it differently ans said discuss.

Trying to dig your way out of it with mumbo jumbo isn't going to work. You were clearly linking stabbings in Cork with Limerick. Easier if you just admit it. Or maybe i can give you a shovel to help you with that digging

[EyeSight]

Originally Posted by grenache

Trying to dig your way out of it with mumbo jumbo isn't going to work. You were clearly linking stabbings in Cork with Limerick. Easier if you just admit it. Or maybe i can give you a shovel to help you with that digging

i don't think he was. to me he mentioned that because of the bulldozing, we might get an influx of bad people, making problems worse here

i think it was a little off topic but could be still relevant.

[evilivor]

Nothing to worry about apparently…

Cork City attacks drop by 50% following knife crime initiative

By Eoin English

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The number of assaults using knives in Cork City has dropped by 50% since gardaí launched a knife crime initiative last year.

Gardaí released the figures yesterday after calls from Sinn Féin for Garda action in the wake of two fatal stabbings in the city last weekend. A third man was injured in a stabbing incident on Monday.

One of the fatal stabbings and the Monday stabbing were linked to domestic disputes. Gardaí described the incidents as isolated and said they are not linked.

The spate of attacks prompted Sinn Féin’s justice spokesperson, Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien, to call for immediate Garda action.

He also called on Justice Minister Alan Shatter to rethink his strategy of cutting Garda numbers and closing stations.

"The fact that two people died over the weekend in separate knife incidents is extremely worrying, but meanwhile, the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner are quite happy to reduce the opening hours of Garda stations and close others. It simply isn’t acceptable," he said.

He called for extra Garda resources to be deployed in Cork with a proactive approach to tackling knife crime.

"We need to tackle the culture that sees young people feel that it is necessary and acceptable to carry knives on them as they go about their daily lives," he said.

"I would propose a knife crime awareness and education campaign which would include a type of knife amnesty for the Cork area that has been successful in other areas before."

The PSNI ran a similar initiative in the North in 2006, which resulted in 900 knives being handed in, leading to a 30% drop in knife crime.

But gardaí in Cork said they ran a knife awareness campaign last October, which saw extra high-visibility Garda patrols on the streets to detect people carrying knives.

People were warned that anybody carrying knives for anything other than recreational use would be arrested and brought before the courts.

Last night, gardaí released figures for the Cork City division which showed that knife crime dropped 50% as a direct result of the initiative.

Chief Superintendent Michael Finn also pointed out that no Garda stations have been closed in Cork city so far this year, and that Garda numbers in Cork city are only 10 fewer than in 2007 — from a force of 576 to 566.

"Resources are not an issue in this regard," he said.

In the first three months of 2011, just over 12% of robberies or assaults in Cork City involved knives or other sharp objects.

Many of these incidents occurred late on a Saturday night or early Sunday, and among the items seized by gardaí, or used in crimes, were a meat cleaver, a sword, a machete, handsaw, scissors and a slash hook.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland...#ixzz1uT1srrKI

[Gamb!t]

Originally Posted by evilivor

Nothing to worry about apparently…

Cork City attacks drop by 50% following knife crime initiative

By Eoin English

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The number of assaults using knives in Cork City has dropped by 50% since gardaí launched a knife crime initiative last year.

Gardaí released the figures yesterday after calls from Sinn Féin for Garda action in the wake of two fatal stabbings in the city last weekend. A third man was injured in a stabbing incident on Monday.

One of the fatal stabbings and the Monday stabbing were linked to domestic disputes. Gardaí described the incidents as isolated and said they are not linked.

The spate of attacks prompted Sinn Féin’s justice spokesperson, Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien, to call for immediate Garda action.

He also called on Justice Minister Alan Shatter to rethink his strategy of cutting Garda numbers and closing stations.

"The fact that two people died over the weekend in separate knife incidents is extremely worrying, but meanwhile, the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner are quite happy to reduce the opening hours of Garda stations and close others. It simply isn’t acceptable," he said.

He called for extra Garda resources to be deployed in Cork with a proactive approach to tackling knife crime.

"We need to tackle the culture that sees young people feel that it is necessary and acceptable to carry knives on them as they go about their daily lives," he said.

"I would propose a knife crime awareness and education campaign which would include a type of knife amnesty for the Cork area that has been successful in other areas before."

The PSNI ran a similar initiative in the North in 2006, which resulted in 900 knives being handed in, leading to a 30% drop in knife crime.

But gardaí in Cork said they ran a knife awareness campaign last October, which saw extra high-visibility Garda patrols on the streets to detect people carrying knives.

People were warned that anybody carrying knives for anything other than recreational use would be arrested and brought before the courts.

Last night, gardaí released figures for the Cork City division which showed that knife crime dropped 50% as a direct result of the initiative.

Chief Superintendent Michael Finn also pointed out that no Garda stations have been closed in Cork city so far this year, and that Garda numbers in Cork city are only 10 fewer than in 2007 — from a force of 576 to 566.

"Resources are not an issue in this regard," he said.

In the first three months of 2011, just over 12% of robberies or assaults in Cork City involved knives or other sharp objects.

Many of these incidents occurred late on a Saturday night or early Sunday, and among the items seized by gardaí, or used in crimes, were a meat cleaver, a sword, a machete, handsaw, scissors and a slash hook.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland...#ixzz1uT1srrKI

They obviously don't want panic and fear breaking out hence they will release a statement like this.

[charlemont]

There was a stabbing here on Wellington Rd last night too. A few cars including mine had blood on them so they were taken in for forensics. I'm sure the guy who got stabbed was Polish.

[Herb Powell]

Originally Posted by evilivor

People were warned that anybody carrying knives for anything other than recreational use would be arrested and brought before the courts.

What the fukk

[KCAccidental]

Originally Posted by Herb Powell

What the fukk

you have to cut that block of brie with something while sitting in fitzgeralds park

[Red Hand]

Originally Posted by Herb Powell

What the fukk

I see young fellows whittling away in public all the time.