Stab City

limerickbabe

Well as you can see from my thread Im soooo p***** off with slagging from everyone I meet cos iM FROM THE DREADED STAB CITY. Jesus I get a lot of stick from my mates (not from the area) people Ive just met or even my college lecturers. Well Ive had enough now from Everyone!!!!

Give a girl a break so what Im from Limerick Do people think Ive never heard it b4 like 'not to mess with me or else Ill get u later with a knife ' whooopsie

People are so stuck up with their attitudes Ive hardly ever met any1 in Dublin who has even been to Limerick So what is their prob. Fair enough the media has nothing else better to talk about. But still I have it up to the teeth. Most of the country is full of knackers but our knackers seem to get more attention then any where else Why is that?????

logic1

She seems angry, quick hide the knives.

.logic.

Gordon

For many reasons, maybe this would be better in the Midwest forum...

Beruthiel

I'm afraid you're gonna have to live with it

I live in Dublin, I get slagged for being a culchie all the time
go with the joke
yup I'm a culchie, that makes me infinitely superior to the rest of you jackeens
Or
Yup I’m from Limerick and you say one more thing about my beautiful city
I’ll feckin stab ya to death
also
you could say

wow funny joke
never heard that one before
you should be on stage

Humour is always the best way to go in these situations and shows you don’t give a crap

limerickbabe

its gettin on my nerves though

limerickbabe

Funny enough some people from dub that are from what could be tagged as bad areas are quite sensitive if people say its a dive like blanch or tallaght

Beruthiel

Originally posted by Gordon
For many reasons, maybe this would be better in the Midwest forum...

do what you feel is best Gordie
my heads elsewhere today

robo

Hi limerickbabe, I am going to stick up for you. I spent a weekend in Limerick a few months ago, and I enjoyed it. The pubs were fine, the people were friendly...I had no complaints about the city. But yes I did get comments from my friends about my choice of location...so when I came back I did inform them that I felt safe, the city is fine!
It is just narrow-mindedness!! And it will always be there! No way of getting rid of it unfortunately and the bad press coverage doesn't help! There are bad areas, estates in every city, town and village. Whether it be only 1 person or a gang that give the area a bad name...it doesn't matter, unfortunately in Ireland, mud sticks!

So I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed my weekend away in Limerick!

limerickbabe

jaysus ive got some dodgy pm messgaes telling me to stop ranting about limk!!

Im scared now

robo

Originally posted by limerickbabe
jaysus ive got some dodgy pm messgaes telling me to stop ranting about limk!!

Im scared now

Hey Mods, can she name and shame these users???

Drazhar

limerick feckin rules. ive lived here for 5 years, and never been in trouble. Seen some, caused some, but never been 'in' any.

recently with the new club, Trinity Rooms, opening (i know it was just Docs done up) all the clubs have had to do themselves up and let in people. No more, "Sorry, not tonight". tis great. plus if your a student, you get to experience "The Slodge"

ok, i agree that some people here are a bit dodgy (read: feckin deadly) but hey, thats every city in the world. there just a bit prouder about it in Limerick.

Victor

Originally posted by Drazhar
limerick feckin rules.

Indeed - the only place where I have seen two french girls use the guys showers......

passive

Indeed - the only place where I have seen two french girls use the guys showers......

care to elaborate?

Victor

Originally posted by passive
care to elaborate?

Youth Hostel, Percy Place (?) c. 1997. Damned opaque plastic shower screen in the way though

Auburn

limerickbabe you should just laugh it off. It's just harmless fun. Or take the pi$s out of where they're from. That'll shut them up

I know people from the north and I start talking about bombs, etc. to annoy them when they start making jokes. Or start taking off the Dublin accent when you're talking to someone from Dublin.

And I must add that after they visit Limerick for a night out they all admit that it's not so bad and they like the crowd in the pubs, night clubs, etc., not what they expected at all!! Like anywhere else, it's only a minority of trouble makers

logic1

Originally posted by Victor
Youth Hostel, Percy Place (?) c. 1997. Damned opaque plastic shower screen in the way though

The life of a pervert must be so tough.

.logic.

echomadman

Meh, I'm from limerick, its got a bad rep (somewhat deservedly) but dermot morgan has a lot to answer for, scrap saturday started the ball rolling on the whole stab city malarkey, If he was alive today i'd give him such a stabbing....


I feel more threatened walking around here in ennis tbh, these country boys are unpredictable after a few beers

memphis

Limerick is only rough cos the media make it rough. Limerickbabe, just laugh off the slaggings.

I work in Dell (I'm a Tipperary man) and the slagging I get is unreal. I just slag back. Its in our Irish nature to slag each other.

Its all good clean fun, just slag back.

If you show that the slagging is irriatating you people will target you even more..... is kinda like a verbal form of bullying, fight back girl... you'll survive.

The Beer Baron

If he was alive today i'd give him such a stabbing....

- hehehehehe :cool:

Honestly, Dublin, I mean, really...why would you even care?

I remember these Dubs used to say, "I wuz in Limerick, it's a sh1thole."
"yes", I would reply, "but it's my****hole.
Memphis is right, just slag them back- I mean there's a lot about Dublin you can slag them about.


I remember when I was in Dublin, and yeah, Dubs seem to think their's is the nicest town in the whole wide world.
Aw yes, and I can see why, the hanging highrise gardens of Killbarrack and affordable taverns, the colourful characters you meet coming back on the Dart after dark, "S'good stuff yeeh? Cookid up kwik will ye? Whadda youze loohkin' at?."
Ah yes, mostly I remember the friendly non-judgemental and, most of all welcoming people, "excuse me, I need to get to a hospital..." "Ahh yeeh? Up frum d'****ry ahr ye?"

Fair enough- Limerick's really tough in places, but I feel a thousand times safer there than I ever did in Dublin and a lot more welcome too. That might sound strange to some people (Limerick-bashers) but it's true.
Having said that, I don't think I could ever move back there. It's being developed a lot these days and I hardly recognise the place no more.

Atreides

Limerick is basically a Decent place, only one estate that has all the real trouble (around keeper hill) and only two families causing it, apart from that limerick is fine. Dublin on the other hand is a different story altogether and would be allot better if it could say the same.

The Beer Baron

only one estate that has all the real trouble (around keeper hill)

There's more than one, "deprived area" (as RTE likes to call them) in Limerick.

and only two families causing it

Well there's more than 2 families too for that matter, actually there's a lot of hardcases, headcases and scumbags in Limerick- and and a lot of drugs, guns violence, and yes, stabbings.
But the media doesn't talk about any incidents that don't take place within the city itself. And there's a bias, if a kid from UL gets the crap kicked out of him in the city centre then you can be damn sure it''ll make headlines in the local papers. If a kid of the same age from Moyross, Southill or Weston gets a similar beating in their own area the only way you'll hear about it is if someone tells you. The violence in Limerick is there- I'm not gonna say it's not, if you think it isn't you're not really living there.

Still, it's not of a scale that one would find in Dublin.
You can get on a bus in Limerick and there won't be guys at the back with a biro, a lighter, some tinfoil and a block of skag. Closest you'll get's a coupla winos hanging out near the bus station. Dublin has a HUGE drug problem- HUGE. I suppose because it's a capital city and that's what happens.

Basically, to say Limerick doesn't have a serious crime problem is a little silly. But for it to be demonised as the ruffest town in Ireland is wrong, really wrong.

John2002

I've lived in Limerick for the bulk of my life and to be honest I've never had any major hassles here. I lived in Dublin also and I feel much safer in Limerick than up there.

Limerickbabe, I guess you'll just have to grin and bear the slags from the ignorant people. They just don't know any better.

IgnatiusJRiley

Having never been to Limerick I can categorically say it deserves it's reputation.

robo

Originally posted by IgnatiusJRiley
Having never been to Limerick I can categorically say it deserves it's reputation.

How or what gives you the right to say that about anywhere that you have never been to?

Btw, I am not from Limerick.

Atreides

Originally posted by The Beer Baron
There's more than one, "deprived area" (as RTE likes to call them) in Limerick.



Well there's more than 2 families too for that matter, actually there's a lot of hardcases, headcases and scumbags in Limerick- and and a lot of drugs, guns violence, and yes, stabbings.
But the media doesn't talk about any incidents that don't take place within the city itself. And there's a bias, if a kid from UL gets the crap kicked out of him in the city centre then you can be damn sure it''ll make headlines in the local papers. If a kid of the same age from Moyross, Southill or Weston gets a similar beating in their own area the only way you'll hear about it is if someone tells you. The violence in Limerick is there- I'm not gonna say it's not, if you think it isn't you're not really living there.

Still, it's not of a scale that one would find in Dublin.
You can get on a bus in Limerick and there won't be guys at the back with a biro, a lighter, some tinfoil and a block of skag. Closest you'll get's a coupla winos hanging out near the bus station. Dublin has a HUGE drug problem- HUGE. I suppose because it's a capital city and that's what happens.

Basically, to say Limerick doesn't have a serious crime problem is a little silly. But for it to be demonised as the ruffest town in Ireland is wrong, really wrong.

Mainly two families killing each other, mainly from one area. No body claimed limerick didn't have problems. I never said i lived there, I live in dublin, and yes there is a huge drug problem, most of it seems to centre around cocaine.

Samson

Originally posted by robo
How or what gives you the right to say that about anywhere that you have never been to?

I somehow imagine it was an attempt at humour.

bucks73

I am from Limerick also and have been going out in the city centre at weekends for the last 13-14 years and have only ever had hassle once.

I love Limerick and wouldnt live anywhere else in this country. Sure it has its fair share of scumbags but which city doesnt. If you stick to where you know at night you will be grand.

As for the idiots sending you the PMs, best thing is to ignore them. By responding to them you are acknowledging them which they do not deserve.

kano476

passed through limerick for the first time in my life a while ago and i have to say that the city centre looks fantasic with all the new development, limerick probably gets its rep because its crime rate for a place its size. evey place in ireland has trouble wiht bad people. There are also gangs in evry major city in ireland. they mightent get any press but they are there trust me. Its just because the keanes and the ryans have decided to destroy each other, with limericks already established rep that causes all the attention.

Capt'n Midnight

Anyone listening to the media would never think Limerick is the third biggest city in the country (fifth biggest on the Island ?) judging by the number of times it appears on the news / current affairs / other programs in contexts other than crimes and other bad news.

You need to get the media involved.

Now decentralistaion of Goverment depts - this is a pet hate of mine. Apart from one estate in Limerick all the areas with over 90% unemployment are in Dublin - still no sign of ANY Govt depts being decentralised to these areas..

(BTW: last time I was in Limerick overnight, my mates car radio was stolen )
And a I've met a lot of people who left limerick in the 1980's and had no intention of returning.

But it used to have cheap houses - is this still true ?

Dublin is getting worse - lots of scumbags getting the Dart to Blackrock / Dun Laoghaire - bit a burglerary and back on the Dart again - those who live near the Luas might need to be aware

Let's not mention the pogroms back in the 20's

Capt'n Midnight

Oops that reads a little harsh..
But if there was more good news coming out of the City or maybe get a soap or series based there..

billy the squid

you have a better chance of getting beat up in ennis than you are in limerick i. there are only one or two places in limerick i would class as no go areas those being o malley park and garryglass.

People elsewhere wont bother you unless you bother them. you will find drunken fights and people who will rob the eye out of your head but you get that in every town and city in the world.

criminal gangs here tend to all be related to one another. I dont know if it is the same in the likes of dublin but that is the way it is here and where I grew up you would know which areas these families would live and anyone with any sense would not get mixed up with them.

smiling_time

i live in limerick and i dont think its bad at all.in fact more bad things have happened to me in nenagh when i was living there.it just seems that what happens in limerick gets a lot more attention that what happens in other parts of the country.

Limey

Well, I'm from O'Malley Park & the biggest problem that has plagued the place is joyriding & a local travelling family, [for want of a better word] the Casey's, that is the nearest Southill gets to having a gang. Local government really messed this section of Southill up when they offered people who could afford it a way out of OMP, what effectively happened was, all the professional people took the opportunity to get bigger houses, and the corporation let anyone at all move into the houses, without involving the local community. To be honest, I'm glad I live in O'Malley Park in a real community then in a more fanciable area where people are so quick to judge.

The thing that made the feud so serious is that the two biggest drug gangs in the city have crossed each other, and they have taken it to another level, much to the disgust of everyone living here. What people must realise is that the same people have been bringing us down for the past 20 years [just watch the same family names popping up, time & time again, for the past 20 years] Limerick's problems are bacically the Ryan's[and their croonies] & the Keane/Collopy's, 2 of the main players are settled traveller families who have no brains at all, there is already a good few of them in jail, let them rot.

It makes me laugh when people mention "No go areas", there is no such thing believe me, the families that are at war with each other are located in a small corner of the city, dotted around on both sides of the Shannon, and as bad as they are, they keep it between them, the local community have no problems with them, if you discound the shame they bring on us, that is.

Let's face it, Limerick wasn't the prettiest place in the world in the 80's, or early 90's for that matter, but, for the last 5 years, or even moreso in the last 2, it has really undertaken big changes, and there is huge work coming in the next 5 years so it's going to be even better. People have visited Limerick and been really surprised at what they found, we have huge sports following, pubs/restaurent/shops that are forever winning awards, and the best looking women in Ireland, by not taking that chance on Limerick, people are missing out.

It's just a pity that we are painted with such a serious picture, especially with the charactors we have, the craic in the pubs is great, especially if you avoid the more "trendy" places, just take a chance some weekend, you just might enjoy it here.

Delphi91

Originally posted by Skanger
Limerick is basically a Decent place, only one estate that has all the real trouble (around keeper hill)....

Keeper Hill???? Last time I checked, Keeper Hill was about 20 miles from Limerick on the Limerick side of Nenagh...:D

Anyway, geographical inaccuracies aside, there's nothing that Limerick has that isn't to be found in any other city in this country.

Ok, the media DO have a hell of a lot to answer for, especially "Scrap Saturday". It was Dermot Morgan or "Scrap Saturday" that coined the phrase "stab city" back in the late 80's and unfortunately it has stuck since. And given the number of knife-related attacks that were in the city at the time, it may have been justified. But even up to a few years ago, the image of Limerick as a tough city was still being portrayed in the media. Anyone remember a quiz one morning on 2FM when Gareth O'Callaghan did the breakfast show? The question was something along the lines of "Robo Cop was a robot invented to stop crime in what city?.....New York....Chicago...or Limerick" He had to apologise at the end of the show for it - he seems to have gotten serious flak

Its time that the media saw the other side of Limerick.

Mike

Limey

I agree, the thing is the media were making it sound that Limerick was covered in roadblocks and that it was torn apart by the fued, what rubbish, nobody gives a crap about those 2 pack of scumbags, another thing being they would never be in the city, first of all, they'd never get into any pubs/club.

The bad thing at the moment is since this thing started [and is still far from being over] the media has sent people down to cover it [and the slightest thing that will sell as news]

irishguy

Just taught I would add my 2cents.
I am from limerick born and raised, lived here for over 20 years. Yes it is a rough city with loads of scumbags and knackers, if you can’t see that then you must be blind or stupid.
But I know people who are from the worst estates in the city and people who there close family are supposedly involved in a lot of things happening in the city and they are the some nicest and most honest people you could meet.
I have worked in a pub and have been out to all the pubs/clubs in the city both drunk/very drunk and sober, so I have been around the city at all hours and I have seen loads of things happen. From full scale rights outside a popular nightclub [with about 20-25 people involved, some wielding bats and metal bars], which wasnt in the paper.
To people getting attacked on the main shopping street at 2pm on a busy Saturday afternoon, by 6 people ranging in age from about 10 to 25, one welding a knife.

People say that limerick is the same as any other city but what other city in Ireland had guards armed with automatic weapons patrolling the city? [Maybe there is I don’t know]

In what would be classed as my local I heard of a guy who got refused entry to the premises by a doorman, he came back later threading that doorman with a gun. And this isn’t in a bad area of town. I have seen kids no older than 12 breaking into a car at 7 o clock in the evening.
And just last week there were 3 bombs in limerick, a drive by shooting at McDonald’s and a guy who got killed by his friend because he wouldn’t go to the chipper.
Also if you have a read of Family Feud by Anthony Galvin, it would really open your eyes according to this in 2001 there were on average 2 knife related admittances to Limerick regional hospital [a total of 102 incidences ], they compared this to Cardiff in Wales [there were no Irish figures at the time] which has a population of c.300,000 and there was I think about half the amount of admittances [don’t have the book with me to quote].
Now this makes Limerick look very bad, but there is also good points about limerick, there are great honest, descent people who love to have the laugh and the crack. With great nightlife and one of the most renowned nightclubs on the Island.
Some of the best third level institutions in the country, with a massive student population. The business hub of the Midwest region and the rugby capitol of Ireland.
Yes Limerick is a bit rundown in places but it is changing the whole time, everyday I seem to notice a new building been build or restored. Give it 5-10 years and it will be a totally different city. There are many other wonderful things about this city that you don’t fully appreciate till you leave the city for a while. Most of all is its where I grew up and I have many fond memory’s and great friends


btw

I agree, the thing is the media were making it sound that Limerick was covered in roadblocks and that it was torn apart by the feud, what rubbish, nobody gives a crap about those 2 pack of scumbags, another thing being they would never be in the city, first of all, they'd never get into any pubs/club.

Sorry to tell you but they do, I have seen people [whose pictures have been in the paper regarding various charges including murder] in 2 of the biggest clubs in limerick.

echomadman

And just last week there were 3 bombs in limerick, a drive by shooting at McDonald’s

I heard about bomb making equipment being seized, when was this drive by shooting.
I'm off down to limerick tonight , should i pack some heat

Walter Ego

Now decentralistaion of Goverment depts - this is a pet hate of mine. Apart from one estate in Limerick all the areas with over 90% unemployment are in Dublin - still no sign of ANY Govt depts being decentralised to these areas..[/B]

I agree. The should be at least one State Department de-centralised down to Limerick. Namely the State Pathologist. Imagine how much time that they would save driving down to Limerick every second day.:D

IrishMike

Originally posted by Silent Death
I agree. The should be at least one State Department de-centralised down to Limerick. Namely the State Pathologist. Imagine how much time that they would save driving down to Limerick every second day.:D

retard :rolleyes:

Walter Ego

Originally posted by IrishMike
retard :rolleyes:

If you're going to make personal remarks like that, wait for me at midnight this Friday outside Roches in O'Connel Street Limerick. I won't be there, but feel free to wait there, someone will be sure to knock seven shades of shyte out of you.

Agent7249

got killed by his friend because he wouldn’t go to the chipper.

Didnt know it was his "friend":rolleyes:

People say that limerick is the same as any other city but what other city in Ireland had guards armed with automatic weapons patrolling the city? [Maybe there is I don’t know]

That makes me feel safer , I would put it on a part of the publicity which has given the political figures a reason to put these armed guards in Limerick to win over the people of the county.

Limerick is basically a Decent place, only one estate that has all the real trouble (around keeper hill)....

Where the hell is keeper hill? I live just about 2-3 miles out past south hill from the city, and never heard of it . Being where I am I hear more about what goes on in weston, south hill, garryowen and moyross, either trough word of mouth, sight or well the news. weston trough the news, southhill because I know some decent people from there, garryowen, well something that happened to one of my friends there and moyross, well simply seeing the stuff happennig from the offsite campuss down the road from LIT.

Just because I've said what I did there, it might seem like a crapload of stuff? Yes, yes it is, but guess what, this is over a 5 year period, and 5 years my friends is quite a long time indeed. The media are potraying things from the past, in statistics to further increase the impact of the story on the public, which indeed it does and I dont think it can be stopped. Ah well, I love limerick, been here all my life, the majority of my friends from the city are decent, honest, and the total opposite of scumbags. And although the media has given those of you who think Limerick is a "war zone" this picture of the city, go there for yourself for a day and you'll notice that it wont be as bad as you might imagine. (Just watch out for those "trouble makers" that you'd get everywhere:D )

Limey

Originally posted by irishguy
People say that limerick is the same as any other city but what other city in Ireland had guards armed with automatic weapons patrolling the city? [Maybe there is I don’t know]

Cork, that's where they are based and naturally Dublin, why wouldn't they be armed while the feud is ongoing?

The Limerick Leader published crime statistics last summer for the previous 12 months [government stats] & limerick was far behing places like Cork, Meath [which was the worse] & Dublin, sexual assault was rampant in Galway, nobody is going around calling beloved Galway Perv city.

I've seen many things happen around other towns and cities, Cork being the most frightening, but I wouldn't be as quick to point out other peoples faults.

The reality being, Ireland is run by a shower of gangsters in Leinster house who have no way of dealing with social problems, or dealing with drugs or drug gangs.

Agent7249

Bring on the oppressing communists please

SAXA

Keeper Hill is in Newport Co Tipperary on the Clare Limerick Tipp border. Pass by it on the Dublin road. I know of no Keeper Hill in Limerick and I have been there for the last 30 years or so

Delphi91

Originally posted by SAXA
Keeper Hill is in Newport Co Tipperary on the Clare Limerick Tipp border. Pass by it on the Dublin road. I know of no Keeper Hill in Limerick and I have been there for the last 30 years or so

Check out: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=1389631#post1389631

Mike

Doctor Funfrock

yes

Stevie G

i live in cork but go to college in ul and i feel safer going out in limerick than in cork i've be in limerick for 7 months and never had trouble then i went out in cork for one night with a few buddies from limerick and some knacker tried to start a fight out of nowhere, we were just walking back to the hostel which was near patricks st.
the lads from limerick were shocked to see that somebody could just walk up to somebody on the street and try and start a fight. i work in club in limerick city and i'm yet to come across any major trouble.
limerick is great craic for students, and yes there's trouble around the city but it's no more than encountered in dublin or cork or any other major populas around the country

Agent7249

too right stevie althoguh you dont pass trough south hill everyday, one of my mothers friends was passin by there on her scooter, the new bridge, just passin it a group of lads came out from the sides knocked hre off her bike, tried to take it. Only for a car coming along and makin the lads scatter did she get her bike and get away.

that was 2 weeks ago. were your few buddies from limerick cultchies? or just college residents. either of each means they're secluded from the trouble areas. I go to LIT, goin past 9pm i would never walk from the college into the city nor to the college offsite campus simply because of the gangs around the place, heading to the offsite campus from the colelge, there is a small area where there is a walkway turn into a driveway with a few houses, ive been hearing of college students being mugged along there recently.

Yes I do feel safe in limerick though, thats because I know who to look out for

George_h

I lived in limerick for over a year. I'm now in dublin and I felt safer in Limerick. The reason Limerick gets press is that when something does happen its splashed out all over the media. In dublin someone gets killed or seriously injured every other night of the week but its relegated to a small paragraph.
If a guy gets beat up in Limerick, the next day the papers say "20 maimed in Limerick gangland feud"


Pure and utter bollix and i'm not even from limerick and I'd prefer it any day to the big smoke........

Stevie G

Originally posted by Agent7249
too right stevie althoguh you dont pass trough south hill everyday, one of my mothers friends was passin by there on her scooter, the new bridge, just passin it a group of lads came out from the sides knocked hre off her bike, tried to take it. Only for a car coming along and makin the lads scatter did she get her bike and get away.

that was 2 weeks ago. were your few buddies from limerick cultchies?
Yes I do feel safe in limerick though, thats because I know who to look out for

thats sh** about mothers friend but that kinda stuff happens all over the country not just in limerick but my buddy was from limerick lives out the ennis road i think!!
anyway it's such a shame that this city has such a bad rep but it will change just give it time anyway
anybody going to the riverfest thing on the weekend!!

scojones

riverfest? what's that? A mass suicide attempt from the bridge going over the Shannon?