Whats town like at night time ?

Placebo

never really went out to town much, started going out around the time of uni so its usually around uni, local club/pub slash whatnot. By night time i mean late night ofcourse.

I'm getting 2 views here, some say its fine unless your walking down dark alley ways, while some say its dangeous and give me weird stories (oh my friend of a friend of a friend's uncle got stabbed), quite familiar with town so i dont think il be taking short cuts from grafton street or anything.

Also the story with nightlinks ? i'm more into a rock scene so not all my friends living close to me are not gonna go so i would have to make my own way back, one friend says nightlinks are grand, he gets the 39 route one, me - i'd be getting the 37 one, one of my mates is quite a regular on it(the 37) and says its quite racist? and not a good idea.

Dont know what to believe, just get a taxi ? 12-15 euro ride home, bah humbug. Its not like ive never been, ive been a few times but thats usually with a larger group, trouble comes rarely then but going home alone etc.

i am not posting this in personal issues, its not an issue or an urgent cry for help, just need to know so i can get out more rather than taking rounds at the same old club non stop. Which IS pop orientated by the way.

Thanking you.

jesus_thats_gre

Never had a problem in town ever...

Mind you I am 6'2 and a big lad..

Chucky the tree

Never had trouble into aswell, only ever seen one fight. i am 5'8 and failrly small aswell.

i think its a case of if you want trouble in town you can get it easily, but its also just as easy to aovid imo.

The Real B-man

Well my Cousin got murdered for no reason walking home with his father after a night out so thats how i think of town at night would a void it at all costs full of drugged up nackers who should be locked up!!

Flukey

As long as you keep to the right places there is no problem in town. As for Nitlelinks, they are a good way of getting home.

aodh_rua

Hmm - I hear the stories about town too and I ought to be worried. However, I lived on Pearse St for three years and down around Grand Canal St for the last year and I've never seen so much as a fight. I know I've been lucky, and if I was a girl I'd probably take even fewer chances, but the Nightlinks are in a well lit area, and as long as you don't do anything foolish (dark alleyways and the like) town is fine.

wes

Never had problems myself. Lived here pretty much all my life and i walk home all the time (i live in the city centre pretty much so its at most a 20 minute walk home). So as long as you use some common sense you'll be fine. As far as i know the Nite Links are pretty good (well according to my mates in anyways).

Oriel

Just make sure you walk in a group round town. I don't like the Nitelink at all. Too many drunken people people etc. Most of them end up smoking on the bus which really pisses me off - I'm a smoker myself, btw.

S.

StickyMcGinty

yea, as the man said, just stay in a group

ixoy

Never had a bother, never even seen a fight. Used the Nitelinks for years - again never a bother. If you want that added lair of comfort (i.e. to avoid the smokers and more drunken louts) ensure you sit downstairs on the Nitelink home.
I've now lived slap bang in the city centre for over a year and often walked home under the merry effects of alcohol - even down streets with noone there. Never had a spot of bother and at a thin 5'7", I'm not the most imposing of men (only the most brilliant).

PiE

Never had problems myself. Lived here pretty much all my life and i walk home all the time (i live in the city centre pretty much so its at most a 20 minute walk home). So as long as you use some common sense you'll be fine. As far as i know the Nite Links are pretty good (well according to my mates in anyways).

Ditto.

Just avoid O'Connell st. Given the choice of walking through a crowded O'Connell St. or an empty Henry St. I always choose the latter.

Agent Smith

i've never had trouble in town, (i'm 6'3) and only once seen trouble on a nightlink (46n)


99% of people want to have a good time, it's the 1% who give town a bad name,


dont let it put you off, but it's safer to travel in group's...

my parents dont like me getting the nightlink for some reason, and insist i get a taxi (about 25€) i dont, i just get the nightlink, and there none the wiser...

Flukey

I think you are getting the gist of it:

Stay in groups
Avoid dodgy areas
Get the Nitelink at home and sit downstairs

Enjoy yourself, but use common sense and that includes in your drinking, not just from when you leave the pub or wherever you are.

tba

Getting on as I am in my years, I usually got the earlier night link and found it very relaxing,(apart from the odd sick puddle) I got the 77N....to Tallaght

Placebo

ok thanks for the input, aslong as we are all revealing our ages, i am 19 for the record, not really tall or "well built" or anything.
Stay in groups ? thats the problem there, il go in with friends but then they get their nightlinks and i get mine...
Doesnt sound too bad, sorry to hear about your cousin The Real B-man.

pork99

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Never had a problem in town ever...

Mind you I am 6'2 and a big lad..

I knew a guy who was 6'6" - 6'7" who was beaten to a pulp on his way home from the pub. Apparently 4 of them got out of a car and attacked him for no reason. Maybe they picked on him because of this size - he was a challenge?

However I've lived here most of my life and have only been assaulted in town at night about four or five times (nothing serious - usually just some drunk who can't aim his punches).

Mostly you are ok - but it helps to have a good skanger detection and avoidance device installed between your ears

Sleepy

Just keep your wits about ye and you'll be fine. I've walked home from town a few times after nights on the gargle (and it's a long walk to Deans Grange). Cross the road if you see someone/a group that look like trouble makers, be aware of where you are and what's going on around you and 20/30 feet in front of you. The 46N is fine, I've never had any problems on it.

irlirishkev

I've lived in Fairview, and East Wall.. and have walked home from town countless times to both places.. both in groups and on my own.

I've never encountered any problems (touch wood), and in fact have just bought an apartment up near Parnell St.

Having said that, I do know some people who've been mugged.

A lot of it is down to pure luck, or lack of it, IMO. I'm by no means a big guy (5'8" and not stocky at all), so I fall into the former catagory so far (again touch wood).

One thing I will say about town at night - It stinks! Fast food joints, vomit, p*ss, girls stale perfume, it all mixes up together and make a deeeelightful odour..

Kevin.

monkeyfudge

I think the Nitelink is the best thing if you are traveling home from town on your own. And if anything bad does happen, then at least it's all on camera so you can prosecute at a later date.

If you a female, then getting a taxi on your own is a bad idea. There are some pretty big scumbag taxi drivers out there. And any fights I've seen in town have started at taxi ranks anyway, as there is always some idiots who try to skip.

Flukey

I never go near a taxi rannk. If it is a nice night you could even walk home, depending on where you live of course. If I am in town and there is no Nitelink available I'd start walking and try and flag down a taxi on the way. Standing at a taxi rank is a mugs game. You'd be waiting for ages and in that time you'd probably have walked half way home, and if you had done and got a taxi then, you'd be home quicker and for half the fare. Even if there is no Nitelink, I never wait at a taxi rank, because of the safety risks too. I always start walking and sometimes you get to the point where it is hardly worth getting a taxi. I live about 6 miles from town. After a few pints it is a great way of sobering you up too!

Placebo

ok , i am male though, that changes the prespective a bit, so it is danegrous but ye gota have a scanger radar, ive one of those, all in working order.
thanks for the input people, still not to sure if its a good idea to go out in town regularly, which is what id like to do.

SheroN

Jesus christ, it's only going out in town to get drunk, don't make such a huge deal over it.

Stark

I've never had trouble in town. That's when living in Fairview. On the other hand I've been to a friend's flat in Rathmines a few times and I'm always fearful walking home from there, so many gangs hanging around on the way home. Especially if I've brought the bike, have to stay to the centre of the road or people will make a go at me. (Always scared since that incident where a guy was comatized after falling off his bike and being set upon).

Flukey

Well should you be going into town "to get drunk"? That in itself might make you more likely to get embroiled in trouble, not that you would be the instigator. If you are drinking to get drunk then maybe you should not be drinking. A night out is more enjoyable if you have a few drinks but keep reasonably sober. A good drinker is someone who knows when to stop, not the person who can drink the most. Drinking to get drunk is a bit like driving in the hope of crashing. Being sensible on a night out is not just knowing not to walk down a dark alley alone late at night. The best nights you have out have enough drink to make you relax, but not too much, enough to have fun without going wild and then being able to get home safely and wake up with a fairly clear head and being able to remember the good night you had. Commonsense really.

Boston

Placebo wrote:

Stay in groups ? thats the problem there, il go in with friends but then they get their nightlinks and i get mine...
Doesnt sound too bad, sorry to hear about your cousin The Real B-man.

Then that's no problem, I mean if there is trouble it's usually outside the night link when theres alot of drunk people standing around. That said the only trouble I ever saw was after a st andrew's (on of hte most eleet private schools in ireland) graduation party in coyote. they poored out of the place trying to slap each other and shouting abuse at women on the bus. very tempted to get off the bus and crack a head or two, but thought better of it. Thats about it as far as town goes. My advise is avoid standing around outside pubs or clubs after they close, once you do that your usually grand. Also getting a TAXI isn't as safe as you may think. The stops tend be less well lite then the night link stop.

irlirishkev, thats poor luck that nothing has ever happened to you walking back the route you came. I can think of four pub's I wouldn't walk pass at closing time on that route and I've lived there all my life. One in particular has at least one violent assult outside it every weekend.

Flukey

The later Nitelinks are the ones that have the trouble. The earlier ones have less people and they are usually more sober, though you still get some trouble occasionally.

SheroN

Thank you for telling me how to drink Flukey.

Dr. Loon

Flukey wrote:

Well should you be going into town "to get drunk"? That in itself might make you more likely to get embroiled in trouble, not that you would be the instigator. If you are drinking to get drunk then maybe you should not be drinking. A night out is more enjoyable if you have a few drinks but keep reasonably sober. A good drinker is someone who knows when to stop, not the person who can drink the most. Drinking to get drunk is a bit like driving in the hope of crashing. Being sensible on a night out is not just knowing not to walk down a dark alley alone late at night. The best nights you have out have enough drink to make you relax, but not too much, enough to have fun without going wild and then being able to get home safely and wake up with a fairly clear head and being able to remember the good night you had. Commonsense really.

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fiacha

i live on the 37/39 route and i often walk home from town. i havn't been on the nitelink for a while, but used to be a regular. I have never had any trouble (6'1, 20st, beard!) , and I have never seen anyone else being hassled

as everyone else said, keep the radar up, don't get smart with anyone and use the nitelink. if you are wasted, get a taxi if only for the sake of the other people on the bus. nothing worse than playing the "is he going to puke all over my shoes " game all the way home.

the chances of getting into trouble on the way home are slim, so go out and enjoy yourself as much as possible.

Dr. Loon

How come everyone is so eager to tell how big a man they are? I'm 7ft 11 and 15 stone. I have a big beard and I look evil.

Doesn't really matter what size ye are. If a scumbag or bunch of them want to start on ye they will. I've seen the biggest of dudes receive whuppings and the smallest little feckers dish them out. There's no need to tell everyone how big ye are!

Drag00n79

How come everyone is so eager to tell how big a man they are? I'm 7ft 11 and 15 stone. I have a big beard and I look evil.

LOL Funny!