Rathmines Rd Upper

Linoge

Left the house this morning to find my girlfriends car (our car) wing mirror broken off. Yesterday morning she had a nail stuck in her tyre. I know that you're thinking its someone out to get us, but we've only had the car since Sunday as our car is being fixed so how would someone even know its ours??

We have never had any probelms with our other car and we're parking in the same place that we always do (ie. right outside the flat).

My gf said that she has seen other cars with wing mirrors attacked. I don't think that its the crowd from Rody Bolands (like to get pissed, but not knackers) havin a go on the way home.

Has this happened to anyone else in Rathmines?

ionapaul

I live in Rathmines Park (just off Rathmines Rd. Upper) and have noticed damage to some cars on the western side of Rathmines Rd. Upper on some mornings. TBH I would put it down to the 'unsavoury' element that live around there, rather than the Rody Bolands crowd - I am sometimes part of that crowd and never, ever have seen any messing from people coming out of the pub late at night. A tip for you - park your car in Rathmines Park (normally a few spaces around in the early evening), never had any problems here, quiet little cul-de-sac and the Guards often walk through on their way from Rathmines station.

jebuz

I live in Grosvenor lodge off leinster road, last night I looked out my window and saw two young lads breakin into a car right in front of my eyes. I called the guards, but just as I hung up they got the car started a sped off, its unbelievable! Well I gave the cops as much info as I could, such thugs, i hope they catch the fu*kers. Was thinking of getting a car for myself, I thought the area was grand, but now im not so sure...:mad:

amazingemmet

Its generally the lads who hang round belgrave sq and the park opposite the close who do most the damage and car robbing in the area, just remember to get a good look at them and you'll see them in the area again. Their not the brightest

Linoge

ionapaul wrote:

I live in Rathmines Park (just off Rathmines Rd. Upper) and have noticed damage to some cars on the western side of Rathmines Rd. Upper on some mornings.

I live on the west side RRU alright. (Do you think its people from the eastside??!!) Obviously the same people. Thing is though, our car was the only one touched. Bastards. Might take a trip up to Belgrave Sq, show some of them lads what time it is!

Will prob park up in Rathmines park for the next while.

Thanks lads:)

Blisterman

Oh, that was your car.

Sorry.

senordingdong

Record them with your webcam, then spring them and beat the **** out of them.

senordingdong

But would that feeling of satisfaction as you pummel their faces off the kerb not be enough to make you want to wait up?

senordingdong

Or have a baseball bat, hurl, big stick etc....
Crack the first one over the head, then he's down.
The second one, you go for his legs. He'll drop like a sack.

By now the other two are intimidated and will most likely run.

Then pummel the other two untill they get the message.

MarinoMark

Little imps...Rascalls !

SpAcEd OuT

my uncle lives just off Dartry road, beside rahtmines upper and has had the same problems, smashed window, wind mirrors kicked off and car keyed, 3 weeks ago while he was sleeping his neighbour was coming home and saw 4 youths trying to break into his car, he ran into the house,phoned the garda the garda came within 3 minutes but by that time the youths were gone, they couldnt get the car going though for whatever reason and luckily he had nothing of value in the car.

dubtom

I work as a taxi driver and I never,ever, pick anyone up from Rathmines after midnight on the weekend. Why, because the young crowd who drink in the area are basically a shower of uppercrust yobs. Thats why your property is being damaged. If given a choice between two young Rathmines drinkers and a group of huddys hanging around a corner in Finglas, I would take the Finglas lads anyday.No offence intended to the law abiding public of Rathmines, it's the crowd, and most of them underage, who converge on the area that I avoid.

Asok

I have to agree with dubtom. I live down near the rathmines lower end of things but you would walk up to the 24 hour centra and from thursday to sunday you will see gangs of muppets just causing hassle.

Linoge

Didn't know that there was that much damage being caused around Rathmines. Are you reporting it to the guards everytime? If they thought it was happening regularly they might send more patrols around or something.

My mirror got smashed on a Tuesday night. Hardly a crowd from the pub

ionapaul

Rathmines is one of the safer areas of Dublin city, in my experience, never been hassled once, I walk home late at night from town at least 4 times a month and never seen any trouble anywhere. My car has never been tampered with to my knowledge.

Sparky

yeah, i left my car parked just on the edge of the road near palmarstown villas and its alarmed and all, and when i came out 4 lads were trying to break into the back of the car, damn fcukers made me go mad, and not to mention 2 people at the bus stop just looking at it all.

Its no wonder that Des Cullen Cars moved.

Linoge

ionapaul wrote:

Rathmines is one of the safer areas of Dublin city, in my experience, never been hassled once, I walk home late at night from town at least 4 times a month and never seen any trouble anywhere. My car has never been tampered with to my knowledge.

Thats what I had thought, but my attitude has changed a bit now. I even live in front of the council estate and there is never any trouble around.

Between my smashed mirror and that car that was crashed into the wall outside Herman Whites (and left there for a week:mad: ) and everything else that I'm hearing in here I'm not so sure about Rathmines at all.

Dustaz

I lived on RRU for about 5 years and never had any trouble at all. I grew up around the area and now live in ranelagh and while theres certainly 'a bad element' in the area, its no finglas.

WhiteWashMan

Linoge wrote:

Left the house this morning to find my girlfriends car (our car) wing mirror broken off. Yesterday morning she had a nail stuck in her tyre. I know that you're thinking its someone out to get us, but we've only had the car since Sunday as our car is being fixed so how would someone even know its ours??

We have never had any probelms with our other car and we're parking in the same place that we always do (ie. right outside the flat).

My gf said that she has seen other cars with wing mirrors attacked. I don't think that its the crowd from Rody Bolands (like to get pissed, but not knackers) havin a go on the way home.

Has this happened to anyone else in Rathmines?

yep.
my family home is on upper rathmines road and our car hasnt had wing mirrors for years
its students from trinity hall i think.

little fúckers whoever they are, but yes, it happens on a regular basis. if you find any of them, kick the crap out of them for me.

WhiteWashMan

oh, and my own car was also stolen from outside the house a long time ago.

and another one of my cars was broken into twice. but these were years ago.

Pet

its students from trinity hall i think.

Trinity Hall has only been around for two years, in case you didn't know..

Anyways, I thought we upperclass, rich Trinners would be above such antics? Surely we're too busy playing croquet?

Linoge

Pet wrote:

Trinity Hall has only been around for two years, in case you didn't know..

Anyways, I thought we upperclass, rich Trinners would be above such antics? Surely we're too busy playing croquet?

I am starting to think that it was students now tbh. Why would a knacker break a mirror? If they were going to damage something would they not break the window and at least check the glove box and boot?

And if they were on a night of carnage would they not have broken every mirror the whole way along the street?! My car was the only one touched.

I'm sorry to say, but this has "student" written all over it now.

BTW, WWM, Sparky, Elites, did you report anything to guards after each incident?

amazingemmet

Its not the students we've caught some scumbags running along the sides of cars on mount pleasant ave hitting all the wing mirrors with flaggons one night. Some of them get blantly cheeky as well we caught one guy trying to cut the lock off my bike at six in the eve on belgrave square one night. needless to say he won't try it again. And about 3 months ago there was two petrol bombs thrown through a window on mount pleasant and more recently me anf a friend stopped a guy getting mugged on castlewood ave. its a nice area in general but it can be dodge at some times

WhiteWashMan

trinity hall has been around for absolute years.

the new buildings have only been there for the last two.

i know this because my family house is about 100 yards from there.

however, i think it is students. whether it actually is or not, i have no idea, nor do i think that its the same 2 or 3 people that are responsible for every issue raised here.

i think students are responsible for the car mirrors. and to be honest, its only been happening for the last couple of years, maybe 2 or 3.

Victor

ionapaul wrote:

Rathmines is one of the safer areas of Dublin city, in my experience, never been hassled once, I walk home late at night from town at least 4 times a month and never seen any trouble anywhere. My car has never been tampered with to my knowledge.

Tell that to the two guys I saw being beaten with cudgels one Saturday night at 2am on the bridge.

Victor arrests ++

b0bbie

Is anyone else still having this issue? Today I lost another wingmirror. Thats 8 in totla in the last 6 months, one smashed in passenger window, nothing taken and my boyfriend has lost more wing mirrors than me. Why is it always on rathmines road upper?

Fajitas!

I'd be saying it's students aswell.

Living lower Rathmines Rd, and I've often seen them causing a bit of hassle. Moreso fighting than vandalism.

Cianos

I also had my wing mirror kicked off around the Rathmines area...it's probably just one bunch of lads...they must have kicked off hundreds of wing mirrors by now. ffs:mad:

ergo

8 wing mirrors in 6 months

thats hardly the work of well-educated but drunk students from Trinity hall, would say it's the locals living on the right hand side of URR as you go up. or the left hand side.

or blow-ins. or.........

I was living in Grosvenor square years ago (about 9 years ago now) and I remember sitting staring out the window onto the bowling green when I saw a car cruising along slowly and the fecker in the passenger seat leaned out and ripped a wing mirror off a car he was passing and then sped off :eek:

I couldn't believe my eyes

maybe someone's making a load of cash out of this

btw, have lived in Rathmines for about half of the past 10 years and never felt threatened, have never seen a mugging etc and think it's one of the best areas in Dublin

b0bbie

Does anyone know anything I can do to protect my wing mirrors. Some scumbags seem to take off wing mirrors nightly for the craic on my road. This week I duct taped the wingmirror on to the car. A tornado wouldn't have shifted it and again this morning it was off and placed on the bonnet of the car. Anybody got any suggestions? At this stage I'm tempted to tape a very small but rusty blade to it......grr.....

Rb

b0bbie wrote:

Does anyone know anything I can do to protect my wing mirrors. Some scumbags seem to take off wing mirrors nightly for the craic on my road. This week I duct taped the wingmirror on to the car. A tornado wouldn't have shifted it and again this morning it was off and placed on the bonnet of the car. Anybody got any suggestions? At this stage I'm tempted to tape a very small but rusty blade to it......grr.....

Do it, they deserve anything they get.

b0bbie

just an update on this - I mailed all the local councillors about the issue and only 1 came back to me Oisin Quinn. He is going to liase with the gardai about setting up some kind of security measures put in place. Can anyone else who has had this problem mail him and let him know that you have also experienced this problem so he can really appreciate how much of a problem this is? His email is oisin@oisinquinn.ie
Thanks

Rb

Set up a vigilante group comprised of residents and do nightly patrols.

Victor

b0bbie wrote:

Does anyone know anything I can do to protect my wing mirrors. Some scumbags seem to take off wing mirrors nightly for the craic on my road. This week I duct taped the wingmirror on to the car. A tornado wouldn't have shifted it and again this morning it was off and placed on the bonnet of the car. Anybody got any suggestions? At this stage I'm tempted to tape a very small but rusty blade to it......grr.....

That sounds like someone with a problem with you or your parking.

b0bbie

just to update, the guards must be patrolling now as not one mirror was lost all weekend .... A first in a long time

b0bbie

Right. I have my drving test on wednesday so a pre test was booked for today at 6pm. Paid €158 on friday to get a new wingmirror put on the car as you cannot do a pre test nor a driving test without one. Woke up this morning and the ****ing wing mirror is gone already. Clean gone not even on the ground. I've had to cancel my pretest. I'll prob have to cancel my driving test if I can't get a replacement quick, after waiting years to get the fecking test. I'm so pee'd off. I mean its christmas and I'm meant to have the money for cancelled pre test and 2 wingmirrors... If I caught a hold of the scumbag that did it god help him.

ergo

that really sucks

it's time to get the 24 hour camera in position or physically watch yourself to find out who the f~ck is doing this. Dunno what you'd do then, confront some lowlife scum of the earth people or rely on the Gardai....? what a crap situation

Chucky the tree

bObbie, your either a very unlucky person, or someone has a grudge against you.


I'd be looking at opition B.

Gran Hermano

b0bbie,
I know it will not solve your long running trouble with the locals, but get the
mirror fixed on Tuesday and see if you can leave the car at a mates on Tuesday
night. You'll have enough to sort out pre-test without waking up on Wednesday
wondering what state the jammer is in. I'd rather leave my car outside the test
centre overnight (especially if it's Orwell Rd) than risk having it trashed again
overnight outside your own place.

Best of luck with the test!

trotter_inc

jebuz wrote:

I live in Grosvenor lodge off leinster road, last night I looked out my window and saw two young lads breakin into a car right in front of my eyes. I called the guards, but just as I hung up they got the car started a sped off, its unbelievable! Well I gave the cops as much info as I could, such thugs, i hope they catch the fu*kers. Was thinking of getting a car for myself, I thought the area was grand, but now im not so sure...:mad:

I lived in Grosvenor Square for 5 months which is just beside you jebuz...

In that 5 months my car was keyed twice, had some reverse in to at the back and drive off and had someone drive in to the side of it and drive off...

We then moved to Kimmage where teenagers used to jump on the roof of it...our neighbour went out to them to be threatened with a stanley knife by a 12 year old!!

My car was broken in and stereo taken twice in about 4 months in daylight!

My solution... get the hell out of the kip that Dublin is... out of there over a year and LOVE not being near the place!

Gran Hermano

Dublin must be the only place in Ireland with any form of crime.. :rolleyes:
Can happen in any city

trotter_inc

Gran Hermano wrote:

Dublin must be the only place in Ireland with any form of crime.. :rolleyes:
Can happen in any city

I lived in Waterford for 4 years and had no hassle... lived in Limerick for 2 years and had no hassle.... spent ONE year in Dublin and you can see from above the **** I had to put up with!

Kwekubo

Was walking up Church Avenue around the corner from Gallagher's TV when a battered looking car carrying four massive blokes pulls up beside me. One of them opens a window and calls me over. I keep walking, and the car starts inching along beside me. The guy flashes a laptop at me that's half-covered with plastic, and offers it to me for a couple hundred euros. I'm not liking the way they're following me so I turn in the direction of the cop shop; they give up and speed off towards Palmerstown. Never knew Rathmines was that dodgy

Linoge

Kwekubo wrote:

Was walking up Church Avenue around the corner from Gallagher's TV when a battered looking car carrying four massive blokes pulls up beside me. One of them opens a window and calls me over. I keep walking, and the car starts inching along beside me. The guy flashes a laptop at me that's half-covered with plastic, and offers it to me for a couple hundred euros. I'm not liking the way they're following me so I turn in the direction of the cop shop; they give up and speed off towards Palmerstown. Never knew Rathmines was that dodgy

No, its nots

Maybe its because they have put a supersized bus stop (you may have seen the thread) outside the front of my flat and I now have to park around the back of the flat most days, but I haven't had any problems since.

Litter on the otherhand....
A week ago, 3 white bags of rubbish was dumped on the path to the front. This wouldn't be so bad if the empty wheely bins out the front had been more than 5 metres from them.
Yesterday, again a bag of rubbish torn apart. An ST rapped up nicely on the bottom of the steps:mad: :mad: :mad:
And the next time I see someones umbrella break and they just throw it there, God help them... really.

b0bbie

christmas day they kicked off my wingmirror again - christmas day !!!

how nasty are some people?

arybvtcw0eolkf

After reading this thread all I can say is....

Thank god I'm living on the northside!.