The Park today...huge fight..what a dodgy place

irishvamp90

So i went into the park around 6 today to chill out and read,i went by the gate to find a bench but it was pretty busy so walked in a bit more.the place was full of junkies,winos drinking and scobes in vest tops and baseball hats so said id walk over to the far side by the band stand thing and there a slope on the green,that was then packed with africans and turkish looking lads.there was a game of soccer going on and there was a big huge fight with all the foreign lads...looked like refugee wars.!!Take care when in the park,its like a magnet for the worst kinds of people

old boy

nothing changes it has been like that for generations.

Berty

irishvamp90 wrote: »

Take care when in the park,its like a magnet for the worst kinds of people

Where were you today again? :rolleyes:

irishvamp90

i was at the park for peace and quiet.not to be watching my back from junkies,winos,scobes and refugee riots

Ardscoil Ris

The park you say...hmmm...I'm going to add that to the list of dodgy places in Limerick along with

Thomand
Ballynanty
Caherdavin (after dark)
The City Centre (after dark)
The Train Station (at all times of the day)
Moyross
South Hill
The Island Field
St. Mary's Park
O'Malley Park
Weston
Castletroy (after dark)
Garryowen

and now...

The Park (newly added to list)

Poxyshamrock

Which park? People's park or AQP?

talkingclock

Peoples Park I think.

irishvamp90

a park in the middle of the day.it was the peoples park it was crazy must have been 15 of them involved in that fight for 5min.seemed to calm down after that alot of them legged it out the small gate onto joseph street i think?

Amazotheamazing

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

The park you say...hmmm...I'm going to add that to the list of dodgy places in Limerick along with

Thomand
Ballynanty
Caherdavin (after dark)
The City Centre (after dark)
The Train Station (at all times of the day)
Moyross
South Hill
The Island Field
St. Mary's Park
O'Malley Park
Weston
Castletroy (after dark)
Garryowen

and now...

The Park (newly added to list)

Thomond and Ballynanty are fine during the day. Never had a problem in the city centre, Caherdavin or Castletroy after dark either.

Ardscoil Ris

Somebody stabbed in the head with a screwdriver in Caherdavin.

Castletroy is tinker town when the sun goes down.

I haven't had trouble in Moyross either. Doesn't mean I stroll in there after dark dancing around the place with my iPod while using my mobile phone as a torch.

YFlyer

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

The park you say...hmmm...I'm going to add that to the list of dodgy places in Limerick along with

Thomand
Ballynanty
Caherdavin (after dark)
The City Centre (after dark)
The Train Station (at all times of the day)
Moyross
South Hill
The Island Field
St. Mary's Park
O'Malley Park
Weston
Castletroy (after dark)
Garryowen

and now...

The Park (newly added to list)

Ok man you do know that O'Malley Park is part of Southill.

Ardscoil Ris

YFlyer wrote: »

Ok man you do know that O'Malley Park is part of Southill.

Yes, but it's a particularly rough part. It deserved a special mention.

miralize

The train station? thats fine. they rip you off, but its not dodgy

irishvamp90

Its bad enough we have are home grown scrotes in the park but now we are refugees kicking the crap out of each other while decent people are trying to relax

RonMexico

How about a list of places that are safe?



*Do your best :pac:

irishvamp90

avoid the far side of the park any way because that is like a refugee ghetto on a hot day very bad vibe over there the last 2 times i was there,huge gangs of them around

Builderfromhell

I visit the park regularly.
In fact I was there for an hour or so Bank Holiday Monday. A wide diversity of people, young and old, families, hippies, Goths, kids etc. No trouble. Generally it's safe there especially in the morning. Limerick is always dodgy when the sun comes out as lots of drunks about. I'm sure the Gardai will be busy tonight.

itsallaboutheL

RonMexico wrote: »

How about a list of places that are safe?



*Do your best :pac:

Cork

sioda

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

The park you say...hmmm...I'm going to add that to the list of dodgy places in Limerick along with

Thomand
Ballynanty
Caherdavin (after dark)
The City Centre (after dark)
The Train Station (at all times of the day)
Moyross
South Hill
The Island Field
St. Mary's Park
O'Malley Park
Weston
Castletroy (after dark)
Garryowen

and now...

The Park (newly added to list)

Thomand I take it you mean thomondgate no probs day or night personally

Balla like any estate depends on where you go again would not fear it night or day

Caherdavin I mean come on except for the old cratloe road which is a tiny part of it its grand

Lived in and just walked through the city centre again not exactly a war zone

THE TRAIN STATION seriously over charging crap time tables and highly overpriced baggage claim are the biggest threats

I could go on but with the exception of Southill which gain depends on the time and how stupid you are the areas mentioned are not that bad

Ardscoil Ris

I'm telling you, Caherdavin is dodgy at night. Moyross scum usually inhabit the place at night.

Also, I'm not actually talking specifically about the Train Station I'm talking about the the are surrounding it as well.

aya14

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

I'm telling you, Caherdavin is dodgy at night. Moyross scum usually inhabit the place at night.

Also, I'm not actually talking specifically about the Train Station I'm talking about the the are surrounding it as well.

Isn't the city centre surrounding the train station?
Seriously al places are dodgey at times.

Roadend

irishvamp90 wrote: »

.there was a game of soccer going on and there was a big huge fight with all the foreign lads...looked like refugee wars

So was the goal allowed or what?

irishvamp90

actually what is the story with the amount of refugees in limerick,there is tons of them.should they not just stopped from coming in?instead of wasting money on putting them up in centres walk up henry st its like ghetto now

but anyway i hope they put up cctv in the park to keep it safe for people and maybe have park wardens on during the summmer

RonMexico

Thomondgate is far from ok day or night.

--amadeus--

How do you know it was refugees in the park?

irishvamp90 wrote: »

actually what is the story with the amount of refugees in limerick,there is tons of them.should they not just stopped from coming in?instead of wasting money on putting them up in centres walk up henry st its like ghetto now

Thinly veiled racism, IMO.

irishvamp90

well the 2 groups that were fighting were all african and middle eastern looking i some how doubt they were all legal.acting around a park looking shady and fighting would give me an impression of bad people.yes i am against law breaking immigrants.id hope they would have more respect in our country.however there was plenty of local scum so that was another problem

Kess73

--amadeus-- wrote: »

How do you know it was refugees in the park?



Thinly veiled racism, IMO.

irishvamp90 wrote: »

well the 2 groups that were fighting were all african and middle eastern looking i some how doubt they were all legal.acting around a park looking shady and fighting would give me an impression of bad people.yes i am against law breaking immigrants

The comments made come nowhere near racism, veiled or blatant. I would agree with Irish Vamp in that we have enough home grown scum in this city, the last thing we need is a similar element coming from other countries.


The majority of people who move from other countries to Ireland are just regular people trying to get a new start in life, and who add to this country through their culture and past experiences. But there is a minority who are as bad as the local scum, and personally I think anyone who comes to another country and acts like scum should be sent packing, regardless of their creed, colour or country of origin. The local scum we cannot do this to as this is their country of origin, but the local scum should get prison time that matches their crimes too.

Delphi91

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Cork

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/unprovoked-attacks-and-drugs-warfare-bloody-corks-streets-488304.html

Try again...:D

YFlyer

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Yes, but it's a particularly rough part. It deserved a special mention.

And Carew Park is the posh part of Southill

talkingclock

Delphi91 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/unprovoked-attacks-and-drugs-warfare-bloody-corks-streets-488304.html

Try again...:D

that's from
Sunday February 02 2003

yeah right... how deep were you digging to find sth negative about Cork?

bernardo mac

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irishvamp90 wrote: »

Its bad enough we have are home grown scrotes in the park but now we are refugees kicking the crap out of each other while decent people are trying to relax

I must be ancient.Have very fond memories of The Peoples Park;Boherbuoy band playing,sunshine,flowers,a waterfount,reading paper,transistor for the match,generally lazing about in peace while children played and there was a Park Keeper ,on watch.But I am long out of Limerick,and from the posts I guess it has spawned many no go areas.Sad

Amazotheamazing

talkingclock wrote: »

that's from
Sunday February 02 2003

yeah right... how deep were you digging to find sth negative about Cork?

Hang around Mayfield or the Glen and you won't see much difference between there and Southhill, imo.

Would be hilarious if you'd moved to Cork, no doubt any crime in Cork is caused by people from Limerick on day trips....

Mad how people seem to think Thomondgate and Ballynanty are dangerous though. They're fine for the most part.

I'll give you the island field and Southill though, seriously like another world for the most part.

YFlyer

bernardo mac wrote: »

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I must be ancient.Have very fond memories of The Peoples Park;Boherbuoy band playing,sunshine,flowers,a waterfount,reading paper,transistor for the match,generally lazing about in peace while children played and there was a Park Keeper ,on watch.But I am long out of Limerick,and from the posts I guess it has spawned many no go areas.Sad

Lets not forgot An Emotional Fish and co. in the Lark in the Park

talkingclock

amazo, of course... *yawn*

irishleedsfan

RonMexico wrote: »

Thomondgate is far from ok day or night.

and what is exactly wrong with Thomondgate? Are all the nasty men wearing tracksuits and spitting??

RonMexico

irishleedsfan wrote: »

and what is exactly wrong with Thomondgate? Are all the nasty men wearing tracksuits and spitting??

To be honest nothing is wrong with Thomondgate apart from the fact that a small minority seem intent on giving the place a bad name. If you are from the area then you should know what is going on without me going into it here. The usual scumbaggery antics. The majority of people living there are grand though.

If the place had no problems they wouldn't have needed to put CCTV all over the place would they?

krudler

--amadeus-- wrote: »

How do you know it was refugees in the park?



Thinly veiled racism, IMO.

Thats not anywhere near racist, Limerick has plenty of refugees/gypsies on its streets, theres a family of them that use a laneway near where I live to change their clothes and switch crutches between the ones who are going out begging while pretending to be disabled, although I'm sure they all work steady jobs and pay taxes, the begging is just for kicks:rolleyes:

Poxyshamrock

I was there the day of the fight.
I was on lunch and I must say I was actually very proud of Limerick (which is a change) because of the park.
There were people playing rugby and badminton, people sitting chatting and sunbathing. There was kids playing in the playground and there were alot of office workers having lunch on the grass aswell as most of Julie Kilmartins.

Looked really good and had a great city atmosphere there.

Shame to hear about the events later that day.

grenache

Having lived and worked in both cities, i would take Cork over Limerick any day. Limerick is just over-run with scumbags, especially the city centre, the lack of a feel-good factor in the city also takes from it, as does the sparsecity of tourists. Cork just has a better vibe and appears to have more going for it.

Berty

grenache wrote: »

Having lived and worked in both cities, i would take Cork over Limerick any day. Limerick is just over-run with scumbags, especially the city centre, the lack of a feel-good factor in the city also takes from it, as does the sparsecity of tourists. Cork just has a better vibe and appears to have more going for it.

Ah but you have some problems also.

The accent, the traffic, a river keep falling into and especially problematic are the people from the small villages in West west west Cork. They are just strange and reclusive.

snowman707

a bit of a punch up at a football game!!

nothing new about that, happens most weekends

irishvamp90

it was just one group of them playing soccer and another group sitting to the side.Then there was alot raised voices and shouting and the 2 groups squared up to each other then the pushing and fighting started.some other groups sitting by ran over to the fight aswell and it was all lads of african and middle eastern appearance fighting against each other.And if im called racist work away im saying what i saw there is a very high chance their all refugee's i dont have all day tp spent in the park i was in there for ,the majority of aficans in limerick are refugee/seeking to live here

Amazotheamazing

snowman707 wrote: »

a bit of a punch up at a football game!!

nothing new about that, happens most weekends

But these guys weren't white, don't you see how dangerous that makes it?

kmick

Sound like good sport to me. Was there a book opened perchance? It always makes things more exciting when there is a book. Something to cheer for no?

irishvamp90

well would you hope for respect for your country?one group was dark the other were just light skinned more or less white.Not like refugees are black,plenty of white con men there aswell like turkey.albania,romania,serbs etc just walk past any of the centres you'll see plenty of colours.Its not a colour thing i just dont like frauds and scum coming into this country when it could be stopped
Any way the park is a hang out for irish and non national scum in the hot weather so i wont be back unless im with people not alone

BobTheBeat

sioda wrote: »

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Caherdavin I mean come on except for the old cratloe road which is a tiny part of it its grand

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Curious as to what part of the old cratloe road you are referring to here. Is it the end near woodview or Near Glenmore? Plenty of scumbags in and around the Spar shop, seeing as its the main egress point for Moyross at that side of the city.
I drive through caherdavin pretty much everyday and have always found this small area to be the worst. In fairness, the garda presence has increased around there in the past number of months,with plenty of foot patrols in place. Unfortunately, it cant be covered 24 hours a day.

lallychops

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

I'm telling you, Caherdavin is dodgy at night. Moyross scum usually inhabit the place at night.

Also, I'm not actually talking specifically about the Train Station I'm talking about the the are surrounding it as well.

that is not very nice have you taken into account the people in moyross who are not scum? u have just labled an entire community as scum. im sure there are nice normal people who live in that area but they are just recieving abuse for the people who actually cause the trouble.im pretty sure you would be offended if someone labeled the people where u live as scum . think before condemning people like that please as i said its not nice.

Aidric

lallychops wrote: »

that is not very nice have you taken into account the people in moyross who are not scum? u have just labled an entire community as scum. im sure there are nice normal people who live in that area but they are just recieving abuse for the people who actually cause the trouble.im pretty sure you would be offended if someone labeled the people where u live as scum . think before condemning people like that please as i said its not nice.

Ya your right, only 95% of the population are scum in fairness.

irishvamp90

Its just unfortunate that moyross has a higher level of crime than other areas but its an older area.Shur i live in Raheen and in the last 2 or 3 years we are getting our own scumbag culture out here,it might just young lads now but they grow up and the youn ger ones again follow them.The last 3 days in raheen you should see the amount of scobes going round with cans in raheen

D-A-V-E

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

The park you say...hmmm...I'm going to add that to the list of dodgy places in Limerick along with

Thomand
Ballynanty
Caherdavin (after dark)
The City Centre (after dark)
The Train Station (at all times of the day)
Moyross
South Hill
The Island Field
St. Mary's Park
O'Malley Park
Weston
Castletroy (after dark)
Garryowen

and now...

The Park (newly added to list)

thomAnd is actually thomond which personally is not that bad at all!
the island is actually the island field and st marys park!
and o'malley park is in southill so half of those places are the same thing! and personally castletroy is probably one of the safest places now that all the students are gone home..caherdavin..at night is not too dangerous at all, unless your not from the city and are just intimidated by the way they dress or their accent!

also prospect tends to be quite a bad area

Stab*City

youe people all scare too easily..