Muggings in Dublin 8

Lady Luck

Has anybody experienced a mugging in Dublin 8? I used to consider where I live quite safe. But yesterday I was mugged and beaten. Thankfully they only stole my handbag with 50 euros, makeup and my camera in it (my phone was dead so I had it charging in my house). They bruised me too though. I have a bruise on my neck thats more unsightly than painful. I was so shaken for it that I do not see myself going out at night for the forseeable future. Can I just say these two men who did this are bastards and I hope they get caught.

But it raises an interesting argument: is crime on the rise in your area?

enniscorthy

WHAT SCUMBAGS

enniscorthy

sorry mate just defo a dublin thing nice and safe down around our area

amacachi

Lady Luck wrote: »

But it raises an interesting argument: is crime on the rise in your area?

I don't usually put forward an argument with a question mark on the end of it.

And no, not that I've noticed.

Lady Luck

Thank you peoples for the sympathy. I am so distraught, but I'm trying not to let it show because who wants to show weakness, yes?

I just think its disgraceful. My friend Leigh got mugged too a few months ago where she lives (Dublin 1).

enniscorthy

hi lady luck your always quite welcome down here to stay a few nights maybe in the summer with me the mrs the kids you wont be imposing,spare room kettel hot water tea in the morning 2 waffles bowl of hooney loops:p

Lady Luck

enniscorthy wrote: »

hi lady luck your always quite welcome down here to stay a few nights maybe in the summer with me the mrs the kids you wont be imposing,spare room kettel hot water tea in the morning 2 waffles bowl of hooney loops:p

Awww thank you baby! Enniscorthy, Wexford, right? Is there much to see and do in Wexford? x

citizen_p

hmm... taking the bag is bad enough but slapping you around is a whole other level. especially to a girl.

no crime rise in my area....but im a country boy...sorta

cherryghost

crime in longford cant go any higher than it is now. ill never find my set of blue pens!

enniscorthy

Lady Luck wrote: »

Awww thank you baby! Enniscorthy, Wexford, right? Is there much to see and do in Wexford? x

hehehehehehehahahahahahahahohohohohohohoho :P:D

cherryghost

enniscorthy wrote: »

hehehehehehehahahahahahahahohohohohohohoho :P:D

thats a no then

Lady Luck

Mousey- wrote: »

hmm... taking the bag is bad enough but slapping you around is a whole other level. especially to a girl.

no crime rise in my area....but im a country boy...sorta

They took my bag and in the struggle one of them clenched my throat and pushed me away kinda. they didn't strike me. I still hate them. Scum.

Cherryghost, hehehe! but this is no laughing matter. x

Lady Luck

enniscorthy wrote: »

hehehehehehehahahahahahahahohohohohohohoho :P:D

hehehehehehehhe my babies. xx

cherryghost

Lady Luck wrote: »

They took my bag and in the struggle one of them clenched my throat and pushed me away kinda. they didn't strike me. I still hate them. Scum.

Cherryghost, hehehe! but this is no laughing matter. x

i assume you reported that?

partyatmygaff

Mousey- wrote: »

hmm... taking the bag is bad enough but slapping you around is a whole other level. especially to a girl.

no crime rise in my area....but im a country boy...sorta

So much for gender equality :rolleyes:


I hate scumbags, especially f*ckers who mug people.

markok84

Lady Luck wrote: »

Awww thank you baby! Enniscorthy, Wexford, right? Is there much to see and do in Wexford? x

Pick strawberries and then sell them on the side of the road. Quare good fun.

Lady Luck

cherryghost wrote: »

i assume you reported that?

Yes but the Gardai said there's nothing they could do about it. I just gave them the description of my bag and camera. I couldn't see the men's faces because it was dark and I was taking a shortcut though a dark street.

cherryghost

Lady Luck wrote: »

Yes but the Gardai said there's nothing they could do about it. I just gave them the description of my bag and camera. I couldn't see the men's faces because it was dark and I was taking a shortcut though a dark street.

You just broke rule number one by takinig the shortcut. In a dark street.

enniscorthy

markok84 wrote: »

Pick strawberries and then sell them on the side of the road. Quare good fun.

DEFO AND SPUDS AND DVDS HEHEHEAHAHAHAHHHOHOHHO

Lady Luck

cherryghost wrote: »

You just broke rule number one by takinig the shortcut. In a dark street.

So I deserve to get mugged violently? **** you.

samurai kebab

Lady Luck wrote: »

Thank you peoples for the sympathy. I am so distraught, but I'm trying not to let it show because who wants to show weakness, yes?

I just think its disgraceful. My friend Leigh got mugged too a few months ago where she lives (Dublin 1).

I live in Dublin 1 and it's calmed down loads around here over the last few years plus just saying D1 is a bit vague. I got mugged in Tara street train station so I could say I got mugged in D2 but the people who did it were from nowhere near town so does that really say anything about the dangers of D2.
Also I mean there can be a huge range in the safety of areas withina postcode like theres a world of difference between Clontarf and Eastwall(no offence intended here) and the are both D3 so don't think it's fair to tarnish a whole postcode based on some possible problems in one part of it.

Hope that all came across how I intended it to I'm pretty shattered here.

cherryghost

Lady Luck wrote: »

So I deserve to get mugged violently? **** you.

I didnt say you deserve it. I'm sorry to hear what happened, but you cant assume anything (in your case, a dark street) these days

Lady Luck

Thank you Samaurai Kebab. I understand what you are saying, but I believe Dublin 8 as a whole is just getting more violent.

partyatmygaff

Lady Luck wrote: »

So I deserve to get mugged violently? **** you.

You just broke rule no.2 of AH.Don't take things so seriously and never EVER reply with a f*ck you.


Expect one of these

Moderator:
Attack the post not the poster. BANNED 30 weeks, see you soon.


/Any time now

MrStuffins

amacachi wrote: »

I don't usually put forward an argument with a question mark on the end of it.

:rolleyes:

Lady Luck

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it. xx

javaboy

No ban. Just cool it a little.

partyatmygaff

Lady Luck wrote: »

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it. xx

:pac: You must be new to after hours.

Anyways, next time avoid dark streets and don't look distant or unaware. Look straight on and confident.

Lady Luck

Thank you so much for the leniancy. I would be lost without these boards.

Yeah I guess it wasn't the brightest idea in the world to walk home through a dark allyway pissed. Its a horrifically stereotypical mugging really.

In future I will look confident and alert. thank you for the support peoples. xx

CAPSLOCK365

Lady Luck wrote: »

Has anybody experienced a mugging in Dublin 8? I used to consider where I live quite safe. But yesterday I was mugged and beaten. Thankfully they only stole my handbag with 50 euros, makeup and my camera in it (my phone was dead so I had it charging in my house). They bruised me too though. I have a bruise on my neck thats more unsightly than painful. I was so shaken for it that I do not see myself going out at night for the forseeable future. Can I just say these two men who did this are bastards and I hope they get caught.

But it raises an interesting argument: is crime on the rise in your area?

Having not read the entire thread, I'm going to go on and assume that no-one has yet said that you should change your yousername.

Overheal

Those ****ing Muggles again :mad:

Sharpshooter

Aye.:mad:

jill_valentine

Whereabouts in Dublin 8, might I ask?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Lady Luck wrote: »

I was so shaken for it that I do not see myself going out at night for the forseeable future.

That's the real impact of mugging... the fear and paranoia (and in my case anger) it leaves you with.
You hear about victims of burglary talking about how they no longer feel safe in their own homes... it's a similar deal.
I'd like to see mugging treated as a far more serious crime... it's not just theft... it's not even the assault... it's a completely head-fúcking betrayal of trust in strangers and the feeling that any stranger could be your next mugger.

Overheal

And you arent even allowed a bit of pepper spray to defend yourself with, which I think its a sad joke.

So unless youre a boxer or a Tae Kwon Do instructor the guy on top is always going to be the scumbag illegally carrying the gun/knife.

jill_valentine

I've had somebody break into my house while I was in it and chased them back out, but I can honestly say it doesn't bother me now. Doesn't cost me a thought.

IvySlayer

Where are you The_Citizen? WHERE ARE YOU??

Sharpshooter

Like he is gonna tell.
Are you trying to infiltrate his whereabouts?

/why :cool:

IvySlayer

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Like he is gonna tell.
Are you trying to infiltrate his whereabouts?

/why :cool:

I spent 4 hours on my roof with a torch shining his name for nothing

Dennis the Stone

jill_valentine wrote: »

Whereabouts in Dublin 8, might I ask?

I would also like to know where...

Lukker-

Buy a gun

legs11

Lady Luck wrote: »

Has anybody experienced a mugging in Dublin 8? I used to consider where I live quite safe. But yesterday I was mugged and beaten. Thankfully they only stole my handbag with 50 euros, makeup and my camera in it (my phone was dead so I had it charging in my house). They bruised me too though. I have a bruise on my neck thats more unsightly than painful. I was so shaken for it that I do not see myself going out at night for the forseeable future. Can I just say these two men who did this are bastards and I hope they get caught.

But it raises an interesting argument: is crime on the rise in your area?

Jaysus, that reinforces my opinion of Dublin lately. have you been to a doc? were these scum bags old?

RacoonQueen

jill_valentine wrote: »

Whereabouts in Dublin 8, might I ask?

I was going to ask the same, it has Portobello and Rialto, two COMPLETELY different areas...

VinnyTGM

Sorry to hear, hope you called the gards.

NickNolte

Overheal wrote: »

So unless youre a boxer or a Tae Kwon Do instructor the guy on top is always going to be the scumbag illegally carrying the gun/knife.

If you give one of these idiots a hiding, you're likely to go down yourself. If they're armed, you'd probably get away with doing just about anything to them though - you can plead self defence in such a situation.

There's a very distinct breed of violent scumbag in Dublin and they aren't restricted by class in a lot of cases. The big problem is that that Gardaí seem largely apathetic to the plight of their victims.

I can't stress this enough - if you're mugged or assaulted in Dublin and you go to report it to the authorities, bring a solicitor with you to represent you. The Gardaí won't give you the runaround and will have to investigate the matter properly.

Regardless though, the justice system in this country is far, far, far too lenient on these pissant knackers and they're back on the street in no time, ready to destroy the lives of their next victims. The people of this country should really be up in arms about it but it'll continue unless enough people make enough noise.

Mr Benevolent

In future I will look confident and alert. thank you for the support peoples. xx

In the future, avoid taking short cuts through dark streets. Hell even I don't do it, and I'm male.

uberwolf

Lady Luck wrote: »

Has anybody experienced a mugging in Dublin 8? I used to consider where I live quite safe.

There is nowhere in town where I would walk down a dark, quiet street on my own.

I've lived in D8 for three years, in one of the 'spicier' areas, and I've never been blinked at.

You could also make your own pepper spray, with all fully legal ingredients.
Im so sorry for what happened toyou. I know how scared you must have been. I had some bother from junkies in town last year, they were going to stab me, because I wouldnt give them a cigarette.Scumbags. I was so raging I didnt have either a weapon or pepper spray to get rid of them.

Craigsy

Calling people like that scum is an insult to scum, they're worse than that. People like that deserve to be strung up by there gizmo (or other relevant body part). Soz to hear about it,:(

My area hasn't changed that much, then again I live in D12 so it never was calm really to begin with

meathstevie

Quite true but putting them together in a spraycan would still make it a prohibited weapon. Deodorant spray stings like hell when you get it in your eyes as well by the way.

mike65

I have little or no interest in the state of criminal affairs of D8