Rubbish Graffitti Coonagh Condell Road

MarkR

Anyone spot the crap graffitti by the carpet place in coonagh, and more on the condell road.

No flaming dragons or zombies eating brains (which would be interesting at least) but instead some saddo's "tag". In pink.

I'm all for pride and that, but mess up your own signs, and don't paint over road-signs or peoples business signage.

Insect Overlord

I like graffiti, but the stuff on the Condell Road is f*cking awful. Whatever youngfella did that should be ashamed of himself.

angeldaisy

I saw that today and have to say not only is it annoying but its b****y ugly, why would anyone have such an ugly tag....

What a great impression to get of our city

phill106

He also seems to have practiced at that carpet/bed place just before coonagh. Looks nasty.

kilburn

He has also tagged the esb sub station at grove island and destroyed all the walls along the right hand side of the pa healy road, the walls at the back of shannon minerals. He needs a boot in the hole and if anyone sees him tagging they should get the car reg and phone the gardai

A2LUE42

Same clown has now done some more of the signposts around town.

Mc Love

Its all over the likes of Rome and hasnt done much to their tourism figures!

Insect Overlord

Mc Love wrote: »

Its all over the likes of Rome and hasnt done much to their tourism figures!

Does it block all the directions on the road signs of Rome?

phog

Mc Love wrote: »

Its all over the likes of Rome and hasnt done much to their tourism figures!

If we had a third of the tourist attraction that Rome has we would probably cope with 3 times the amount of the graffitti that's being sprayed around the city. At the moment the tidy towns groups are fighting a losing battle against this senseless art.

SdoowSirhc

phog wrote: »

If we had a third of the tourist attraction that Rome has we would probably cope with 3 times the amount of the graffitti that's being sprayed around the city. At the moment the tidy towns groups are fighting a losing battle against this senseless art.

There's no such thing as senseless art.

phog

SdoowSirhc wrote: »

There's no such thing as senseless art.

I'll change your mind if you give me a couple of hours in your house and let me loose with a few tins of spay paint.

SdoowSirhc

phog wrote: »

I'll change your mind if you give me a couple of hours in your house and let me loose with a few tins of spay paint.:D

You're not getting in my house Fair point though

I understand that graffiti is vandalism and it shouldn't be tolerated if it is intrusive. If somebody's property is damaged by graffiti or any other form of vandalism they should get rid of it and pursue the vandal by way of the Gardai although there's not much they can do. Vandalism is Vandalism but there's a chance that somebody believes it is art or has meaning.

phog

SdoowSirhc wrote: »

Vandalism is Vandalism but there's a chance that somebody believes it is art or has meaning.

That's totally irrelevant, in what is being discussed in this thread, the somebody you mention has sprayed it on private property and on public road signs, the removal of which will cost the owners and taxpayers money.

Irish wire products on the dock road painted all their frontage and some yob went along and left paint squirls on it, all long Cecil St, a similar yob has done the same, the road sign at the roundabout on Condell Rod is partially blocked by spray paint, Fortunes near Coonagh roundabout has had their advertising hoarding completely covered with spray paint, the list goes on and on. Senseless!

Stab*City

phog wrote: »

That's totally irrelevant, in what is being discussed in this thread, the somebody you mention has sprayed it on private property and on public road signs, the removal of which will cost the owners and taxpayers money.

Irish wire products on the dock road painted all their frontage and some yob went along and left paint squirls on it, all long Cecil St, a similar yob has done the same, the road sign at the roundabout on Condell Rod is partially blocked by spray paint, Fortunes near Coonagh roundabout has had their advertising hoarding completely covered with spray paint, the list goes on and on. Senseless!

Jesus have you nothing better to do than post online about your graffiti witch hunt? Graffiti is here to stay. Its been around for millions of years and does not look like it going anywhere soon. Fair enough its against the law and they should not destroy public property but whinging about it online is pointless as the more notice the tag gets the more you will see it.

Myself i think its better than Jacinta lvs Paddy 4-ever t.l.n.d.

phog

Stab*City wrote: »

Jesus have you nothing better to do than post online about your graffiti witch hunt? Graffiti is here to stay. Its been around for millions of years and does not look like it going anywhere soon. Fair enough its against the law and they should not destroy public property but whinging about it online is pointless as the more notice the tag gets the more you will see it.

Myself i think its better than Jacinta lvs Paddy 4-ever t.l.n.d.

Hold on a minute, I'm not on a witch hunt.

I've no problem with the type of graffitti that's found below in the yard on the dock road but the ****le that's on the areas I mentioned in the post you quoted is vandalism in my eyes.

Cartman78

It's fairly lame graffiti tbh - whoever did it obviously had lots of time (and paint).

Being that they've gone to all that bother it would be refreshing to see some form of social commentary or art (a la Banksy) rather than simply writing their name and colouring it in

angeldaisy

Cartman78 wrote: »

It's fairly lame graffiti tbh - whoever did it obviously had lots of time (and paint).

Being that they've gone to all that bother it would be refreshing to see some form of social commentary or art (a la Banksy) rather than simply writing their name and colouring it in

Perhaps thats all they could do, god forbid they would do some decent artwork

Stab*City

angeldaisy wrote: »

Perhaps thats all they could do, god forbid they would do some decent artwork

Like this:



or this:



or this:

Melion

Stab*City wrote: »

Like this:



or this:



or this:

Have you seen the graffiti? It's terrible, something a 14/15 year old would do when let loose with his first can of paint. Basic bubble font, no talent required.

LB6

There's some idiot (can only be a young one) going around CHM area and he's stuck GRO in black paint everywhere. Nothing nice about it at all. They've put it on red brick, dashed walls etc. Even if it looked anyway decent, but no, like someone got a 5inch paint brush and a tin of black paint. If I catch them at it, little b*stds.

RikkFlair

Saw it this evening at roundabout near toll booth. Its ****in terrible.

MarkR

In case any of you hadn't seen the juvenile aerosol ejaculate.

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LB6 wrote: »

There's some idiot (can only be a young one) going around CHM area and he's stuck GRO in black paint everywhere. Nothing nice about it at all. They've put it on red brick, dashed walls etc. Even if it looked anyway decent, but no, like someone got a 5inch paint brush and a tin of black paint. If I catch them at it, little b*stds.

Yeah, saw that myself. Took a walk Friday evening from Fr. Russell Rd., to the South Court, up Church Road, accross CHM, down Dooradoyle Rd., along Nessan's and back to Fr. Russell Rd.

On that walk I must have seen this "tag" about 8 times, mainly along Church Road, CHM and Dooradoyle. Sheer vandalism.

Mc Love

Some people tagged the wall beside the telephone exchange in Raheen, but the addition of a community Garda and community spirit, it was removed/washed/painted over. Its like those regen folk that come into area's believing that its the same where they grew up and can treat the place like their own personal dustbin, but some people actually care about where they live and dont put up with the behaviour!

Stab*City

Mc Love wrote: »

Some people tagged the wall beside the telephone exchange in Raheen, but the addition of a community Garda and community spirit, it was removed/washed/painted over. Its like those regen folk that come into area's believing that its the same where they grew up and can treat the place like their own personal dustbin, but some people actually care about where they live and dont put up with the behaviour!

Just goes to show how out of touch you are that you think its the regenerate crowd that are doing the graffiti. Meanwhile while you and the community Garda were up at the phone exchange patting each other on the back real crime is taking place all over Raheen.

Good on ya!

Mc Love

Crime or anti social behaviour is on the decrease though which is a good thing!

Stab*City

Mc Love wrote: »

Crime or anti social behaviour is on the decrease though which is a good thing!

Well if that is true yes it is a good thing.

stonyboreen

There's a debate on Spin South West at two o'clock on the graffiti afaik. A shop owner from Limerick is on, anybody out there got anything positive to say on Limerick graffiti?

Stab*City

stonyboreen wrote: »

There's a debate on Spin South West at two o'clock on the graffiti afaik. A shop owner from Limerick is on, anybody out there got anything positive to say on Limerick graffiti?

Yes i have a few positive things to say about Limerick graffiti.

stonyboreen

Stab*City wrote: »

Yes i have a few positive things to say about Limerick graffiti.

They've got some people on at 2 for a debate on it - be interesting to see if there are any people out there with anything other than the 'it's vandalism' line

Poxyshamrock

stonyboreen wrote: »

There's a debate on Spin South West at two o'clock on the graffiti afaik. A shop owner from Limerick is on, anybody out there got anything positive to say on Limerick graffiti?

Graffiti can be really nice at times. When it's down back alleys etc, it can brighten them up.

I hate tagging though. That's not art, it's a stupid signature.

I like when Graffiti has a message or a point.
Saw this on the paper recently in London.

Brennans Row

As if the city hadn't enough monkeys on its back already.

Blotting out a major road traffic sign with paint is not only uncool but pure criminal.

I hope the NRA pursue this infantile dimwit for damages etc.

Two accounts on this weeks Leader 1 , 2.

Kess73

At the bottom of Ballinacurra Gardens this evening, there is the outline of ZONER in bubble writing, and it has not been coloured in yet. Drove past it at about 17:30 and it is on the wall of the water station (or whatever the building is) that is on the road that heads towards the railway gates.


If the guy does outlines first, then he will probably be back at some stage to colour it in.

zulutango

The ****er must be spending a fortune on buying the spray paint. I'm guessing he's a disgruntled middle class kid, who is a bit retarded.

MarkR

I was thinking the same thing, though not in the same words.

Kess73

Two arrested for graffiti according to the front of the Limerick Leader.

A quick read of the article popped up a few things like the two showed little to no remorse for what they have done, and one came out with the usual line of "there is nothing else for young people to do" as his excuse. Great to see the sense of entitlement is going strong with some people. I don't get stuff for free so I go out and damage other people's property, but it is not my fault.

Same guy also goes on to say that if it was done to his own mother's house he would be upset about it, but not too bothered when it is him doing it to another person's property.

The two of them should be named and get their pics in the paper. Both are of legal age in the eyes of the law to be charged as adults, so I see no reason for them not to be named and shamed, and also let their dole, if they are on it, be cut by a % each week in order to repay the damage or a % of their wages as well as having them out scrubbing walls.

Stab*City

Save yer breath, its an uphill battle that will never be won. The more press the artist gets the more they want. We had the same issue in Limerick back in the 90's with graffiti popping up everywhere and in public places. As you can see we still have the same problem on a bigger scale.

Its like the war on drugs the more you tell them they cant the more they will.

Kess73

Stab*City wrote: »

Save yer breath, its an uphill battle that will never be won. The more press the artist gets the more they want. We had the same issue in Limerick back in the 90's with graffiti popping up everywhere and in public places. As you can see we still have the same problem on a bigger scale.

Its like the war on drugs the more you tell them they cant the more they will.

The trick is to stop telling them they cannot do something illegal, and start actually punishing them when they break the law.

Make it hit their pockets, make it result in them standing in public scrubbing walls.

Words are useless when dealing with scum. They are used to worthless words from judges and being able to commit crime without fear of repercussions.

zulutango

Stab*City wrote: »

Save yer breath, its an uphill battle that will never be won. The more press the artist gets the more they want. We had the same issue in Limerick back in the 90's with graffiti popping up everywhere and in public places. As you can see we still have the same problem on a bigger scale.

Its like the war on drugs the more you tell them they cant the more they will.

It's just one or two individuals doing 99% of the graffitti. It is something that can be dealt with. It's not as intractable a problem as you make out.

Stab*City

zulutango wrote: »

It's just one or two individuals doing 99% of the graffitti. It is something that can be dealt with. It's not as intractable a problem as you make out.

Yes this really looks like the work of one person:



Its one or two individuals doing that particular tag. Many more than that doing it though.

Its ok now though cuz they have just been reminded:

Useless Gardai!

phog

Stab*City wrote: »

Save yer breath, its an uphill battle that will never be won.


Its like the war on drugs the more you tell them they cant the more they will.

Get them to pay the cost of removing the graffitti.

kilburn

@ Kess

Did he finish in Ballinacurra?

zulutango

Stab*City wrote: »

Yes this really looks like the work of one person:

As I said before, it is just one or two people doing most of it. It's the same few tags appearing all over the city.

Kess73

kilburn wrote: »

@ Kess

Did he finish in Ballinacurra?

No idea. Have not gone past that spot since I saw it the other day. When I call to that area I normally use the main road to get there. I only pass the end of that estate where the tag is a few times a month at most.


Snipe or one of the other Boardsies that live in the estate might be better placed to answer if it has been coloured in yet.

MarkR

Any link to the story about the two being arrested?

Kess73

MarkR wrote: »

Any link to the story about the two being arrested?

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/limerick-graffiti-blight-suspects-arrested-1-4172122

postdarwin

Glad to see these dimwits arrested. That roadsign defacement was atrocious. I have no problem with decent, artistic, interesting graffiti, but tagging? That's a different story. Bock wrote about it last year.

LimerickCity

Do what they do in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LY-clVpQE

Volvic12

I see Irish Wire Products on the Dock road was vandalized recently with Graffitti. It's a shame as they had just repainted the whole building and it had certainly improved the complexion of the Dock Road. Doubt they will spend money repainting it for it to just to happen again.
Makes me wonder, what chance have we in Limerick when our own people are destroying the place.

rok

2 guys are currently cleaning the crap off a sign near the Travelodge near the Coonagh roundabout. If I wasn't in a rush I would have stopped to ask if they were the perps!

rok

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