Dublin - The skid mark of Ireland?

Nib

What an utter kip this place is.

Brought my nephew to Dublin Zoo today for his birthday and then to do a bit of shopping in the City.

On our travels we witnessed;

A junkie shooting up right outside McDonald's in broad daylight. The Gardaí on patrol didn't seem bothered. The streets were crawling with skangers roaring like animals and we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.

We brushed aside the above, but when we came across a middle aged woman defecating into a piece of tinfoil near Heuston Station we knew that was our cue to leave.

Never again.

wazky

Nib wrote: »

we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.

Disgraceful stuff altogether, where will the madness end.

Country has gone to fcuk.

Tail Docker

So ye liked it apart from that?

Hotale.com

Should have went to Fota.

fermanagh_man

Into tin foil?
So many questions

Nib

Tail Docker wrote: »

So ye liked it apart from that?

The Zoo was great, the staff there are a credit to themselves. It really is a great place for a day out. Other than that, no.

Duff

Dublin is a grand city. You get scum like that in any major city anywhere.

vicwatson

Not another one of these threads, yawn

Shakespeare's Sister

A guy kicking an ICE-CREAM?! :eek:

Nib

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Nobody cares.

It's no wonder you have 5,500 posts in just over a year if this is what you're contributing.

Well done.

Tail Docker

vicwatson wrote: »

Not another one of these threads, yawn

A Town thread? Sure, Town is where it's at these days.

wazky

Magaggie wrote: »

A guy kicking an ICE-CREAM?! :eek:

Have HB released a statement?

shruikan2553

Only kicked an ice cream? Must have been no heads within reach.

Tail Docker

Nib wrote: »

It's no wonder you have 5,500 posts in just over a year if this is what you're contributing.

Well done.

Back away from our Spanish correspondent newbie. She's needed.

applehunter

Come down to Cork

And as someone suggested, come to Fota.

Couple of Tigers just arrived.

http://www.fotawildlife.ie/blog/tiger-is-coming-to-fota

osarusan

What flavour was the ice-cream?

sabat

Nib wrote: »

What an utter kip this place is.

Brought my nephew to Dublin Zoo today for his birthday and then to do a bit of shopping in the City.

On our travels we witnessed;

A junkie shooting up right outside McDonald's in broad daylight.

What McDonald's and what time because I'm calling bullsh1t on that.

suicide_circus

Nib wrote: »

Never again.

Can we hold you to that?

Legs.Eleven

Nib wrote: »

It's no wonder you have 5,500 posts in just over a year if this is what you're contributing.

Well done.

No worries!

You lead a sheltered life if you find someone kicking an ice cream cone down the street shocking. God love you.


Edit: Obviously you're not a re-reg banned a million times for wasting your free time trolling. The irony.

Dozen Wicked Words

wazky wrote: »

Have HB released a statement?

Said the guy was a loop the loop, off his twister.

Tail Docker

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

No worries!

You lead a sheltered life if you find someone kicking an ice cream cone down the street shocking. God love you.

The cone was in a Nuns mouth at the time.. :eek:

Sir Osis of Liver.

Waterford is being treated like the skiddy ring of Ireland since the sh1t hit the fan.

Tail Docker

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Waterford is being treated like the skiddy ring of Ireland since the sh1t hit the fan.

We already have one ring-a-skiddy.,.

Ruu

osarusan wrote: »

What flavour was the ice-cream?

Neapolitan probably. How does one kick ice cream and not make a mess of whatever they are wearing???

humbert

As someone who likes Dublin the behaviour that's tolerated by the Gardai and is becoming more and more widespread is depressing. And for what it's worth you don't see that in the city centre of most European cities; you might be able to find it but in Dublin it's simply unavoidable at this stage.

Adamantium

Nib wrote: »

What an utter kip this place is.

Brought my nephew to Dublin Zoo today for his birthday and then to do a bit of shopping in the City.

On our travels we witnessed;

A junkie shooting up right outside McDonald's in broad daylight. The Gardaí on patrol didn't seem bothered. The streets were crawling with skangers roaring like animals and we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.

We brushed aside the above, but when we came across a middle aged woman defecating into a piece of tinfoil near Heuston Station we knew that was our cue to leave.

Never again.

Well in a city of 1 million people, you were bound to run into all sorts simply by chance of setting out the door particularly on a good day.

Join the rest of humanity and don't be surprised.

Enough faux outrage threads here.

RayM

Nib wrote: »

we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.

He deserves to be put a wafer a very long time.

fleet_admiral

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Neapolitan probably. How does one kick ice cream and not make a mess of whatever they are wearing???

a skanger girls underwear

Tail Docker

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Neapolitan probably. How does one kick ice cream and not make a mess of whatever they are wearing???

You dip your foot in warm water first - so's it doesn't stick.

sdanseo

Duff wrote: »

Dublin is a grand city. You get scum like that in any major city anywhere.

In most cities' main street though you tend to see at least a fundamental attempt to police the problem.

It's as if the Gardaí (or more precisely, their management) have simply given up on the junkies.

degsie

So, a slow news day in Dublin.... weather was nice though...

Legs.Eleven

humbert wrote: »

As someone who likes Dublin the behaviour that's tolerated by the Gardai and is becoming more and more widespread is depressing. And for what it's worth you don't see that in the city centre of most European cities; you might be able to find it but in Dublin it's simply unavoidable at this stage.

Really? I see similar almost daily here in Madrid.

TiGeR KiNgS

You think Dublin is bad ? just try the desolate wasteland of the midlands. 'Travellers' everywhere and accents that would make Ronald Mc Donald cry.

Tail Docker

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

You think Dublin is bad ? just try the desolate wasteland of the midlands. 'Travelers' everywhere and accents that would make Ronald Mc Donald cry.

Very true - offaly bleak.

Legs.Eleven

The more I read the ice-cream line, the funnier it gets.

humbert

I'll admit that I haven't been to Madrid but I have been to Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Paris, Stockholm, Valencia, Frankfurt (it's probably worse around the main station), Hanover, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva and probably a few more and Dublin is the most conspicuously skanger infested. Even if all the rest are just as bad it doesn't actually diminish the problem that Dublin has.

degsie

Tail Docker wrote: »

Very true - offaly bleak.

Yeah, those 'Travelers' need to be kept on a Laoise

fleet_admiral

Tail Docker wrote: »

Very true - offaly bleak.

they should all be kept on a laois

Cienciano

OP, so did you say hi to your mam when you saw her outside heuston station?

Tail Docker

Frankfurt is a bit of a kip too, in all honesty..

bbbaldy

Adamantium wrote: »

Well in a city of 1 million people, you were bound to run into all sorts simply by chance of setting out the door particularly on a good day.

Join the rest of humanity and don't be surprised.

Enough faux outrage threads here.

Absolute rubbish, its not ok, its not a common sight in cities of over 1 million people. In a lot of European cities this is not acceptable, the police come down hard on this type of behaviour. I'm not saying its not there, but because its not acceptable its hidden and the general public does not have to put up with it. I find that In Dublin people find this behaviour to be a fact of life, for as long as they do this nothing will change.

Smidge

we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.


No need to have a wibbly wobbly over that!. I mean, something like that will hardly cause a super split in the fabric of society. the guy was clearly a flake.
I do agree with you on the policing side of things though.
What we need is Magnum.

Legs.Eleven

humbert wrote: »

I'll admit that I haven't been to Madrid but I have been to Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Paris, Stockholm, Valencia, Frankfurt (it's probably worse around the main station), Hanover, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva and probably a few more and Dublin is the most conspicuously skanger infested. Even if all the rest are just as bad it doesn't actually diminish the problem that Dublin has.

I've lived in Edinburgh and London and oh, believe me, you find similar. Edinburgh has massive problems with heroin. We had massive punch ups right outside our flat between Rangers and Celtic fans most weekend nights.


My parents witnessed a man get the **** beaten out of him by two bouncers in front of their hotel visiting me in 2007 in London. He was left there for dead and they had to call the ambulance. If you leave the very centre, you'll find trouble. Parts of my areas were often cordoned off after someone was murdered there.


Not to say Dublin hasn't got it's problems and it certainly does but painting it as some sort of hell hole is a little naive. It's not as bad as people make out it is on Boards.


Let's face it, the ice-cream incident is hardly worrying.

degsie

Nib wrote: »

The streets were crawling with skangers roaring like animals and we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.

Did the Ice Scream?

fleet_admiral

Smidge wrote: »

we even witnessed one lad kicking a 99 ice cream along the foothpath with bits of ice cream flying everywhere.


No need to have a wibbly wobbly over that!. I mean, something like that will hardly cause a super split in the fabric of society. the guy was clearly a flake.
I do agree with you on the policing side of things though.
What we need is Magnum.

Id say he had freaky feet afterwards

Joe Duffy..

Dublin is a great city, you get people like this in any major city in the country, Cork, Limerick, Galway. Especially in fine weather, seems to bring the skangers out.

The Backwards Man

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I've lived in Edinburgh and London and oh, believe me, you find similar. Edinburgh has massive problems with heroin. We had massive punch ups right outside our flat between Rangers and Celtic fans most weekend nights.


My parents witnessed a man get the **** beaten out of him by two bouncers in front of their hotel visiting me in 2007 in London. He was left there for dead and they had to call the ambulance. If you leave the very centre, you'll find trouble. Parts of my areas were often cordoned off after someone was murdered there.


Not to say Dublin hasn't got it's problems and it certainly does but painting it as some sort of hell hole is a little naive. It's not as bad as people make out it is on Boards.


Let's face it, the ice-cream incident is hardly worrying.

I dunno legs, I'll never look at a cone the same way again.

Tail Docker

I love Dublin tbh, never had an issue with skangers or whatever. I think you can be a wee timerous beastie and see junkies on every corner, or else see a City going about its business. I remember when walking down Sheriff st meant you got mugged and Moore st was rough as fcuk -literally. It's waay better these days. I don't get the hand wringing.

--LOS--

I think it has gotten so bad in the last few years, it has become an eyesore and a safety issue. I know there was always trouble but there seems to be so much more of it in public places now

TiGeR KiNgS

degsie wrote: »

Did the Ice Scream?

Why didn't OP just desert the area ?

Tail Docker

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

Why didn't OP just desert the area ?

This is just whipping it up. No topping that.