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Roughest town in Ireland 2019

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    #32
    jim-mcdee
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    InTheShadows wrote: »
    Maybe if middle and upper class people who live in so called lovely and respected areas stopped buying the drugs off the drug dealers that terrorise decent hard working families in the "rough areas" things would be different. Most of them are happy enough to look down their noses and poke fun whilst they snort coke of the toilet cistern in some swanky south Dublin restaurant.

    I'll have you know that me and my friends always purchase our cocaine from ethical sources and it's all rainforest alliance certified. Each baggie has the stamp to prove it. Our supplier is like super eco aware and a pacifist, so that blows your theory right out of the water.


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    #33
    blackwave
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    Rothko wrote: »
    New Ross

    Back 10/15 years ago it was quite rough but it has quietened down a lot in recent years.


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    #34
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    South Tipp not north Tipp is in the south east tourism boards regime (as a quick google confirms). Not nenagh then. Another quick google tells me that Tipp is 14th in most visited county. Mostly south Tipp I’d guess, what with two castles. People like castles.

    Stand corrected. Sun lounger making its way to Tipperary town. Incidentally, the flak is justifiable - I've passed through there several times.


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    #35
    L1011
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    Athy


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    #36
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Stand corrected. Sun lounger making its way to Tipperary town. Incidentally, the flak is justifiable - I've passed through there several times.

    I haven’t visited Tipp town at least not for years, although I like south Tipp/north Waterford where my dads folks come from. It’s hard to know whether you or the other guy were talking the county or the town.

    In fact i prefer south Tipp to Kerry where my mothers folks come from and I visited both a lot as a child. The idea that it’s some kind of wasteland doesn’t map to the area I visit.

    Since tourism was mentioned the Rock of Cashel gets 350k visitors a year, which is probably more than many counties.


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    #37
    LuasSimon
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    Would be thinking larger towns like Tuam , Longford , mullingar , portlaoise , ennis have problems .... kilrush co Clare ...bunclody Co wexford .... askeaton Co Limerick ...Charleville Co Cork


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    #38
    rossie1977
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    When I lived there Athlone had to be in with a shout.

    There were a number of crime ridden areas such as Battery heights, St Mels Terrace and despite being student area Willow Park as town council tried moving certain families away from Battery and Mels to Willow. Robberies in Willow (talking 15+ years ago) were quite frequent and people got attacked including friend of mine.

    This is a few years later https://m.herald.ie/news/serial-sex-beast-on-the-loose-27886113.html


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    #39
    Stopitwillya
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    Tipp town, New Ross or Kilkenny, all 3 towns are very rough.


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    #40
    flazio
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    Ballinasloe every first week of October.


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    #41
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    I haven’t visited Tipp town at least not for years, although I like south Tipp/north Waterford where my dads folks come from. It’s hard to know whether you or the other guy were talking the county or the town.

    The town, specifically. All the same, I can't knock a man for taking pride in his heritage.


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    #42
    nthclare
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    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Rathkeale is a tumbleweed ghost town for 90% of the year, dead and largely abandoned. I think they turn up at Christmas so Santa can find the childers.

    Childers roads in Limerick City not Rathkeale, wrong direction lol


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    #43
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The town, specifically. All the same, I can't knock a man for taking pride in his heritage.

    It’s fairly distant heritage as my dad is a dub it’s grandparents that are from Tipp. Just not recognising the supposed wasteland of a place I visit 1-2 times a year. It’s fine. Rich even in the countryside.

    I prefer the general open countryside of the golden vale to the small farms of the west anyway, or midlands bogs, anyway.


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    #44
    The_Kew_Tour
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    Any town in Tipp is rough. Tralee was rough at night time , as is Mallow


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    #45
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    As I said before though the roughest part of Ireland is an objective fact, not a subjective opinion.

    The cork examiner had a very good piece on this a few years back.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/

    It’s over country not per town but you can probably work out that a safe county probably doesn’t have unsafe towns.

    So it’s not Tipp, I’ll let the workings out to the user.

    If we did include cities it would be Dublin, then limerick. Working out the roughest large town is a bit tougher but not impossible.

    Edit:

    Given Louth is 4th after Dublin, limerick and Waterford counties I think we would probably suggest that Dundalk or Drogheda are up there.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/louth/


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    #46
    whisky_galore
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    suicide_circus wrote: »
    Rathkeale leaves a lot to be desired.

    It does but it's not rough most of the time.


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    #47
    davidk1394
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    Clonmel on a night out is pretty rough. Live near by and don’t like going out there too often


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    #48
    whisky_galore
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    Tralee
    Charleville
    Athlone

    Significant numbers of undesirables dwell and/or congregate in those places on weekend nights.


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    #49
    whisky_galore
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    It's really gone downhill but shhhh you'll be talking down all the new chobs an offices and skyscrapers and stuff.

    They call it the Peace Park the Piss Park for a good reason.


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    #50
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    It’s interesting how people’s perceptions conflict with reality.


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    #51
    suicide_circus
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    InTheShadows wrote: »
    Maybe if middle and upper class people who live in so called lovely and respected areas stopped buying the drugs off the drug dealers that terrorise decent hard working families in the "rough areas" things would be different. Most of them are happy enough to look down their noses and poke fun whilst they snort coke of the toilet cistern in some swanky south Dublin restaurant.
    would you get that bag of chips off your shoulder? you think people in "rough areas" arent buying the drugs too? only difference is the "upper class" people get charged more for the pleasure.


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    #52
    rainybillwill
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Parts of Limerick city

    most of limerick city:(


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    #53
    Wildly Boaring
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    Longford town
    Tralee
    Athlone

    In no particular order


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    #54
    rainybillwill
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    A lot of towns in Mayo are very rough


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    #55
    jammiedodgers
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    Longford


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    #56
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    jammiedodgers wrote: »
    Longford

    Nope. Safest county in Ireland. The town is probably fairly safe given that reality.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/roscommon-and-longford/


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    #57
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    Excluding cities it’s probably drogheda and Dundalk. Louth is the 4th worst county overall.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/louth/

    For public disorder (which probably equates best to “roughness”) Tralee and Killarney are good bets as Kerry tops the league for that stat.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/kerry/

    Waterford is not that safe but it may be the city only and the actual stats we have are per county.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/waterford/

    Athlone is probably rough given west Meath is the 6th worst county for per capita criminality.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/westmeath/

    Longford is safe. So is Tipp.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/roscommon-and-longford/

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/tipperary/


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    #58
    MissDisaster
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    As a member of those living in a drogheda I’m putting it up for nomination purely sue to the sheer amount of gangland shooting we’ve had in the past year.


    What beats me is none of them seem to have any aim! If I was a drug lord I think I’d invest in some marksman skills classes so at least the job would be done properly.

    Maybe then eventually they’d all just thin out the herd and die of natural stupidity or drug use.


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    #59
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    rainybillwill wrote: »
    A lot of towns in Mayo are very rough

    Second safest country in Ireland.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/crime/crimebycounty/mayo/


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    #60
    Church on Tuesday
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    Ballaghadereen.


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    #61
    rossie1977
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    rainybillwill wrote: »
    A lot of towns in Mayo are very rough

    Are they? I have been out in pretty much every major town in Mayo late at night and never noticed any real trouble.

    Bringing it back to Athlone during my years living there I saw a fight pretty much every night I was out and I would warn friends who didn't live there never to react if someone said something to them on street at night.


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