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  • 02-10-2019 7:26pm
    #1
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭


    Ireland is a very safe country.

    That’s why the last 3 nights in our estate. 5 cars broken into, 3 attempted house robberies. Gang clearly targeting our area on mopeds, families living in fear at night that some toerag is going to break in, people sleeping with hammers in their bedrooms. Gardaí no where to be seen...

    But you know what? We live in a very safe country...


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  • #2
    Gavlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,189 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Ireland is a very safe country.

    That’s why the last 3 nights in our estate. 5 cars broken into, 3 attempted house robberies. Gang clearly targeting our area on mopeds, families living in fear at night that some toerag is going to break in, people sleeping with hammers in their bedrooms. Gardaí no where to be seen...

    But you know what? We live in a very safe country...

    You should consider moving away from central Naples.


  • #3
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Ireland is a very safe country.

    That’s why the last 3 nights in our estate. 5 cars broken into, 3 attempted house robberies. Gang clearly targeting our area on mopeds, families living in fear at night that some toerag is going to break in, people sleeping with hammers in their bedrooms. Gardaí no where to be seen...

    But you know what? We live in a very safe country...

    https://jrnl.ie/4833943


  • #4
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Ireland is a very safe country.

    That’s why the last 3 nights in our estate. 5 cars broken into, 3 attempted house robberies. Gang clearly targeting our area on mopeds, families living in fear at night that some toerag is going to break in, people sleeping with hammers in their bedrooms. Gardaí no where to be seen...

    But you know what? We live in a very safe country...

    We do, but you live in a very bad estate.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    He wasn't talking about your street.

    There hasn't been a crime around here in years. So we're balance out.


  • #6
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    Ireland is an incredibly safe country. I am often amazed how so many people here think it isn't.

    The Sunday World is not a reliable source for data. Yet so many people here think it is.


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  • #7
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    We do, but you live in a very bad estate.

    It’s a very respectable estate actually. Anyone who thinks Ireland is safe is having a laugh. Ask anyone in Dublin North on the recent burglary sprees or elderly living rural Ireland if they feel safe ?


  • #8
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    MrAbyss wrote: »
    Ireland is an incredibly safe country. I am often amazed how so many people here think it isn't.

    The Sunday World is not a reliable source for data. Yet so many people here think it is.

    Sorry this is from actually residents in our estate who are experience crime not from a sensationalist rag dedicated to gangland.


  • #9
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,454 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    It’s a very respectable estate actually. Anyone who thinks Ireland is safe is having a laugh. Ask anyone in Dublin North on the recent burglary sprees ?

    See man, DER is da problem loike. Yer livin’ On da Nort Soide in a scummy estate.


  • #10
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    It’s a very respectable estate actually. Anyone who thinks Ireland is safe is having a laugh. Ask anyone in Dublin North on the recent burglary sprees or elderly living rural Ireland if they feel safe ?

    Elderly rural Ireland here.....we feel very safe thank you. This country is very safe. I've been to many countries in all continents and you'll not find many safer than right here. So, don't use us rural elder people in your argument, the majority of us feel quite safe.


  • #11
    Still waters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Still waters


    I'd be surprised if the area I'm from isn't considered amongst the lowest crime rate in the country, so yes we live in a safe country where the majority of people go about their lives unmolested and free from crime, some people just live in bad areas with scumbag neighbours, its up to you to do something about it OP, either move or you could set up a neighbourhood committee to liaise with local gardai


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  • #12
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    Raelyn Substantial Flood wrote: »
    Elderly rural Ireland here.....we feel very safe thank you. This country is very safe. I've been to many countries in all continents and you'll not find many safer than right here. So, don't use us rural elder people in your argument, the majority of us feel quite safe.

    Ha ! Good one.


  • #13
    Somedaythefire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Somedaythefire


    Anecdotal evidence is useless. North inner city Dublin here. The country is very safe.


  • #14
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    It’s a very respectable estate actually. Anyone who thinks Ireland is safe is having a laugh. Ask anyone in Dublin North on the recent burglary sprees or elderly living rural Ireland if they feel safe ?

    Don't know anyone in Diblin north, but people I know in rural Ireland do feel safe, including elderly relatives and neighbours. I don't buy the notion we often see on boards that people in the countryside is constantly living in fear.

    Seriously though, if you're having a crime spree in your estate and the Gardai arent helping much, have you considered going to your local public representatives?


  • #15
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Ha ! Good one.

    Not sure what you mean. :confused:


  • #16
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Apart from parts of Dublin, which is a complete cesspit in my view, Ireland is one of the safest countries in the world. Anyone who would say otherwise I think might just be incredibly unworldly and sheltered.


  • #17
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Actually he's right. While local crime can be an issue in some places, overall the country is very safe. Our crime rate is relatively low for the population, low murder rate and virtually no real chance of terrorism.


  • #18
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    Don't know anyone in Diblin north, but people I know in rural Ireland do feel safe, including elderly relatives and neighbours. I don't buy the notion we often see on boards that people in the countryside is constantly living in fear.

    Seriously though, if you're having a crime spree in your estate and the Gardai arent helping much, have you considered going to your local public representatives?

    Yes. It’s a joke. They’ve been coming in and out in mopeds. One lot came at 10pm checking car doors and taking anything that wasn’t nailed down. This hasn’t happened ever here before but the last few months have been awful for people here. I haven’t seen the Gardaí ever come its been reported by loads of people.


  • #19
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    Dublin is a feral ****hole, so doesn't paint a fair picture of the country as a whole.


  • #20
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Yes. It’s a joke. They’ve been coming in and out in mopeds. One lot came at 10pm checking car doors and taking anything that wasn’t nailed down. This hasn’t happened ever here before but the last few months have been awful for people here. I haven’t seen the Gardaí ever come its been reported by loads of people.
    You should send a few rockers in to sort them Mods out.


  • #21
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Ireland has definitely a lower crime percentage than other countries. However what I find with Ireland is the complete randomness of crimes that other countries don't have. I live in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in western europe and there is a lot of crime, however you'd have to be involved in that world of drugs and acting the maggot for something to happen to you. In Ireland I know loads of cases of lads walking home from the pub or standing outside one and getting stabbed or beaten to within an inch of their life for no reason.


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  • #22
    Salary Negotiator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭Salary Negotiator


    Raelyn Substantial Flood wrote: »
    Not sure what you mean. :confused:

    I think he means that his anecdotal evidence trumps your experience.


  • #23
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    Apart from parts of Dublin, which is a complete cesspit in my view, Ireland is one of the safest countries in the world. Anyone who would say otherwise I think might just be incredibly unworldly and sheltered.


    Spoken like a unworldly and sheltered bogger.


  • #24
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Ireland is a safe country in the grand scheme of things. Do we over egg of safe it is?? Definitely yes. Would not believe any stats that come out of the public service.


  • #25
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    Dublin is a feral ****hole, so doesn't paint a fair picture of the country as a whole.

    No ****holes like Tipperary Town do.

    That's the real Ireland. Human misery, mediocrity and GAA.


  • #26
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,576 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    https://jrnl.ie/4833943

    Fitzgibbon Street garda station is operational, just the public counter isn't open.

    Mountjoy garda station is 900 metres away and Store Street garda station is 1.3 km away.


  • #27
    Dj Stiggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Dj Stiggie


    You know it's all relative, yeah? Statistically Ireland is one of the safest countries in the world. But that doesn't mean the country is crime free. Compared to anywhere outside of Western Europe (and even a lot of countries within), we're doing pretty great. Compared to Iceland where there's f*ck all people and they're all related anyway, we could do better.


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