What is happening in Longford town?

batman_oh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120613162#Comment_120613162

This is what happens when you basically celebrate a section of society for choosing to live outside of the law, actively encourage them to continue on as they are and call everybody racist that asks questions. Blame everybody that holds this opinion basically as this is what they want

ducklooker

I moved to Longford 22 years ago for work.

Worst mistake we ever made.

Can't socialise as violence is a heartbeat away.

Can't park. Wardens avoid powerful, political etc illegal parkers but god forbid a visitor goes seconds over.

Sent kids to school miles away after the drug use and violence of St Mel's became apparent.

Kids being tormented while in primary school by travelers until they reacted and schools tried to blame ours. Thankfully I keep records and write to the schools, so that didn't work.

Can't go for fast food without being subjected to either threats or abuse 2 out of every 3 times.

Open drug dealing/ prostitution in the alleyways of main street but never a garda there.

More closed businesses than open, in town yet not one REAL incentive to start up anything other than another barbershop/ nail salon that'll be gone in a few months.

It has it's upsides ( The mall amongst others) but mostly it's dreadful. My older kids get a degree and feck off asap ....

Gussie Scrotch

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121746731#Comment_121746731

It sounds bad.

My memories of Longford are of a sleepy provincial town.

Went to St Mel's. No drugs....it was daring to smoke tobacco before 4th year.

You could park where you liked, apart from drunken late night revellers, violence was rare and mainly stopped at fisticuffs.

No drug dealing and certainly not openly. No Prostitution.

On the whole a friendly, relatively prosperous place.

It saddens me to see such decline.

An Claidheamh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120217434#Comment_120217434

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35607366.amp

Bunch of Kracker scum.

Funny how they never move into towns in the North - as they wouldn’t dare come to the attention of paramilitaries.

Did the Gardaí check if the jeep had tax and insurance? Did they f€ck?

That Longford returns a FF TD is why they have these problems, time to accept some responsibility for their issues

An Claidheamh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120507830#Comment_120507830

The thing about traveller thugs, like scangers also, they insist on doing these things in public and upsetting everyone else around them - they like to have their presence known - shouting in public transport, whistling, etc

JupiterKid

Longford has had a bad reputation for being a rough, deprived and generally very depressing place for quite a long time now. It regularly features prominently on any boards thread on kips in Ireland.

The “ethnic minority” element that the politicians will not dare these days to criticise have been a serious problem in Longford and indeed quite a few other provincial towns around Ireland with behavior that can only be described as savage.

You’ll also find, I suspect, that these are the same people who would be the first to protest against immigrants and refugees etc. - and take things much further than protest.

Quitelife

Nor alone do these

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121746731#Comment_121746731

Your story from Longford is replicated in many many towns and villages all over Ireland as travellers are allowed run amok and destroy law abiding people’s lives in communities by weak politicians.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121747195#Comment_121747195

Only because the soft law allows them to do so.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121753617#Comment_121753617

Is it polititians or the judicial system? local Poliiticians especially have no real power to do anything.

They certianly cant take people off the streets or make them pay for their wrong doings.

Quitelife

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121753659#Comment_121753659

Surely politicians feed into the justice system and can look at why so many criminals are able to ruin towns like Longford to the detriment of law abiding people .

longford is not alone , towns all over the country are suffering with traveller crime , from Castlebar to Wexford it’s a growing issue , in my native county limerick the 5 biggest towns - Abbeyfeale , Askeaton , Kilmallock Rathkeale , Newcastle West are all controlled by travellers with local government politicians Patrick O Donovan & Niall Collins ignoring the plight of their constituents

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121753750#Comment_121753750

Yes, very sad and I dont doubt you.

I am in Dublin so its not really an issue, but I would say we certianly need stronger sentences and a tougher judiciary.

The elephant in the room is there are no prison spaces.

Montage of Feck

Longford town sounds like something out of the wild west.

Oscar_Madison

An incredibly depressing read- I feel sorry for the good people living there.

No point in posting “helpful suggestions” either. First port of call though is Garda presence day and night on the streets-all unacceptable behaviour tackled- it sounds like only the most violent or serious offences are tackled- Gardai need to make certain people who have displayed unacceptable behaviour feel “uncomfortable” coming into the town and I don’t mean the good citizens.

From there community groups will play a strong role in taking back the town- but they need to be supported by the authorities.

The drugs and violence in the school sounds desperate - again Garda support needs to be in place to help tackle that .

Investment new industries etc etc- they’ll never happen with the current state of the town - law and order is probably no.1 to get right. But even that needs funding and commitment

Pentecost

I think St Mel's has improved in recent years, from what I hear from relatives. Up to the 2000s it was a pretty decent school from what I heard. Famous for GAA. But I did hear about problems with drugs in fairly recent years. The girls school is fine apparently. The town is still pretty rough and depressing from what I can see. One or two decent pubs still remain like Valentines or the Tally Ho but wouldn't be in a rush to go out in the town. I wouldn't feel intimidated either though at the same time.

JPCN1

We need another prison. Billions being spent suddenly on projects to make our politicians in Europe for the retirement gigs.

FG no longer the party of Law and Order, in fact they are enabling this crap.

There are many towns now you'd feel slow to go out in at night. People and Businesses pay their taxes and the other side of that pact is services, like Gards, Health, Education. Taxpayers doing their bit but the government not holding up their end. The future looks bleak.

El Gato De Negocios

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121746960#Comment_121746960

The post you are replying to is a massive ball of hyperbole tbh.