Assaulted on the boardwalk this afternoon

minikin

I was sitting on the boardwalk during lunch today, I got smashed over the head from behind by a scrote up on the path, his scrote mate filming on his phone. They ran up capel street direction. Is this a thing on social media now? If so, any idea how I’d find possible footage?

elperello

Sorry to hear that.

You should report the assault to AGS.

minikin

Thanks, I called in to the Bridewell five minutes after, to see if they could request cctv from the area.

Reckon it was a can or something as it sprayed after impact - didn’t hurt much at the time but have had a dull headache since.

Horrible experience, the Boardwalk is Scrotewalk Promenade. No doubt it will be up in Thick Tok, which has become the most vile of social media outlets, favourite of the scummiest of the scum. If you haven’t got it, download the app Tik Tok and search Dublin, Boardwalk or whatever mis-spelled versions these specimens of pond-life may have tagged it. By luck you may come across it, then you can report.

anewme

hope you are ok. Take care.

20Wheel

We simply need more prison spaces.

And judges to send these loons to the prison spaces.

Until then. Just twiddling our thumbs and complaining that something should be done.

gmisk

Really sorry to hear this happened to you.

Can't say I am surprised, Dublin just isn't as safe as it used to be, that boardwalk area is sketchy at the best of time.

Definitely report it, but from personal experience don't expect the Gardai to do much.

Mullaghteelin

The boardwalk was never the most sensible of places to spend too long alone, even when it was first put in 20 years ago.

lmao10

The boardwalk is unfortunately riddled with these types. Talk about no-go zones. That's one right there.

ALB2022

Definately report it. The more this type of crime is reported the better. No crime (and I'm not referring specifically to this) should be too minor to not report.

99.99% of people will walk the boardwalk (as they are now) without any problems, but it does get a lot of people congregating in places giving the feel of being uncomfortable.

Hope you're OK and these kids are caught. It could be a one off or a version of 'happy slapping', which was a thing about 15 years ago.

What will happen to them if they are caught is another thing.

Cluedo Monopoly

That boardwalk is a terrible indictment of what has happened to Dublin in recent years. Tourists should be warned to avoid it.

Kermit.de.frog

Shouldn't have been put in in the first place. It was always going to be 'Knackeragua' as I've heard it described.

MrMusician18

It's time to demolish the boardwalk

DrumSteve

I would walk on the boardwalk not a bother, but I'd think twice before sitting down and having a bit of lunch there. Most of the time the usuals keep to themselves, but tbh, I've never got a good vibe off it. Mores the pity, as it could be a good recreational area if it was managed better.

You'd think you were having a full blown hallucinogenic episode if you seen a garda patrolling it.

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273763#Comment_120273763

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273832#Comment_120273832

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273843#Comment_120273843

The only reason scum have managed to take control of the area is because of poor enforcement brought about by a poor judicial system. Removing the boardwalk is simply acknowledging that we are unable (or unwilling) to actually tackle this properly.

El Gato De Negocios

There is only one way to deal with this scum, exactly the same as the scum in Ballyfermot the other day. Baton charge the cunce. Remember in the mid 90s when the English fans went bananas in Landsdowne? Same as that. Full riot gear for AGS, send them in swinging 18" cudgels. Repeat the practice until these little bastards take the lesson.

Of course that will never happen, too many hand wringing pricks have seen to that and lawlessness with no consequences is the order of the day.

MrMusician18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273891#Comment_120273891

It's quite clear that the State is unable or unwilling to police the boardwalk so therefore it should be removed.

At the very least, remove the benches.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273891#Comment_120273891

yes I hate this attitude, prevalent in thejournal.ie types in their comments. Any suggestion of a public space in Dublin and they are against it as it will be destroyed by scumbags apparently. Even pedestrianising streets or College Green is a bad idea because it will encourage anti-social behaviour according to some. If certain areas are dangerous for the public to be in it's a policing issue really and should be dealt with. Unfortunately our police force are pretty useless and no one takes them seriously, as we've seen lately they can't even handle a few teenagers in Ballyfermot.

Ham_Sandwich

I feel bad for you but the way people are going in its the end of the world i do always be around town and never have any trouble just keep your head down and dont bother anyone and youll be grand

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274650#Comment_120274650

Who was the OP bothering???

He was sitting on a bench at lunchtime and got whacked over the head!

Gatling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058285382/assaulted-on-the-boardwalk-this-afternoon

Remember the Happy Slapping craze from a few years ago ,

Scrotes walking up behind random strangers and either trying to slap them or knock them out with a single Punch from behind

Ham_Sandwich

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274662#Comment_120274662

didnt say he was bothring anyone i just said if you keep your head down and keep to yourself you wont have much trouble i never got whacked on the head all the times ive been in town

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274711#Comment_120274711

But he did have his head down and was keeping to himself?

You appear to be trying to say he brought this on himself - how do you work that out?

batman_oh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274726#Comment_120274726

Because as this poster has shown multiple times they are basically pro scrotes doing what they want with no punishment.

ChickenDish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274164#Comment_120274164

Yeah useless Guards, anyone could handle a pack a feral scrotes. 2 guards is more than enough to tackle a whole gang of scrotes on scramblers, bet you would have handled it no problem.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274787#Comment_120274787

so why didn't more Garda arrive and sort them out? what sort of useless police force is it when children can carry on like against them this with no consequences? imagine trying that carry on with police on the continent

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274881#Comment_120274881

What "more Gardai"?

You realise there's a serious problem with numbers these days? Gardai don't sit offside having a cuppa while their colleagues are being assaulted.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274887#Comment_120274887

i didn't realise ireland doesn't have a police force that can handle low level civil unrest no

MegamanBoo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273763#Comment_120273763

Dublin or just the boardwalk? 😉

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274787#Comment_120274787

someone has been watching too many movies. unless the gardai have hired john matrix.

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274650#Comment_120274650

my wife was walking down the quays a year or two ago and was shoulder charged by someone out for ****'n'giggles. thankfully she wasn't knocked over, but it's not as if she was out to 'bother' anyone.

Xander10

Sorry to hear what happened to the OP, but I wouldn't in a million years dream of sitting to have my lunch on the boardwalk.

Obviously if I was a tourist with no knowledge of the area I could fall foul to it

dontmindme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273514#Comment_120273514

That's rubbish. I used to eat my lunch there every weekday in the early noughties and there was a great variety pf people there and less a variety of ne'er-do-wells. I blame social media - it's brought out the worst cnut in so many people.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274711#Comment_120274711

"A tip of the cap sir and eyes down."

Great attitude to life you have.

Quitelife

Only once on Boardwalk last week and nearly mowed down by some some youth on scooter bike who appeared to be selling drugs to addicts sitting on the boardwalk benchs.

The general city centre has a huge amount of dealers and addicts doing their trade and when they are not they are harressing passer bys for money to buy more drugs. A very unpleasant and seedy city centre compared to the likes of London.

Its getting worse each year but law and order is in most places in Ireland - Politicans & Judges dont care.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274939#Comment_120274939

I used to sit on the section at Bachelors Quay the odd time having a sandwich and tourists would always be enlightened to the activity going on around them. The Eden Quay section is truly the wild west of it, open heroin dealing has made it a no go zone for everyone.

I really cant understand why the Gardai are not regularly patroling these areas. They really need to engage in preventative policing through visibility like in other countries where people causing trouble are moved on. When they get moved on constantly they get the message and stay out of the area. But instead the Gardai are a reactive police force who show up after the event rather than preventing it through good police visibility in the first place.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275433#Comment_120275433

any time i'm in dublin city centre i seem to avoid dealers and addicts anyway but i'd normally take the dart to pearse or cycle and park bike around south william st area. if you're uncomfortable around addicts and homeless people etc. just stay away from the quays and north city centre, although last time i was out in dublin i thought smithfield had come on a lot, lots of cool bars and restaurants.

mikethecop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274711#Comment_120274711

i find that very hard to believe

Ninthlife

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275485#Comment_120275485

Good point on the visual policing.

I actually can't remember the last time I saw Gardai on 'the beat'

I've said before Dublin City Centre should have a dedicated police force much like the London Metropolitan Police, their resources purely dedicated to policing the City Centre.

mcmoustache

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274684#Comment_120274684

You might be showing your age there, Gatling. I think the happy-slapping might be close to 20 years ago at this stage.

magicbastarder

until i think last year, if gardai were chasing someone on foot and they crossed the liffey, it was like crossing the county line in the dukes of hazzard; they had to raise the gardai whose beat it was on the other side, but they used different radio frequencies...

Dslatt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275664#Comment_120275664

since 2005 apparently, just looked up the happy slapping wiki.. jesus christ it is grim

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275598#Comment_120275598

Its very frustrating, I reckon all it would take is a team of 8-10 Gardai constantly patroling the spine of the city centre from the top of OConnell St to the top of Grafton St. You see it in other city centres where police are just constantly on the beat either walking or on bicycle being visible and stamping out anti social behaviour, drinking, drug taking, pickpocketing etc. Their sole job is to nip stuff in the bud before it gets out of control. Garda management here dont seem to get that style of policing though, they only use reactive policing rather than preventative policing.

Maybe its a lack of resources and manpower for the Gardai, I dont know. But whatever those resources would cost is only a fraction of the lost revenue to city centre businesses because a lot of people I know no longer go in to town as they are tired of the hassle it can involve. You go to Dundrum shoppping center and the place is packed every day of the week because people can shop there in peace without beggars asking them for 2 euro or seeing people lying on benches pissed drunk on cheap cider.

magicbastarder

Maybe its a lack of resources and manpower for the Gardai

AFAIK, there are more leaving than joining.

Terrier2023

So sorry to hear about that on the boardwalk, Dublin is fast becoming a very unwelcome spot. I do believe tourists will be having very different experiences this coming summer.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275863#Comment_120275863

different how? for as long as boards has been around the same narrative of Dublin being the most dangerous place on earth has been present yet the tourists keep coming and the city gets busier and busier. i don't know anyone in dublin that doesn't go to town regularly and enjoys the place, the hyperbole on here is just ridiculous, as usual.

quokula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275582#Comment_120275582

Literally thousands of people use the boardwalk every day without getting whacked on the head, how on earth is that hard to believe?

It's unfortunate that the OP was the victim of some antisocial behaviour from some kids making a social media video, but the hyperbole in reaction to that is extreme. I've eaten lunch on the boardwalk and been along there many times, there are often some sad cases hanging around the area for sure but there are also loads of other people around and your chance of being attacked is still extremely tiny.

mikethecop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275904#Comment_120275904

I meant that specific troll poster,

if your there regularly do you ever notice the drug dealers and junkies selling gear and pills ?

you can see them hide the stashs under the corner of the wee coffee dock thing there . or under the seating , at the base of the light fixtures ?? the empty tray of pills and wrap bags on the ground ?

Its a shame that when the gardai tried to force them off it they were stopped by the politicians who didnt want them moved out to to their areas

Gatling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120275664#Comment_120275664

Ah jayus, didn't think it was that long ago

Straight Talker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120274650#Comment_120274650

Wtf the op was just minding his own business, yet he still got attacked by some piece of **** scumbag!

BagofWeed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120273843#Comment_120273843

So the rest of us have to suffer having even less facilities because the Gardaí and Courts service refuse to do their jobs ?