Is Dublin really safe? *Read OP for mod warning*

Daisy78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122597748#Comment_122597748

Of course they do. Do people honestly think big multinationals want to locate to smaller towns where it would be far more difficult to attract workers. Little in the way of amenities or social outlets, a lack of choice when it comes to schools, housing, etc. Many people prefer living in larger urban areas for reasons other than employment, a concept we seem to struggle with in this country.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612893#Comment_122612893

I agree and there is lots that Dublin offers that you just cant access anywhere else in the country.

There are some dodgy areas in Dublin, like there is any large city. But Dublin has lots of really nice areas that are enjoyable to live in. If you are lucky enough to live in the nice areas, Dublin cant be beaten in Ireland as a place to live.

I dont think the govt will ever get a grip on crime in the north inner city, but for most of us living in Dublin, it doesnt really matter because we've no need to go there anyway.

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610337#Comment_122610337

Turns out it was all a bit of misinformation and a bit of school yard banter. Nothing to see here, move along.

Oh well, yeah apart from a teenager waving a 6" blade around the place, but yeah, misinformation, you big bad far away far right baddies.

dublinman1990

A man was caught with carrying a gun into a house in Sean McDermott St in Dublin on Wednesday. He also had been involved in an argument with some other men who were carrying other weapons at the same location the day before.

Gardai were alerted to the scene to arrest the suspect who had the gun.

However they didn't find the gun at the house or arrested the suspect when they got there.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/armed-officers-search-dublin-home-after-gardai-received-reports-of-man-with-gun-in-city-centre/a1958753398.html

thereiver

people want to live in citys for acess to amenitys gyms ,clubs, pubs, schools, parks, and a choice of places to work.When you live in dublin you get to learn to avoid certain streets , or area,s . its easier to make friends in a city with a million people living there than a small town.Its not just for reasons of finding a job.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122613203#Comment_122613203

the misinformation was the usual hate brigade claiming it was a grown foreign man attacking children with a knife, when it turns out they were all irish and all students, as confirmed by the gardai. devestating news for the usual hate brigade of course.

silverharp

I think I found a workaround , get in to town on a nice Saturday morning, get a walk in on the way , enjoy the atmosphere while knowing all the scroats are sleeping off their hangovers ;-) , didnt get any sense of menace or that I was just one hand away from being pickpocked. its a good filtering system be out by 1 or 2 pm I guess, the Quays , Boaradwalk all good.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122613203#Comment_122613203

Did you see a video of a schoolboy skirmish alongside a still photo of a bearded teenager waving a 6" knife on social media?

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619500#Comment_122619500

Yeah, although turns out it was a wood chisel. But nothing to see, move along.

As I alluded to in a previous post, we'll be like London soon, if they don't clamp down on knife crime, doesn't matter if its an adult, a foreigner or a teenager.

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619521#Comment_122619521

What way would you clamp down on knife crime, above the fact that it is illegal to posses a knife in a public place?

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619521#Comment_122619521

You know that still was't actually from the video in question?

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619565#Comment_122619565

What are you saying? It was ai generated and the guy isn't holding a 6" chisel as he runs to the left of shot?

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619661#Comment_122619661

Did you see a man with the 6 inch knife in the video?

joeymcg

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619541#Comment_122619541

Putting people in prison for possessing a knife. Not giving them suspended sentences or restorative justice nonsense. You know, an actual crackdown.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122613812#Comment_122613812

Your average town in Ireland has all the amenities you cited.

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619845#Comment_122619845

Just possession of a knife? What about other offences where people receive suspended sentences, any issue with them.

The recidivism rates suggest that putting more people in prison doesn't really solve the issues.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620220#Comment_122620220

Who told you towns have a million people living in them? They aren't cities and they don't offer the same range of amenities.

Cities are distinguished from by their relatively large size, function & population. Towns in Ireland can't offer the same amount of vibrant cultural scenes, diverse career opportunities, dwellings, public transport options, parks, museums, galleries, restaurants, suburbs, theatres, sports clubs, places of worship, hospitals, infrastructural development etc.. that cities can.

Cities are different to towns, that's why they have different names.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620424#Comment_122620424

Towns can offer a decent lifestyle without the constant junky and recreational violence culture of Dublin city centre.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620220#Comment_122620220

Not at the sustained quantity or quality that you have in Dublin.

Add to that the sheer variety of things to do in Dublin is off the scale compared to the rest of the country. Museums, events and facilities for kids, festivas, live music, sport, retail choice, employment opportunities etc. All a different league in the capital.

Homes in Dublin are more expensive than anywhere else in the country, because it is where most people want to live.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620439#Comment_122620439

Absolutely, towns have tonnes to offer and there are some amazing towns in Ireland and they can offer great lifestyle. But they're not cities and they can't offer what cities have to offer, they just don't have the amenities I mentioned in reply to your claim that they do. And, as explained, Dublin City Centre isn't as bad as you make it out to be. I was in there all day on Saturday and it was fine, there was no "constant violence" just a good atmosphere.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620476#Comment_122620476

Many towns around Ireland have a superior quality of life and offer all the amenities you cite without being junky and scrote epicenters.

Dublin takes more than it gives. And even if you live in one of the nice suburbs the general congestion also is a big minus.

yagan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620455#Comment_122620455

They overpay for the congestion.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620599#Comment_122620599

For the congestion and concentration of services, facilities and amenities, yes.

I was in Cork recently. Rough feel to the place, which i hant noticed the last time i was there a few years ago.

Run down looking now and drug addicts all over. Couldnt wait to get back to Dublin tbf.

Dano650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620476#Comment_122620476

Most towns outside of Dublin don't have little scrotes running amok on scramblers and e-scooters who don't give two sh!t's about normal law abiding people or the gardai. Blocking junctions racing up and down the roads.Coming through Summerhill a few weeks ago on a sunny Saturday afternoon and they had a junction blocked so they could race. Junkies begging outside shops with some giving you abuse if you don't give you money. Pulled into get diesel one morning near North Strand and hadn't even switched the engine off and had some scrote trying to open my door looking for money. He was quickly told to f off.Been living in Dublin for 6 years because my wife is from there but I would move back to my hometown in the morning if I could. Don't get me wrong Dublin has some beautiful spots but if I had a choice I would rather raise my kids down the country

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621372#Comment_122621372

Most villages and towns in Dublin don't have little scrotes running amok on scramblers and e-scooters who don't give two sh!t's about normal law abiding people or the gardai blocking junctions racing up and down the roads.

Dano650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621427#Comment_122621427

Coolock,Darndale,Beaumount,Summerhill,Fairview and Northstrand to name a few.

Thelonious Monk

I don't think there's any city in Ireland without little sh*ts on escooters tbf.

Seems to be problem with scramblers in Limerick too

https://www.reddit.com/r/limerickcity/comments/15vt37b/scramblers/

With tourists being stabbed in Cork and foreign students being lynched with ropes I'm not sure the problems in Dublin are unique to it. RTE did a report on drivetime the other day on people afraid to go into cork city centre because of antisocial behaviour.

This thread is just a pile on because dublin is so detested by Irish people not from here. I find cork and limerick pleasant enough places regardless.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621468#Comment_122621468

Very insignificant areas in comparison to the size of the city and I've never been blocked by them in any of these areas and I'm around them a lot. I see this sort of carry on in other parts of Ireland, particularly Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Galway. Young men and kids in cars doing doughnuts, blocking up junctions, handbrake turns, drifting etc.. Do you ever drive around Ireland and see the doughnut marks on Junctions? I rarely see them in Dublin.

Dano650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621583#Comment_122621583

Is that you Stevie Wonder🤔. You must be blind if you don't think these things happening in Dublin. What about the scrotes that looted the shops and burned out public transport in the city centre last November claiming that they were doing because some poor kids got attacked. They did it because they needed an excuse to cause disorder. They didn't care about them kids. Or what about when people were protesting in Coolock over immigrants. They just needed an excuse to set the crown paints building on fire or attack gardai. I suppose this happens up and down the country too 🙄.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621649#Comment_122621649

I saw a video of a man attacking bin men and smashing the truck window while they were in truck, because they were servicing the IPAS centre in newtownmountkennedy. Weren't they setting places on fire around the country too? But no. Dublin bad. Everywhere else gud.