Is Cork Dangerous?

daveirl · 06-09-2002 12:53am #1

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GoneShootin · 06-09-2002 1:09am

walking home thru the streets of cork city late at night could be classed as an adventure sport

that would have been me

thankfully ive yet to be accosted, well physically anyway. but even if there was a sizeable decrease in crime, i just dont feel safe walking thru those cork streets.

predjudice ? fear ? damn straight !!

LastIrishMonkey · 06-09-2002 1:53am

a lot of ppl i know are calling it the new stab city but i dont think so i often walk home at night (4a.m, net house)nothin ever happens to me (maybe thats just me ) i always say if u look for trouble ull get it .

ShevY · 06-09-2002 2:58am

a bit of common sense and avoiding dodgy alleys etc and ur grand

Dr. Loon · 06-09-2002 7:19am

When I was there... it seemed the same as any other city, go to the wrong places, or look for trouble and you'll get it, and even then cos I didn't know the place, I did end up walkin around some dodgy lookin areas.

As for Limerick being stab city.... my arsé. It's the same story everywhere - wrong place, wrong time. I don't think it's anything to do with the City really... just the scumbag areas that you find in every city.... I don't think there's any exception to that. New York, Dublin, Cork, Paris, Limerick... they're all the same.

ozpass · 06-09-2002 10:50am

As someone who has an English accent I've had my fair share of grief in and around Cork. I doubt it's specific/unique to Cork though and no-one's stabbed me yet;)

rymus · 06-09-2002 2:25pm

never had any grief either... When you think of the amount of people that go out in Cork every weekend against the number of people that are attacked then the odds are stacked pretty nicely in your favor. You're probably just as likely to win the lotto really (unless youre one of those people that go looking for trouble in all the right places)

dahamsta · 06-09-2002 7:14pm

I hear a lot of talk about it, but I've never come across it meself thank god. Course, Keane isn't helping our tourism industry by boasting about street fights in his book. I remember his type outide Burgerland, meself and the buddy used to stand across the road and watch them for entertainment. An embarassment to the city the lot of 'em. I wouldn't expect any less of Keane though. He's an embarassment all to himself.

adam

Troll? Me?

Winning Hand · 06-09-2002 7:14pm

Just keep an eye out and you will be ok, the two assaults that happened earlier in the year were both freakish in their intensity and timeframe (one after another), However they both happened in dark alleys which common sense would dictate you stay away from, especially the lane by henrys. Although I do know people who have gone done over by regular knackers in the city, corks biggest problem is it is very poorly policed- except of course for jazz weekend.
The ironic thing about cork is it is (to me) worse during the day than at night.

Illkillya · 06-09-2002 8:06pm

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
I don't think it's anything to do with the City really... just the scumbag areas that you find in every city.... I don't think there's any exception to that. New York, Dublin, Cork, Paris, Limerick... they're all the same.

This is not true... bad parts of New York and most other major cities are much more dangerous than anywhere in Cork. Relative to most cities I've been in, Cork is not very dangerous, but the cities I'm comparing it to are mostly bigger than Cork. The only city which has a similar sized population to Cork that I've lived near is New Bedford - a typical American city, and I would dance through Cork singing God Save the Queen with a dress on at 2am sooner than I would walk through New Bedford late at night.

Molly · 06-09-2002 9:40pm

Killy you beast i'd pay for that !

Having gone to school in Cork city for 6 years i can safely say that it is far more dangerous during the dark hours then it is during the day. In all fairness Cork is about as dangerous as a monkey's scrotum, well compared to any large city.

LASTIRISHMONKEY no one would go near you as you'd scare them off with caps lock

reic · 06-09-2002 10:27pm

I've never had problems either in Cork at night. But, I work in a hospital and see the after-effects of nights out in Cork every week. There are some bad dudes out there.

zenith · 06-09-2002 10:38pm

I put the increased hassle to the scobies getting tired of sucking down Vitamin E. Anecdotally, the place is gone to the dogs. There's always been thuggery, but it seems worse now.

Raskolnikov · 07-09-2002 2:35am

It all depends where you are really, if you are outside Doyle's on your own at closing time you might be in a little bit of trouble. Around the Maltings is also supposed to be dodgy as well.

Most attacks only occur when people are on there own, just as long as you are with a person Cork isn't too dangerous

yellum · 07-09-2002 12:23pm

Originally posted by RASKOLNIKOV

Most attacks only occur when people are on there own, just as long as you are with a person Cork isn't too dangerous

No true at all. If you mean most as average maybe, but its not most.

Raskolnikov · 08-09-2002 10:04pm

Originally posted by yellum

If you mean most as average maybe, but its not most.

Umm right

corkchick · 09-09-2002 9:40pm

just dont skip d queue in hillbillys. ive seen a few fights over stupid stuff like that.

Molly · 09-09-2002 10:50pm

SNAKBOX !?!?!?

NO BREST IN A BUN

SNAKBOX !?!?!?

NO BREST IN A BUN

SNAKBOX ?!?!?!!

Littletinyman · 09-09-2002 11:17pm

BREAST IN A BUN FS, I'LL LAMP YE

GoneShootin · 09-09-2002 11:22pm

I'LL LAMP YE

roffle

m0o|Dino · 13-09-2002 8:59pm

a/s/l chick ?

GoneShootin · 13-09-2002 10:27pm

a/s/l chick ?

dont be "asl"ing my woman dino

reic · 13-09-2002 11:18pm

Middling/YEA/here

daveirl · 14-09-2002 3:01am

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m0o|Dino · 14-09-2002 10:44am

I'm a complete muppet

GoneShootin · 14-09-2002 11:16am

age/sex/location daveirl ?

ooo dino your a true "rebel"

corkchick · 14-09-2002 1:23pm

you must be a very lonley guy to a/s/l me on boards

dahamsta · 14-09-2002 1:58pm

m0o|Dino, there's a golden rule here on Boards.ie: You don't flame the mod. Ever.

You've been warned by daveirl once, now I'm warning you too. People don't get to three on my boards.

adam

m0o|Dino · 14-09-2002 2:29pm

3

dahamsta · 14-09-2002 3:11pm

Your wish is my command m0o|Dino, consider yourself banned for a week.

Wahs aren't welcome here.

adam

GoneShootin · 14-09-2002 11:22pm

3

roffle !! teh funneh

deco · 14-09-2002 11:28pm

more terribely mature comments on boards.ie...

The muppets seem to breeding at a really fast rate.....

DesertFox · 21-09-2002 10:41pm

.... I can't say that walking around Cork on your own late at night is necessarily dangerous. I myself have often been walked through the city quite late and have never came across trouble, cept maybe differant groups out side of the maltings, or just where Oliver Plunkett st meets Grand Parade where I witnessed 4 dudes with golf clubs beating the **** out of some pure unfortunate ... I have to agree with some of the other posters do, that if you look for trouble well you'll definitily get it!

zenith · 19-10-2002 5:22pm

Originally posted by DesertFox
.... where Oliver Plunkett st meets Grand Parade where I witnessed 4 dudes with golf clubs beating the **** out of some pure unfortunate ...

Vicious bastards, those golfers. They all dress like pimps, tho' so they're easy to spot.

Which club were they from? From the M.O., sounds like they were Kinsale, but could have been Macroom if they were using sand wedges.

rymus · 19-10-2002 8:45pm

Originally posted by dahamsta
Wahs aren't welcome here.

"Wahs" - now THERES a word I havent heard in a while

Ahh that brings back memories. thanks for the trip down memory lane adam

Fiesta111 · 16-08-2011 10:11pm

My cousins friend got stabbed in daylight...Daylight. I'd recommend staying away from Robert street, just off panna, that place is always dodgy looking! At night, the city is full of drunks coming home from clubs. Stay on patricks st away from hillbillies on the grand parade. just don't anyone any bad looks.
And thats the travel tips with fiesta111

Fromthetrees · 26-08-2011 1:02am

Fiesta111 wrote: »

My cousins friend got stabbed in daylight...Daylight. I'd recommend staying away from Robert street, just off panna, that place is always dodgy looking! At night, the city is full of drunks coming home from clubs. Stay on patricks st away from hillbillies on the grand parade. just don't anyone any bad looks.
And thats the travel tips with fiesta111

9 years later, that has to be a record.

charlemont · 26-08-2011 1:09am

Awesome, Its like, back from the dead...The resurrection...

Cork isn't too bad just be clued in to what's going on around you.

Straight Talker · 28-08-2011 2:21pm

Cork is grand.It has it's problems but i still feel safer here than i do in Dublin or Limerick.:)

Straight Talker · 28-08-2011 2:26pm

Fiesta111 wrote: »

My cousins friend got stabbed in daylight...Daylight. I'd recommend staying away from Robert street, just off panna, that place is always dodgy looking! At night, the city is full of drunks coming home from clubs. Stay on patricks st away from hillbillies on the grand parade. just don't anyone any bad looks.
And thats the travel tips with fiesta111

Is this poster a wum or is he/she serious?

05-09-2011 9:46pm

Any male who is 20+ who reckons Cork is a rough city would really want to man up as they say on the telly. Fair enough if ladies or kids (under 20s) are intimidated by the tracksuit clad folk asking for a cigarette late at night.

Is Cork Dangerous?

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