hurler32 wrote: » Prime time tonight has programme on the Mayhem that is rural Ireland in recent years as traveller gangs rob man woman and child ... Fine Gael obviously have been a major help to the travellers closing nearly all rural Garda stations ... Move to Dublin or be beaten to death as one woman puts it ...
Kintarō Hattori wrote: » What's your point?
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: » Who doesn't love being part of a rural vigilante mob? I bloody do. Wouldn't get that in Dublin.
Your Face wrote: » Didn't see the program. However it's easier to carry out robberies in rural areas now that the smaller Garda stations are closing and the larger ones are cutting back. There was a series of robberies near to where my friends parents live. They robbed a number of houses and were long gone before the Gardai could come out. People are afraid.
MilesMorales1 wrote: » Thats cos it hasn't been on yet. 9.35 on RTE 1.
dxhound2005 wrote: » If the larger ones are cutting back, where did the Guards from the smaller ones go? They closed years ago.
seamus wrote: » Rural burglaries been declining steadily for years while they've skyrocketed in urban areas. That doesn't suit the "be afraid, be very afraid" narrative though.
hurler32 wrote: » There not declining just nowhere for people to report them as it could be 40 miles to the nearest station .. and even in that instance such is low detection rate people have given up ... Sad to see older and not so old people bolting themselves into their homes once mid afternoon comes .... not that Fine Gael give a toss about rural Ireland ..
hurler32 wrote: » Prime time tonight has programme on the Mayhem that is rural Ireland in recent years as travelling gangs rob man woman and child ... Fine Gael obviously have been a major help to the travelling gang members closing nearly all rural Garda stations ... Move to Dublin or be beaten to death as one woman puts it ...
Andrew Beef wrote: » Forgive my ignorance; what do these burglars steal?
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Another reason to de ruralise the country.
Atlantic Dawn wrote: » Andrew Beef wrote: » Forgive my ignorance; what do these burglars steal? Cash and jewellary mostly. The days of stealing a TV are long gone.
Atlantic Dawn wrote: » Why don't they have ANPR on the bloody motorways, they could track a car if they had a number plate instead of driving around looking for a needle in a haystack.
Topgear on Dave wrote: » Dunno really, its handy to change plates