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Neighbourhood Watch Merged Thread

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    #3902
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Awful. I've heard of a few break ins down that end recently (one person reports a burglary and comments swing in with "me too!")

    Mad that they're so brazen. Might I ask (if you know) was the alarm monitored?

    I've seen some major cameras going in on particularly new builds. Your standard ring cams and so on, but one house actually had what looked like a UK yobbo car park setup hanging off the house.


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    #3903
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    You should get involved in the local residence groups and neighborhood watch. Your eyes will be opened.


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    #3904
    D.Wilmott
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭D.Wilmott


    Burglary in Fernleigh last night, apparently that's who the garda helicopter and squad cars were looking for at around 9pm.


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    #3905
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    beauf wrote: »
    You should get involved in the local residence groups and neighborhood watch. Your eyes will be opened.

    There's a fairly good / active one organized through WhatsApp in my area. Sometimes it veers towards the absurd - after a bit of a panic about potential break ins, some of the lads were talking about night patrols after a fella was spotted slinking around at 3am. Turned out he was a pizza delivery guy. But for the most part it's good value for money when you tune out the nutty stuff.


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    #3906
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    There's a fairly good / active one organized through WhatsApp in my area. Sometimes it veers towards the absurd - after a bit of a panic about potential break ins, some of the lads were talking about night patrols after a fella was spotted slinking around at 3am. Turned out he was a pizza delivery guy. But for the most part it's good value for money when you tune out the nutty stuff.

    Err... like which Pizza place delivers at 3:00am?


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    #3907
    LorelaiG
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭LorelaiG


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    Err... like which Pizza place delivers at 3:00am?

    Domino's do


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    #3908
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    Err... like which Pizza place delivers at 3:00am?

    Most of them. Mizzoni go to 4 most places


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    #3909
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Pizza is pretty much all you can get delivered at that hour. The driver was indeed for one of the two chains mentioned. Hope we haven't ruined your diet now


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    #3910
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    Pizza is pretty much all you can get delivered at that hour. The driver was indeed for one of the two chains mentioned. Hope we haven't ruined your diet now

    Cheers, it’s now obvious to me, that I lead a sheltered life. As Pizza wouldn’t go down too well for breakfast, as I’m often getting up at that time for work. :)


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    #3911
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    As Pizza wouldn’t go down too well for breakfast,

    Don't knock it until you've try it!


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    #3912
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    Cheers, it’s now obvious to me, that I lead a sheltered life. As Pizza wouldn’t go down too well for breakfast, as I’m often getting up at that time for work. :)

    The only acceptable breakfast pizza is cold pizza, and I'm not sure how you order that.


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    #3913
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,241 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    D.Wilmott wrote: »
    Burglary in Fernleigh last night, apparently that's who the garda helicopter and squad cars were looking for at around 9pm.

    Ahhh, that's what that was.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #3914
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://twitter.com/Leahkinsella_x/status/1198000088582361089?s=19


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    #3915
    Gio2
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Gio2


    My house in Waterville was broken into a couple of weeks ago also. A few done in the area on same day. Used a crow bar to force the front door at 12 noon with loads of my neighbours at home at the time.


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    #3916
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,241 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    LorelaiG wrote: »
    Domino's do

    May that never change

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #3917
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Gio2 wrote: »
    My house in Waterville was broken into a couple of weeks ago also. A few done in the area on same day. Used a crow bar to force the front door at 12 noon with loads of my neighbours at home at the time.

    Really awful, I'm so sorry.

    Where brute force is engaged really there's nothing you can do. New builds have really high quality steel framed doors with multiple locking points, the rubber seals of windows are enclosed and not easy to take out, etc etc. So burglars have taken to just smashing in an entire window. Saw a video of it in another estate (think it might be somewhere in this thread) and it happened to someone in my own estate.

    What they're banking on is really slow reaction times by police even if you have a monitored alarm, and no reaction time from neighbors via a whatsapp group or similar. And sadly, I think they're on the correct side of that bet.


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    #3918
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    Really awful, I'm so sorry.

    Where brute force is engaged really there's nothing you can do. New builds have really high quality steel framed doors with multiple locking points, the rubber seals of windows are enclosed and not easy to take out, etc etc. So burglars have taken to just smashing in an entire window. Saw a video of it in another estate (think it might be somewhere in this thread) and it happened to someone in my own estate.

    What they're banking on is really slow reaction times by police even if you have a monitored alarm, and no reaction time from neighbors via a whatsapp group or similar. And sadly, I think they're on the correct side of that bet.

    Yes i'd presume they already know slow police reaction and neighbours too afraid to get involved.
    I don't have an alarm on my home. I have two dogs. Best of luck to anyone trying to get in :)


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    #3919
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://www.thesun.ie/news/4854342/gardai-quiz-man-raped-robbed-dublin-home/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    "RAPE PROBE Gardai quiz man after young woman raped and robbed by intruder in west Dublin home"


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    #3920
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,044 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    God that is horrific Gav.


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    #3921
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Seems he's been caught and is up in court
    https://www.thesun.ie/news/4855591/man-charged-aggravated-burglary-in-blanchardstown/


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    #3922
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,044 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Car broken into at about 5.30am in Whitestown Walk (on a cul de sac), passenger window smashed, handbag taken from the car.


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    #3923
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://www.thesun.ie/news/4941764/gardai-jugging-preying-bank-customers/


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    #3924
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10218261770109562&id=1049897880


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    #3925
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,044 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING multiple burglary incidents in the Dublin 15 area believed to be carried out by the same gang.

    A number of homes in the Castleknock area Dublin were targeted on New Year’s Eve while homes around wider area were also hit in the first days of 2020.

    Gardaí believe that the same criminal gang, believed to be from Eastern Europe, have been carrying out the crimes.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/burglary-gangs-castleknock-dublin-4954850-Jan2020/


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    #3926
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Really large number of Garda vehicles blue lighting past Hollystown and Tyrrelstown in the past five minutes and can still hear them going around. Odd.


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    #3927
    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    Really large number of Garda vehicles blue lighting past Hollystown and Tyrrelstown in the past five minutes and can still hear them going around. Odd.

    Going which direction?


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    #3928
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Going which direction?

    Hollystown to Tyrrelstown. Thought it might have been a convoy for something but odd they were blaring the sirens.


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    #3929
    septictank
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭septictank


    Some gang stuff going on out coolock way, body found, well most of it, so probably ERU or something like that.


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    #3930
    Nolimits
    Registered Users Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭Nolimits


    Helicopter flying overhead too, I'm in briarwood.


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    #3931
    sm3ar
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭sm3ar


    So many cars being abandoned in Ongar right now. Even in areas where clamping is supposed to be happening. Its turning into a dumping ground.


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