Why has Limerick gone to the dogs?

breezy1985 · 16-02-2021 02:59PM

Augeo wrote: »

Due to the coverage of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 some newsagents on merseyside don't stock that paper. It's not banned in the City, you'll still see some gormless LFC fans from Ireland reading it on matchday and wandering around with it. It's banned in Anfield stadium and Melwood training ground alroight, that's LFC though, not the City of Liverpool.

Yes it's not officially banned in the city just boycotted and I know Everton fans from the city who boycott it too.

Hillsborough was just the tipping point in a long history of attacking the city

YFlyer · 16-02-2021 04:37PM

riclad wrote: »

I,m a male i have never seen anyone running or jogging in the city centre,
Maybe an older woman is more vunerable
or seen as an easy touch for a euro
I see women walking around with coffee
As most coffee shops are now takeaway
only
I simply give no money to anyone
Say no move on no need to have an extended conversation
Every 2 days someone asks me for money
Maybe it's a culture shock to move to a city and suddenly dozens of people
are asking you for money or cigarettes

Beggars and homeless people tend to hang around in certain streets
Maybe 90 per cent of people are working from home
Leaving certain areas to the homeless
At this point in dublin at least 50 per cent of shops cafes are closed
Temple bar is mostly closed apart from a few small cafes
I have never felt threatened by a homeless person or a junkie
I think it's funny when a 20 year old asks
Me for money and they are wearing
the latest cool sneakers and a nice jacket
Maybe the limerick accent sounds rough
or agressive to someone from outside the area
Im not a expert in regional crime levels but the last 10
years 90 per cent of time if limerick is in the news its about gang fueds and drug dealers

I'm quite similar. One guy that hangs around William street wanted money for the bus to visit his mother at the Regional hospital. I told him to walk out.

Redhead guy on O'Connell street always begging money for coffee. Says to him no change.

kildare lad · 16-02-2021 04:57PM

I worked with a bloke from limerick and he was telling me used to buy hash from a fella in moyross . He called to the house one day to buy a bit and his 10year old son answered the door . The kid said to my workmate " if your looking for hash my dad's all out , come back tomorrow and he'll have some then "

stefanovich · 16-02-2021 05:04PM

kildare lad wrote: »

I worked with a bloke from limerick and he was telling me used to buy hash from a fella in moyross . He called to the house one day to buy a bit and his 10year old son answered the door . The kid said to my workmate " if your looking for hash my dad's all out , come back tomorrow and he'll have some then "

Yeah that doesn't surprise me one bit.

Ash.J.Williams · 16-02-2021 05:30PM

kildare lad wrote: »

I worked with a bloke from limerick and he was telling me used to buy hash from a fella in moyross . He called to the house one day to buy a bit and his 10year old son answered the door . The kid said to my workmate " if your looking for hash my dad's all out , come back tomorrow and he'll have some then "

standard moyross!

cops were a pain though, sitting accross the green busting all the respectable college type walking out of moyross!

fryup · 16-02-2021 05:47PM

breezy1985 wrote: »

Scrap Saturday very much played up on and cashed in on the Limerick media stereotype

ah c'mon its just satire, i lived in Limerick at the time of Scrap Saturday and everyone took in good spirits

Necro · 16-02-2021 05:55PM

Mod:

I think at this point the OP has got their answer - thread has basically descended into Limerick bashing now.

OP if you want further information there's a Regional Forum where you can ask that question - but I would strongly advise you to frame it in a more positive manner to avoid sanction.

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Why has Limerick gone to the dogs?

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