North inner city turning into war zone

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Is this just an OP rant or is there substance to it?

I mean "daily muggings outsdie the GPO" and "warzone" sound more like rhetoric and creative licene than actual observance or logic.

Yeah it's a bit dramatic alright. I think it's just that it's close to being a great city but is held back by a few things, and the anti-social element can be quiet visible at times, maybe pronounced by the lack of normal folk around town during lockdown.

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't write the title, genius.

After its done, the rest of us can live in peace.

Never said you did, but the fact that you do tells me all about your argument.

The idea that we need a war to bring about peace is neither new nor intelligent.

It's a simple enough problem to fix but you'll never find a politician brave enough to do it: move the social housing out of the city centre. Anywhere within a 3 mile radius of the IFSC should be prime real estate. Cleared of the scum and developed correctly it easily could be and if well managed, could actually pay for the development of new social hosuing.

Break up the "community" by distributing the current inhabitants in different parts of the suburbs (i.e don't just transplant the problem somewhere to a new Ballymun). The decent people living there get an escape to somewhere their children might see some more positive role-models and the advantages of education and hard work (i.e. some of their new neighbours having a BMW or an Audi in the driveway, their new playmates getting taken on nice holidays etc.). The scum get broken up, distribute them evenly (i.e. not allowing certain postcodes to avoid their fair share of the trouble-makers) and I suspect you wouldn't be more than a decade before their cough is softened or their new neighbours are properly motivated to vote for changes in our revolving door prison system.

With less tourists and shoppers at the moment you'd think it would be an ideal time to take stock of issues in the area and target intervention.

Moving trouble makers to other parts of the country risks spreading their problems, like a virus, rather that tackling it in my opinion.

"‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: Crime and neglect in Dublin city centre
RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND YOUTH WORKERS ALL AGREE THAT A SENSE OF INCREASED DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE, THREAT AND INTIMIDATION IN RECENT MONTHS HAS BROUGHT HEIGHTENED FEAR TO THE AREA"

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/i-ll-blow-your-f-king-legs-off-crime-and-neglect-in-dublin-city-centre-1.4483079

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

At the base of what?

You must know the base.. Alfalfa and the guys hang out there...

Sorry for going off topic
Could be autocorrect or the spire

Sleepy wrote: »

It's a simple enough problem to fix but you'll never find a politician brave enough to do it: move the social housing out of the city centre. Anywhere within a 3 mile radius of the IFSC should be prime real estate. Cleared of the scum and developed correctly it easily could be and if well managed, could actually pay for the development of new social hosuing.

Break up the "community" by distributing the current inhabitants in different parts of the suburbs (i.e don't just transplant the problem somewhere to a new Ballymun). The decent people living there get an escape to somewhere their children might see some more positive role-models and the advantages of education and hard work (i.e. some of their new neighbours having a BMW or an Audi in the driveway, their new playmates getting taken on nice holidays etc.). The scum get broken up, distribute them evenly (i.e. not allowing certain postcodes to avoid their fair share of the trouble-makers) and I suspect you wouldn't be more than a decade before their cough is softened or their new neighbours are properly motivated to vote for changes in our revolving door prison system.

why should I work hard and pay good harearned
money to live inna decent area if scumbag vermin and their ferral offspring are going to be gifted a house next door? There are enough threads on here about knacker families terrorising families and targeting people to intimidate and ruining their luves. Build a new Ballymun and **** them all in it - off in the wilds of f’ing nowhere with nothing to do or rob except go tonschool and improve yourself and work your way out - and make the parents account for their dole and handouts by working fir them - clear shores, sweep leaves, cut verges, paint walls, pick litter - I don’t give a *. we have multiple generations of families despite every resource being thrown at them sitting on their arses in city centre houses ir appartments paid for by the hardworking poor while they watch soaps & football all day on their V de Paul paid for 54” TV’s & their ferral children run amuck while waiting in the housing list for de hime dey are ‘entitled’ to.

We need to get touch on ferral families and this expectation that if you do nothing you will be rewarded with the same perks and luxuries as those who contribute to society and pay their way.

The first thing they should do is move every last ine of then out and demolish ALL the city centre flats - north AND southside - sell the land to multinationals for businesses or car parks for those working and commuting into town or luxury appartments for people who want to live in the city and will pay their way. Not endless dregs and druggies and deadbeats. You’d soon see the city improve. That an a no nonsense review of the criminal justice system that focuses on punishment and prisons and protecting the law abiding citizens - no more of this soft touch and reformative justice easy ride ****.