DUBLIN IS TOTALLY UNLIVABLE **Mod Warning In Post #671**

It’s not unlivable but perhaps getting there.

its however not as nice to live in as it was. You do now get a sense everywhere in Dublin, greater and suburban areas that the city has become overpopulated, overcrowded, over busy, over clogged and overburdened . In traffic, on public transport, in shops, hospitals / healthcare environments...

From memory about 26% of the country live in the greater Dublin area. That’s was according to the CSO numbers...

there is about 1.12 population growth in Dublin per year. About 9 years and Dublin’s population grows about 10%.

quite simply the population issue needs to be sorted... as we know already it’s not down to people having bigger families.

Did you have a peaceful night ?

Bet these do gooders do not live anywhere near the drug treatment centres themselves. It's like the Traveller issue, those who laud them (and I know they are not ALL bad), would not live beside them, but expect everyone else to do so in the name of equality. Feck sake.

I would say that most of the trouble that has been caused in Dublin over the lifetime of this pandemic has been done by teenage gangs who have been causing anti-social behaviour in the city & suburbs and the anti-vaxxers who have been having loads of protest marches on weekends around Dublin City Centre. They are the individuals that the Gardai need to monitor on a constant basis at this point when this pandemic has died off for most of us as we get back into normality. There are a huge amount of scumbags within those large groups of people that have acted in a hugely self-entitled manner throughout this pandemic. I could take a here guess here in saying all of those individuals who have been causing the most trouble around our capital city up to now could be hit with the Delta variant as they aren't vaccinated against Covid.

However; I do not know how big the spread of the virus has gotten into them.

OTOH; if the trend of the delta variant here in Dublin spreads onto innocent people from all of the scumbags who have known themselves to break the public health guidelines up to now; well then that ignorance should be regarded by large swathes of Irish society, who are completely innocent in the eyes of the law, as disgusting behaviour and a huge slap in the face to our brilliant people who are working in our health service.

The Dept of Justice need to propose & implement more permanent anti-crime measures immediately to keep these scumbags off the streets of our capital city. One of 1st measures that should be implemented as Covid dies off is a Dublin Transport Police. And then there should be more stricter laws available from our government in stamping out vandalism, knife crime, drugs, anti-social behaviour so that people who live in our capital city should be able to live safely once again. Innocent people who are living in Dublin City Centre are sick of living through the anti-social crap that has been taking place for over a year and a half & they want to get back to normality as soon as possible.

Dub here and imo it's a great place to live and raise a family. Its not perfect but like all EU capitals it has good and bad points. The anti-social issues we have could be down to lower gardai numbers as there was a moratorium on recruitment after the financial crash. Also, our population has increased by over 1million in the past 20 years without a corresponding increase in garda numbers. Anyone coming here for work in recent years might find it different to their original hometown which may be more heaviliy policed and probably with an armed police force. I'm not sure if this country wants to go down that road but I could be wrong. The info on the attached shows we're below the ratio of police to citizens of many other EU capitals. https://www.statista.com/chart/16515/police-officers-per-100000-inhabitants-in-the-eu/

I'll explain as best I can the view from the alternative Capitals. Dublin was seen as the second city of the British Empire and the seat of its Government here. The 'Jackeen' title comes from the huge welcome given to Victoria when she visited Dublin. Dubliners stood waving their little Union Jacks along all the streets. Dublin by virtue of its position near Britain has and had large numbers of British living there and the to and fro brought them into close contact giving it an Anglo feel. No wonder some English I've met see Dublin as a 'British' city not unlike Manchester or Liverpool.

What do they get up to?

I see Fianna Fàil are calling for Garda management to take a serious look at policing in the city center.

How many times have we heard this before?

Sure, there was some superintendent or something speaking at a committee a few months back saying the numbers and visibility were fine.

Tourists should be warned that the city centre is dangerous. It must be an awful first impression of Ireland.

I'm not bullying you , I'm being serious.