I don’t know what you are talking about. You’re just posting unrelated links
-Urgent Procedure for Hysteroscopy, only private could perform that in one month at 5.000 euros. A public hospital asked me to wait at least 5 months.
-I had now to subscribe to a Healthcare Provider. Actually, I have already changed two providers; I spend money and services are very low level
-I am very familiar with how useful can the ECCE Scheme be (sarcasm), no worries. I only know that I could not afford the creche for two children (and my income is not low at all)
Soooooooo....
I've been home a week now, first time since September of 2020 and have been in and out of the city several times, early morning, during the day, in the evening. Today I did a massive loop around various bits of the city centre, top to bottom, docklands to Parkgate Street, Aungier Street to Parnell Street. Hell, I even went along the boardwalk.
I read this thread before coming back and honestly was wondering what I was coming back to. Could it really have gotton so tragically bad? Should I have armed myself a-la Charles Bronson in a numerically unspecified "Death Wish: Dublin" sequel?
I'm not doubting people's lived experience, and will readily recognise some of the issues noted here as being very real and requiring action, but I honestly think some of it might be a touch overblown. Just a touch. It's not exactly downtown Caracas out there.
No denying any evidence here. I had a similar procedure done within two weeks in a public hospital, so no, its not only available in a private hospital.
The state does support pre-school years with the ECCE scheme, it's available for all children for two years whether they are attending a private or state funded creche/nursery.
This IT article has some interesting information about creches in Spain. Also info about the salaries that are paying those fees. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/childcare-the-european-experience-1.3618057
What are we talking about? For an urgent procedure to remove a polyp, I had to return to my country. Here it was performed only by private hospitals, and the least expensive asked me for 5,000 euros; in my country I did it for free at the public hospital.
Not to mention the creches; no support at all from the State. I can prove to you that they cost four or five times as much as in Spain. Eventually I gave up and got an au pair.
I don't understand the reason for denying the evidence
Dublin is a lovely city and totally liveable in fact the whole country is. We are one of the most tolerant, open minded countries who welcome visitors and immigrants as can be seen by the high percentage of non-irish born numbers in our census figures. Our citizens enjoy religious, sexual and social freedoms that others dont and our great education system and many sporting activities are available to all equally. It's easy to start and operate a business which is one of the reasons so many MNC's are here and why we have so many work and employment opportunities. Our police force is not armed and our health service has done a great job in rolling out our vacination programme - for free too...
Sure, we have some problems that have become more visible since Covid like litter or graffitti and there are people that game our generous welfare system & others who engage in ASB. In the overall scheme of living a good life in a politically stable country, they are minor issues.
If everything here is as bad as some people feel, then that's obviously not a good way to live.
Aren't all the problems in Dublin just general Irish problems though albeit on a larger scale? I've seen counsellors get in the way of developments in Cork and Limerick too, and NIMBYism goes on countrywide. There has been uproar nationwide when it came to car restriction and cycle lanes and improving the public realm, sometimes councils try to do things but residents and some counsellors make changes for the good impossible. Look at the injection centre carry on, which was just snobbery at its finest. It may have helped greatly with the problems addicts have in Dublin, but no, NIMBY.
It just seems impossible to get anything done in this country.
I'm not objecting to the rest of your post but the way healthcare is structured in this country is very poor and not many European countries would tolerate system like ours and charges we pay.
Another point about the whinge fest about LPT in someone else's post. 80% is distributed locally and maybe it's time for Dubliners to vote less brain dead councillors than the ones who actually cut LPT than whinge about it's distribution. Dublin could be lovely city but it seems quite clear it's councillors are preoccupied by organising piss ups in Mansion House and discussions when to put up Palestinian flags to worry about how liveable city is. There is absolutely no vision for city there but ideological posturing, why waste more money on them.
No public healthcare?? but everyone is entitled to treatment in a public hospital. I can think of many public services that all of our taxes pay for. Do your kids go to school for example or get free GP services or do you receive childrens allowance? Who pays for the Gardai or the fire service or what if you needed an ambulance in an emergency. Does your locality have street lighting or do you use the many public parks or libraries? What about our excellent social welfare system that provides supports for those less fortunate or old, or people with illness or disabilities.
You get a lot of public services in return for taxes, maybe you hadnt thought about it clearly...
Perfect Analysis. It is this 'spirit of denial' that I cannot understand. Had two Asian friends as guests yesterday from Greystones, one currently being made redundant. They decided to spend huge money on taxi round trip, as they never take the Dart after 5pm, after being assaulted on a train last year by a gang of teenagers (who were not eventually identified by the authorities). Sometimes I ask where my tax money go...no public healthcare, no security on streets and transports, basically nothing in return as a public service
LOL I was just in Limerick yesterday and it was no oil painting.🤣
A bit of sun in this country uncovers some things which should remain covered. 😮
Yet Dubs still be on about Limerick.
The number of times i've seen young people & teenagers described on this thread as feral youths, scrotes, scumbags, druggies etc is unreal. Talk about generalisations & exaggeration...
Htg if I didnt live in dublin i'd think the place was being over-run by zombie like mobs 24/7.
Dsmn right , I don't want to be out of a job.
Totally agree. I tried to buy a bit of hash from a guy on one of the streets off O'Connell St around 1995 and it turned out to be a bit of a magnet wrapped in loads of tin foil. I was feckin raging! Still am to be honest.
The city centre is right now a complete hell hole, the percentage of little scumbags/down and outs is much higher than before since they live in the huge number of social housing, are attracted in by the services for addicts etc... with offices still being work from home there are less professionals about so percentage wise far outnumbered.
The Gardai are nowhere to be seen, I was in Madrid city recently and every few streets there were police walking around, barely ever see that in Dublin.
You can even see from the video from Pearse Street the gardai pick up weapons and run, they seem terrified.
People saying remove amenities like the boardwalk are wrong. Those amenities need to be made safe, not removed. Those same scumbags will just move to the next place, do we then just close the parks since the scum are congregating there and so on until there is nothing in the city?
Huge issues with anti social behaviour need to be stamped out, get in touch with your local TD, raise this as an issue. The main problem is that it's not seen as a huge vote winner. More only social housing in the city is not the answer, build housing/apartments for professionals in the city and encourage them back in. Social housing is all well and good but tenants causing issues should be removed and part of the agreement should be that you don't cause a menace to society or you lose your place to somebody else.
Tackling the root cause is great and important and will have a long term impact but short term there needs to be mandatory sentencing after 20/30 convictions and less judiciary leniency. The same scumbags take up huge amounts of police time, court time and free legal aid, it needs to be clamped down on as a matter of urgency.
+1. It's not in the interest of the service providers to actually fix problems because it is lucrative for them.
No it doesn't make me think it's dangerous. It just makes me understand why residents are pleading for the Garda station to be reopened.
We have a society where we are literally paying scrotes to drag up even more scrotes whose future is the scratcher. It's a multiplier effect.
This notion, it's grand they'll stick to their own areas, that's gone years a go.
And with mandatory social housing in new estates it's a moot point anyway.
Not going to watch it but I assume it's some kid jumping on top of a car or something. Does seeing things like this really make you think the wealthy area of Malahide is dangerous because a few kids were messing? I live close to Clontarf and am there all the time and didn't realise there were any issues with anti-social behaviour, I've never noticed any anyway.
Here is a slice of what I assume is probably Balbriggan in Malahide. All these lads are off the bus or the DART and I'm told it is now the same every weekend. And that this only really became an issue there in the last 2 years. Actually maybe Darndale/Coolock as they appear to run for the bus.
Wasn't there a young lad beaten to within an inch of his life for his phone just outside the castle a few months back by fellas off the DART?
You assume these areas are somehow protected. They aren't. Nothing has been done in Malahide or Clontarf to my knowledge by gardai or the communities because what can they do?
Yeah but cmon a few videos on Dublin Live is all it was. Kids have been going to these places on the Dart since I was a kid in the 90s, they just sensationalise everything now. If there was any real trouble in Malahide the residents wouldn't accept it for a second and it'd be sorted by Garda pretty quickly anyway.
Howth and Malahide have had issues recently of gangs of feral youth using the DART from other areas.
I'm a Dubliner and I'm happy to admit it (the anti-social feral behaviour, not being a Dubliner 😉 )
Howth and Malahide are plagued with gangs? I'm often in both places and Malahide especially is about as middle class and quiet an area you can get. Jesus Dublin Live has a lot to answer for if this is what you all think lol.
I saw yesterday they took benches from a park in Cork due to anti social behaviour, people on Reddit were saying addicts and teenagers drinking were the cause. It doesn't make me think it's some lawless hellhole down there though.
No, I was in the Henry St. Italian quarter area. That's the UK Express quoting Dublin Live in fairness, so take it with a pinch of salt, "petrol bombs were allegedly hurled".... I doubt there were any petrol bombs.
No. Dubliners realise that Dublin has been left behind, we realise our property tax is bing taken out of the city to improve others lives around the country, we realise that money needs to be diverted back in to the city, we need a transport police for the issues you highlighted (although I live in one of the urban villages you talk about and haven't come across these infamous gangs), we need a metro police unit. The country needs to realise that nowhere was affected as badly as Dublin by the pandemic and the city needs to reinvest in itself.
That is disgusting, and I live close by. I am feeling so depressed to live here
I think Dubliners don’t want to admit that the city is sinking into a pit of anti social behaviour. Not just in the city centre, some of the suburbs are just as bad now. Also, the nice villages are now plagued with gangs and fights, ask anyone living in Howth or Malahide or similar towns on the Southside. Very little being done to tackle it, lots of empty words and promises but no action on the ground.
Jesus wept; that video looks really depressing. I can't understand how it's that bad in Philadelphia. Are people like those who would be struggling to stay upright over their knees as a result of all their drugtaking; currently visible on the streets of Dublin City Centre right now as a result of Covid?
That would be a normal sight in those areas compared to what he described
Is this you ?
@John_Rambo
You're lucky you didn't see the trouble that happened with the young scumbags & the Gardaí at Pearse House last night.
I would assume from your post above that you avoided this part of the city last night?
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