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

Dsmn right , I don't want to be out of a job.

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.

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.

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

Exactly I’m not fan of Dublin having lived there for years. There’s definitely issues but seem ridiculously overblown

Dublin is too big in my opinion to have a council that deals only with small nonsense and lacks a common vision for the city. Towns just about get away with it because population density is that much lower. Galway is planning mess however it's easier to get things done as recent pedestrianisation showed. I think local government structures in Ireland are the problem for Dublin, you need councils and mayors that will be voted in on their programme and held accountable for that. Now it just seems to be a nursery for wannabe td's and ideological purists with no interest in how city develops.

Just to add, I don't think Dublin has major issues around crime, there are some societal consequences of Covid and lockdowns. Do gooder organisations also can do more damage than good because they all deal with social issues in their own way. It's madness to hand out tents and sleeping bags if hostels have space. Problem is that Dublin is just a bit grubby and dirty and it seems people are afraid to deal with that so they won't be accused of victimising vulnerable.

Traffic and lack of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure are main problems.

I think it's very disrespectful what you wrote; I have lived many years there and I still have my own family there so I know what I am saying. Of course, if you isolate a few months of 2017 and read US-influenced mass media, I cannot do anything about it

I used to think the same, but they've as much right to be there as we do. You think addicts are degenerates? That's pretty disgusting.

Drug addicts who land on street are not the only ones that keep drug dealers in business. I suspect it's middle class coke habit that makes more money for drug lords. Addicts will always gravitate to big city centres, there isn't much you can do about that. Calling them degenerates and removing facilities from them won't change situation one bit. There is probably an argument that decent facilities will improve situation. And as facilities I mean hostels, injection centres, health facilities, detox beds not another group handing out tents.

Show me a place or city where street drug issues have been solved.

There are numerous supports, charities, State agencies, methadone clinics around Dublin that would surely substantially reduce the number of drug addicts scoring in the streets. But it never happens. I often wonder why. But it is self perpetuating. If the problem is solved, there is not so much need for all the charities anymore.

It is akin to homelessness. There are a multitude of State supports available via the numerous homeless charities, yet more and more tents appear on the streets every day.

I work with homeless addicts in the city centre , they need an injection facility, a plan to detox off methadone both in the community and residential and lots of beds for treatment, health provision is ok however addiction and mental need to be looked at together.

There is specialist medical/dental facilities along with some amazing professionals i.e wound dressing nurses , mental health nurses and so on.

Let's not worry about the name calling and the idiotic suggestions about addicts and their supports from the city.

I love the City, it is my City but I don't live here anymore.

I've recently been home for the first time in 18 Months and visited the City Centre on Thursday.

I understand the drugs and homeless problem, it has always been there - but I couldn't deal with the smell of piss in so many places from my walk from Jervis Street to Grafton Street. The Liffey smells nice in comparison.