Cork City - anti social behaviour etc... what's being done?

it isnt the same thing. im sure at times the fixtures and fittings are 'upgraded' for actual needs like energy efficiency, but it is generally done just to appease new tenants, it has almost nothing to do with the planning department or building control.

I'd put that down to in-ears if I'm honest. With many modern truly wireless earbuds (AirPods Pro, Google Pixel Buds, etc) you have to look very closely to see if people have them in. Got surprised by that a few times, with people walking past me and talking, with me only seeing the earbuds when I'm next to them.

Ands they're not that expensive anymore either, basic models are available for around 50-60€

To be fair, I feel like that area (Coal Quay, Paul Street) has been the worst affected by this. It was always a bit of a dogy area, but I don't remember it being nearly as bad before the pandemic as it has been in recent years. Granted, Patrick Street and Oliver Plunkett Street have suffered somewhat, but I feel like the Coal Quay area has really become an epicenter for antisocial activity since 2020/2021. A colleague of mine mentioned something that has really struck with me in that regard:

According to him, the high number of restaurants and clubs in the area, with their security staff and the resulting footfall, caused quite a bit of exposure and social pressure that kept the worst of the addicts away. At the same time, the number of derelict buildings and sites in the area, particularly on North Street, gave these addicts something to retreat into. Then came the lockdowns. Restaurants et al were closed and people stopped going out, removing that exposure and pressure. Suddenly, all those who had been pushed into these areas could come out without too much in the way of control. When the restaurants etc. started reopening and the restrictions disappeared, footfall increased again. and the problem started becoming more obvious.

At the same time, a number of the derelict buildings in the area started seeing redevelopment. There are student apartments going up on North Main Street, an apartment building was put on a formerly derelict site on Kyle Street, and that "Bermuda Triangle" up on Kyrl's Quay, outside the garda station, has been turned into some sort of community garden/events venue. So now, footfall is back to its pre-pandemic levels, a lot of the retreats that addicts would have used to get away from the crowds are being redeveloped and, from my observations, many of these addicts are now so far gone that they don't really care about anything anymore.

The building in that thumbnail looks like a chimney in a gas house in Auchwitz or something. So many of those horrific red brick structures around. Anyway carry on.

Local elections are due soon. It needs to be specifically brought up at the door, with no waffle accepted from the candidates! It might be the only way to get CCC to actually do their job.

What is that about?

Spent (misspent 😎) a very happy childhood and youth down the Glen. A real adventure land for kids back then.

Haven't been there for years, I'm sure that it must have changed a lot!

It's fantastic. I only discovered it during covid and I'm walking distance from it.

You'd never think you're still in the city!

It was known as Gouldings Glen having been bequeathed to the city by the Goulding family for the enjoyment of the people of Cork. I had a look on Google maps. It has had a lot of development on the peripheries, its probably a quarter the size that it used to be.

Not much to do with anti social behaviour, I know!

Awful awful news. That could have been any of our families. Just a completely random attack, beating someone effectively to death on the street.

Apart from the fact that it happened in a house in the Glen, not on the street, and doesn't appear to be random.

Dead link sporina. What was it?

Don't know, but the article linked was about an older man assaulted in a premises in the Glen.