Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

A couple of things stood out for me scanning over the entire day.

1. Members of the public had to disarm the man and restrain him till police arrived. All this outside a public enquiry and hospital at the top end of the National thoroughfare. Gardaí aren’t The Flash but should have been very close by. There used to be a cop shop at the top of O’Connell St but I think it’s closed?
2. Things didn’t just’kick off’ spontaneously I’m sure. There were 4 hours between the attack and when things got out of control.
3. The area has been a touch point in recent times. We were all told things were in hand after those other scummers attacked the American tourist.
4. Even the regular population are starting to have reservations about the level of migration and the range of facilities available to support the influx of new people.
5. There have been plenty of situations over the last 18 months where animosity towards immigrants was on show.

So really I think even my 7 year old nephew might have figured that there was some trouble brewing and that if an attack occurred and things were starting to look dicey then you needed to nip that in the bud before this escalated.

I do blame the government in part the this. The majority here aren’t anti immigrant but do want a decent infrastructure in place for those arriving. I think we simply have too many and the government seem happy to dump large grips in small towns where the area isn’t really able to cope with the influx.

There seems to be no “Off” button or no gumption on the governments part to go back to the EU and say we’ve taken enough. Not even that but we don’t turn back even people who have destroyed their documents as a ruse to come here.

All of this fuels the far right and it’s easy convince those with time on their hands that “there is a war out there”.

Dole is being reformed thankfully for those who are interested in work. I’m fairly sure the concept of work is a bit alien to a lot of those youths last night. I really think that if you’re long term unemployed and not obviously benefiting from back to work schemes then you should be conscripted. It might help some if these turn there lives around. The government is paying them each week anyway. They might as well get a few jobs out of them for it.

Seems like the Gardai were caught out here. No serious planning seems to have happened and they effectively lost control of the city Center for 3 hours. It puts into perspective the recent Garda controversies over their roster and the assistant commissioner/pension controversy. Maybe spend less time worrying about your pension and roster and more time concentrating on work? I know it’s a tough job in fairness.

So, really anyone convicted of this crap should be barred from state aids like dole for a fixed period. There is money being given out for any old shîte right now without much oversight. It’s time the state grew a pair and the government grew a spine as well. I don’t think an election is going to solve any of this. It’s just rearranging deckchairs.