Children stabbed in Dublin city centre **Read OP before posting**

Funded by Americans and Brits .

Of course it is, the far right are under everybodie beds at this stages

No it would

Billions thrown at providing for actors

Everyone needs someone to blame

And that's a very fair point. But this isn't an either/or situation. We should still have proper control of our borders. It's incomprehensible that we would allow people in and into society without knowing who they are. That's not responsible.

Last night I said to my other half I am shocked by what happened but not surprised. We have raised a generation of mostly young men who racket up convictions like they are trophies. There are no actual consequences. They might do odd short stint in prison every now and again. Mostly they are free to do as they please. Everyone in their communities can see that no matter what these guys do they are back out on the streets free to create more social disorder.

Any encounter with a guard they are straight out with their smart phones recording, screaming about their rights. Who would want to be a guard in this country. Guards are vital to our society. Most of the time the guards are wasting their time arresting people. The behaviour of these lads is escalating and that became glaringly obvious during Covid.

You throw in all the other major issues facing us in Irish society and honestly it was just a tinderbox waiting for a match. The match in this case was the attack yesterday afternoon.

The government have created the conditions for what happened yesterday. Also yes the people who wrecked havoc in Dublin are also responsible for what happened.

We as voters need to make our voices heard next time we get a knock on our door looking for votes.

It's not an either/or choice that we have to make between them.

I get where you're coming from - but the "young men" I saw last night in town where I was stuck until 10pm....have never worked. The "family home" is a free one. They and their parents have never taken responsibility for their own lives and are drip fed social welfare forever. They want housing - what they mean is "gimme a free house". They start reproducing at about 17. And so it goes. On an on.

Well

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A false dichotomy repeated ad nauseum by far right nutters on social media this morning.

What refugee game? He was an Irish citizen.

A lot of people who come to Dublin for Xmas to get their gifts and have a day/night out will be reconsidering after last night. Yeah its unlikely to happen anytime again soon but could you blame people for swerving Dublin for Xmas which is a crucial time when it comes to making money?

Catastrophic when it comes to guessing the overall economic cost of this.

The people who volunteer with the charity MSoE do yes, I'm aware. A great pity that a country who boasts such economic achievements depend on the charity of the religious groups in this country to help those on the margins.

if you had reason to claim asylum you could, yeah, they take in refugees in Australia and provide for them

What happened to the children was worse but it was more than a few bust windows and you know it.

Citizens, shopworkers terrified by a riot.

Hotel lobby attacked.

Maternity hospital put into lockdown.

Looting.

Public transport set on fire.

Fire brigade attacked trying to put out fires.

You show zero concern for any of them.

But of course, here you are trying to gaslight what happened last night to get scumbag rioters off the hook. Do you condemn them or cheer them on?

We can see the pictures ourselves, it wasn't just a few bust windows, that is a lie that won't stick.

Yes, Arnotts said they were open until 9pm but had to close at 7pm due to safety. Staff would have been rostered on to 9 and were probably just restocking and preparing for tomorrow.

I used to work with BT (same company). When it closes at night, everybody is out of there bar some Security and cash office folk. Staff would never work late but would occasionally work early the next day. Thats why I was confused as to why staff were there.