Strong policing on the streets of Dublin tonight (24/11) - **Read OP before posting**

Wash, rinse, repeat with the Garda. They'll have a presence for a couple of days, post some social media pics with tourists (in the safer parts of the city) and then go missing again.

Was in town for 2 pints with friends followed by a start on the Christmas shopping. Guards absolutely everywhere. Very visible.

Nearly everytime I go in I see something happen - What is there today should be normal levels I feel.

Deep down I Know things will be back to normal next week.

Also agree with others - maintining a level of fitness and presence needs to be part of the requirement to do the job. Fitnesschecks every year and a job requirement to gym twice a week minimum. The reality is a 5ft nothing tubby short arse is absolutely no use to deal with things in Dublin CC. Start adding some Brazilians and Eastern Europeans to the force.

Wha ?

Yeah I mean if they're having trouble hiring in Ireland, and keeping Garda in the force, I would imagine there are hard as nails South Americans that would jump at the chance to do the job. We should be advertising in these countries for men and women who speak English well that would be up for the job. Is Gaeilge still a requirement?

On the bright side, one of the other children, a 6 year old has been discharged..

Thats true, but all the services in the world wont save the north inner city.

If its the same social housing ghetto it is today, nought will change.

Social housing in the city centre should be restricted & reserved for working people and retired folks.

Then enable private renters and owners to move in, as part of the mixed development.

It could thrive very quickly, if done correctly.

The problem is the govt have no appetite to gentrify the north inner city, although they are doing it slowly in the north docklands.

I think part of the problem is where do all the tenants go during the redevelopment phase.

As we have a housing crisis, moving people that are already housed is the last thing the govt want to do. But it is what needs to happen.

The whole thing is awful. Poor kiddies..

How many people in social housing in the city centre are unemployed though? I have a mate from Sheriff St and his family all work, as do many of his neighbours from what I can telll

That's great, glad to hear it. The problem is that those working who are now on the housing list haven't a hope of getting much in the city centre really. I know from a tenant my mother had when she was in a nursing home (helped pay her fees), that the tenant was adamant that she was holding out (three refusals max) for a place near her mother in the South Inner City. She got it and she was not working. That made no difference to my mother, her rent was subbed by HAP and that's all she needed. Just saying, you can believe it or not.

I think you've hit the nail on the head.

The youths need to be punished as well. The fact they are not is a large part of the problem.

How many Gardai are 5ft nothing an over weight? this is just nonsense.

In reality if you have 25-30 v 1 then it doesn't matter what build the Garda is because they are not going to win. The videos that flew around the other night was about a group of scumbags. Two in particular, the Garda was talking to someone and the guy in front of him ran around behind him and hit him. Chicken sh**t scumbag.

The other was a member of public who was tall, the guy went off, pulled something out of his pocket and again hit him from behind.

You are defending a shower of chicken sh*ts who hit from behind. If you are 7ft or 5ft if some scumbag wants to come up from behind you and you can't see it doesn't matter what height you are.

Great all is well, Mehole has come out in support of McEntee and Harris. Rinse and repeat. This will be blown over and forgotten about come election time and people will vote the same shower in again.

How patronising

It's incitement to.violence also. You know the type of incitement that brought hundreds of scrotes out to riot the other night?