Is Dublin really safe? *Read OP for mod warning*

Well, in common conversation they're referred to as guards. I think most people accept that. 'Gards' is not a proper word as far as I know.

Shocking incident.. not sure if already linked here, a woman almost killed in a brawl between two "persons" in DunLaohaire.. lots of comments online as to the background of the two also..

https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/shocking-video-shows-woman-fall-below-moving-bus-during-dun-laoghaire-brawl/a278606069.html

How can Dublin feel safe when our social justice campaigners get up to this craic 😂

Mod Edit: Issue is before the courts - warning issued

Yea I'd say in some of the Parisian banlieues where the the Police only go in large numbers with full body armour and machine guns it's common enough….

But this is Dublin city centre where the braindead morons on the motorbikes seem to operate with impunity making a joke of the law and everyone else trying to abide by the rules…

Would like to see the Gards being authorised for tactical contact to ram them off the bikes.

Its an epidemic in Dublin city compared to other parts of Ireland. Been living it Dublin over 6 years and I can say I have witnessed kids/teenagers joyriding around on scramblers and motorbikes every couple of day's that I have travelled through the city on the way home from work. They have no respect for other motorists or pedestrians.

Saw one a couple of weeks pulling a wheelie the full length of Molesworth St then straight through a red light on to Kildare St. The garda outside Leinster House just stood there looking at him. I will genuinely piss myself laughing if I see one of these little fcuks go over the bonnet of a car.

The petrol scramblers are bad enough but at least you can hear them coming. The electric ones are much worse.

Out last night for Damien Dempsey, got off the bus at Eden Quay, walked up to Vicar Street with my OH and did the same after the gig, town was naturally packed just before Christmas and neither of us saw one bit of trouble or felt in anyway unsafe.

From what you'd read on this you'd swear Dublin was like a GTA game when 99.9% of the time it's grand.

The city centre is very busy and crowded everyday the only time I felt worried was when the riots were going on . unfortunately every city in the world has crime it's part of modern life .

'Gards' is literally just shortening the word 'garda' by removing the 'a'.

Like saying 'cos instead of because etc.

'Guard' is anglicised nonsense.

I hear people in the radio talking about city centre as if it's a scene from gta 5 or the Bronx in New York city I just go into town and see crowded streets with people shopping I think people like to exaggerate for dramatic effect

maybe I need glass,s I go thru the city every day I can't remember the last time I saw someone causing trouble or acting in a threatening manner apart from the riots

open any newspaper or showbiz website let's say it's not unknown for musicians or pop stars to use illegal drugs . I don't think the fact that sound is too young or wearing a black jacket mean they are a scrote. Every city has people that use drugs .thousands of people go thru the city every day and they meet a friend or go to work without any trouble at all

maybe the there should be a sign go here if you want to meet the junkies proceed with caution

I wasn't in Dublin city centre (only visited southside suburbs) between 2017 and 2022, and then I visited the city centre four times between '22 and this year. And I admit I bought into the fear mongering and was quite scared ambling along O'Connell Street and the quays and the Tara Street, Busarus and IFSC areas. All was absolutely grand - I felt a bit silly.

I'm not denying at all that there are lowlifes scattered throughout Dublin's centre, and places to be avoided at night. Like any city (doesn't make it OK but acknowledging isn't agreeing with) but there is terrible scaremongering. And it reads like Dublin is as bad as Detroit in the '90s. Not even close.

Oh social media for sure.

As our much loved (and dangerously violent Dubliner) Ronan Keating would say; "Fair play" before slitting your throat, raping your handbag and sticking an infected syringe in your eye.

That's where most of the people on this thread are getting their info.