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

You don't need to say it the statistics provided by yourself do. The ratio of cyclist deaths to population was nearly a 10th of that in Mayo and Donegal.

Dublin is statistically the safest county to cycle in.

Well, both you and I supplied videos from news outlets of this very thing happening in various parts of the country so if your naive enough to think this sort of thing doesn't happen that's on you! Bathe in ignorance.

The elephant in the room is the concentration of social housing in the city center, especially D1 with more added all the time, which no one talks about. We aren't talking mixed tenure, it's Ballymun on the Liffey. I'd say that's a bigger issue than the hostels.

Then you have stuff like this, right on the quays in the center of the city just off O'Connell St Bridge.

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/dublin-building-planned-as-wetherspoons-superpub-among-sites-being-converted-into-refugee-housing/

You don't have to be a planner to know that there is no gain to the city center from any of this. It's likely to be opposite.

The city center is being abused as a dumping ground for society's problems.

Then some act surprised when they see crime and social disorder.

There is no other capital city in Europe where there is such contempt for the city's core.

I remember a story years ago from him where something similar happened. Homophobia at its worst. Surely they have the reg?

Ask Brendan Courtney if its safe walking around Dublin.

Not the first time he has been attacked.

If you want to use the argument of "Ask the person who was attacked yesterday, is it safe?"

Us who believe it's safe can rebut that the other 100,000's in Dublin yesterday who weren't attacked prove that it is.

99.99999999999999% of people in Dublin yesterday experienced no attacks.

Brendan Courtney attacked at 9pm on Usher’s Quay certainly does not help the perception that Dublin is safe.

I don’t know why I’m included in this, I’m of the belief that Dublin is generally a very safe place.

It quite an achievement to agree with a post and throw in a sneer. I am not a “bandwagoner poster” merely a poster. Who happens to be a born and bred Dub.

I have explained how Dublin is generally a safe place. Except being affected by a deep seated generational aggressive mindset among certain cohorts, within certain socio-demographic areas. That is a fact shown in the statistics. Crime rates and so on. The causes are clear. However, the answers to resolving those causes are more difficult.

J am a Dub who is entitled to his opinion and debates issues. And a person who does not resort to insults or sly digs. That is the lowest form of debate. I believe away from boards.ie, you are likely a much better person than you have shown in that previous post.

You seem to deal in absolutes? I don’t do so. The debate on this thread is Dublin safe? Not attempting to derail the thread by moving the goalposts elsewhere. In what appears to me to be a blatant attempt not to address the question in the OP.

You seem to be trying to put in the stereotypical boards “whataboutery” to try and “win” with your own agenda. Whatever that may be.

To glibly bracket myself as a “bandwagoner” is odd. As to why you chose to do so, only you can answer.

I would be interested if you know Mr Courtney as well as you claim. Does he feel that Dublin is a safe place? And what is his perception of Dublin late at night in Dublin City centre?

To me from listening to his interview. Courtney seemed more surprised that he was attacked at 9pm rather than the fact he was attacked, in itself.

Just to mention the CSO statistics in case anyone is in doubt.

According to the CSO, the Dublin Metropolitan area experienced a crime rate of  -

2,522 incidents per 100,000 people for theft and related offences

 – nearly twice the State average and more than three times as much as the north-west region

People in the North West are too busy driving their cars into walls. Why would you do that?

(Apologies, totally uncaring, sorry).