Brother of missing girl stabbed to death

Foxhound38 · 26-05-2013 01:35PM #1

http://www.thejournal.ie/man-stabbed-to-death-in-dublin-5-925356-May2013/?utm_source=twitter_self

You'd have to feel absolutely aweful for the family, who apparently spent their life savings looking for the missing young one in the years since she disappeared, for this to happen must be almost too heavy to bear.

Another of our young citizens with what should have been his entire life ahead of him lies dead, the victim of yet another scumbag with a knife no doubt. Some of the things I've seen in the Dublin streets over the years makes me think that the scum well and truly own the streets and can act with impunity. I'm sure other Irish cities have similar problems. I cringe sometimes at the idea of the Gathering - bringing tourists over to witness and report back on the spectical of smacked out heroin addicts lurching around town, and the experience of getting intimidated at ATM's and Luas machines on a constant basis. Don't even get me started on the Dublin boardwalks

What can be done to reclaim them for ordinary, decent people?

branie · 26-05-2013 02:00PM

How will the family cope with new tragedy?

orestes · 26-05-2013 02:01PM

How have you gone from a tragic incident in a Dublin suburb that the police have barely had a chance to start investigating and the victims unfortunate relation to a missing teenager (who went missing in a different country) to every city in the country being infested with knife and syringe wielding junkie-apocalypse zombies terrorising tourists?

I'm not saying that the event wasn't tragic, but I think you might be going off on a teeny bit of a tangent.

Foxhound38 · 26-05-2013 02:10PM

orestes wrote: »

How have you gone from a tragic incident in a Dublin suburb that the police have barely had a chance to start investigating and the victims unfortunate relation to a missing teenager (who went missing in a different country) to every city in the country being infested with knife and syringe wielding junkie-apocalypse zombies terrorising tourists?

I'm not saying that the event wasn't tragic, but I think you might be going off on a teeny bit of a tangent.

I just despair of how we seem to have completely lost control of the crime situation, and another young person lies dead because of it. Another family destroyed

dodderangler · 26-05-2013 02:14PM

I know the victims cousin
It's absolutely horrible and tragic and words will never describe how that family feels right now
My thought are with them

orestes · 26-05-2013 02:23PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I just despair of how we seem to have completely lost control of the crime situation, and another young person lies dead because of it. Another family destroyed

We haven't lost control of the crime situation, we live in one of the safest countries in the world, despite what the tabloids would have people believe. We don't even know the details of this incident and you sound like a Joe Duffy caller.

monkey9 · 26-05-2013 09:52PM

Gets worse. The stepfather has been arrested for it.

Nodin · 26-05-2013 09:55PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

....

What can be done to reclaim them for ordinary, decent people?

Nothing. Charles Bronson is dead.

We're all gonna die..........

Femme_Fatale · 26-05-2013 10:06PM

Ouch, the stupidity of TheJournal.ie reader comments hurts my eyes...

my friend · 26-05-2013 10:13PM

Mahon was sentenced to jail for 4 months on March 13th 2013

One wonders why he wasn't in jail

charlemont · 26-05-2013 10:55PM

Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking ?

woodoo · 26-05-2013 10:58PM

charlemont wrote: »

Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking ?

I'm asking myself where the step father was when Amy went missing?

Guy:Incognito · 26-05-2013 10:58PM

charlemont wrote: »

Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking ?

The butler did it in the pantry with the carving knife?

Arciphel · 26-05-2013 11:05PM

Can anyone link to a source where it says the stepfather has been arrested, as i can't see this being reported anywhere.

orestes · 26-05-2013 11:06PM

Arciphel wrote: »

Can anyone link to a source where it says the stepfather has been arrested, as i can't see this being reported anywhere.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/amy-fitzpatricks-stepfather-arrested-over-fatal-stabbing-of-her-brother-29297450.html

charlemont · 26-05-2013 11:40PM

woodoo wrote: »

I'm asking myself where the step father was when Amy went missing?

Exactly what I thought of too..

expectationlost · 27-05-2013 12:37AM

woodoo wrote: »

I'm asking myself where the step father was when Amy went missing?

im asking where was the brother?

daRobot · 27-05-2013 12:38AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

The butler did it in the pantry with the carving knife?

Cheap laugh. Show some respect.

padd b1975 · 27-05-2013 12:48AM

charlemont wrote: »

Exactly what I thought of too..

:eek::eek:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/amy-fitzpatricks-stepfather-arrested-over-fatal-stabbing-of-her-brother-29297450.html

juice1304 · 27-05-2013 03:52AM

Dean was a lovely person with a good heart. I was on a course with him and he was always very nice, he lived about 30m down the road from me. I only saw him last Thursday scary stuff, When I read his name in the article earlier on this evening it turned my stomach. Terrible stuff altogether.

RIP.

maninasia · 27-05-2013 04:46AM

orestes wrote: »

We haven't lost control of the crime situation, we live in one of the safest countries in the world, despite what the tabloids would have people believe. We don't even know the details of this incident and you sound like a Joe Duffy caller.

You don't live in one of the safest countries in the world. It's far from the most dangerous, but also far from the safest.

Quaorn · 27-05-2013 04:56AM

maninasia wrote: »

You don't live in one of the safest countries in the world. It's far from the most dangerous, but also far from the safest.

There is 196 countries in the world. Where doe's Ireland rank? Honest question just asking if anyone knows the crime stats.

osarusan · 27-05-2013 06:34AM

Quaorn wrote: »

There is 196 countries in the world. Where doe's Ireland rank? Honest question just asking if anyone knows the crime stats.

you'd probably have to break it down into different kinds of crime, but according to this random website which gives no data to support its conclusions, we're 4th.

http://www.clicktop10.com/2013/04/top-10-safest-countries-to-live-in-2013/

6th here:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Safest_countries_in_the_world

maninasia · 27-05-2013 06:58AM

So what happened to Asia, it doesn't exist? Of all the countries I have been too some Asian countries have the lowest levels of random violence and vandalism and street crime. Dublin is a crime heaven compared to those places.

Ireland gets an artificially high rating due to neutrality and being in a relatively safe area of the world. That kind of safety.

Tipsy McSwagger · 27-05-2013 08:07AM

maninasia wrote: »

So what happened to Asia, it doesn't exist? Of all the countries I have been too some Asian countries have the lowest levels of random violence and vandalism and street crime. Dublin is a crime heaven compared to those places.

Ireland gets an artificially high rating due to neutrality and being in a relatively safe area of the world. That kind of safety.

Dublin is not Ireland

jam_mac_jam · 27-05-2013 08:28AM

maninasia wrote: »

So what happened to Asia, it doesn't exist? Of all the countries I have been too some Asian countries have the lowest levels of random violence and vandalism and street crime. Dublin is a crime heaven compared to those places.

Ireland gets an artificially high rating due to neutrality and being in a relatively safe area of the world. That kind of safety.

Asia is a fairly big place.. Ireland has a high rate because it has low levels of crime

John_Rambo · 27-05-2013 08:47AM

maninasia wrote: »

Ireland gets an artificially high rating due to neutrality and being in a relatively safe area of the world.

A safety rating because its a safe place?

Balmed Out · 27-05-2013 08:51AM

maninasia wrote: »

So what happened to Asia, it doesn't exist? Of all the countries I have been too some Asian countries have the lowest levels of random violence and vandalism and street crime. Dublin is a crime heaven compared to those places.

Ireland gets an artificially high rating due to neutrality and being in a relatively safe area of the world. That kind of safety.

Ha Ha. What about non random violence? Ireland is far far safer then most of Asia and certainly the parts of it ive been to. If you travel outside Dublin and you will find most of Ireland is a very safe place to be. Indeed I dont see Dublin as being all that bad either.

maninasia · 27-05-2013 08:59AM

Compared to Singapore, Korea,Taiwan, Japan and numerous other places Ireland is not particularly safe. As I said it's not terrible, and it's really not great either. Being on the city centre streets after pub closing time can be particularly hazardous on the weekends. Many country areas have no police presence at all. Lots of suburbs and towns around the country are dodgy as hell too.
Junkies mull around on the capital's promenades hassling people, shoplifting, mugging and stealing phones. You can't leave anything outside for a minute without nailing the fecker down.

marob1969 · 27-05-2013 09:03AM

my friend wrote: »

Mahon was sentenced to jail for 4 months on March 13th 2013

One wonders why he wasn't in jail

May I ask for what?

maninasia · 27-05-2013 09:04AM

John_Rambo wrote: »

A safety rating because its a safe place?

Geopolitical safety and crime safety are two different things.

Brother of missing girl stabbed to death

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