I had reason to walk down Sheriff Street recently coming from the Point direction.
Reasonably ok until you get to the Luke Kelly statue thing but then when you take a left at the church things change. I was very wary of walking down the street more so because I was a stranger. Young kids ran around the streets even though in ānormalā society it would be well past their bedtime. Bunch of teenagers hovered around also, not threateningly but more suspiciously. Anyway I got through to the top of the street - mad to think that a stones throw left is the IFSC and right is Connolly Station.
This goes back to @Fagan_ODowd ās point about how up to 40 years ago you wouldnāt escape with your life on that journey. āProgressā in terms of surrounding areas seems to have lessened the danger somewhat.
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A regular enough occurrence on the lane that goes behind the AXA building parallel to Capel Street. That area around Wolfe Tone Street does be full of open drug dealing and general junkie behaviour.
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Herself worked inside there for AXA and, if working late, would ensure to be there at the door waiting for her
Itās a pity as the square there and the tram carriage are a nice.little spot but overrun with zombied junkies a lot of the time
OK guys, Iāve been told Iāll have a ticket for next week so Iāll be staying in Ranelagh. Heading down the Fri and back on the Sunday.
Where is best to park close to Ranelagh. Ideally some place with a fixed rate daily charge rather than an hourly rate?
I used to park in the below location for free when I lived in the area. The downside was over time residents started to vandalise my car for blocking the daylight coming into their windows. Should be ok for a few days
Edit. If youāre on the Miltown end of Ranelagh thereās parking near the Miltown Luas stop
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Herself came home one night saying sheād crashed into a parked car outside didsbury train station. Sheād left a note, but after 3 weeks weād heard nothing. I went up because thereās a row of houses there. The note was washed out by the rain. I knocked on the first two houses. Not their car, no idea whose. Knocked on the third.
āThat one?ā He said.
āYes I saidā, and said I was sorry, said weād left a note or words to that effect, and explained about the note being smushed by the rain.
He said he was driven mental by the car, that someone obviously parked there and took the train to the airport (direct line 9 minutes) and just left it for six months at a time. He the told me it was good enough for the cunt, and if I put another note out, heād just take it off.
A very nice man, but a very strange conversation.
I passed from time to time. The car was still there about 4 months later, then one day it was gone. š¤·
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Do you drive a double-decker bus?
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These are tiny cottages. I had the rear wipers pulled off twice. My friend with the Jeep was even less popular. Tyres would be let down frequently.
Thatās prick acting. They might have owned the house but they donāt own the road outside. Not your fault if it allows free parking.
Iād have egged the shit out of their windows and front door at a minimum (when I was moving out of the neighbourhood that is 
)
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Most of the residential streets are free on Sunday and a good few are free from Friday 7pm until Monday morning.
Off the top of my head Ormond Road is one thatās free from Friday night. You could also drop into Brian & Amy for a cup of tea if you parked there.
Dartmouth Lane is also free but there are rarely any spaces.
Thereās a map of Dublin somewhere which shows parking zones and what times you need to pay. As @briantinnion says quite a lot would be free at the weekend if youāre away from shops etc
Fair play to these industrious fellas
Something going down in the East Wall. Squad cars and ambulances flying in there.
Itās gone very bad down around there, scrotes running riot
Athletes donāt order deliveroo
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Is this still the deliveroo thing?
No, just more scrotes and takeaway
