Canadian tourist attacked last week has died.
Thatās fucked.
Given the nationality of the accused you imagine the far right are going to be shouting very loudly on this one.
But but but Helen told us all Dublin city was safe
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When exactly was Dublin ever āsafeā?
When exactly was anywhere ever āsafeā?
Funny how none of the headbangers ever answer this. Wouldnāt suit their narrative, would it?
I never said, or thought, Dublin was safe.
Take it up with the minister for justice
Pity for the attacker the victim wound up being a tourist. He might get jail for it now
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She even took off most of her jewellry before that Iāll advised walkabout
The clear implication from the headbangers objecting to Helen McEntee saying Dublin is safe is that there was a previous time when it was safe.
The entire premise of the argument is that the headbangers claim we can āreturnā to an unspecified previous time when Dublin was āsafeā.
They never state when exactly that time was. Because to do that would be to expose the argument as the bullshit it is.
Aeroplanes are āsafeā. That doesnāt mean that nobody ever dies as a result of an aeroplane crashing.
Dublin is a safe city by any sane reading of things. That doesnāt mean people donāt get attacked, or murdered. Itās not an argument to ignore crime.
The main threat comes from the very cohort who most claim it is unsafe. The people who most insist on preaching idiotic crude reductionism and hatred towards others based on their non-chosen characteristics.
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Like I said, save you diatribes for McEntee. I have zero interest in your ramblings
Not sure why you think anybody should have any interest in your ignorant, crudely reductionist diatribes.
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Snore
Tremendous constructive argument
I moved to Dublin in 2014 and moved out of it in 2023. It went downhill a lot in that time (I like to think I wasnāt the cause of that). Certainly feels a lot less safe now.
Seems to be a crazy acceptance of crime there now. Just an acceptance of drug dealing in broad daylight, public urination, etc. Gone very grubby looking.
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Yep, Dublin is very grubby looking nowadays. Loads of litter about and plenty of areas which are obviously never cleaned. The latest tidy towns thingy said Dublin city centre remained an issue.
I walked from Drury St (lovely, good buzz, loads of independent cafes etc busy) onto Camden street (filthy, empty with most places closed until the evening) in the space of 5 mins the other day at around 10.30 amā¦a tale of two cities indeed
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Hereās a genuine question. Is Dublin less safe now than it was 20 years ago?
That is the impression I get, but thatās from the media as anytime Iām in it itās been grand.
A decent police presence around Milan and Bergamo on a quick visit. Not much anti social behaviour on display either. The police look fairly menacing, i dont get the impression youād fuck around with them, the gun being the obvious deterrent.
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I lived in Dublin for a decade in the mid noughties onwards and Iād definitely consider it less safe nowā¦but I only dip in and out of there now so maybe just less tolerant of the mess it is