Do you feel safe in Ireland?

Augmerson

Let me be short and to the point: do you feel safe living in this country?

Einhard

Not with Larry Murphy living on every street.

Princess Peach

No guns, no poisonous snakes or spiders, no bears, lions or any animal who could really kill you, no hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, no chance of war being declared.

Pretty safe country alright!

shrewdness

Safer than this time last week anyway, there's no wee cnuts hurling balls of ice at me as i walk home.

ac08400

Yes

Goldenegg

Princess Peach wrote: »

No guns, no poisonous snakes or spiders, no bears, lions or any animal who could really kill you, no hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, no chance of war being declared.

Pretty safe country alright!

No guns?!? Lol funny!!

Son Of A Vidic

Totally.

Humans eh!

Augmerson wrote: »

Let me be short and to the point: do you feel safe living in this country?

Short & to the point..
No.
I fear for my elderly relatives living in the country.

No this place is quite vicious and there is a real undercurrent of threat that you can feel in any public place.
People are simply hurrying through..

Einhard

Princess Peach wrote: »

No guns, no poisonous snakes or spiders, no bears, lions or any animal who could really kill you, no hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, no chance of war being declared.

Pretty safe country alright!

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shock-as-tornadoes-tear-through-villages-1774632.html Tornado

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/hurricane-closing-in-on-ireland-006787-1 Hurricane

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/02/jihad-in-ireland-and-the-philippines.html War

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/poisonous-spiders-hitch-a-ride-to-ulster-14003774.html Nasty spiders

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/poisonous-snake-found-in-box-of-grapes-2400076.html Snakes

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Giant-Iceland-volcanos-ash-closes-Ireland-airports-90948249.html Volcano

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0712/terrorism.html War

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3164771.stm Lions (kinda)

http://mag.diddlyi.com/2009/11/ireland-not-immune-from-tsunami/ Tsunami


Run For The Hills!!!!

Star Bingo

too safe. nanny state! the very atmosphere is mollycoddlin the life outta me

financial worries? thug issues..

Princess Peach

Einhard wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shock-as-tornadoes-tear-through-villages-1774632.html

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/hurricane-closing-in-on-ireland-006787-1

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/02/jihad-in-ireland-and-the-philippines.html

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/poisonous-spiders-hitch-a-ride-to-ulster-14003774.html

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/poisonous-snake-found-in-box-of-grapes-2400076.html

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Giant-Iceland-volcanos-ash-closes-Ireland-airports-90948249.html

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0712/terrorism.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3164771.stm

http://mag.diddlyi.com/2009/11/ireland-not-immune-from-tsunami/


Run For The Hills!!!!

E-Gad! Where is safe??

tudlytops

Totally, what's not to feel safe.... :rolleyes:

markesmith

Yes, it's a very safe country. Everywhere has its trouble zones - we all know the obvious ones in Ireland - but this country is very safe compared to other parts of the world.

Killer Pigeon

Augmerson wrote: »

Let me be short and to the point: do you feel safe living in this country?

Don't know to be honest. I only live half a mile away from where that guy was stabbed outside the Wright Venue in Airside Motorpark in Swords and on the same night, at the same time, and the same place there was a pipe bomb found under a car. The Wright Venue is a brand new building and the area in which it is situated isn't that old, its always been a relatively safe area until recently. Also a few years ago a woman was shot in her house in Holywell (Baiba Saulite) by an assassin which is only a quarter of a mile from the Wright Venue. Gangland violence is really getting out of hand in Ireland. Places that would have been considered safe are now becoming dangerous and peoples' lives are at stake.

Mr Benevolent

Princess Peach wrote: »

no chance of war being declared

War were declared.

landsleaving

No, I've been brainwashed by the media into a state of such fear that I despise my fellow man.

Einhard

Princess Peach wrote: »

E-Gad! Where is safe??

boards.ie

ciano1

Just walked the 20 minute walk home from Galway City centre...

I wasn't stabbed, raped, trampled, bombed..
Safe country

Tar.Aldarion

yep, it's a fairly safe aul job

Princess Peach

Einhard wrote: »

boards.ie

But where should my laptop be situated?

I don't think I can sleep now.

Star Bingo

augmerson i just don't see where the danger is coming from. unless i were.. timid as tin-tin. specify?

sure yer probably tucked up n safe in bed by now

Zemuppet

Yes i do feel safe. There is crime where I live but thankfully i've not fallen afoot of any dangers. I'm just lucky i don't live in a country where mother nature makes you her b*tch, trying to kill you with hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes. This combined with a high rate of crime makes me feel very safe on this little island

FouxDaFaFa

Depends on different parts of the country. I feel very safe in Galway (not complacently safe though) but would be on higher alert in parts of Dublin late at night. On a whole though, yes I feel safe in Ireland. There not being a lot of guns around helps.

Elevator

I feel a lot safer in Galway since the garda took the last batch of dodgy fcukers off the streets with the new anti gang laws so I suppose i do feel safe enough

in saying that 7 of us (3 girls included) ended up in a row with 2 nacks 3 weeks ago after going to a club. to cut a long story short it began with 2 nacks starting on our mate Syed as he waited on us to regroup to grab a taxi. he didnt back down so me and another one of the lads proceeded to beat some sense into the 2 lads (tough enough ****ers too I might add!!) in full view of about 30/40 people. we all felt it the next day though and we can only be safe in the knowledge the nacks didn't see it coming so feic it!! that is the first time in the 5 years we know each other that we got such hassle.

here's hoping for another 5 years of safer clubbing

Mrmoe

Princess Peach wrote: »

But where should my laptop be situated?

I don't think I can sleep now.

You can join me in my DungeonBasementBunkerSurvival Dome, just the two of us.:p

Star Bingo

Mrmoe wrote: »

You can join me in my DungeonBasementBunkerSurvival Dome, just the two of us.:p

only if she makes it beyond my thunderdome

Jazzy

whats that phrase? safe as the housing market or something?

oh wait

Star Bingo

if he dies of a heart attack in his sleep, we'll never know just what it was he wasn't afraid of

Napper Hawkins

Ireland's safe enough, we're hardly Caracas.

That said there's a fair amount of little thugs in Dublin who'll stick a knife in you without hesitation.

CorkMan

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

Ireland's safe enough, we're hardly Caracas.

That said there's a fair amount of little thugs in Dublin who'll stick a knife in you without hesitation.

Plenty in Cork too. and Limerick.

What's the world coming too when you can't walk through town at 4 in the morning, walk past 5 knackers and not get stabbed?

en.r4cart

markesmith wrote: »

Yes, it's a very safe country. Everywhere has its trouble zones - we all know the obvious ones in Ireland - but this country is very safe compared to other parts of the world.

I agree with you. Ireland is much safe and all EU countries.

Fromvert

Yes. As they say the strong survive, if you can't defend yourself good luck to you as you are not one of the strong.


Are you smart, strong and can handle yourself? I am and can. Good luck to those that can't. I guess I won't be looking for you when the zombies come :pac:

Napper Hawkins

The Walking Dead isn't actually real you know.

Wagon

No but then again, i live in and around **** parts of dublin. felt safer elsewhere.

Nodin

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

The Walking Dead isn't actually real you know.

...don't know about that...you ever been on the 56A?

starbelgrade

I feel really safe.

Especially since I bought an AK-47.

bonerm

I feel safe but that's mainly because I haven't turned on a tv in 6 months.

prinz

Have felt safer elsewhere tbh, on the continent and the US. Never felt the same feeling of having to look over your shoulder on the way home from a night out etc.

Don't find Ireland particular bad for violence but I do think there is a general feeling of unease and a culture of looking the other way and ignoring anti-social behaviour and low level scumbaggery.

Duggy747

Everytime I venture outside I strap hotdogs to my chest and have Scalectrix controllers tied to the sleeves of my jacket. So anytime someone comes near I rip open my jacket and vow to blow everyone up.

It's the only way I can keep safe in this crazy, crazy world.

thebigbiffo

it's not a question of do i feel safe in ireland, it's whether ireland should feel safe with me around.

in offaly - country fear you.

Herb Powell

What an odd question.
I feel extremely safe here

bambera

Do you people not watch crimeline :eek:

jimthemental

I was robbed on the way to mass. They just picked me up and put me in a van. I have the laptop though and from what the adverts on redtube are telling me I'm somewhere in Wicklow.

Wibbs

In general Ireland is a pretty safe country by EU standards and very safe by comparison to places like Mexico say. What I have found in my travels and maybe this is a personal thing, is that in other countries and major cities, there are well dodgy areas, but if you steer clear of them you're generally fine, whereas in Dublin anyway, you could be attacked pretty much anywhere. Like I say maybe that's just me?

af_thefragile

Wibbs wrote: »

In general Ireland is a pretty safe country by EU standards and very safe by comparison to places like Mexico say. What I have found in my travels and maybe this is a personal thing, is that in other countries and major cities, there are well dodgy areas, but if you steer clear of them you're generally fine, whereas in Dublin anyway, you could be attacked pretty much anywhere. Like I say maybe that's just me?

Exactly how I feel about Dublin. Although Ireland is a relatively safe country, in most other big cities if you stay out of the dodgy areas you'll be fine but in Dublin there's always a chance some scumbag may try to mug you even on oconnell street...

Also Ireland doesn't have many big crimes such as killing, raping, large scale gang wars etc. Crimes that make big news and statistics.

But especially since the recession there are a lot of scumbags who won't hesitate a moment to show you a knife and try to mug you. This imo is more dangerous than the major criminals as the stabbists and rapists usually only attack people they have grudges or any differences against while these scumbags will attack anyone and the don't care about jail.

In Dublin late at night you do have to watch your back when walking down the street. You also have to keep you car doors locked when driving in the city centre as its beginning very common where scumbags will open your car doors to try to steal something while you're waiting at traffic lights...

not yet

Einhard wrote: »

Not with Larry Murphy living on every street.

I've a Larry Murphy living on my street....should I be scared.

prinz

Wibbs wrote: »

In general Ireland is a pretty safe country by EU standards and very safe by comparison to places like Mexico say. What I have found in my travels and maybe this is a personal thing, is that in other countries and major cities, there are well dodgy areas, but if you steer clear of them you're generally fine, whereas in Dublin anyway, you could be attacked pretty much anywhere. Like I say maybe that's just me?

+1. Nail on the head.

Had another example just last weekend, walking with my wife to the shops on Sunday afternoon about 4 pm, walking on the footpath beside a busy road, it was still bright etc. Met a group of about 5 or 6 teenagers, (the usual sort, with trackies tucked into socks, one hand down their pants keeping their crotch war, stupid wooly hats) probably between 16-18. Firstly they fanned out across the footpath and stood there and blocked our way. When we didn't move to go around them they started to limp around us, until one of them took a swing at me tying to be funny, stopping a couple of inches from my face, should be noted that this lad was a scrawny little runt that looked like a stiff breeze would knock over. This was then followed by a couple of faces in ours 'whatya gonna do?' 'get the f*** off our street' etc before they walked on.

This was on the side of a busy street, a stone's throw from one of Dublin's biggest garda stations and you are basically powerless to do anything about it. THAT is Dublin for me.... and that is the kind of behaviour I have never come across in any other country (including in some very dodgy areas).

jimthemental

prinz wrote: »

+1. Nail on the head.

Had another example just last weekend, walking with my wife to the shops on Sunday afternoon about 4 pm, walking on the footpath beside a busy road, it was still bright etc. Met a group of about 5 or 6 teenagers, (the usual sort, with trackies tucked into socks, one hand down their pants keeping their crotch war, stupid wooly hats) probably between 16-18. Firstly they fanned out across the footpath and stood there and blocked our way. When we didn't move to go around them they started to limp around us, until one of them took a swing at me tying to be funny, stopping a couple of inches from my face, should be noted that this lad was a scrawny little runt that looked like a stiff breeze would knock over. This was then followed by a couple of faces in ours 'whatya gonna do?' 'get the f*** off our street' etc before they walked on.

This was on the side of a busy street, a stone's throw from one of Dublin's biggest garda stations and you are basically powerless to do anything about it. THAT is Dublin for me.... and that is the kind of behaviour I have never come across in any other country (including in some very dodgy areas).

If that was me I would have lashed out and got myself in a worse situation. Fair play to you for not reacting but if they put their face in mine they would definitely get a headbut. You just don't know what's going to happen when they engage you like this.

This kind of thing happened me a few times in Limerick.

prinz

jimthemental wrote: »

If that was me I would have lashed out and got myself in a worse situation. Fair play to you for not reacting but if they put their face in mine they would definitely get a headbut. You just don't know what's going to happen when they engage you like this.

I would love to, but as you said, it would have worsened the situation all round. I learned that lesson via someone I knew of, that was in Limerick too.

Thing is now my wife now doesn't feel safe walking the 5 mins from our place to the shops alone, when she has no problem travelling around the Rhine-Ruhr area in Germany at all hours of the night, despite a much bigger population and much worse 'areas'. It happened Sunday so she might calm down a bit again but it has really spooked her.

jimthemental

prinz wrote: »

I would love to, but as you said, it would have worsened the situation all round. I learned that lesson via someone I knew of, that was in Limerick too.

Thing is now my wife now doesn't feel safe walking the 5 mins from our place to the shops alone, when she has no problem travelling around the Rhine-Ruhr area in Germany at all hours of the night, despite a much bigger population and much worse 'areas'. It happened Sunday so she might calm down a bit again but it has really spooked her.

Understandable that she would be spooked. These scummers half the time are only at it for the laugh of scaring the shít out of some weedy lad or a young woman and not even for the money which just makes it sadistic.

IM0

depends how much of the propoganda you expose yourself to