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Junkies on O'Connell St and sorrounding area *READ MOD NOTE POST #1 AND #11*

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    #302
    AnonoBoy
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    How can they afford to go in every day! I lived in dublin for 6 months and there was no way I could easily afford a bus fare everyday :confused:

    A lot of them have travel passes.


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    #303
    onethreefive
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    A lot of them have travel passes.

    Thats ridiculous. Surly they should only be given to those genuinely in need.


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    #304
    Aard
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    Some would claim that they are genuinely in need.


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    #305
    onethreefive
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    If found committing offences in Dublin they should have the bus passes revoked.


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    #306
    dazberry
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    sabat wrote: »
    Yeah it's the brilliant joined-up thinking from Dublin's gardaí that's causing all the sh1t to move to the south quays. Store St have cleaned up the northside, leaving the problem for Pearse St.

    This ebb and flow has been going on for years, and when there is a co-ordinated effort, the junkies hang around in the middle of Butt bridge.

    D.


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    #307
    AnonoBoy
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    Thats ridiculous. Surly they should only be given to those genuinely in need.

    They genuinely need to get in and get their methadone.


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    #308
    Aard
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    If found committing offences in Dublin they should have the bus passes revoked.
    There's no law linking criminality to bus pass eligibility.


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    #309
    Esel
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    How can they afford to go in every day! I lived in dublin for 6 months and there was no way I could easily afford a bus fare everyday :confused:
    'Free' travel on the Luas...

    Not your ornery onager



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    AnonoBoy
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    If found committing offences in Dublin they should have the bus passes revoked.

    So if anyone with a travel pass breaks the law they should have the pass revoked?

    Or just people on drugs?


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    #311
    onethreefive
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    So if anyone with a travel pass breaks the law they should have the pass revoked?

    Or just people on drugs?

    Anyone really but I know its not as simple as that.


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    AnonoBoy
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    Anyone really but I know its not as simple as that.

    Exactly.

    If my granddad gets arrested for speeding should be lose his pass?

    If my friend who is visually impaired gets in a fight and charged with assault does he lose it?


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    #313
    chopper6
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    So if anyone with a travel pass breaks the law they should have the pass revoked?


    Yep...it's a hand out from the state..if they're not going to keeop within teh law they should find their hand-outs curtailed.

    Bus passes are a joke anyway,i heard a bloke saying he makes 600 quid a week selling zimmos on top of the 400 a week he gets from the dole yet he cant afford the 2.20 it costs to get the bus into town?

    These fcuckers are laughing at the rest of us.


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    #314
    loyatemu
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    i heard a bloke saying he makes 600 quid a week selling zimmos

    He may not be declaring that income stream.


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    #315
    chopper6
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Exactly.

    If my granddad gets arrested for speeding should be lose his pass??

    Why would an old man in possession of a bus pass be speeding in a vehicle?
    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    If my friend who is visually impaired gets in a fight and charged with assault does he lose it?


    Why would a blind man be getting into fights?


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    #316
    old hippy
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    Aard wrote: »
    Some would claim that they are genuinely in need.

    They are the forgotten, the detritus of society, the despised and despoiled. They have every right to be in Dublin City or would their would be opponents have them caged up like animals?

    It could be a member of your family, it could be someone you love, it could even be you.


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    Faith+1
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    old hippy wrote: »
    They are the forgotten, the detritus of society, the despised and despoiled. They have every right to be in Dublin City or would their would be opponents have them caged up like animals?

    Please don't compare them to animals. Even animals have manners.


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    AnonoBoy
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    Why would an old man in possession of a bus pass be speeding in a vehicle?

    Why wouldn't he? You do realise that old people are still allowed to drive even when they get the free travel pass?

    You don't have to hand over your licence at 66 you know.
    Why would a blind man be getting into fights?

    Why would anyone be getting into fights? Do you think just because someone is visually impaired they transform into some kind of angel who never does anything wrong?

    Honestly - your questions are quite silly.


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    #319
    old hippy
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    Faith+1 wrote: »
    Please don't compare them to animals. Even animals have manners.

    They are human beings, they have the same rights as you or I. But they may not have had the same life, the same chances, the same upbringing.

    They are often more real, more alive, more worthy and more in need of compassion and understanding than many posting on this thread and similar ones.


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    #320
    Slippin Jimmy
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    old hippy wrote:
    They are human beings, they have the same rights as you or I. But they may not have had the same life, the same chances, the same upbringing.


    lots of people don't have the same chances or opportunities as others. But they don't go around robbing people or intimidating them. They are absolute scum and should be done away with


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    Mr Simpson
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