How safe do you now feel in Dublin

Riverireland

Given recent events particularly in the Regency Hotel I was wondering has it changed people's attitudes to socialising in Dublin? I am on the road a lot and stop off wherever I am for lunch etc. This week I found myself being a lot more picky about where I stopped off. Friends and I have decided not to meet up in the city centre this weekend with the way things are at the moment. Are other boardsies thinking like this or do you feel it's as safe here as you did a couple of weeks ago.

SoupyNorman

Riverireland wrote: »

Friends and I have decided not to meet up in the city centre this weekend with the way things are at the moment.

I could understand this if we underwent a random Paris style terror attack but the shootings were targeted executions.

listermint

As safe as i did last week and the week before that and that again.

I dont believe a targetting shooting of individuals involved in the drug trade impacts my day to day whatsoever.

whiskeyman

I don't dabble in drug dealing or organised crime, so no change for me...

whippet

these lads don't get shot free of charge.

Dial Hard

Wouldn't even cross my mind to change my plans.

seamus

I feel safer in the city now than I did at any point in the last 15 years.

jungleman

I don't feel any different. I don't dabble in drugs or "feuding", as the newspapers like to call it. The only gauntlet I run is avoiding junkies to be honest, and that's not that hard.

I feel safe in Dublin, but am I proud of Dublin? No.

Riverireland

Glad to see people are not as effected as we are then. There were bound to have been people in there that day who just happened to be having lunch, drinks etc, it being a nomal hotel on a main road. Maybe we're just too tuned into the media.

hairyslug

If you believe some of the newspapers we are all terrified.

Hasn't made a difference to me. Whether it's the company I keep or me being ignorant, I can't see myself getting caught up in any of it.

listermint

Riverireland wrote: »

Glad to see people are not as effected as we are then. There were bound to have been people in there that day who just happened to be having lunch, drinks etc, it being a nomal hotel on a main road. Maybe we're just too tuned into the media.

effected ?

You are only making yourselfs effected, 'tuned into the media'

You are allowing headlines to dictate how you spend your day.


You can choose not to. The papers arent making you make choices and they certainly are not effecting you. Make your own decisions.

For Reals

Yep. These chaps chose to move in that world and that's what happens. My only concern is for the public of course. It would not change my social habits in any way. If it had happened in a Tallaght back wood, it would have been old news in 24hrs. If it happened in D4 on the other hand, we'd have Martial law.

Walter H Price

Organised crime is't the main culprit behind the deteriorating state of the city center , the dug hits are all targeted and even in the Regency with three AK47s only killed one , and the hit men that killed the monks brother didn't even shoot anyone else in the house.

The walking dead esque junkies shambling about the place and hanging around luas stops harassing people for change or the Roma sitting beside ATM's whinging at you while your taking out cash , the homeless sleeping, drinking and defecating in every unobstructed doorway about the place , during users openly dealing and using in public.

For me that's what is making Dublin city center a less and less desirable place to go out and socialize and to be honest if i didn't work in Town i doubt i would be in the city to often.

Dial Hard

Riverireland wrote:

Glad to see people are not as effected as we are then. There were bound to have been people in there that day who just happened to be having lunch, drinks etc, it being a nomal hotel on a main road. Maybe we're just too tuned into the media.

Yeah, but none of them were injured.

I'm not saying it wasn't horrifically traumatic for the people who witnessed it but it's not as if the gunmen went in and started firing indiscriminately.

I was having lunch in Terenure a few years back and Paul Williams came in with a group of armed detectives as there was a published threat to his life at the time. Was I worried about anything happening? No. Because the chances of you or I or any other average Joe actually being caught up in anything are so miniscule as to be virtually nil.

Valetta

Walter H Price wrote: »

Organised crime is't the main culprit behind the deteriorating state of the city center , the dug hits are all targeted and even in the Regency with three AK47s only killed one , and the hit men that killed the monks brother didn't even shoot anyone else in the house.

The walking dead esque junkies shambling about the place and hanging around luas stops harassing people for change or the Roma sitting beside ATM's whinging at you while your taking out cash , the homeless sleeping, drinking and defecating in every unobstructed doorway about the place , during users openly dealing and using in public.

For me that's what is making Dublin city center a less and less desirable place to go out and socialize and to be honest if i didn't work in Town i doubt i would be in the city to often.

Do you not see the connection?

mahoganygas

I find myself stopping what i'm doing when an ambulance or garda car speeds past and thinking to myself 'what if they're heading to somewhere like the Regency now'.

Before, I wouldn't bat an eye lid.

For example, there's a helicopter circling the city at the moment. Part of me wonders if it's the Gardai searching for the killers.

I'm not worried though. Feel very safe in the city.

Walter H Price

I'm not saying we don't need to tackle the drug gangs to stop the supply etc ... i was simply inferring that the end users are making the city center a less tolerable place to be on a day to day basis than the dug gangs occasionally killing one another in targeted hits.

Trent Houseboat

Are you for real OP?

I'm more worried about people running red lights than I am of organised crime.

OleRodrigo

Been living in the city center for 15 years, I've never seen anything beyond drunken fisticuffs at a crowded taxi rank.

Dublin city center is a very safe place, despite how it occasionally (frequently?) looks. Without sounding glib, gang activity is self-contained, it rarely spills over.

As Trent Houseboat says, you've more to worry about with drunks and red light jumpers.

Riverireland

Thanks for the feedback guys, we're clearly over reacting or just not cut outfit city life anymore.

For Reals

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Been living in the city center for 15 years, I've never seen anything beyond drunken fisticuffs at a crowded taxi rank.

Dublin city center is a very safe place, despite how it occasionally (frequently?) looks. Without sounding glib, gang activity is self-contained, it rarely spills over.

As Trent Houseboat says, you've more to worry about with drunks and red light jumpers.

I've lived near the city center all my life. I won't go down O'Connell Street after dark if I can help it. Sections of the city are complete **** holes. Always have been. Shootings are very rare thankfully.

Shurimgreat

whippet wrote: »

these lads don't get shot free of charge.

That's true. The guys getting targeted are clearly an inconvenience to those doing the shooting. Unless you majorly annoy a gang, they aren't going to shoot you as it costs money and brings attention on them from other gangs and the gardai.

Generally Dublin is safe enough. I'd be more wary of eejits from the country etc up in Dublin getting hammered drunk and challenging you to a fight on a night out than anything else. This is far more likely to happen than getting shot by a gang!

Quin_Dub

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esforum

Dublin is not a safe city on a global stage. Is it a crime ridden hell? No its neither, its in the middle.

Theres plenty of worse capitals and theres plenty that are better however one thing that Ireland / UK appear to have in common is the random violence. You dont see the same level of random assaults in other countries and when you do, its always English speaking ones.

jam_mac_jam

Fairly safe unless on my own at night walking down a lane or something, but on a normal day or evening doesn't really enter my head. I think the crime rates are fairly low, and its a European city not the Congo.


I think a lot of this is very over hyped. Your chances of anything happening are actually quite low.

antodeco

I have never more terrified for me life than I was last week. I got a burrito from KFC and the chicken was rubbery, but also looked cooked. Definitely thought I was going to get sick/the shits!

SEPT 23 1989

100% safe OP you should have seen certain parts of the city in the 80's early 90's when there was real visible poverty and all that goes with it

OleRodrigo

For Reals wrote: »

I've lived near the city center all my life. I won't go down O'Connell Street after dark if I can help it. Sections of the city are complete **** holes. Always have been. Shootings are very rare thankfully.

Yes, that's how they look, especially on a winters day. And so do half the towns in this country - confirmed by AH.

Has no bearing on your personal safety, though.

Ask any Brazilian what they like about Dublin. One of the things they will tell you is how safe they feel here.

Mr. CooL ICE

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OleRodrigo

esforum wrote: »

Dublin is not a safe city on a global stage. Is it a crime ridden hell? No its neither, its in the middle.

Any supporting links for this?

seamus

esforum wrote: »

Dublin is not a safe city on a global stage. Is it a crime ridden hell? No its neither, its in the middle.

Globally, Dublin is exceptionally safe. Well down near the bottom of the table along with most of the rest of Europe.

In European terms, it's about mid-table.

Go on a little tour of major South American cities and come back and tell us that "Dublin is not a safe city".