Non-National "Gangs" rioting in Balbriggan

Dr Brown

Anyone know whats going on in Balbriggan ?

Its all over facebook that there are "gangs" of Non-Nationals gone rioting in Balbriggan.

Pero_Bueno

Cultural Enrichment.

Ipso

Did they come from the London tube station?

thedeere

Pubic celebration.

Assetbacked

The problem has not been picked up by media, an Irish media even more afraid than BBC of offending minority ethnic and religious groups seemingly.

eeguy

Assetbacked wrote: »

The problem has not been picked up by media, an Irish media even more afraid than BBC of offending minority ethnic and religious groups seemingly.

Its 1am on a Thursday. Why would Irish media have picked up it, whatever 'it' even is...

Ipso

The media should report on facebook posts more often.

Assetbacked

eeguy wrote: »

Its 1am on a Thursday. Why would Irish media have picked up it, whatever 'it' even is...

There was a well publicised protest in Balbriggan on 29th November with a very decent turnout of locals on this issue.

Il Fascista

"Gangs" are a far-right conspiracy theory. It's nothing but a white nationalist dog whistle.

K.Flyer

Il Fascista wrote: »

"Gangs" are a far-right conspiracy theory. It's nothing but a white nationalist dog whistle.

What Gangs don't exist?

hatrickpatrick

Il Fascista wrote: »

"Gangs" are a far-right conspiracy theory. It's nothing but a white nationalist dog whistle.

The Kinahans would like a word...

Junkyard Tom

Dr Brown wrote: »

Its all over facebook that there are "gangs" of Non-Nationals gone rioting in Balbriggan.

How do you know they're non-nationals? Were they wearing traditional ethnic clothing or something?

Peregrinus

Dr Brown wrote: »

Anyone know whats going on in Balbriggan ?

Its all over facebook that there are "gangs" of Non-Nationals gone rioting in Balbriggan.

That's facebook for you.

hatrickpatrick

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

How do you know they're non-nationals? Were they wearing traditional ethnic clothing or something?

To be fair, if people are rioting they're usually shouting as well, and it's pretty easy to tell people apart based on accent. For instance, that stag party brawl on Dame St a few years ago was definitively identified as a bunch of English scumbags because they all had English accents while roaring at eachother.

end of the road

so, is there a riot then or is it more facebook nonsense?

Junkyard Tom

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

if people are rioting they're usually shouting as well, and it's pretty easy to tell people apart based on accent.

I'm trying to picture an invasion of foreigners in Balbriggan rioting and... nope.. maybe they were bussed in from abroad?

Peregrinus

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

I'm trying to picture an invasion of foreigners in Balbriggan rioting and... nope.. maybe they were bussed in from abroad?

Here you go. Picture of foreigners rioting in Balbriggan.

Junkyard Tom

Peregrinus wrote: »

Here you go. Picture of foreigners rioting in Balbriggan.

Haha!

I was wondering if 'Love Ulster' were down in Balbriggan or something. I'd hazard a guess that they were locals but some of them have the *cough* wrong *cough* surnames.

end of the road

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

I was wondering if 'Love Ulster' were down in Balbriggan or something.

we'd really know about it if they were!!

kuntboy

Anyone who criticizes them may be a wacist nazi

Xcom2

Where is Balbriggan?

I cant hear it so carry on.

The Legend Of Kira

Anti social behaviour in Balbriggan was talked about on 98FM this week, this is one of the podcasts in link below.


http://www.98fm.com/podcasts/Dublin_Talks/98FMs_Dublin_Talks/63671/

The Legend Of Kira

Dr Brown wrote: »

Anyone know whats going on in Balbriggan ?

Its all over facebook that there are "gangs" of Non-Nationals gone rioting in Balbriggan.

98FM show Adrian Kennedy & Jeremy Dixon FB page mentioned that there was a protest in Balbriggan over anti social behaviour in the area, most report aren,t specifying or saying anything more then trouble is caused by youths.

Another report by Dublin Live.ie about a father & son being attacked is not saying anything more then it was done by a gang of youths,

http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/father-son-injured-after-attack-13965454

Your Face

Balbriggan is a riot.

511

You take Africans out of Africa, but take the African out of Africans. Europe's civility is the product of tens of thousands of years of evolution in temperate climate zone.

Joe Musashi

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

banned

Phoebas

511 wrote: »

You take Africans out of Africa, but take the African out of Africans. Europe's civility is the product of tens of thousands of years of evolution in temperate climate zone.

Two world wars including the holocaust.
The 'temperate climate zone' didn't work.

Peregrinus

511 wrote: »

You take Africans out of Africa, but take the African out of Africans. Europe's civility is the product of tens of thousands of years of evolution in temperate climate zone.

Which is why the Great War, the Holocaust and the collectivisation famines happened in Africa, and why it was the Africans who so brutally colonised and exploited the rest of the world.

Joe Musashi

Assetbacked wrote: »

The problem has not been picked up by media, an Irish media even more afraid than BBC of offending minority ethnic and religious groups seemingly.

If RTE did bother to pick up on it they would start blaming the issue on "economic inequality" like they did in London when the feral blacks decided they wanted new TVs and shoes a few years back.

Phoebas

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

And if you criticise them you'll be called a racist, right?

Joe Musashi

Phoebas wrote: »

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

And if you criticise them you'll be called a racist, right?

I never wanted them in this country and never will. It is a political project which ordinary Irish people are not allowed to have a say on.

Iseedeadpixels

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

So clever that last bit :rolleyes:

Canis Lupus

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

If only they could be as classy as you.

Foxhound38

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

Did an African man steal your lady friend?

endacl

K.Flyer wrote: »

What Gangs don't exist?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_gangs

Tokyo

Joe Musashi wrote: »

If RTE did bother to pick up on it they would start blaming the issue on "economic inequality" like they did in London when the feral blacks decided they wanted new TVs and shoes a few years back.

Joe Musashi wrote: »

It is part of their culture to behave like animals. They have no business being in this country. Should send them back to Africa or the grave. s****

Admin: User has been sitebanned for the above comments. Opinion is fine, thinly veiled racial slurs and racist diatribes, not so much.

Wurly

I live in Balbriggan. I have done for a year.

There are most definitely gangs here...... BUT.....

Balbriggan is a HUGE place. I am just on the cusp of dodgeville..... There are many estates where you never get any anti social behaviour.

For instance, in my estate, the most trouble i've had is children playing in my front garden and an annoying dog that won't shup up barking.

The other side of Balbriggan is pretty bad though. Cars burnt out. People getting started on. Stuff stolen out of people's gardens and things. The gangs are definitely a presence. But the place isn't bleedin' Beirut as a whole or anything!

Yes, we have a massive ethnic population. 40:60 i'd say... So it's inevitable that at least some ethnic kids, by the law of numbers will be in these gangs. It's NOT a race issue. The majority of the teenagers in my estate are of ethnic origin and no trouble whatsoever.

The estates where the problems are bad are the typical recent sh1tholes where houses are built in the middle of a field and there's nothing to do. Everyone on top of each other, sandwiched every which way. And that's one of the reasons why there's trouble.

Irish kids integrate really well with Ethnic kids here and it's lovely to see. Our town is beautiful - it has a beach ffs. The guards don't help us here and certainly do absolutely nothing to help anti social behaviour. But the town is not falling apart at the seams. It's not. But in certain areas, it definitely is.

I'm now hearing reports of innocent black kids being stopped by angry locals and being accused of being in gangs. So if these kids weren't angry before, they will be now cos they're being targeted for the colour of their skin. It's not on that adults think they can target innocent children this way. And this is going to give rise to a whole other problem in the town and at a time where we need to come together, not divide against each other.

dav3

Ah yes, good to see the racists getting worked up over facebook posts again. It's been a couple of days, I was getting worried.

If anyone is genuinely interested in the latest figures for Balbriggan.

http://census.cso.ie/p7map12/

There were 91 African nationals in the electoral division of BALBRIGGAN URBAN (04003) in 2016 compared with 213 in 2011.

There were 470 African nationals in the electoral division of BALBRIGGAN RURAL (04002) in 2016 compared with 1,118 in 2011.

and

There were 70 Asian nationals in the electoral division of BALBRIGGAN URBAN (04003) in 2016 compared with 77 in 2011.

There were 136 Asian nationals in the electoral division of BALBRIGGAN RURAL (04002) in 2016 compared with 192 in 2011.

You can quote those figures as fact to any racist scumbags who try to tell you otherwise.

wtlltw

The guy that I sat next to at school always wrote Thug Life on everything. I wonder if he’s in a gang ?????

c_man

Ipso wrote: »

The media should report on facebook posts more often.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, the media does report on tweets all the time.

the beer revolu

What's a non national?
Are these stateless people?

Salvation Tambourine

the beer revolu wrote: »

What's a non national?
Are these stateless people?

Do you genuinely not understand what the poster meant by this or are you being obtuse for some seemingly pointless reason?

SterlingArcher

mike_ie wrote: »

Admin: User has been sitebanned for the above comments. Opinion is fine, thinly veiled racial slurs and racist diatribes, not so much.

Thinly veiled? Haha ye subtle like a brick through glass.

dr.fuzzenstein

c_man wrote: »

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, the media does report on tweets all the time.

Ah yes, the Irish Meeja.
Wholly dependent and in the backpockets of private enterprise who pay their advertising revenue and own most of it. Or paid for by the taxpayer and haven't had to even try for decades and it shows.
Their primary function is to function as mouthpieces for their paymasters and write "reviews" (advertising pieces) of whatever is on sale from their sponsors.
When they do attempt proper journalism, it's so cringeworthy it's not even funny anymore, it's like something out of Brass Eye.
Or just copy and paste from Twitter, Facebook and even Boards (or even Reddit) when they run out of gossip about whatever Z List is doing the rounds right now.
About as useful as the Pope's Balls.

jacksie66

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super_furry

Nokotan wrote: »

Do you genuinely not understand what the poster meant by this or are you being obtuse for some seemingly pointless reason?

I know he wanted to say black, but didn't have the courage to.

Kintarō Hattori

Being a resident of Balbriggan I inevitably saw the photos that were connected with the father and son incident. From what's being said it's not a gang based in Balbriggan, rather one from another part of Dublin that seemingly travels out and cases trouble in an area that isn't their back yard.

K.Flyer

endacl wrote: »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_gangs

Looks like a very poorly edited headline.

Fictional gangs, of varying types, appear commonly in comics, films, literature, television series, and video games. This is an alphabetical list of them.

It then goes on to list, in various categories, real world recognized criminal gang organizations.

The_Kew_Tour

They're gangs every city. The problem is parents thinking their Johnny is the Sunshine of the Day. A good kick up the hole would be start. Oops sorry you can't touch them now, they might die.

super_furry

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

They're gangs every city. The problem is parents thinking their Johnny is the Sunshine of the Day. A good kick up the hole would be start. Oops sorry you can't touch them now, they might die.

I grew up in Jobstown in the late 80s, early 90s. Joyriding was an epidemic, burnt out cars a nightly occurrence, drugs problems rife and gangs on every corner.

Not a single 'non-national involved.

server down

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Being a resident of Balbriggan I inevitably saw the photos that were connected with the father and son incident. From what's being said it's not a gang based in Balbriggan, rather one from another part of Dublin that seemingly travels out and cases trouble in an area that isn't their back yard.

What’s the other part of Dublin?