Assaulted on the boardwalk this afternoon

Sorry to hear that.

You should report the assault to AGS.

We simply need more prison spaces.

And judges to send these loons to the prison spaces.

Until then. Just twiddling our thumbs and complaining that something should be done.

The boardwalk was never the most sensible of places to spend too long alone, even when it was first put in 20 years ago.

Definately report it. The more this type of crime is reported the better. No crime (and I'm not referring specifically to this) should be too minor to not report.

99.99% of people will walk the boardwalk (as they are now) without any problems, but it does get a lot of people congregating in places giving the feel of being uncomfortable.

Hope you're OK and these kids are caught. It could be a one off or a version of 'happy slapping', which was a thing about 15 years ago.

What will happen to them if they are caught is another thing.

Shouldn't have been put in in the first place. It was always going to be 'Knackeragua' as I've heard it described.

I would walk on the boardwalk not a bother, but I'd think twice before sitting down and having a bit of lunch there. Most of the time the usuals keep to themselves, but tbh, I've never got a good vibe off it. Mores the pity, as it could be a good recreational area if it was managed better.

You'd think you were having a full blown hallucinogenic episode if you seen a garda patrolling it.

There is only one way to deal with this scum, exactly the same as the scum in Ballyfermot the other day. Baton charge the cunce. Remember in the mid 90s when the English fans went bananas in Landsdowne? Same as that. Full riot gear for AGS, send them in swinging 18" cudgels. Repeat the practice until these little bastards take the lesson.

Of course that will never happen, too many hand wringing pricks have seen to that and lawlessness with no consequences is the order of the day.

yes I hate this attitude, prevalent in thejournal.ie types in their comments. Any suggestion of a public space in Dublin and they are against it as it will be destroyed by scumbags apparently. Even pedestrianising streets or College Green is a bad idea because it will encourage anti-social behaviour according to some. If certain areas are dangerous for the public to be in it's a policing issue really and should be dealt with. Unfortunately our police force are pretty useless and no one takes them seriously, as we've seen lately they can't even handle a few teenagers in Ballyfermot.

Who was the OP bothering???

He was sitting on a bench at lunchtime and got whacked over the head!

didnt say he was bothring anyone i just said if you keep your head down and keep to yourself you wont have much trouble i never got whacked on the head all the times ive been in town

Because as this poster has shown multiple times they are basically pro scrotes doing what they want with no punishment.

so why didn't more Garda arrive and sort them out? what sort of useless police force is it when children can carry on like against them this with no consequences? imagine trying that carry on with police on the continent

i didn't realise ireland doesn't have a police force that can handle low level civil unrest no