Enough is enough? Dublin north inner city crime

Its not garda numbers really although more cant hurt. We could have a million guards but if they are completely powerless to touch these feral kids for fear of being sued then they won't solve the problems. I mean look what's happening now to the guards who chased those 3 burglers on the m7.

The real issue is we have funded NGOs like the ICLO to such a lavish extent that they are crippling the country from operating effectively through the use of lawyers for compo. These kids cannot be touched unfortunately, we literally just have to roll over and let them do what they like. We need a new political party to come in and defund the NGOs, build new prisons, introduce mandatory minimum sentences including for juveniles and get rid of the quangos strangling the country.

I have not proven your point, whatever it was, at all. I never stated she is responsible for every crime committed.

But as the sitting Minister for Justice, her responsibility is to address the broader systemic criminal justice issues that are part of her brief. Her failure to do so has seen lawlessness increase. She is not alone in this. Drew Harris must shoulder a lot of responsibility too. Neither are fit for purpose.

The three things we need now are:

1. At least one new prison of 1,000-1,500 capacity to be built no matter what the cost within the next 3-5 years. We're going to need a new one soon due to overcrowding at Mountjoy and threats of EU Human Rights violations there anyway.
2. Serious reform of sentencing for violent offences. Mandatory minimum sentences with no possibility of judicial discretion attached. So no letter from GAA/Priest etc. No "Sure I was drunk/on drugs/have ADHD/have had a Hard life/filled with remorse/money for the poor box" mitigation.
3. Proactive recruitment for AGS. If that means paying them what Graduates at Banks or Consulting companies etc get when they first join, so be it. Make it an actual career that people want to join because they see it as a future career path. Increase the physical requirements too. Both in terms of fitness and height.

How would people feel about being allowed to carry pepper spray for personal protection like in other countries? This was brought up back in 2015 and Francis Fitzgerald dismissed the idea by saying "The protection of life and property is a function of the Garda Síochána". But the Garda are clearly no longer successfully fulfilling this duty.

No qualified immunity for government armed forces?

Cop on.

Until they come back next time with a bigger one...

...obviously.

Having to walk though Abbey St and Talbot St every day for the last 10 years, there’s no doubt that the city has gotten a lot worse. Open drug using, gangs of scrotes everywhere, no Garda presence.

The fact that the government are happy to have hotel after hotel built in those areas but don’t actually police them is negligent in the extreme. What is the point of trying to get tourists here if we’re just going to make them feel unsafe?

And just generally, our government don’t seem capable of providing required public services. I can’t believe they talk about a budget surplus when there’s so much infrastructure work that needs to be done.

Dublin is by far the worst capital city in Europe right now - why would anyone come here? It’s extremely expensive and has incredibly poor infrastructure and large areas of the city aren’t effectively policed.

Its falling into general disrepair too and nothing meaningful being done, which is incredibly sad to see.

It’s funny, I’ve spent so long trying to save enough to get on the property ladder, but lately I’ve really been asking myself why in gods name should I be trying to buy a house in a country that works less and less for its citizens every day?

Plenty of money for Anto and Jacinta's annual income increments though

Needs to be serious steps taken, no more BS.

Hire in private enforcers.

Lads who aren't afraid to tackle scum bags and are armed for physical confrontations.

If they come across scumbags being scumbags, a tazer **** or non lethal ballistic to take them down.

Straight into the back of a van and taken away to prison camp.

Once their identity is established, they are put on work detail.

Send them out with a team of street cleaners, roadside workers, repair teams to fix up and clean up their streets.

If they fall out of line, backninto prison camp.

No fancy shyte either. Actual prison, not what they get in the joy. If you step out of line, you know about it and will pay for it.

We need to get heavy handed here. Young anto with a deadbeat father and mother from de flats has had a bad upbringing and no chance at life your honour, **** that.

You should have a functioning brain for a start.

I’ve no doubt that if Helen McEntee was put in charge of the talking clock, it’d be out by at least an hour after a week, while she’d be in the press talking about the new inclusive and culturally sensitive beep she was working on that would vastly improve the talking clock.

I've read through this thread and agree with most of the comments in relation to what needs to happen next. I spend a lot of time in the general area where this attack happened and it needs a serious intervention to clean it up.

However, the sad part is nothing is going to change when this story leaves the headlines. If anything, it will just continue to get gradually worse.

Looking up the Tds in that Area of Dublin Central, Are they all WOKE TDs? Social Democrats ( The worst WOKE party) ) & Green Party definetly. Sinn Fein have been hijacked by the WOKE crowd as well leaving Pascal Donoghue of Fine Gael who might be good at finances but not likely great on feral crime.

Very little hope for that whole area .

Something needs to be done anyway as letting teenagers (raised by turd parents that have no interest in parenting even though they mainly have nothing else to do) run rampant attacking whoever they want and stealing whatever they feel like isn't really a great idea as we are now finding out. It has gotten visibly worse in the last few years, I've been working in the middle of the city centre since 2004 and went to College there too and it's never been anything like it is now in that time.