Enough is enough? Dublin north inner city crime

And thats why the scummbags are laughing at the law abiding !

The sad facts are some free legal aid solicitor is licking his lips at representing these feral scummbags over this assualt for more soft blood money !

Trying to come up with some yarns to get them off as we speak!

That is all correct. Word for word, it's exactly my opinion. And I also believe it'll be getting worse in terms of crime. There are simply no perspectives of finding a livable property for the younger generations, thus they turn to crime and violence, unprovoked attacks etc...

One solution is simply to build more residential housing, increase supply to have more choice and bring prices to a realistic level. This has of course been discussed and suggested many times, but we all know that the government set target for newly built houses won't be achieved.

Another solition is believing in promises of and voting for Sinn Fein, and we also know that most likely they won't succeed on housing as well, even though they are the only ones to at least adress the subject.

And the other solution would be that the Irish, especially the young are starting to emigrate again. If the US isn't possible for visa issues, the UK would be a choice.

Just look at cities in the UK, not London, but as close as Liverpool. In Dublin they speak about the glorious silicon docks, but look what Liverpool has managed to build facing the harbour? Or look at Manchester and their high rise construction boom, - lot's of choice of housing there, even more affordable on average jobs.

And in Dublin? Several high rise properties approved but never built, several high rises never approved as some old geezer finds them too high and is per se against high rise, whilst in other mulitnational businesses their workforce are forced to call a tree stump a tower.

It often surprises me that the US multinationals haven't left Dublin for lack of housing, or are the low corporation taxes the single reason why they stay around? Their employees can't find anything decent to live in. Even on a basic salary of 60k plus comission one only get's barely by, if one is renting a one bedroom, - that is if they can get one. And sharing with complete strangers is also no choice.

As I have written SF won't succeed as well. However if people are desperate enough they'd believe it and vote for them, - but that won't be a solution as well.

Regarding the lack of housing perspectives, some will sadly vote for SF, some will sadly turn to violence and random attacks, and some will emigrate, leave the country, etc.. This will be just another brain drain.

There aren't any other choices. It's as dire and as basic as that.

I think the housing crisis will turn a corner next year.

I think 2020 and 2021 were approximately 20,000 home completions. 2022 and 2023 will be just under 30,000.

But I think 2024 will be more than 30,000. The highest number since 07/08.

The root of the problem has always been construction capacity.

But the number of people working in construction has been rising year by year, number of apprenticeships is rising year by year (Simon Harris is promoting and incentiving construction jobs for a few years now), also we're recruiting skilled workers from places like South Africa.

Also we're about to have a huge oversupply of office space next year, so all that capacity can move to housing. Also Children's Hospital is finishing up.

So I think we can hit 40,000 completions quite quickly and gradually increase from there. So we'll have doubled completions in just a few years.

Again I agree with you.

I also think that tourists should be warned about going to certain places in Dublin, about youth gangs and their motivation for crime for lack of opportunities and housing.

Better safe than sorry.

WFH is the next challenge, if a home of theirs is unobtainable. I'd rather go to the office than spend the whole workday in a residential property which I am sharing whith a bunch of strangers whom I don't really want to share with in the first place. The office is then a welcome change.

Mate you can write all the essays in the world for all i care. Dublins north city centre is a place i shall continue to avoid.😉

I'll ignore the country folk bit.

Think does not come into it, you know, I know, they know, many tourists know, it is a kip.

My point is that proper police presence day and night creates a deterrent to crime, therefore less petty crime, less assaults, thefts, which leads to less arrests. Most people behave better in the presence of authority. Its Ingrained. More guards needed.

I'm not too sure a presence of police is the panacea here. These people are wilfully defiant. Goading the police is a source of fun for them. The police don't want to arrest them for day to day antisocial behaviours because with all the bureaucracy it'll take most of their shift to process just one offender. Then it goes through multiple court appearances that will further keep the guard off the streets. The offender will be let off lightly as to leave the whole process a seemingly waste of time and money.

If she isnt willing to recognise the problem then she is the problem.

On today's episode of last night in Dublin

Incident 1: Junkie in a hurry burst through me and my GF outside The Palace on Fleet and said something like 'will ya f**king walk. We were walking just having a nice time chatting ffs.

Literally 20 seconds later

Incident 2: later a junkie lying on the ground on Westmoreland St being helped up by people who looked like tourists

Incident 3: A fight on the train between Tara and Lansdown as some rough locals (again looked like junkies) starting mouthing off at a lad who wasn't taking their **** anyway.

Good on him he quietened them.

There's a fooking serious amount of Junkies everywhere alongside the teenage terrors!