Another random person hospitalized after unprovoked attack in Dublin city center

Tourism chiefs will be delighted with the BBC highlighting Dublin's shortcomings to a key market. Fully deserved.

The damage now being done to our capital city's reputation has been coming for a long time.

Just unfortunate people have to be beaten within an inch of their lives and we have to take the hit to get literally anything done.

I wonder if you remember when you all angry if it was you who keeps trying to insert you son into a thread

do you remember that the thread is about the massive anti social problem in the city center area primarily involving young males hanging around the area in little gangs ?

A bit of a cheeky headline there by the sub-editor.

"Parts of Dublin are unsafe at certain times during the day and night and I think that's a problem," Mr O'Callaghan said.

That's a great idea mate. As well as the stab vests, the government should also provide us softies with nappies as we enter the limits of Hades. Sorry, Dublin.

To be fair he's just saying lots and lots of people of all ages and creeds go into the city daily and aren't afraid. I mean there are private secondary schools around St Stephen's Green and O'Connell St and nearly all the students take public transport in and out every day. Some of the hand wringing going on is ridiculous, people saying the city centre is a no go area etc.

There is a lot of hand wringing going on. Dublin is not bad during the daylight hours when it is busy, yes you get the usual annoying crap like people roaring up and down the street, gangs of people hanging around mainly talking amongst themselves and the usual beggars or irritants looking for change or cigarettes or a light and then get mouthy when they don't get what they are looking for. Most people ignore this and just move on with their own business. Like I said before I work around Talbot street and yes it is run down but during the day its grand, I've walked up to O'Connell street and not had a problem, not saying it doesn't happen but it is less during the day.

In saying all that the problems do start in the evenings, when the shops close and people leave the city to head home and the streets become quieter that's when the gangs come out to hang around the streets or looking to see what trouble they can cause. It hasn't always been like that, I have read some comments saying it was worse in the 70's, 80's and 90's but was it. There were clubs/pubs like Fibbers, McGraths and Rumours at the top of O'Connell street that were popular and the only hassle you would hear about is someone skipping the taxi queue. I am sure there are others like me that had the pleasure of having to walk from Temple bar out to Fairview when looking for a taxi and there was never any bother basically there was no one around and that was walking out along Amiens street out by the 5 lamps hoping to get a taxi. It has gotten more dangerous now, no way I would do it now.

I agree with you. Most weekends in Town you would see fights usually between two gobsh1tes who have had too many drinks but that was it and usually that just pulling and dragging out of each other. Nowadays it has got more violent not like 2 lads scrapping but with these gangs knocking lumps out of anyone who is unfortunate to cross their path and standing on peoples heads. I don't know the ins and outs of these attacks were they just random or were words had prior and it got out of control but maybe it is the violence of the attacks nowadays that is making look like it is more dangerous. Still though I wouldn't fancy walking around Parnell street, Talbot street or Amiens street after dark.

What an epic fail...pure propganda. Its rather pathetic from a Gardai resourcing perspective that it takes a specialist deployment of Gardai on overtime to provide basic policing in the capital city centre. The very fact that 'on overtime' has to be explicitly referenced in the PR header says it all. Its like a badge of honour these days, an acceptance that the Gardai are unable to do their job unless they are on OT.

is every one ready for the inevitable half edited video of some ones little darling getting arrested?

the cry's of he was only hanging around, didnt do nothing, harassment, abuse of authority, unnecessary roughness, police state , its only young lads having the craic, just a bit of weed , sure it was way worse in the 80s ad 90s ??

I can't belive you say that as if that's just life. I saw a group of teengers 'talking amounst themselves' as I locked my bike to a lampost near the haypenny bridge while I nipped into a convenince store to get a takeaway drink. I was in the shop for less than 5 minutes and when I returned both the group of teenagers and my bike were gone.

People look away because they don't want to experience that ugh feeling when you suddenly happen across them without warning. It's more a 'blank that image out of my mind' thing than a 'didn't notice that' thing.

You take that back about my little angel!!!!

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You can almost enough guarantee if you lock up a nice bike or a motorbike in the city centre someone will help themselves to it.

These guys spend all day rambling around looking for the opportunity. It should not be near accepted as it currently is.

That happens anyway. Its not new.

It's just a soundbite