Children stabbed in Dublin city centre **Read OP before posting**

Substantial jail terms is the only solution here. 5 years and up will send a credible message.

Because there is a severe lack of credibility attached to the Justice Minister and Garda Chief at present.

Disagree. I think tourism for next year is gone. Even if its not, It definitely wont be up though.

Exactly what you are doing saying the Garda should expect this to happen, why should the Garda expect this? How many times has this happened in the last 30 years?

The love parade is the only big one I can remember

What a sh**show. The north inner city and some suburbs have been completely out of control and getting worse for years. It’s been well documented but we’ve had McEntee and others telling us it’s safe.

There’s a lot of social media posts defending the feral youths which is very concerning. I feel the gardaí have to step up and we need to imprison serial offenders and get them off the streets. We also need to get these youths working. There’s definitely a feeling that there’s a sinister element whipping up anti immigrant sentiment and it needs to be addressed immediately. I don’t see why we can’t enforce deportation orders and have a vetting system in place. Hope the stabbing victims make a quick recovery.

SF have a contempt for AGS. If you think it’s bad with FF/FG in power, AGS woukd be even more demeaned with SF in.

Police are there to enforce the law and keep the community safe from criminals. That's the duty of the Gardai.

We don't want Gardai who can't do this.

I do think the Gardai are not resourced properly and haven't been years.

Says it all. These guys have been getting attacked left right and centre by our feral youth. (The same folks rioting last night).

They have had to mobilise themselves to protest because of the lack of safety and attacks. Our middle classes need to stand beside them the next time they do.

We might lose a few but maybe we'll get a few extra visits from the likes of Yaxley-Lennon to come meet up with our idiots now.

Justice minister too though has to be held account.

We've had a number of posters on here saying since that American tourist was attacked in talbot at nothing has changed in terms of daily policing on o Connell st and surrounds - I’ve been into town myself a few times and I’d concur with that - ongoing physical presence is a deterrent to violence - I’ve had enough of being lectured to by Commissioner Harris - it’s bloody obvious that he’s presiding over a **** show, much of which is his doing - but Justice minister is completely out of her depth and needs to just resign - this unprecedented event happened on her watch

A bunch of immigrant workers had a protest in City West recently about teenage scum basically terrorising the whole place and asking why this is allowed in Ireland. Ignored. They are stealing motorbikes in broad daylight, with hammers and **** and joyriding them around the city and nobody does anything. Openly dealing drugs, recording themselves attacking people and stealing cars etc. For years they have been attacking deliveroo drivers and one of the little ANGLEZ who was a great footballer got his commupence for this (and that was apparently a tragedy at the time).

All this has been ignored by the idiots in power and you have ended up where parts of Dublin are overrun with scum that can do anything they like and a legal system churning them through hundreds of convictions. Instead of the usual apologising for it, pretending it's not happening and saying it's because they have no faciliteez they are now suddenly all far right because optics. It's funny how you can actually see some posters who would normally defend their right to be scum now frantically calling them all far right as it justifies their simple take on the world. Once they can say something is far right then it's fine to call them out for being dirty scum it seems.

How about finally admitting that you are basically paying scum to act like scum instead of pretending everything is fine.

Irexit anyone? 🤓🙈😂😂😂😂

Yep and I've witnessed some awful stuff being said to people on public transport too. All anti immigrant rhetoric at people going about their day.

And we know the people pushing it online and stoking the flames.

Not sure what can be done about such ignorance though.

Well things appear to be working fine.

The Garda have done their jobs, although with little thanks from some areas.

If you are not happy with your politicians then who I wonder is to blame?

Answers on a postcard....................... :-)

Frankly having come from the UK, I got a tad sick of the term "Do gooders" and descriptions of holiday camp prisons perpetuated by people not bothered with facts, just their gut feelings and no real interest in doing even a small amount of research into things they were incensed about.

Personally I am far more afraid of mobs acting out of their sense of justice than a legal system that just happens to have all the information regarding an event.

Trial by internet seems a little lacking somehow, When I see people driving around in cars with "say no to vaccination" emblazoned on them, I would have hoped free speech was best kept for those with the intelligence to know the truth.

Things were so much better when internet communications had a command line interface and needed someone with a basic ability with UNIX and Usenet to broadcast their ramblings :-(