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

The majority of those "protestors" would be easily interchangeable with the people you mentioned.

Whatever element of protest there was last night, the majority turned up for the fun of it. The fact that we have so many young fellas who think that type of behaviour is a good laugh is a shocking reality that authorities need to face instead of lionising the tiny number of wannabe far right nutters who will happily play along with the narrative that they coordinated all of last nights mayhem.

With that said, the likes of that scrote who was encouraging people to kill immigrants on his live stream last night should be looking at at least five years behind bars in any reasonable functioning criminal justice system.

And to further NIMAN's point, trying to claim that there's only been problems in the inner city for the past decade is rubbish too.

I grew up in the Northside in the 70's, 80s and 90s. There are always parts of the in inner city that were dangerous. I remember in the 80s, there used to be regular car jackings in Summerhill. They'd string a chain across the street between lampposts late at night, so cars would have to stop. Then the gang would jump out and steal the car from the driver. I remember when I was 7 seeing a staff member of Eason's in the Irish Life Mall on Talbot Street getting a glass shelf smashed over his head when he tried to stop a shoplifter. I remember the gangs of young kids (7 and 8 years old) traipsing around Marlborough Street like miniature zombies with their faces and fronts covered in the blue paint they were sniffing from plastic bags. People were regularly pick-pocketed on Abbey Street. Some areas were no-go during the day, let along the night.

It didn't mean that the city as a whole was unsafe, but like any major urban area, you had to have your wits about you. And it's the same now.

And it was the same for my parents in the 40s, 50s and 60s, and my grandparents in the 1910s, 20s and 30s.

Exactly, Barcelona is beautiful but dodgy as **** at night and i think everyone knows at least one person who has had their phone robbed there.

So many posts coming over a short few hours, this might have already been posted:

This guy is a hero. I hope he gets proper recognition and thanks. Of course Brazilian delivery drivers have long been a target of inner city scum.

Paul Murphy was happy to stir up gangs of skangers when it suited him (Jobstown water protests being the obvious example).

Far right and far left extremists love stirring up unrest and letting others do the heavy lifting of anti social behaviour on their behalf.

We need to let the wannabe fascists and socialists know we won't tolerate their crap anymore.

But they'll be a very easy target for the scumbags to attack.

Reeks of excusing this!

I'd like to see a scrawny young fella take on a 20 stone former prop forward alright. That would be entertaining, for about the three seconds it would last.

We're historically a country of mass emigration waves, as recently as 2009, because we were continuously told by politicians there was not enough jobs or infrastructure to support a large population. Now, everybody and anybody is invited by the politicians in 12 different languages to come sandwiched in here.

Christ almighty is right.

They will be back on the streets by 1pm.

There there-your friends will likely get bail soon so don’t be worrying too much in the meantime

The legal system here is to light touch.

Favours the criminal, most people don't realise how difficult it is for the Garda to secure a conviction in court. And even if they do, it's very rare for a proper custodial sentence to be given. Ireland is one of the only countries in the western world where the Garda lead a prosecution for most crimes (Not the DPP). The Garda are going up against seasoned and expensive solicitors and barristers. It's extremely difficult.

I'd hazard a guess that most of the people involved in the looting and vandalism last night are known to the Garda.

Our legal system needs a massive overhaul.

The average cost of keeping someone locked up is €89,000 per prisoner. If new prisons to house little scrotes are to be built, then that cost needs to come down. (Automation, Technology?) I'm a firm believer that Prison should be a horrendous affair OR a complete rehabilitation, and it's up to the prisoner to choose.

We should also reduce the age that people can be named from 18 to 12. At 12 years old you know the difference between right and wrong. Every parent of those youths would say "No, not my child, they'd never do a thing like that"

Last night was a disgrace.

Really crap take jeffrey.

I mean we have all the tiktok and facebook and twitter posts to know this wasn't just 16 year olds.

Irelands citizen journalist at their best last night. 🤣