Is Dublin really safe?

Thats a horrible thing to happen but its not indicitive of most peoples experiences. Can happen anywhere from the smallest town or village to a capital city. As someone said earlier keep your wits about you, mind your own business, stay with others if you can you'll be ok. If someone/people decide to do you harm for absolutely no reason and without warning theres very little you can do about it. Only way is to try to mitigate against it.

I'm from Cork. Theres certain areas I won't smoke going past because I know its going to attract people approaching me for a cigarette. See some dodgy **** cross the road, duck into a shop. Shouldn't have to but there ya go. I know Cork and how to get home avoiding certain hot spots. I stick a 20 in my back pocket for a taxi after booze and thats me home of a night. Plenty of nights no taxi to be had so just walked with no bother.

Walking anywhere at night with headphones is a bad idea. See it all the time. Usually with a head stuck in a phone too. Yup of course you should be able to without any fear but thats the world today. A basic situational awareness will do you a lot of favours.

Wenceslas square? The place used to be crawling with hookers and drug dealers but it seems to have changed a lot in recent years. I didn't see any of that the last couple of times I was there anyway. It feels a lot safer at night now.

An Irish person would know the Dublin version given the thread topic

A great place altogether 😉

"In Romania, I was struck by the beauty and family-friendly nature of the cities I visited. Again, I witnessed no antisocial behavior, begging, or public intoxication…"

You obviously travelled outside Bucharest then. A city I've visited quite a lot over the last few years and where the level of crime makes Dublin look like an urban utopia.

This guy had a gun on him at a retail premises in Terenure last Friday.

The Gardai have since arrested and charged him this week over the incident.

And we thought the suburbs were safe.

2015

Dublin is "an unadulterated kip"

the city was ”being taken over by pound shops” while “nobody is shouting stop”. The radio outburst came as business owners in Dun Laoghaire called in to complain about Business Improvement District initiative (BID) fees.

No problems in the golden triangle eh?

This is a valid point. There is a city within the city which is much safer and a completley different experience than the north inner city and certain other parts of Dublin.

But i do also wonder if that is part of the reason things dont improve elsewhere in the city. If those with influence live within the golden triangle, how concerned are they about what goes on elsewhere in Dublin.

people can always mess up anywhere and you need free association too, you need to have some way of separating "good people form "bad people" , the default is to use high house prices as a barrier to entry but no reason that crime etc cant be engineered out of more areas but there would be opposition from all directions

Have you looked into the effectiveness of the 3 strikes laws, or did it just sound cool at the south Dublin dinner party debate?

Statistics from the California Department of Corrections show that the law disproportionately affects minority populations. Over 45 percent of inmates serving life sentences under the Three Strikes law are African American. The Three Strikes law is also applied disproportionately against mentally ill and physically disabled defendants. California’s State Auditor estimates that the Three Strikes law adds over $19 billion to the state’s prison budget. Criminologists agree that life sentences for non-violent repeat offenders does nothing to improve public safety.

Do you ever wonder why other people aren't 'like minded' when you structure society around the kind of segregation that you outline above?