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Supposidly the toughest towns in the world

D-A-V-E · 2009-01-04 13:18:25

hows it goin, iv recently heard that Limerick city is to be included in a documentary for the 'toughest towns in the world' series on bravo (ross kemp on gangs sorta thing)..this seems kinds stupid as its up against places like rio and cape town etc..has anyone got any videos on this in Limerick? id be curious to see whats…

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hows it goin, iv recently heard that Limerick city is to be included in a documentary for the 'toughest towns in the world' series on bravo (ross kemp on gangs sorta thing)..this seems kinds stupid as its up against places like rio and cape town etc..has anyone got any videos on this in Limerick? id be curious to see whats on it..i think its by some guy called Donal McIntyre

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#2 04-01-2009 01:24PM

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this would be madness and giving limerick a bad name. the city is nowhere near as bad as people make out znd in gereral, theres alot more trouble in dublin than limerick. the "troubles" in limerick are a bunch of about 6-9 families who dont like each other in 4/5 estates.

limerick would not be in the 1000 most dangerous cities in the world let alone on a shortlist for a tv program which would probably only contain many 15.

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#3 04-01-2009 01:24PM

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The presenter probably got a dodgy tough overcooked burger in Shupermachs............:rolleyes:

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#4 04-01-2009 01:25PM

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Well , it's not known as Stab City for nothing .

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#5 04-01-2009 01:26PM

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Just for completeness sake, this topic came up on the Limerick City forum recently: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055451383

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#6 04-01-2009 01:27PM

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sharpshooterH wrote: »

Well , it's not known as Stab City for nothing .

Still light years away from the 50 murders and 1500 rapes a week in the Cape Town area. ( or is that the daily stats?)

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#7 04-01-2009 01:29PM

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i know its kinda stupid..ross kemp was asked to do it in Limerick a while back, he said he would consider it..but id love to see the video of this one if its floating around

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#8 04-01-2009 01:40PM

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galwayrush wrote: »

Still light years away from the 50 murders and 1500 rapes a week in the Cape Town area. ( or is that the daily stats?)

Yes , but if it is going to be included in the programme then the research was obviously done to back up the claim.

A lot of people hear " Limerick " and think stab city.
I am not saying it's right , just that it happens.

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#9 04-01-2009 02:15PM

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sharpshooterH wrote: »

Yes , but if it is going to be included in the programme then the research was obviously done to back up the claim

To quote a Gard I know that's worked extensively in both Limerick and Tallaght, Limerick is "a ****ing pudding" compared to Tallaght. Limerick is nowhere near as dangerous as people say.

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#10 04-01-2009 02:16PM

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In unrelated news: Bear Grylls to tackle Dublin 'mountains'. (Extreeeeme)

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#11 04-01-2009 02:20PM

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ive heard newmarket is a tough place

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#12 04-01-2009 02:23PM

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I think of all the uk cities last year, London had the most stabbings but a lot of stabbing in other cities dont make the news so statistics can be inaccurate .

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#13 04-01-2009 02:26PM

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No where in Ireland compares to some other places in the world. I just got back from Central America and the papers over there are wall to wall murders everyday. Well mostly San Salvador and Guatemala city.

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#14 04-01-2009 02:41PM

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In proportion to the population is it considered rougher than dublin?

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#15 04-01-2009 05:00PM

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Looks like it is happening

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limerick-Mayor-slams-Channel-5.4448862.jp

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#16 04-01-2009 06:01PM

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Donal McIntyre... Didn't he have a programme called 'Cheap as Chimps'?...

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#17 04-01-2009 06:07PM

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Who cares, nobody watches Bravo anyway..

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#18 04-01-2009 07:45PM

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busted flush wrote: »

ive heard newmarket is a tough place

Tough to live in, I'd say.

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#19 04-01-2009 08:34PM

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...:rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huhu5sLG-l4

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#20 04-01-2009 08:39PM

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Obviously they blew the Bravo budget flying to Cape Town and the likes. This was handier since they got cheap ryanair flights for 24c return to Limerick and figured "what the hell....".

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#21 04-01-2009 09:28PM

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mehfesto2 wrote: »

Donal McIntyre... Didn't he have a programme called 'Cheap as Chimps'?...

He robbed that from Karl Pilkington.

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Perhaps he should stay in the airport, I hear a lot of them have moved out to Shannon.

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#23 04-01-2009 09:51PM

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Kannon Whispering Scam wrote: »

Looks like it is happening

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limerick-Mayor-slams-Channel-5.4448862.jp

John Gilligan is an awful blowhole. He'll whine about these programmes yet he seems to feature in every single one of them, be it Prime Time,or whatever.

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#24 04-01-2009 10:01PM

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#25 12-01-2009 03:45PM

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D-A-V-E wrote: »

hows it goin, iv recently heard that Limerick city is to be included in a documentary for the 'toughest towns in the world' series on bravo (ross kemp on gangs sorta thing)..this seems kinds stupid as its up against places like rio and cape town etc..has anyone got any videos on this in Limerick? id be curious to see whats on it..i think its by some guy called Donal McIntyre

Pish! Limerick is a playground compared to some parts of Greater Buenos Aires. You should see the amount of kidnaps, robbery and murder in those areas. It's got completely out of hand.

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#26 12-01-2009 03:51PM

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Limerick just needs some serious marine erosion to clean it up.

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#27 12-01-2009 04:55PM

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I think the defense of Limerick is getting out of control. I definitely found it pretty rough when I was living there. People are just defending it because it's a popular fact, so it obviously isn't true.

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#28 13-01-2009 02:20AM

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Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

No where in Ireland compares to some other places in the world. I just got back from Central America and the papers over there are wall to wall murders everyday. Well mostly San Salvador and Guatemala city.

I was in Guatemala city a few years ago, the doorman of the pub I went into had a sub-machine gun, one day An Ice cream van tipped over after getting it wrong going round a corner, there was a near riot as about a hundred bystanders looted it! It was stripped in less than five minutes.

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#29 13-01-2009 02:31AM

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watching donal on bravo+1 now. Waiting for someone to shoot the tool

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#30 13-01-2009 02:54AM

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galwayrush wrote: »

Still light years away from the 50 murders and 1500 rapes a week in the Cape Town area. ( or is that the daily stats?)

Probably still nowhere near Johannesburg's figures. Or Moscow's..or LA..or Lagos..

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#31 13-01-2009 03:12AM

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:eek: I can predict the future.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55211988&postcount=91

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/142377/51675.jpg

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#32 22-02-2009 07:58PM

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looks like he's doin it in dublin

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#33 22-02-2009 08:04PM

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Hahahahahahaha....aha...ha.....Oh your serious?

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