Durante il cinema stamattina con mia nipote e dalla cima dell’autobus entrambi abbiamo assistito a un uomo adulto che tirava giù i pantaloni e iniettava qualcosa in se stesso nel mezzo di Blessington Street senza cure nel mondo. Le persone che camminano su e giù non gli hanno nemmeno dato una seconda occhiata che mi dice che questa particolare comunità in città è probabilmente diventata immune a scene come questa – potrebbe anche aver fumato una sigaretta. Ho visto ogni sorta di merda nella mia vita, ma ero particolarmente arrabbiato per mia nipote perché non è giusto esporla a questa merda così giovane. C’era una fila letterale di persone lungo la corsia di San Giuseppe Acquistando droghe da personaggi interessanti uno dei quali si mise in piedi lungo la strada, si arrampicò in tasca per qualcosa, tirò fuori un pugno di fazzoletti e li scoppò a terra prima di fermarsi in un caffè per incontrare un altro gruppo di persone per mostrare loro le droghe. Tutto questo fatto proprio di fronte ai turisti che camminano su e giù.
In che modo le persone potrebbero avere un rispetto o orgoglio così basso nella loro città o comunità? I rifiuti, il bighellone …. solo abbattere l’intera area. Lontano da un’educazione elegante che avevo, ma ci hanno insegnato a rispettare le persone intorno a noi e a mettere la spazzatura nei bidoni. L’odore di urina e il numero puro di sacchetti di immondizia scoperti sul lato della strada per essere un problema di qualcuno. Uscendo da Tesco in Talbot Street c’era un gruppo di 20 persone che si rannicchiavano con ammirare un coltello da ragazzi che fece scivolare di nuovo nei suoi pantaloni. Perché qualcuno dovrebbe portare qualcosa del genere fuori casa?! Per cosa potresti aver bisogno di qualcosa del genere a Dublino? In ogni angolo c’erano bande di scumbags. Altri stavano raccogliendo sedie fuori da un ristorante e le scopavano in un altro gruppo. Altri si stavano schierando dal personale di sicurezza nei negozi e urlavano "Pedofilo!" ai turisti per nessun altro motivo di pura noia non adulterata.
È questo quello che siamo adesso? Come lo abbiamo permesso di ottenere questo male? Ti chiederai dove siano i Gardai. Dove sono i genitori? Ho vissuto a Dublino per gran parte della mia vita e non ricordo mai che sia così male. Onestamente si sente a volte come se stessimo condividendo una città con scimmie yakubia che hanno saltato completamente il processo di civiltà Fase della strada evolutiva.
How has Dublin degenerated into such a kip? The amount of open drug dealing and anti-social behaviour on our streets is very concerning
byu/Big_Prick_On_Ya inireland
di Big_Prick_On_Ya
30 commenti
Dublin is particularly bad for this kind of thing compared to other European cities. This kind of activity is usually pushed out to the peripheral streets in most cities but in Dublin it’s everywhere. I didn’t see anything like this in central London, Rome or Amsterdam. It probably helps that Rome have the army patrolling their central streets though
Garda don’t care, courts don’t care, parents don’t care, justice system doesn’t care. There’s no consequence in Ireland for acting like a scumbag. Just mind yourself and never interact with them or get involved in helping anyone becuase you’ll end up as a victim and a statistic.
Dublin is a fucking filthy, degenerate filled cesspool.
>You’d wonder where the gardai are.
Sun is out, they’ll be at a checkpoint somewhere, usually near a shop or chipper
Well McEntee was in charge of justice ..
Blame the judges and government not making tougher laws
Until tourism income is down massively or more yank tourists are attacked, absolutely nothing will be done.
The medical system and justice system are a result of decade long hands off approaches.
I think the story last week that explained there are fewer than 40 Gardaí scheduled for the north inner city and that includes those on desk duty and who are doing paperwork etc. So basically 20-25 gardaí max to cover the area from the IFSC to Talbot Street and O’Connell Street, Smithfield, Stoneybatter etc
And a similar situation on the south side
It always had a bad attitude, despicable place
Its getting like Hamsterdam in the wire! I just don’t get how everyone can see the open use of drugs on the street yet the Guards can’t see it? Or they don’t have the resources to police it, prosecute it, get people into functioning social supports, bad ones off the street into prison? Something has got to give, Dublin is just disgusting and dirty at the moment.
There are highly publicized violent incidents, for the most part I don’t really fear violence when I’m in the city, but its just so openly gross. Broken windows policing got a really bad rap, but I think we need it. when a city is dirty and people are openly flouting the laws, it encourages other to also do so. Like the scumbag throwing handkerchiefs on the ground. If you’re in a nice clean city, you’re less likely to do that. when you’re in a kip the mentality is who the hell cares.
Gardai have had their balls absolutely clipped, and the courts are completely ineffective. Scrotes have nothing to fear and nothing to lose. Only going to get worse.
I live in the area, it’s like this daily, blessington street is particularly bad, has been for years, there’s at least 3 homeless shelters between the ambassador at the top of o Connell street and blessington street. The park there is a big attraction for them because of all the benches. Gardai either don’t care, or if they do can do very little. Courts will let them back out, and that’s only if you can catch them on their electric scooters. Head up to the park in drumcondra completely different vibe, plus they just put a new cafe in the park beside the kids playground.
Guards don’t go into rough areas so just patrol up and down Grafton all day. Any time of day you walk down Grafton or the green you will see two wasters walking about.
Even if a Guard manages to do something, Judges let them off. A sensible approach to drugs would go a long way but most people in Gov aren’t ready for that conversation.
The rubbish bags on the street thing is partially down to poor waste management policy. In many areas of the city, these bags are the official way to put out your waste – there are no wheelie bins or communal large bins.
>grown man pull down his trousers and inject something into himself in the middle of Blessington Street without a care in the world.
A diabetic taking insulin perhaps .. personally I do the side of my belly but each to their own
It will happen in any space where there is no police presence, lack of education, and lack of social activities.
Kids grow up in that to have kids that grow up in that and the cycle continues.
It’s been building up through decades of neglect. I used to work in a pub at the height of the Celtic Tiger and would regularly finish work at 1am. I’d walk home to Stoneybatter because I’d be home quicker than the time it took to get to the top of the taxi queue.
The only time I felt apprehensive was passing the Four Courts because of the users hanging out there.
I was a woman in her 20s. I would never do that walk now. You really can notice the reduction in patrolling gardai.
D1 has ALWAYS been like that.
I used to live on Blessington Street for a few years, left last summer. The street devolved into a shithole over the past 2-3 years with junkies and a small gang of cunts openingly dealing drugs. I’ve regularly seen junkies openingly shit and piss on the street, right in front of passers-by and the laneways have become dangerous (same gang of cunts dealing, and one in particular on an escooter who’s packing).
I’m no expert but I’d say it’s a result of decades of soft sentences, practically no consequences for their actions, little effort in rehabilitation, mental health issues, little to no respect have brought us here.
Irish people voted in the same clowns so nothing will change .
Things will get way worse over the next few years.
Just look at the state of Naples, Brussels etc
We’re just lagging a few years behind.
Dublin is on its way to becoming a 3rd world shithole
One of the biggest mistakes made is putting methadone clinics and injection centres directly in the city centre. This ensures that all the junkies and associated dealing and crime is clustered around the central tourist areas. Other cities don’t do it this way.
When city that is not designed to be lived in but to cater to business and where the basic needs of everyone in the country are not being met leads this is what happens.
Not a great life for the guy you encountered either. You only had to see him once. He has to live it.
Came across a video on YT called deep inside Dublin and was a real eye opener. https://youtu.be/MPKVX-Grl6g?si=yZdDvhVD1ptg1UTK
> witnessed a grown man pull down his trousers and inject something into himself in the middle of Blessington Street without a care in the world. The people walking up and down didn’t even give him a second glance which tells me this particular community in the city have probably become immune to scenes like this – he might just as well have been smoking a cigarette.
I don’t disagree with parts of your post but I’m curious what you would have done if you were there beside him aside from keep your head down and move the fuck along.
If I had been there I also would not have stopped for a look, intervened or otherwise involved myself. That doesn’t mean I think it’s normal or comparable to smoking.
The fact you were reflexively judgemental about people who saw this, doesn’t mean that anyone is “immune” or fine with it.
Again? Are you new to Dublin? This has been going on for decades and decades.
First time I witnessed it was getting off a bus on abbey Street in 1990 for the world cup parade and lads selling openly. There’s some mythical past in Dublin that never existed that you want to go back to. City was a shit hole in the 80s, a drug riddled shit hole in the 90s, early 2000s was a building site shit hole and lately just the same.
I know a lot of people think it’s “trendy” and it’s not as “hardcore” but can’t go anywhere nowadays without getting that constant skunky wiff of weed.
Graffiti, rubbish overflowing from bins, smells of p*ss and weed, ferals wearing fake Canada Goose clothing everywhere….. Dublin has turned into an utter shithole. I live here. My husband is a born and bred Dub and he hates going into town now.
I’m only half Irish and did not live here for most of my life, but I don’t remember it being any better? In fact, places like Grand Canal Dock and the IFSC used to be a decrepit, junkie infested shitholes. They now contribute billions to the Irish economy.
History aside, Irish policing and the court system are hamstrung. The teenage gang thing seems to be only a thing in Anglophone countries. If you tried half of what I’ve seen on Dublin’s streets at home, the police would kick the shit out of you. Obviously that isn’t ideal, but you can’t have a weak police force AND a weak justice system. There’s no disincentive to crime at all.
There’s no accountability in any parts of government or civil service. If standards were being held to, we’d have a much better society. There are zero consequences for these people consistently failing at their job
When people are openly stepping into a cafe to get wind cover to light a crack pipe, you know you have a problem.