Marathon Man
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It's been quite a while since I've been around Dublin on foot. Last Friday, March 24th, I was in and around Dublin city centre and I'm pretty peeved at my experience.
Around 5.45 my wife & I took the Dart from Blackrock to Tara St.
Almost immediately after the the train left Blackrock a lone guy in his early to mid thirties and casually dressed started shouting "Talk <expletive deleted> English" "<expletive deleted> off back to (country)". On and on it went. Then he stood up and took of his jacket "Somebody is gonna get the <expletive deleted> kicked out dem" "I'm gonna kill someone".
Friday wasn't a good day for me, so rather than doing something about it, we got off at Booterstown and entered the next carriage, where I attempted to contact the driver via the intercom. It wasn't working! I thought about contacting the Gardai, but left it - as I said Friday wasn't a good day.
We got off at Tara St and crossed the river, coming out onto (Lower) Abbey Street. (About 6pm then) There we came across a group of about 50 or 60 people, m&f, in their early twenties. All apparently fairly drunk, "messing about" all across the wide pavement, so that all other passers-by had to give them a wide berth and go well into the roadway/luas lane. I'm not talking about a well behaved crowd outside a pub.
Next, at the Junction with O'Connell St, we came across a gathering distanced around a woman, in her thirties/early forties who was shouting "Garda". We think she was robbed, but didn't stop to ask. However, being the main st of our capital city, I reasoned that we'd come across a Garda by the time we reached the GPO. We didn't see a Garda during 30 minutes on O'Connell St.
At 6pm on a regular Friday evening, not to mention a Bank Holiday w/e, in any large city ANYWHERE, in my experience, I would expect to find at least one policeman. Moreover I would expect them to be proactive when a disturbance of any kind arises. I have NEVER come across a situation where police were not readily visible on the main street in ANY capital city.
Maybe our experience last Friday was unusual, but the law & order situation made my blood boil. I really don't know where to start to try to get REAL action initiated on L&O in this country but, while nobody died or was injured in the above, each incident, but if L&O on this scale can't be tackled, what hope do we have with the more serious incidents.
Remember....this was 6pm on the main street of our capital city!!
It's been quite a while since I've been around Dublin on foot. Last Friday, March 24th, I was in and around Dublin city centre and I'm pretty peeved at my experience.
Around 5.45 my wife & I took the Dart from Blackrock to Tara St.
Almost immediately after the the train left Blackrock a lone guy in his early to mid thirties and casually dressed started shouting "Talk <expletive deleted> English" "<expletive deleted> off back to (country)". On and on it went. Then he stood up and took of his jacket "Somebody is gonna get the <expletive deleted> kicked out dem" "I'm gonna kill someone".
Friday wasn't a good day for me, so rather than doing something about it, we got off at Booterstown and entered the next carriage, where I attempted to contact the driver via the intercom. It wasn't working! I thought about contacting the Gardai, but left it - as I said Friday wasn't a good day.
We got off at Tara St and crossed the river, coming out onto (Lower) Abbey Street. (About 6pm then) There we came across a group of about 50 or 60 people, m&f, in their early twenties. All apparently fairly drunk, "messing about" all across the wide pavement, so that all other passers-by had to give them a wide berth and go well into the roadway/luas lane. I'm not talking about a well behaved crowd outside a pub.
Next, at the Junction with O'Connell St, we came across a gathering distanced around a woman, in her thirties/early forties who was shouting "Garda". We think she was robbed, but didn't stop to ask. However, being the main st of our capital city, I reasoned that we'd come across a Garda by the time we reached the GPO. We didn't see a Garda during 30 minutes on O'Connell St.
At 6pm on a regular Friday evening, not to mention a Bank Holiday w/e, in any large city ANYWHERE, in my experience, I would expect to find at least one policeman. Moreover I would expect them to be proactive when a disturbance of any kind arises. I have NEVER come across a situation where police were not readily visible on the main street in ANY capital city.
Maybe our experience last Friday was unusual, but the law & order situation made my blood boil. I really don't know where to start to try to get REAL action initiated on L&O in this country but, while nobody died or was injured in the above, each incident, but if L&O on this scale can't be tackled, what hope do we have with the more serious incidents.
Remember....this was 6pm on the main street of our capital city!!
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