>Despite having CCTV evidence as well as the weapon used by one of the assailants, Mr McKiernan said gardaí told him there little action they could take as the perpetrators were so young.
Generally speaking, as a nation we’d be disgusted if we had some good old skull cracking guards on patrol battering feral teens, but we will also say with a certain admiration ‘oh you don’t mess with the Spanish police’ with they are battering boozed up Brits up and down the Costa Del Piss
Jean_Rasczak on
The same TD would release an article today calling out the Gardai if they went and arrested the teenagers saying they had been “heavy handed” etc etc
caisdara on
>Ó Snodaigh said his thoughts were with the tourists who were attacked, “and also the workers and local community who have been terrorised and intimidated by this kind of behaviour”.
>“Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. Communities in the south inner-city simply do not feel safe, and have not felt safe for a long time.
These people are from the local community, by and large.
terrahops on
FFG have left the city to rot. Cramming in as many hotels as possible instead of building actual communities. This shit is inevitable when you alienate the local population and all you care about is tourism money and property prices in high end apartments in the city
NotSoBonnieTyler on
I live in the area and this doesn’t surprise me at all. That particular junction attracts young lads coming up from the Bridgefoot St flats or coming down from Pimlico, I know another pub across the road had to lock the doors every now and again to stop them getting in. The very first time I visited Bridgefoot St park, I saw teenagers with hammers meeting up before going elsewhere. Honestly don’t know what the answer is, a lot of them are really young and seem aimless, these aren’t necessarily the ones running drugs on scooters. If you had a more visible Garda presence (or any) at the top of that hill, outside the Lidl on Thomas St and outside Spar on James St, it might help.
Admirable-Win-9716 on
All Gardaí should be armed with hammers
v-triggered on
Surely his gangster son could sort them out
earth-calling-karma on
In B4 ‘Lugs Brannigan’!
BenderRodriguez14 on
Don’t forget, our government have endorsed full confidence in all of this and will be rewarded with being voted back in.
Hour_Artist_ on
Dublin is the safest city in the world, how did this happen?
bamila on
I love how this country has so few laws to tie hands for the misbehaving shits. If no one can do anything about it, then who can? Do we just let them roam the streets freely while being cautious for our lives? This shit pisses me off so much
Alarmed_Fee_4820 on
Give the guards more power akin to the Spanish police or any police in Poland, Germany,Expanding the powers of the Gardaí would involve legislative changes that grant them more authority in various areas of law enforcement. This could range from increasing their ability to conduct searches and surveillance to enhanced powers for handling protests, gangs, or drug-related crimes.
Expanded Search and Seizure Powers
– **What it would involve:** New laws could allow Gardaí more freedom to conduct searches without a warrant, particularly in cases where they suspect drugs, weapons, or involvement with gangs. The guards should have the power to search them
Increased surveillance on known criminals or kiddy criminals by having bugs planted in their homes etc, have drones fly over head. Longer enhanced detention 72 hours or longer and only giving them the minimum amount of food water and exercise a day, a guard would have to be present at all times when client and solicitor are talking, giving the guards more power with controlling protests and public gatherings. Extremely authoritarian I know, but the present government and the judiciary need to wake up. The solicitors are the left wing snow flakes who encourage to give their client a soft sentence, we’d have to nub that one in the butt. National Register for Irish defence forces training and enlistment.
Griss27 on
Part of the problem is the legal fallacy that people are simply children until they turn 18. “Legal minors”. It’s appropriate in some areas, but not in others. And I’d argue not here.
There should be an entirely separate legal category for adolescents, with significantly diminished legal responsibility regarding some things, but not others. Gardai need tools for dealing with these feral teens, but while they are considered children it’s impossible for them. And they aren’t children.
I grew up abroad from the ages of 3 to 11. When I came back in the mid 90s obviously Ireland was alien to me again, and the first thing I noticed was how feral teens had the run of the place both in the city and in my housing estate, and no-one did anything. Throwing bricks at buses, chasing women to scare them, harassing foreigners and people of other races. Despicable behaviour, and it was day after day. What I’m saying is this isn’t new. It has been this way for decades. It’s time for it to change.
Will Sinn Fein be the ones to change it? I doubt it.
McSchlub on
>Despite having CCTV evidence as well as the weapon used by one of the assailants, Mr McKiernan said [gardaí](https://www.garda.ie/en/) told him there little action they could take as the perpetrators were so young.
Absolutely fucking embarrassing. And what a great thing to tell every little scrote. As long as you’re young you can hit tourists in the face with hammers and we don’t give a single fuck.
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>Despite having CCTV evidence as well as the weapon used by one of the assailants, Mr McKiernan said gardaí told him there little action they could take as the perpetrators were so young.
https://extra.ie/2024/09/16/news/tourists-barricade-themselves-city-centre-pub-hammer-attack
Generally speaking, as a nation we’d be disgusted if we had some good old skull cracking guards on patrol battering feral teens, but we will also say with a certain admiration ‘oh you don’t mess with the Spanish police’ with they are battering boozed up Brits up and down the Costa Del Piss
The same TD would release an article today calling out the Gardai if they went and arrested the teenagers saying they had been “heavy handed” etc etc
>Ó Snodaigh said his thoughts were with the tourists who were attacked, “and also the workers and local community who have been terrorised and intimidated by this kind of behaviour”.
>“Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. Communities in the south inner-city simply do not feel safe, and have not felt safe for a long time.
These people are from the local community, by and large.
FFG have left the city to rot. Cramming in as many hotels as possible instead of building actual communities. This shit is inevitable when you alienate the local population and all you care about is tourism money and property prices in high end apartments in the city
I live in the area and this doesn’t surprise me at all. That particular junction attracts young lads coming up from the Bridgefoot St flats or coming down from Pimlico, I know another pub across the road had to lock the doors every now and again to stop them getting in. The very first time I visited Bridgefoot St park, I saw teenagers with hammers meeting up before going elsewhere. Honestly don’t know what the answer is, a lot of them are really young and seem aimless, these aren’t necessarily the ones running drugs on scooters. If you had a more visible Garda presence (or any) at the top of that hill, outside the Lidl on Thomas St and outside Spar on James St, it might help.
All Gardaí should be armed with hammers
Surely his gangster son could sort them out
In B4 ‘Lugs Brannigan’!
Don’t forget, our government have endorsed full confidence in all of this and will be rewarded with being voted back in.
Dublin is the safest city in the world, how did this happen?
I love how this country has so few laws to tie hands for the misbehaving shits. If no one can do anything about it, then who can? Do we just let them roam the streets freely while being cautious for our lives? This shit pisses me off so much
Give the guards more power akin to the Spanish police or any police in Poland, Germany,Expanding the powers of the Gardaí would involve legislative changes that grant them more authority in various areas of law enforcement. This could range from increasing their ability to conduct searches and surveillance to enhanced powers for handling protests, gangs, or drug-related crimes.
Expanded Search and Seizure Powers
– **What it would involve:** New laws could allow Gardaí more freedom to conduct searches without a warrant, particularly in cases where they suspect drugs, weapons, or involvement with gangs. The guards should have the power to search them
Increased surveillance on known criminals or kiddy criminals by having bugs planted in their homes etc, have drones fly over head. Longer enhanced detention 72 hours or longer and only giving them the minimum amount of food water and exercise a day, a guard would have to be present at all times when client and solicitor are talking, giving the guards more power with controlling protests and public gatherings. Extremely authoritarian I know, but the present government and the judiciary need to wake up. The solicitors are the left wing snow flakes who encourage to give their client a soft sentence, we’d have to nub that one in the butt. National Register for Irish defence forces training and enlistment.
Part of the problem is the legal fallacy that people are simply children until they turn 18. “Legal minors”. It’s appropriate in some areas, but not in others. And I’d argue not here.
There should be an entirely separate legal category for adolescents, with significantly diminished legal responsibility regarding some things, but not others. Gardai need tools for dealing with these feral teens, but while they are considered children it’s impossible for them. And they aren’t children.
I grew up abroad from the ages of 3 to 11. When I came back in the mid 90s obviously Ireland was alien to me again, and the first thing I noticed was how feral teens had the run of the place both in the city and in my housing estate, and no-one did anything. Throwing bricks at buses, chasing women to scare them, harassing foreigners and people of other races. Despicable behaviour, and it was day after day. What I’m saying is this isn’t new. It has been this way for decades. It’s time for it to change.
Will Sinn Fein be the ones to change it? I doubt it.
>Despite having CCTV evidence as well as the weapon used by one of the assailants, Mr McKiernan said [gardaí](https://www.garda.ie/en/) told him there little action they could take as the perpetrators were so young.
Absolutely fucking embarrassing. And what a great thing to tell every little scrote. As long as you’re young you can hit tourists in the face with hammers and we don’t give a single fuck.