Crime in Ireland

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Thursday April 29, 2004 21:32

by Paddy Shamrock

cutcrime at yahoo dot com

Violent Crime

Government failure to deal with rising crime.

Ireland is no longer a safe place to visit or to live in because of the huge increase in street and other types of violence. Law and order seems to be breaking down due to the authorities being preoccupied sorting out their own corruption and greed. While the main government parties are supposedly investigating their own corrupt members, the police force are demoralised and any efforts on their part to implement the law are cancelled by a small number of vociforous do-gooders. Consequently, the criminals who are caught, generaly get off or get what amounts to a slap on the wrist and are immediately let out to carry on their criminal activities virtually unhindered. Many people are afraid to walk the streets at night because of the increase in unprovoked random violence. There seems to be a big increase in the number of people using weapons to settle their pathetic little differences. Every other day there are reports of shootings, stabbings, muggings, rapes (Some on tourists), fights after discos, teenagers joyriding in stolen cars and all other types of social terrorism. This virtual anarchy is having a detrimental effect on our social fabric.
And tragicly the majority of people seem to accept all this as an inevitability.

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Poor spelling

by Nordy

Sun Jan 15, 2006 14:46

Maybe Paddy Shamrock should be more voiciferous about the problems in the Irish education system. With spelling that bad, I don't blame people for turning to crime, they couldn't get a job anywhere!

The pot is calling the kettle black.

by brock

Fri Apr 30, 2004 14:47

If I were you, I wouldn't be pulling anyone up on spelling. "i" before "e" except after "c" ring a bell?

high marks

by TEFL

Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:18

I think those marks are too high.

teachers report

by lina

Fri Apr 30, 2004 05:34

three out of ten for spelling goes to "Irish person" . he also recieves one out of ten for grammar .

how can you be respected if you dont respect anyone not with you

by irish person

Fri Apr 30, 2004 04:59

elchris at eircom dot net

I can not understand how you people can say half the crap you say. the very place u are planing to meet on friday night in Dublin. is an everyday reminder of how many english people we killed not to long ago you stand in the way of all the good people in this world. you put ur ideas and choices by way of force "bring the noise" the place u plan to go to is so far from the meeting area they won't even know you are there. Do u not love your country what condiction would your economic state be if we let, mr Tony Blaire pm. for one example come into Ireland with even the chance of been taken out. Face facts ur country is at war do you not read the news.
It all seems to me that some one is on to a con here just a few smart people making some smart money cos as we all know u are not running all the crap u have out there on fresh air so you are wat u say u are the same as u say u want to stop ie...........
cos i'm sure u don't get me your just the same as the people that u say u hate people that force ther opinions on the rest of us by way of bulling tactics. how many of ur so called do gooders will brake our laws this weekend how many people will bring hash in their pockets which is illegal in this country but not in yours answer that this is all i want to say but i will see how you act over the weekend time will tell .I'm sure this is going straight to bin cos that the kind of people you seem to be. i welcome ur comments

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