Dublin
Dublin
Just been over to visit my Mum in hospital and also took in a few sights while there...
What a sheeeet hole
I've never seen so many smack heads in my life! Homeless people scattered everywhere, beggars and just generally messed up (eyes looking in completely different directions and stinking of BO) looking people all over the place. Yesterday I even saw a bloke stop and pi55 on the pavement at 11am on a busy street!
I had visions of this fresh vibrant City but it was dirty and full of disgusting people.
We tried to take the Luas (like a tram) back from near the Hospital one day as we were fed up of the BO stinking taxi driver we kept stumbling upon at the front of the queue. Paid for the fare and stood outside the Luas shelter in the rain while it was full of smack heads literally covered in freshly stitched up scars on their faces slurring out crap about prison. Only to be greeted by a a totally packed Luas which let off a couple more undesirables (who were friends of the shelter hogging scumbags) We then walked off in the rain to be greeted by our old friend Mr BO taxi driver, I actually joked to my girlfriend it'd be the smelly bloke again but the rain covered windows didn't reveal the sick ****** until it was too late and being the polite ***** we are we just took the ride enjoying the rain coming through our windows on the way back trying to get some fresh air.
And to top off the trip a light fingered eastern European cleaner helped herself to some of our stuff from the hotel room! After a battle with the hotel staff and eventually the manager I managed to get a refund for the items that had gone missing, only because he admitted this sort of thing "goes on" but he makes the cleaning staff pay for it out of their wages but wanted to meet us to make sure we were genuine, what a feckin joke!
If you really must go to Dublin, avoid the Maldron Hotel in Parnell square as the manager basically lets the cleaning staff get away with stealing your stuff.
Also, the designated smoking area for the Hotel is outside the front door! What a great sight that is! We came back at one point and had to ask a group of what appeared to be off duty workers to allow us to actually get to the main entrance as they were all just stood their smoking blocking the feckin door.
NEVER again.
My Mum and Dad live in Kerry and having been there a number of times, I never expected Dublin to be anything like what we saw.
What a sheeeet hole
I've never seen so many smack heads in my life! Homeless people scattered everywhere, beggars and just generally messed up (eyes looking in completely different directions and stinking of BO) looking people all over the place. Yesterday I even saw a bloke stop and pi55 on the pavement at 11am on a busy street!
I had visions of this fresh vibrant City but it was dirty and full of disgusting people.
We tried to take the Luas (like a tram) back from near the Hospital one day as we were fed up of the BO stinking taxi driver we kept stumbling upon at the front of the queue. Paid for the fare and stood outside the Luas shelter in the rain while it was full of smack heads literally covered in freshly stitched up scars on their faces slurring out crap about prison. Only to be greeted by a a totally packed Luas which let off a couple more undesirables (who were friends of the shelter hogging scumbags) We then walked off in the rain to be greeted by our old friend Mr BO taxi driver, I actually joked to my girlfriend it'd be the smelly bloke again but the rain covered windows didn't reveal the sick ****** until it was too late and being the polite ***** we are we just took the ride enjoying the rain coming through our windows on the way back trying to get some fresh air.
And to top off the trip a light fingered eastern European cleaner helped herself to some of our stuff from the hotel room! After a battle with the hotel staff and eventually the manager I managed to get a refund for the items that had gone missing, only because he admitted this sort of thing "goes on" but he makes the cleaning staff pay for it out of their wages but wanted to meet us to make sure we were genuine, what a feckin joke!
If you really must go to Dublin, avoid the Maldron Hotel in Parnell square as the manager basically lets the cleaning staff get away with stealing your stuff.
Also, the designated smoking area for the Hotel is outside the front door! What a great sight that is! We came back at one point and had to ask a group of what appeared to be off duty workers to allow us to actually get to the main entrance as they were all just stood their smoking blocking the feckin door.
NEVER again.
My Mum and Dad live in Kerry and having been there a number of times, I never expected Dublin to be anything like what we saw.
Last edited by jameswrx; Aug 19, 2014 at 09:35 PM.
Dublin has gone downhill somewhat since the crunch, but I think you've just been very unlucky as I wouldn't say its that bad, well not yet anyway!
They still charge premium prices though.
They still charge premium prices though.
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Has been a couple of years since I last went but thought it was okay. Different vibe last time as we were on our way back from a weeks holiday after a family wedding in Co. Mayo with our 3 month old boy so had a overnight stop to catch the ferry back the next day. We stayed at the Gibson hotel near the port and the O2, a little way out of the centre.
The bit around the O2 was nice but it was clear that there had been some serious development work going on along the waterfront but that money had run out as there were a lot of half finished or empty buildings. Bit of a ghost town.
We got the tram to the centre (also raining) and it was okay. Had a few pints of the black stuff in Temple Bar and some dinner, was nice enough, didn't stay out late due to the baby so didn't get to see it around stag/hen party time. Next morning found a nice riverside cafe for breakfast. Had a wander after, then back for the ferry. Enjoyable visit I thought.
The bit around the O2 was nice but it was clear that there had been some serious development work going on along the waterfront but that money had run out as there were a lot of half finished or empty buildings. Bit of a ghost town.
We got the tram to the centre (also raining) and it was okay. Had a few pints of the black stuff in Temple Bar and some dinner, was nice enough, didn't stay out late due to the baby so didn't get to see it around stag/hen party time. Next morning found a nice riverside cafe for breakfast. Had a wander after, then back for the ferry. Enjoyable visit I thought.
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Well I love the place, junkies and all 
Friendliest big city I know although I admit it is expensive compared to UK.
My lad lives and works over there and seems to be fine. Generous people as he relies mostly on busking to make a living. Here are the locals
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Friendliest big city I know although I admit it is expensive compared to UK.
My lad lives and works over there and seems to be fine. Generous people as he relies mostly on busking to make a living. Here are the locals
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Don't get me wrong, the Irish people in general are very friendly. I've been going over to Ireland regularly for the last 16years, first trip to Dublin though.
My girlfriend is a nurse and there's lots of Irish nurses training over here and looking for jobs here due to their economy. Before we went she was told by two girls she works with Dublin was nasty, I actually reassured her it'd be lovely based on the rest of Ireland I'd seen!
Can't see how I've been unlucky really, just an observation of what I saw there. Even the nurses in the hospital where my Mum was thought it was rough.
Thing is, I think the majority of the tourists just walk around oblivious to it.
My girlfriend is a nurse and there's lots of Irish nurses training over here and looking for jobs here due to their economy. Before we went she was told by two girls she works with Dublin was nasty, I actually reassured her it'd be lovely based on the rest of Ireland I'd seen!
Can't see how I've been unlucky really, just an observation of what I saw there. Even the nurses in the hospital where my Mum was thought it was rough.
Thing is, I think the majority of the tourists just walk around oblivious to it.
Its definitely taken a step back to to the way it used to be.
We Northerners used to describe it a dirty Dublin.
The economy is still fcuked, yet they still try to charge premium money as though they were still in the hayday times with everyone earning good money.
We Northerners used to describe it a dirty Dublin.
The economy is still fcuked, yet they still try to charge premium money as though they were still in the hayday times with everyone earning good money.
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Agree with the comments about beggars, almost tripping over them in Grafton Street, saw a couple of them go at each other because one was actively begging by asking passers by for money while the othe guy sat right beside a cash point. The guy from the cash point stood up and told the other guy to **** off, he refused to move on so the other bloke chinned him. Wouldn't have bothered me much but this happend in the middle of the day, in a crowded street and within a few feet of my wife and 4 year old kids.
There are some really talented (and some talentless) buskers down there - have never had the pleasure of meeting "young Lock" and his band on the streets, but met this fella (Cezar Habeanu and his mate Jacob Koopman playing the cajon) on Grafton Street last Friday stopped to chat with him and bought his demo CD (that is not me in the clip btw!!!)
and these two drew quite a crowd down towards Dame Street
I lived down there for a short time in the early 1990's the city is not as it was during the good years, but I still love it, it is such a friendly place.
The drug problem seems to be spiralling upwards, I had heard demand for heroin regularly outstrips supply, when this happens the junkies start queuing up to buy prescription sleeping pills and strong pain killers openly on the streets, to ease the symptoms of withdrawl. The other side of this, is that some hit hard by recession were seeing this as a means to generate income, and there is now a whole bunch of people dealing prescription meds to the junkies. It is totally mad.
There are some really talented (and some talentless) buskers down there - have never had the pleasure of meeting "young Lock" and his band on the streets, but met this fella (Cezar Habeanu and his mate Jacob Koopman playing the cajon) on Grafton Street last Friday stopped to chat with him and bought his demo CD (that is not me in the clip btw!!!)
I lived down there for a short time in the early 1990's the city is not as it was during the good years, but I still love it, it is such a friendly place.
The drug problem seems to be spiralling upwards, I had heard demand for heroin regularly outstrips supply, when this happens the junkies start queuing up to buy prescription sleeping pills and strong pain killers openly on the streets, to ease the symptoms of withdrawl. The other side of this, is that some hit hard by recession were seeing this as a means to generate income, and there is now a whole bunch of people dealing prescription meds to the junkies. It is totally mad.
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Only ever been there on rugby tours. It's a nice looking city with good transport out to some very picturesque settings. Has some weirdly good weather following the trauma of a first days drinking. . Can recommend both Bray and Howth. The latter if you don't mind walking up a bit. There's a nice pub at the top of the hill.
Suggest you bear up for the compulsory hospital visits if you have to go again. But plan some down time in some of the nicer parts of the area.
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. Can recommend both Bray and Howth. The latter if you don't mind walking up a bit. There's a nice pub at the top of the hill.Suggest you bear up for the compulsory hospital visits if you have to go again. But plan some down time in some of the nicer parts of the area.
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My lad's band (Keywest) take it seriously and make sure they are not upsetting the shops in Grafton Street. My lad visited every single shop in the street and every one was happy for them to play. This year the band won Dublin's "Street Artist/Busker of the Year" award. Many of the now famous bands started off busking and it is great for band development as they can test out new songs. This is how U2 started. The Council do try and take the rubbish "bands" away but it is an uphill struggle. dl
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In defence of some of the buskers My lad's band (Keywest) take it seriously and make sure they are not upsetting the shops in Grafton Street. My lad visited every single shop in the street and every one was happy for them to play. This year the band won Dublin's "Street Artist/Busker of the Year" award. Many of the now famous bands started off busking and it is great for band development as they can test out new songs. This is how U2 started. The Council do try and take the rubbish "bands" away but it is an uphill struggle.
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My lad's band (Keywest) take it seriously and make sure they are not upsetting the shops in Grafton Street. My lad visited every single shop in the street and every one was happy for them to play. This year the band won Dublin's "Street Artist/Busker of the Year" award. Many of the now famous bands started off busking and it is great for band development as they can test out new songs. This is how U2 started. The Council do try and take the rubbish "bands" away but it is an uphill struggle. dl
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Being from Dublin and living here currently - none of what JamesWRX posts comes as a surprise sadly. The city center, which I'm guessing you were going to the Matter hospital maybe ? has gotten so bad with zombies, its beyond a joke. Yes the recession has caused alot of it, the restrictions on Police force recruitment, the location of drug clinics in city center, not to mention the fact that our Judges in court regularly let thieving junkie scum back onto the street with a slap on the wrist.
I'd also bet you were on the Red Line for the tram, which is notorious as being basically a shuttle bus for the junkies, they don't pay and just hop on whenever they like. We do have security guards (big Polish dudes) on the trams and they deal with them proper, but they can't be on every carriage unfortunately.
I'd also bet you were on the Red Line for the tram, which is notorious as being basically a shuttle bus for the junkies, they don't pay and just hop on whenever they like. We do have security guards (big Polish dudes) on the trams and they deal with them proper, but they can't be on every carriage unfortunately.
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