QuoteMore or less.Originally Posted by pete
Anyone who denys there was that level of poverty in Limerick at the time is the worst kind of liar.
Weren't the slum parts filmed in Cork?
More or less.
Anyone who denys there was that level of poverty in Limerick at the time is the worst kind of liar.
Again yes.
But before we get too smug let's not forget we knocked our slums and moved everyone into the wonderful Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston estates.
At least this time they are moving them to G-G-G-GalwayAgain yes.
But before we get too smug let's not forget we knocked our slums and moved everyone into the wonderful Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston estates.
Doubt it.
It's not the type of thing you'd do twice sham.
Take that Hannon you parasite.
However it legitimately does rain as often in Limerick as that dire dirge of a film would suggest.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
Only another eight weeks or so before we turn Salthill into Southill on sea for a few monthsAt least this time they are moving them to G-G-G-Galway
Someone's getting more liberal as they get older anyway. I remember back in your youth when you had plans of wiping out the human race bar a select group of your choosing. What next, coffee with Jon Stewart, discussing the day's Guardian, whilst signing cheques for third world orphanages! You've changed man
Indeed. 80% of the world's population if I had my way.
I told you I ran away after the first punch was thrown. As my surname would suggest!Doubt it.
It's not the type of thing you'd do twice sham.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
You forgot to mention your sandals jebus
Actually, about that heartfelt apology I've been meaning to give youAs my surname would suggest!
Well after a hard day's protesting about a seal hunt happening thousands of miles away, there's nothing I like better than slipping on a pair of Birkenstocks, drinking a cup of lemongrass tea and conversing with my fellow unemployed friends about how the Utaka tribe's illegal occupation of the Umaga tribe's land actually goes back further than the Guardian report suggests. Yes Birkenstocks, for your everyman layabout.You forgot to mention your sandals jebus
PREORDER YOUR BIRKENSTOCKS NOW
Well the 80% figure is really more of a first wave than anything else.Someone's getting more liberal as they get older anyway. I remember back in your youth when you had plans of wiping out the human race bar a select group of your choosing. What next, coffee with Jon Stewart, discussing the day's Guardian, whilst signing cheques for third world orphanages! You've changed man
And on an aside while I know some will we've dragged this thread off topic I think our three way love in has proved beyond doubt what a warm, friendly bunch us Limerick folk really are.
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The ball is round and has many surprises.
have been out in Limerick on numerous occasions and to be quite honest i have never seen or encountered any trouble ever down there, would recommend it to anyone for a night out, some great bars and clubs there
"Some weeks the lady is good looking and some weeks they're not. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi". - Ian Holloway
Well in fairness the urban regeneration is changing all that, I believe they've just built two lovely new handball alleys in Moyross. That should see crime rates in the area drop rapidly as youngfellas take up handball in the hope of being the next Duxie walsh.Again yes.
But before we get too smug let's not forget we knocked our slums and moved everyone into the wonderful Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston estates.
Rugby and murder. At least we're top of two things
Who said people are going around randomly attacking others ? I mentioned 2 random attacks i was involved in, in 30 years living here and a few not so random . Only an idiot would think that there are gangs running around attacking everyone on the streets from that statement i didnt think i had to spell that out.So what??
Maybe a dozen in fifteen or so years??
So what??
You're talking out your ar$e with your points anto.
I've lived all of my 22 years in the middle of one of the "Most dangerous estates in Ireland" (Trademark: Paul Williams, Sunday World) so I'd wager I'm far closer to the ground than you and judging by your posts have a far far better idea of how things work.
Sure an awful lot of my childhood friends are to quote some gangsta rap for you "locked down, cracked out, or in the dirt" but does it effect my ability to live my daily life?? Of course not! Because I'm not a whinge bag constantly looking for excuses to be in fear or things to give out about.
If you leave the actual real hard criminals alone they are not going to bother you. To suggest people are going around randomly attacking other people for no reason is ludicrous.
Absolute nonsense.
It effects you if you allow it to effect you. Your visions of random, rampant crime are patently false.
More sensationalist rubbish. How, pray tell, is this in any way unique to Limerick.
Of course its not acceptable.
Really though, what is your point??
People, pay little heed to anto Limerick is not that bad. Take it from someone who knows. I've had a lot of stuff happen that might shock someone not from an area like mine but I can assure you its a rare occurence.
What you have in Limerick is a lot of poverty coupled with sprawling massive housing estates which were far too big on day one and the drug related crime which inevitably results. What you don't have in Limerick is huge gangs of murderers and thieves prowling every street corner.
"Feuding Families"
Jesus Wept.
This idea that if you talk about crime in the city you are bad mouthing it or whinging and convincing people to stay away is rubbish. Its a big city every big city has crime what do you think if we dont mention the crime and the newspapers stop reporting it people will think its a great place ? where we have ice cream parties every day with balloon animals.
Where did i say this is unique to limerick ( in fact i said its not )
To quote you "an awfull lot of my friends are locked up cracked up " Who is supplying the drugs to them ? what are they locked up for ????
Are you still missing the point im making ?
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Yea that first bit came out wrong i didnt mean it to be you will get robbed more if you did get robbed as some one somewhere does each day, by a junkie its directly linked to these gangsYou said I would get robbed. This is the part I was dismissing as nonsense. You may not have meant to sound as sensationalist but you did.
It is not a crime to look like a dirtball. Nor should it be. There was no trouble at the club event and if anybody has a problem with how people look it says more about their own middle class ass clenching than anything else.
I'm 27.
All very tragic. But if the truth is somewhere between my own blessed existence and your seemingly luckless one (as far as crime goes) then it's still not a widespread problem.
Indeed. 80% of the world's population if I had my way.
Im not suggesting the city is over run by scum bags attacking every one but there is a far larger % than in other areas of the country ( same can be said for dublin etc ). Maybe thats me just getting old looking at the youngsters as hooligans. But i dont want any crime around me i dont want to have to walk past the bunch of 20 scoabs drinking on the canal bank each day.I dont want to have to finish a match because some dirtballs have started throwing stones at the players. I dont want to have to get alarms dogs gates etc to try protect my stuff. beacuase if i dont it gets robbed.I know this happens everywhere and its not unique to Limerick but i dont think thats an excuse.
Maybe its easier for someone that has never been a victim of crime to over look these things but the idea of some dirt ball being in your house never leaves you.
Your sending mixed signals too 80% to be wiped out yet standing up for the rights of a scoab to dress like a scoab i think your going soft i want Jebus in charge of the cul
Limerick born and raised. It's no worse than any other town in Ireland. Anybody can be shot or robbed or assaulted or murdered, at any time in any town, for any reason. All that statistical nonsense isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I only use the tabloids for my Dog to pi$$ on. Any Limerick person can tell you all this. I'm amazed by a few Limerick responses on here. Some of you have no pride in your home town.
I have lots of pride in the good things about the city thats why it kills me when i see it being ruined, and no its not the tabloids ruining the city its the scumbags.
Why is wanting to better your city seen as a bad thing ? What is likely to improve the city highlighting the situation or brushing it under the carpet.
Highlighting it has brought the regeneration plan to the city because politicians where forced to finally do something because of the coverage rather than just saying "its no worse than any where else" all the time.
Limerick is a dump infested with scumbagsIm not overly worried about the "gang war" id prefere if something was done, anything!!! at all about the amount of dirt balls in the city it seems that we have an extra large % of them in the city.you will prob get robbed by some herion addictHow many times in Rathbane did we have dirtballs throwing rocks over the wallYou cant have anything in the city that isnt a filthball magnetNow i find it hard to believe you have lived in Limerick for what 30+ years and have never been the victim of crime? Or have failed to notice the scoabs around the city.Bravo antosmall few fueding families
Unless it's a point about your middle class persecution complex and how you pick up all your information from the Daily Sun I suppose I am missing your point.Are you still missing the point im making ?
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