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GARDAÍ HAVE PLACED undercover units on the Dart to combat a spate of anti-social incidents on the line in recent weeks.
Various videos have been shared online showing serious violent acts in the Malahide, Howth and Sutton areas of north county Dublin.
A video emerged at the start of this month showing a young woman falling between a Dart and the platform at Howth Junction station.
A group of teenagers had attempted to hit her and get in her way moments before she fell. Three teenage boys, two aged 16 and one aged 13, were arrested last week in relation to the incident. They were since released without charge.
Locals have long called for an additional garda presence in the area, especially around summertime when groups of young people congregate in the seaside towns.
As a result of several violent incidences, garda management has ordered that both uniformed and covert units be placed at these stations during times when anti-social behaviour is at its most frequent.
Each chief superintendent in Dublin has implemented policing plans in respect of their own divisions, specifically targeting public transport including Luas, buses, Dart, trains and recreational areas.
Gardaí are also conducting both overt and covert patrols of various public transport to address incidents of non-compliance of Covid laws, incidences of anti-social behaviour or any other criminal offences.
Last week, The Journal travelled to these north county towns to speak to locals about the upturn in violent incidences in their localities.
Jonathan Cooke owns the local newsagent Anne’s in Howth. He told TheJournal he is “sick to his back teeth” dealing with what he described as “gangs of young people”.
“They’re out there drinking, doing drugs, fighting, throwing cans at people, jumping into the water in the nude. They’ve also been heard shouting racist things at people as well. For me, I just can’t take them.
“It’s about to kick off again when the kids are out of school. The amount of drink they bring with them is unreal. We need more gardaí big time. I am highly critical of the gardaí but I still want more of them. On Saturday and Sunday, we could have 5,000 or 6,000 people here and there is no garda presence there are no gardaí on the beat. Visibility is key,” Cooke added.
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But only the darker skin people died so in his book it is a success.
@Jeanniejampots: Not only, the fact any darker skin people died is a resounding success for him
More casualties than 9/11 & 90 billion in damages, yea sure that’s o.k. So, does he even know what he’s talking about? You would have to wonder!
Trump Trump Trump, the Journal has a serious hard on for Trump
@Karen Ryan: you’ve a serious hard on for Ben Shapiro.
@West Cork Lad: how come ?
@Karen Ryan: Are you ok? Can you not find another news outlet?
@Karen Ryan: So the press should ignore it when someone in as high a position as Trump says something that is very clearly not true??. The press writes so much about Trump because he gives them good reason to most of the time plus the job of the press and of any form of journalism is to hold those in power accountable for there actions and if Trump says something asinine as this the press has a right to call him on it because even a die hard Trump supporter shouldn’t be him here, the stats speak for themselves and the US handling of the hurricane was a shambles as shown by the fact that the death toll is still rising almost a year later
@Karen Ryan: he is a tool.
@Seamus Mc Meel: I’m great Seamus thanks for asking , I have plenty of news outlets I watch them all its good to take it all in ……
Not to mention the electricity rebuilding contractor Whitefish Energy, and ties to a major Trump donor
Trump Derangement Syndrome in motion again. He is damned when does & damned when he doesn’t.
@Declan Carroll: Because he Does stupid stuff and Doesn’t do anything good for anyone
@Ciarān: This was from news reports at the time :
9,500 cargo containers with medicine, food, and other goods were stuck at the port of San Juan. It noted they need the local truck drivers to move the goods if they’re going to receive the next shipment of supplies currently on its way.
CNBC blamed failure to move the supplies on the inability of trucking companies to contact their drivers to get them to go to work and on a lack of fuel for the delivery trucks. Local media have reported a different reason: truck drivers with the Puerto Rican Teamsters Union, Frente Amplio, are allegedly refusing to move the supplies.
According to the local TV station WAPA, the strike is over a recently passed law: “el proyecto del Senado 525 que da paso a la Ley de Transformación Administrativa de la Comisión de Servicio Público,” also called “el Proyecto del Senado 525.”
The law caused a rift with unions by placing control and regulation of public transportation in Puerto Rico under the local Public Service Commission.
Colonel Michael A. Valle, director of the Joint Air Component Coordination Element, responsible for Hurricane Maria relief efforts in the area, told Huffington Post, “The aid is getting to Puerto Rico. The problem is distribution … Supplies we have. Trucks we have. There are ships full of supplies, backed up in the ports.
Valle said the problem is “only 20 percent of the truck drivers show up to work.” there were other reports that the union drivers wanted $50 an hour to deliver .
and now it’s Trumps fault !!
Who said anything about the Puerto Ricans ? I was referring to the management if you read the post and just to clarify I didn’t cut and paste from the daily caller I posted from another site but I must have a look and see what they did report. it aint no comedy at all my dear very tragic what happened but you had the mayor of San Juan blaming Trump when the relief was there. she is trying to cover up for her incompetence the same woman is been sued by Yadira Molina
@neilo: Who said anything about the Puerto Ricans ? I was referring to the management if you read the post and just to clarify I didn’t cut and paste from the daily caller I posted from another site but I must have a look and see what they did report. it aint no comedy at all my dear very tragic what happened but you had the mayor of San Juan blaming Trump when the relief was there. she is trying to cover up for her incompetence the same woman is been sued by Yadira Molina
@Karen Ryan: he’s a nob and a tool.
@Karen Ryan: you are so full of it
Trump should have enacted his weather control powers
Most of those criticizing Trump’s FEMA response in Puerto Rico have nothing to say about George W Bush and Katrina.
Hysterical since the Puerto Rico response was being hampered by the mayor of San Juan for months
@Drian Buffy: Your right .. Trump just upholding the tradition of privatisation following a disaster.
While the Journal continuously post about Trump where is their report on the EU copyright directive is ADOPTED by the European Parliament with 438 votes in favor, 226 against and 39 abstentions. Publishers rights and platform liability for copyrighted content are in the text. this is bad news for us ,
@Karen Ryan: go home Karen
@Colin Reilly: I’m at home , or was that statement “shut up” I enjoy free speech and if it offends you don’t read it …………. don’t call the hurty police line on me now …!!
Some needs to say it “A BULLSHITTER”
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