The streets around the capital’s main thoroughfare are in the spotlight after a serious attack on an American tourist, just weeks after a Ukrainian actor was attacked shortly after performing at the Abbey Theatre.
BUSINESS OWNERS AND workers on Dublin’s Talbot Street and O’Connell Street say anti-social behaviour and shoplifting are commonplace in the area.
Sandra Gallagher, store manager of the popular Talbot Street shop Guineys, said that local businesses have been told that there will be a bigger garda presence in the area from August of this year. Gallgaher said that was not soon enough. Opened in March, the O’Connell Street Garda Station came as part of an effort to increase the presence of gardaí in Dublin city centre.Other workers in the area made similar comments about the lack of a visible garda presence.
One said he couldn’t understand why the Gardaí would not place one or two members of the force constantly on patrol at either end of the street. She said she frequently called gardai to come to the shop because of shoplifting but “they would wait a long time to come – hours”.Not everyone in the area agreed however that O’Connell Street and the city centre has become dangerous.
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