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A selection of the many angry letters to The Irish Times about inner city risk https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/07/25/unsafe-streets-and-public-disorder/
#LawAndDisorder

Sir, – I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the photo of Helen McEntee and Paschal Donohoe walking down Talbot Street with two gardaí and announcing how safe it was!

Are they really so removed from reality?

Unbelievable! – Yours, etc,

JANE BEHAN,

Baldoyle,

Dublin 13.

Sir, – As a very senior citizen I would have no problem walking in the area off Talbot Street, or even in Talbot Street, in the middle of the night if I had two senior gardaí to accompany me. I would also be happy to do it by day without any accompanying gardaí. I would be even happier if either of these walks resulted in my photo on the front page of The Irish Times. – Yours, etc,

KATHLEEN FORDE,

Whitehall,

Dublin 9.

Unsafe streets and public disorder
Escalating crisis shows how disconnected from reality the Government has become
Tue Jul 25 2023 - 00:14

Sir, – In Helen McEntee’s first year as Minister for Justice, Urantsetseg Tserendorj, a Mongolian woman working in Dublin, was stabbed near Store Street Garda station. Ms Tserendorj’s untimely death was a warning of the consequences of surrendering control of the inner city.

Last week another foreigner was assaulted in the same area, this time an American tourist. It prompted Ms McEntee’s well-publicised safari into Talbot Street. Her subsequent claim that “our city is safe” would be laughable were the consequences of her negligence less grave.

This escalating crisis shows how disconnected from reality the Government has become. We need a Minister who spends less time inventing laws; making sure our existing laws are kept is clearly a full-time job. – Yours, etc,

AIDAN HARTE,

Naas,

Co Kildare.

Jul 25, 2023, 06:43 AM··Web

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