@sinabhfuil another reason to avoid buses with my disabled daughter 
we’d have no chance if trouble began
@sinabhfuil I’ve an older relative who was a Dublin Bus driver in the ‘90s and ‘00s. Very stressful job and this type of incident is something I’d have heard retold at family gatherings.
@MarkMaguire @sinabhfuil it's not new. Why it's getting media coverage now and not then is an interesting question.
I'm not convinced the inner city is worse either. It was maybe better for a few years, but it's always been grim and had lots of places I moved fast and purposefully when I was a teenager.
@Colman @sinabhfuil Cyclical story on one level but no change for drivers and passengers in terms of safety and security. There’s very little either can do when something kicks off on board - everyone’s just stuck in a tight space with fists and feet flying, usually waiting for the Gardaí to arrive or for one party or both to exit the bus. It’s grim.
@Colman @MarkMaguire @sinabhfuil it got media coverage then as well. But there was no social media to amplify it on.
@IanMoore3000 @Colman @sinabhfuil There’s that alright.
@Colman @sinabhfuil Agree about city centre, my experience too. Also where I live in Northside suburbs has actually been relatively quiet recently touch wood. But from about mid-‘00s through to around 2018 there were almost regular shootings, dissident rackets and drug-gang killings in broad day light, including outside Creches and primary school gates. Seems a little quieter now but who knows when it resurges?