Blanchardstown

[Rat Catcher]

According to the latest issue of Tacsaî magazine the Blanchardstown area is being terrorised by gangs of (offspring of) African immigrants. The report makes it sound like the Bronx in the 80s with delivery drivers and taximen being prominent targets. Apparently, the gangs are ordering parcels to their hideout addresses and using the mytaxi app to summon drivers for robbery.

According to the report, taxi drivers have a facility to covertly tip off Gardaî and colleagues if they feel unsafe. I'm not aware of that facility/system myself but it's not an area I work so I assume it's restricted to local drivers or maybe you have to be aligned to a Union to use it? Any drivers on here with access to the system?

[Tony]

Nope... Then again its an area I avoid, then again the northside is an area I never pick up in, I always get a shiver down my spine when I pass by darnhole..

[Rat Catcher]

I work Darndale quite a lot, never had a problem in it. I worked Blanch for a while years ago (pre-dreg) when Blue Cabs bought one of the local firms, again never had any serious issues but there were some no-go areas (e.g. The Shanty and the estate behind it, Laydyswell?)... However, BC only bought the local firm to get cars for IBM so the locals dwindled away within a few months.

[watty]

I think it's been resolved mostly.  The Guards arrested 1 or 2 young fellas.  And, coincidentally, the houses of a few of their relatives were firebombed.  I don't think there's been any more taxi robberies since then.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-home-firebombed-twice-by-mob-of-vigilantes-36597582.html

Gardaí are probing whether a vigilante mob firebombed a family home twice over the weekend in revenge for a spate of violent taxi robberies.

On Saturday night, a house in Tyrrelstown was badly damaged after a suspected accelerant was thrown through the front window while a family were inside.

An innocent mother and her three sons managed to escape the property without being seriously injured, but one person was treated for smoke inhalation. On Sunday, the house was once again set on fire - but the family had already fled the area.

The Irish Independent has learned that an 18-year-old is suspected of being a senior member of a teen gang that has caused havoc across the capital over the last year.

[dalymount]

I had 4 africians just before christmas to tyrelestown .needles to say they done a runner.one of them dropped his leap card getting out .I rang the leap card office at that time,they confirmed they ad details of yer man,but could not give them to me under data protection , but suggested I ask the cops to contact them which I did.a week later I had a visit from 3 detectives who came over to clontarf garda station from blanch.they told me about al the shit going out there with africians, but that was 5 months ago I haven't heard a thing since

[silverbullet]

Nope... Then again its an area I avoid, then again the northside is an area I never pick up in, I always get a shiver down my spine when I pass by darnhole..

Says a bloke from BallyClava.

[Octavia1]

I work Darndale quite a lot, never had a problem in it. I worked Blanch for a while years ago (pre-dreg) when Blue Cabs bought one of the local firms, again never had any serious issues but there were some no-go areas (e.g. The Shanty and the estate behind it, Laydyswell?)... However, BC only bought the local firm to get cars for IBM so the locals dwindled away within a few months.

Got stoned by bout 20 track suits last yer... Everyone the c...ts missed Me lucky octavia before it went to crusher.....
Wudnt go near that fukin dump...... Fuk em...
There's one way in an attempt one way out an no escape an alot of fukin animals livin in it

[Octavia1]

Blanch.... Turn yur light off..... Put the boot down an fuk off as quick as yu can...... Another zoo of shite drugs an parasites....
Fuk em

[Tony]

Blanch.... Turn yur light off..... Put the boot down an fuk off as quick as yu can...... Another zoo of shite drugs an parasites....
Fuk em

+1

[Belker]

Working in some of the 'Under-privileged' area's can be hard work.
Back in my early Bootleg days (when I had no sense at all) I often worked the rough areas of Cork, namely Knocknaheeny and the most notorious estate up there being Killala Gardens, I had about 3 good regular customers from that estate and my rules were always laid out to them in advance; "Mess with me once and you'll never see me again", and fer Killala Garden customers I added on; "Mess with me once and nobody from Killala Gardens will ever see me again".
To be fair they did understand, nobody in that estate wanted to be named as the man who Fooked Me over and that's why we can't get our late nite gargle anymore, and I never had a problem in that estate.

[Belker]

The closest that I came to trouble in that estate was a fella/trackie came out one night at about 5am. I had the cab turned and pointing out of the estate as is the norm, the deal had been done on the phone fer a slab at 2Euro per can + 10Euro delivery = 58Euro.
Mr Hero starts shouting; "58 Fookin Euro fer a Slab ! Are you Fookin Jokin ?"
I'm about to hit the accelarator when the original customer comes running out, grabs Mr Hero shouting at him;"Shut up ya fool, it's 5 in de morning, get back in de house ya Fookin fool". He walks up to me; "Sorry bout dat, here's 60, Sorry Bey".

Another night I had a Vod delivery to the same estate but to a different customer, out comes yer man 7am in the morning with what I thought was Biro marks all over his face and most likely done by an infant while he was asleep. I was wrong, they were actual tattoo's all over his face, he paid fer his bottle and said to me; "Ya really shouldn't be delivering in here, this is Fookin 'Apache-land' in er !".

[Octavia1]

Picked up 2 blokes in the dark outside the hilton n32 one nite..... Thought they we'r alright cause i thought comin out of hotel.... But the cute c...ts wernt...
Beaumont hospital he says looked around.... Yer man had been screwdrivered in through his nose an an out his cheek....
The stabbed bloke says fuk this.... We'r goin darndale....goin get the lads an kill them he sez...... Wen i heard that I could feel a shiver in me rectal area.... An a couple of farts escaped
So I says.... "Ya know ya can get septicaemia wen ya stabbed an liver failure an possible death within a few hours...... Wha says yer man..... Yea if there was any rust on it as well yu cud get lock jaw and complete paralysis as well...
.. Alright take us to Beaumont he said.....
The fuckin relief
Anyway 3 days later bloke found shot dead  in the field n32..      Don't know if related but lights off,doors locked and fukin flooring it

[Rat Catcher]

The trouble with working up above in Dublin is that you can encounter riff raff anywhere. I recall reading that Conor McGregor's co-accused in New York is from Dalkey. Similarly, I know one or two professionals who bought houses in council estates.

[mercenary for hire]

Old Blanch near the village is a relatively wealthy area.Dublin 15 is huge.You'd struggle to get from one end to the other for less than 20 quid on the meter.

It takes about 45 mins to walk from the Village to Ballycoolin.So probably 90 minutes walk from Ongar to Ballycoolin.

[The Liffey Lip]

I had 4 africians just before christmas to tyrelestown .needles to say they done a runner.one of them dropped his leap card getting out .I rang the leap card office at that time,they confirmed they ad details of yer man,but could not give them to me under data protection , but suggested I ask the cops to contact them which I did.a week later I had a visit from 3 detectives who came over to clontarf garda station from blanch.they told me about al the shit going out there with africians, but that was 5 months ago I haven't heard a thing since

You never will.....thanks to the NTA.