Blunden Drive is on my cruising route. Never had an issue there but I have come under missile attack elsewhere including:
- Most recent, gang of 20+ youths in Darndale - up by the informal narcotics market known as "the patch". Something hit my car making an almighty bang as I passed but I didn't find any damage, there is a new dent in a rear wheel arch but I suspect that was done in Lidl's car park, no proof either way.
- Egg thrown at the windscreen on Oscar Traynor Road - between Northside SC and Dundaniel Rd. Two young lads involved on that occasion, the lad that threw the egg should try out for his local cricket club, he got it dead centre with considerable force.
- Roof Sign smashed on Swords Rd - near Fast Fit, Santry. Pretty sure I saw the same couple of lads launching missiles on Oscar Traynor Rd within a few days but they missed on that occasion. Possibly using a pellet gun.
- Significant dent put in back door by missile launched from the pedestrian bridge in Fairview.
- Good few years back, shopping trolley launched on to M1 from Shantalla Bridge, managed to hit the breaks hard enough for it to fall in front of me merely destroying the front bumper.
Only one I reported to the Gardai was the shopping trolley. They sent a car down to recover the trolley and told me it was owned by Tesco in case I wanted to claim damages. Didn't bother in the end, just got a second hand bumper and a can of spray paint.