Look on the Bright side, ya don't live in Louth !
I work up above in Dublin so I experience complete breakdown of law and order, sometimes on a daily basis. It's frustrating to see open gangland warfare destroy the city and equally frustrating to see it spread to rural towns and villages. It's not a laughing matter, Gardai seem to have very little interest in enforcing the law, particularly in working class areas.
By contrast, my sister who lives in what would be considered to be an affluent rural area of Fingal recently noticed what she thought was prowlers climbing a gate into her garden from her field and within 10 minutes her property was surrounded by Gardai on the ground with a helicopter providing light. Fortunately it just turned out to be a couple of over enthusiastic "lampers".