I don't know if the latest joyriding epidemic has reached Blanchardstown but they've certainly had their problems with it in years gone by. The council estates of Blanchardstown are every bit as rough as those in Coolock, Ballymun and Finglas so I find it hard to believe that the blacks are suddenly responsible for all anti-social behaviour in those parts. I live in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan myself and we have the most diverse population in the country. In my experience the blacks are the best behaved of all nationalities, including the Irish. The worst identifiable group are, by far, (settled) travellers.
I do tend to agree to some extent with Tim. It might be a different story as generations evolve. A man who teaches black and white kids of several nationalities up above in Dublin recently explained a key cultural difference to me... when he talks to black parents it's like talking to Irish parents of decades gone by, if bad behaviour is involved they'll go home and batter their kids, like proper batter them whereas the Irish parents will argue that their little angel couldn't possibly have done whatever's being reported. As the black kids become little angels of parents who acclimatise to our culture we could well see the problems experienced elsewhere. However, we have probably learned from our own experience in other countries as well as other countries' experiences... at least to the extent that immigrants get the best education money can buy so they can't complain about lack of opportunity as they may have done elsewhere.
Anywaysanall, as far as car related crime goes the immigrants are doing their bit. There's a gang of Eastern Europeans stealing wheels off new VW Golfs all over Dublin's Northside. I believe 16 cars had their wheels stolen on one night alone in Balgriffin/Clongriffin a couple of weeks ago.