Baron of the bench the panhandlin’ master
Well, I’m pullin’ twenty G’s a year
I know it ain’t much but at least I’m in touch, yeah
With reality
And I wouldn’t trade no places to be in rat races
No siree
Harry Molloy
Well isn’t he the divil
Bort
“Homeless” lad on Pembroke st get’s dropped off every morning, sets out his card board like he’s been sleeping there all night, puts up a “please help” sign in his runners, gets into his sleeping bag and goes asleep. Sometimes he changes shift after lunch. Sometimes it’s a different lad same MO and sometimes there’s a guy with the exact same set up at the same time on Fitzwilliam st at the exact same time. When he or the multiple guys doing the same gig is out of the sleeping bag he looks like an Italian tourist. Skinny jeans, puffer jacket, fancy runners. I notice he hasn’t been back after the Xmas break.
There’s also a deaf beggar who has been operating around College Green, Grafton St, Exchequer St for as far as I know over 15 years. Small guy with glasses, hands out a piece of paper, I’ve seen him net 10 euro in a minute outside Keoghs or the Stags Head numerous time. Well he lives in a big gaff in Drumcondra.
bleeschmn
Jaysus, next you’ll be telling me that deaf people actually work and have jobs!
I’ve seen that lad a load of times, I don’t know about a big house, but he’s definitely a cheeky arsehole.
Gah!
He can also get violent with women if they don’t give him money.
Birneybau2
Yeah, he tried with an ex of mine.
Spends most of the cash in the bookies.
Brother Barnabas
he kicked me on the knee for telling him what to do with himself (with a hand gesture)
the rumour is that he’s the illegitimate spawn of matt the jap, but I don’t think that’s true
he’s in and out of the bookies behind kehoe’s all day
brian
he’s a little b*llix…. harasses woman and aggressively taps people on the shoulder.
Casey
So….. am I the only one to read here that you like stalking beggers?
*Arkward*
winner
No
bisted
…you wouldn’t have to change that sign much to make it apply to the priests in Co Kildare…
bleeschmn
It’s not even a man, it’s an emperor penguin!
Cian
There’s a large household (not sure if actually related to say family) in Maynooth who go around towns in North Kildare. Set up sleeping bags etc in doorways in the late evening and go back to the house when the pubs have closed. If its an abnormally quiet night for marks giving them money they’ll go home earlier.
Nigel
Gotta say, I’m inclined to think in these cases the crime is the punishment. Sitting or standing on a street all day with your hand out? I dunno, maybe it’s better than a mind-numbing assembly line or flipping burgers, but not by much. It’s horrible to have to worry about whether the money you’re giving is going to someone genuinely needy or not, though.
Rob_G
Just give your money to homeless charities instead of beggars; that way you know that it will be put to good use.
Joe Cool
There’s a gang of them in maynooth. A roma gang of about 6 or 7 strategically placed all around the town. They walk amongst traffic and sit outside the church of a Sunday. Everyone knows the have a house in the town. They are a massive issue
DV
Same crowd alright. This guy has been seen getting in and out of his car. He begs about 200 metres from his parked car
Nidge
Seen them, wouldn’t be at all surprised if they were involved in the taking of the large plant pots that were put in place to stop begging at the office used by Tidy Towns.
Joe Cool
I was wondering where they went to
gerry
No sure they’re a big issue really. The housing crisis and the Emergency room crisis would be big issues.
Rob_G
Do you think, until the big issues are categorically solved, that we can’t give any attention to the smaller issues?
Pixxyman
There was one of those crappy investigation programs on TV3 where they watched a Roma ‘gang’ to prove they were collecting money and handing it over to the men.
They followed the women leaving a Georgian house as a group and setting up around the city to beg, then in the evening returning to their large house. He went in, had a look around and it was basically 50 people living in squalid conditions and using every penny they collected to get by. I watched that poxy program only to find out, no it wasn’t some organised gang. Just a large community of Romany trying to survive.
But its seriously annoying up around Peter’s pub and that area if you are outside or around the Stags head drinking corner. Every 15-20 mins somebody is shuffling around looking for cash. Its usually the junkies that are the pushie ones.
Tony
Wait. Does this mean that all homeless people and beggars are scam artists? The Home Sweet Home people are going to be horrified. But thank god someone caught this before it went too far.
Andy
Yes. that’s what it means…..
Paul Davis
You would need your head examined to give money to the “homeless” at least triple the amount on Thursday to Saturday night.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews 13:2
Rug
God, the comments on this article are the worst. Are we meant to believe people begging on the street are getting rich off it? It’s cold and wet and a pretty boring and humiliating way to make money.
eric cartman
I live in leixlip, the guy gets dropped off in a fairly new E class mercedes every morning to leixlip by a man who coordinates a load of them. The same car can be seen dropping off kids to sell roses around temple bar on weekends. They all live together in a large house in maynooth. It just organised begging.
Plenty of room in Apollo house for him.
to quote Ugly Kid Joe:
Baron of the bench the panhandlin’ master
Well, I’m pullin’ twenty G’s a year
I know it ain’t much but at least I’m in touch, yeah
With reality
And I wouldn’t trade no places to be in rat races
No siree
Well isn’t he the divil
“Homeless” lad on Pembroke st get’s dropped off every morning, sets out his card board like he’s been sleeping there all night, puts up a “please help” sign in his runners, gets into his sleeping bag and goes asleep. Sometimes he changes shift after lunch. Sometimes it’s a different lad same MO and sometimes there’s a guy with the exact same set up at the same time on Fitzwilliam st at the exact same time. When he or the multiple guys doing the same gig is out of the sleeping bag he looks like an Italian tourist. Skinny jeans, puffer jacket, fancy runners. I notice he hasn’t been back after the Xmas break.
There’s also a deaf beggar who has been operating around College Green, Grafton St, Exchequer St for as far as I know over 15 years. Small guy with glasses, hands out a piece of paper, I’ve seen him net 10 euro in a minute outside Keoghs or the Stags Head numerous time. Well he lives in a big gaff in Drumcondra.
Jaysus, next you’ll be telling me that deaf people actually work and have jobs!
I’ve seen that lad a load of times, I don’t know about a big house, but he’s definitely a cheeky arsehole.
He can also get violent with women if they don’t give him money.
Yeah, he tried with an ex of mine.
Spends most of the cash in the bookies.
he kicked me on the knee for telling him what to do with himself (with a hand gesture)
the rumour is that he’s the illegitimate spawn of matt the jap, but I don’t think that’s true
he’s in and out of the bookies behind kehoe’s all day
he’s a little b*llix…. harasses woman and aggressively taps people on the shoulder.
So….. am I the only one to read here that you like stalking beggers?
*Arkward*
No
…you wouldn’t have to change that sign much to make it apply to the priests in Co Kildare…
It’s not even a man, it’s an emperor penguin!
There’s a large household (not sure if actually related to say family) in Maynooth who go around towns in North Kildare. Set up sleeping bags etc in doorways in the late evening and go back to the house when the pubs have closed. If its an abnormally quiet night for marks giving them money they’ll go home earlier.
Gotta say, I’m inclined to think in these cases the crime is the punishment. Sitting or standing on a street all day with your hand out? I dunno, maybe it’s better than a mind-numbing assembly line or flipping burgers, but not by much. It’s horrible to have to worry about whether the money you’re giving is going to someone genuinely needy or not, though.
Just give your money to homeless charities instead of beggars; that way you know that it will be put to good use.
There’s a gang of them in maynooth. A roma gang of about 6 or 7 strategically placed all around the town. They walk amongst traffic and sit outside the church of a Sunday. Everyone knows the have a house in the town. They are a massive issue
Same crowd alright. This guy has been seen getting in and out of his car. He begs about 200 metres from his parked car
Seen them, wouldn’t be at all surprised if they were involved in the taking of the large plant pots that were put in place to stop begging at the office used by Tidy Towns.
I was wondering where they went to
No sure they’re a big issue really. The housing crisis and the Emergency room crisis would be big issues.
Do you think, until the big issues are categorically solved, that we can’t give any attention to the smaller issues?
There was one of those crappy investigation programs on TV3 where they watched a Roma ‘gang’ to prove they were collecting money and handing it over to the men.
They followed the women leaving a Georgian house as a group and setting up around the city to beg, then in the evening returning to their large house. He went in, had a look around and it was basically 50 people living in squalid conditions and using every penny they collected to get by. I watched that poxy program only to find out, no it wasn’t some organised gang. Just a large community of Romany trying to survive.
But its seriously annoying up around Peter’s pub and that area if you are outside or around the Stags head drinking corner. Every 15-20 mins somebody is shuffling around looking for cash. Its usually the junkies that are the pushie ones.
Wait. Does this mean that all homeless people and beggars are scam artists? The Home Sweet Home people are going to be horrified. But thank god someone caught this before it went too far.
Yes. that’s what it means…..
You would need your head examined to give money to the “homeless” at least triple the amount on Thursday to Saturday night.
Seriously gullible people out there…
Do you not believe homeless people exist?
In Dublin we probably have about a dozen genuinely homeless people at most. The rest are scam artists
Not bad for a city of nearly 1.5m people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1c9g2z4sSM
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews 13:2
God, the comments on this article are the worst. Are we meant to believe people begging on the street are getting rich off it? It’s cold and wet and a pretty boring and humiliating way to make money.
I live in leixlip, the guy gets dropped off in a fairly new E class mercedes every morning to leixlip by a man who coordinates a load of them. The same car can be seen dropping off kids to sell roses around temple bar on weekends. They all live together in a large house in maynooth. It just organised begging.