Train drivers should always feel safe and protected. But spokespeople from our national rail service calling north of Connolly “bandit country” is a disgraceful and unhelpful slur. @IrishRail @OCallaghanCian @donna_cooney1 @AodhanORiordain @broadsheet_ie pic.twitter.com/tRRMSR6A19
— olga wehrly (@olgawehrly) June 22, 2018
Dart drivers fear for lives as ‘bandits’ attack trains (RTÉ)
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What would you like to call them Olga? Troubled teens with social issues? Sure god love them they’re only doing a wee bit of intimidation and vandalism, let’s not be mean to them [insert roll eye emoji here if there was one].
She’s upset at being a Northsider.
Joking aside, a proper transport force. And not trainee Garda just out of Templemore, you want the big Gods of men who patrol the Luas the odd time.
Get the finger out Shane. You are quick enough when Gay Byrne wants something implemented.
A good hiding never hurt anyone
Great, I’ll meet you behind the fives court so.
I think he’s being kind using that description.
Who is this Connolly person?
it is bandit country. and the next time i get mugged there I’ll be sure to tell my attackers that they should behave as this is an area steeped in literary heritage. I can’t wait to see the embarassment on their faces.
Have you ever been to Raheny?
yea it’s plush. so is Clontarf, Sutton etc. but that’s not where theyre talking about. the rougher parts are rougher than the rough parts of the south.
Eh Olga. It was one driver said it (at least in the bit that’s photoed in your tweet). One driver does not “spokespeople from our national rail service” make. I’m from that side of town. Whatever about how some of them express themselves, I’d support the drivers and the vast majority of ordinary passengers in getting something done about anti-social behaviour on the Dart.
Not by cutting off the service and making ridiculous comments about a huge area of Dublin over a small number of incidents.
If theres banditry in the area does that not make it the very definition of bandit country? Seems fairly accurate.
Why are the little gits attacking DART drivers? They have no money onboard to rob, I never heard this story until now. It doesn’t make sense
Judged by that list Raheny and beyond’s literary heritage is rather a grandiose claim.
scumbags gona scumbag
Erwin Schrödinger as a literary giant? Maybe before you open the book?
Erwin Schrodinger? Would he be of the Lusk Schrodingers by any chance?