Serious assault in Temple Bar, Dublin

[TheJimi]

- https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/02/...

Being widely reported. Guy must be in a horrendous condition if he's unrecognisable.

"The Irish Independent also understands that the attackers left the victim but one returned a short time later and snapped the injured male's arm as he lay defenceless on the ground."

Bloody hell.

Edited by TheJimi on Saturday 21st February 17:18

[JoshSm]

Weird they felt it necessary to repeatedly claim 'Dublin is a safe city', maybe that isn't obvious?

At least they seem to have arrested a couple of people.

[Eric Mc]

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

[J6542]

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

The prices are a better reason

[clive_candy]

J6542 said:

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

The prices are a better reason

[Quattromaster]

JoshSm said:

Weird they felt it necessary to repeatedly claim 'Dublin is a safe city', maybe that isn't obvious?

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Had my stag in Dublin in 2003, only 5 of us, I’m a miserable fecker, lol.

Walking back towards city centre from the Guinness brewery tour we spotted a short cut across a park, we weren’t 20 foot in when we were jumped by Garda, suggesting we didn’t continue through the park, and took the long route back.

Said druggie scallywags in the park were known to jump you, hold a needle to your neck, say it was infected and rob you, bless em.

Strangely I’ve never felt the urge to venture back.

[Countdown]

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

Don’t be so hard on yourself

[Earthdweller]

Parts of Dublin are really quite nice, the north inner city and temple bar are as sketchy as fk though

There's been quite a few serious assaults recently with a number of foreign tourists being attacked, I think the US issued a travel advisory after a couple of very nasty attacks on US tourists with one being left in a coma

Recently two Guards ( Police) on foot patrol in Temple Bar were attacked by a sole knife-wielding attacker with one receiving quite serious injuries

[TheJimi]

Beating someone up to that extent, inc smashing a electric scooter onto their head, then coming back to break their arm, and take off and throw away their shoes - hard not to conclude it wasn't random.

[Mortarboard]

Two arrested.

M.

[TwinKam]

We've been in and around the Temple Bar area today and tonight. Felt safe, it's busy, more beggars than I'd expected, but they're not aggressive.
We commented how nice it was to see a fair few Garda walking around, and only heard this news on the hotel TV just now, so now it makes more sense.

[spikeyhead]

I was in Dublin last year, spending time in and around Temple bar in the evenings.

I'd descibe it as lively but not scary. we were staying in Rathmines, about a mile and a half south of Temple Bar and had no issues strolling back there at midnight.

Like any busy area, it's not perfect, but from what I saw I really woun't catagorise it as dangerous

[KAgantua]

Out with my cousins in dub few years back we opened a lift in a multi storey car park... three bag heads injecting up.

Not a nice place

[Eric Mc]

Countdown said:

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

Don t be so hard on yourself

Never frequented the place when I lived there. But, to be fair, in those days it was a fairly inoocuous set of side streets in the shadow of the hideous Central Bank building.

[magpie215]

J6542 said:

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

The prices are a better reason

Friends of ours were there few days ago iirc they said 18 euros for 2 pints of Guinness!

[andymc]

Is it any different to any major city?

[RDMcG]

No better or worse. LIke Eric I never frequented the place when I lived there and it is a typical tourist trap. Not massively violent typically which is why this got a lot of reporting .

[Mortarboard]

Theres a couple of methadone clinics in the central area, which leads to smack heads injecting, begging etc in the surrounds, which doesn't help.

Could do with a more visible foot patrol presence (like many cities worldwide)

M.

[spikeyhead]

andymc said:

Is it any different to any major city?

No, it's got its bad points, but nothing that causes any reasonable person that knows how to behave in a big city any concern

[Mr Squarekins]

Countdown said:

Eric Mc said:

I'm off to Dublin next week. A good reason to avoid Temple Bar.

Don t be so hard on yourself