An interesting article on Northside People.
A Dublin Northside Labour Party politician, Joe Costello, openly speaks his mind (and a lot of sense!) about the current gangland and drug scene in Dublin and Ireland.
According to him, the drug industry is currently the strongest growing "industry" in recession Ireland, supposedly a multi-billion Euro operation.
Another politician, Cyprian Brady from the infamous Fianna Fáil (spell: F-A-I-L!) babbled something senseless to answer Costello's viewpoint: apparently, Labour's "voting records clearly show that they cannot be taken seriously on crime". What the hell does the one thing have to do with the other? And, in return, how is Ireland looking after years of the infamous and incompetent reign of Fianna Fáil?
Anyway, have a read and judge by yourself. Living in this place and having lived in many other countries and cities before, I can clearly say that what's going on in this country and in Dublin is NOT normal, it shows that large groups / parts of the population are de-grading massively and that respect for human life is declining enormously.
http://www.dublinpeople.com/content/view/2923/57/
