He also acknowledged that he hasn’t yet got the stats to prove one way or the other whether assaults and other crimes are on the rise in Dublin - but he says that ultimately doesn’t matter if people don’t feel safe. Mr De Roiste says whatever his own perception it has become clear after recent incidents of violence in Talbot Street and in Temple Bar in particular, that many people no longer feel safe going into the city. But as I said when we are starting from such a low base we do need high visibility policing,” he said. “We can’t just police our way out of this. We need to be getting stakeholders around a table to look at a more medium to long term plan. But also there’s a medium to long term approach. “I’ll be looking forward to questioning the Assistant Commissioner as this beds in to see how many of these shifts are being taken up because my previous worry was that gardai are already overworked and I suppose I’d love to know what the take up is of the extra overtime shifts. I have seen an increased presence of gardai on the streets. “To be honest I’ve seen it around the city. We need more high visibility policing on the streets of Dublin. “So what I’d say is there’s two things going on here. He pointed to the recent E10M plan announced by Justice Minister Helen McEntee to increase garda visibility in Dublin - and said time must be given to determine the effect this will have on crime in the city. The Lord Mayor, who recently took part in a major Joint Policing Committee meeting with Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis, says in his view there is a major perception among the public of a problem - and that this must be solved by greater garda visibility. “As Lord Mayor of Dublin and as somebody who walks the streets of Dublin every single day, I feel safe when I walk around the city but obviously I understand that there’s a perception of it being unsafe.”
READ MORE: 'Where is Dlava?’ The first words of sister of debs crash victim as she wakes from coma “I’m saying I feel safe but I one million per cent acknowledge that a lot of people don’t feel safe in Dublin and I accept that that’s a problem and that needs to be addressed,” Mr de Roiste told this paper in an exclusive interview. The Lord Mayor of Dublin says he feels safe walking the streets of the capital - but accepts that many people don’t.įianna Fail councillor Daithí de Róiste, who is currently Dublin’s ‘First Citizen’ and occupier of the Mansion House, says he’s “not blind” to the recent spate of violence in the city - and believes there’s a wide public perception that the capital is not safe.
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