Replying To Commodore: "For the last 15 -20 years, every new housing development in Ireland has been required to have both public and private housing, the objective was to abolish the "Council estate" tag, to no longer marginalize those from lower income families. In time that should start producing environments that have less negative influences to youngsters.
As for a more immediate solution, FF/FG Government basically started offering younger criminals from inner City Dublin the chance for them and their families to move out to others places upon release from prison to start over, provided with social housing, furniture etc and options to enrole in the ETB courses while getting full payments. A new life.
The problem is that it has enabled the drug industry to spread more rapidly to every rural corner of Ireland, rather than give up crime, they used this as a networking tool. Not all have done that, but we seen a noticeable surge in drug availablity in tiny rural villages and it seemed to coincide.
Also we have people regularly in court with over 100 previous convictions, who are given €300 fines and maybe 2 months in prison, its a joke. Then if locals attempt to deal with such anti-social behaviour, the Gardai are all over the locals, almost like they are protecting the criminals. If they seriously want to stamp out repeated criminal offending, they need they need to start putting people with exhaustive criminal records away for 10 - 20 years."
The guards and the North police know only too well who the main drug dealers are. Can't understand why they're not dealt with and dealt hard. Ireland is ruined with the filth.
Have never seen sense in say a 5 year sentence with the final 2 suspended.
If you want prison to truly reform someone, make them do a year inside, with the following 10 years suspended. Break the law, in any way, upon release and serve a further 10.
Its a joke, seen court cases in Letterkenny in recent years with lads with over 100 previous convictions getting away with a small fine and light slap on the hand.
Have never seen sense in say a 5 year sentence with the final 2 suspended.
If you want prison to truly reform someone, make them do a year inside, with the following 10 years suspended. Break the law, in any way, upon release and serve a further 10.
You get 1 chance."
Thats a ridiculously hard right wing attitude that i could never agree with and dont see many in politics agree with either Break law in any way? What crimes would you see that person then do another 10 years in prison? Prison should be about reform but how would you fund all this extra cost of people potentially being in prison longer?
On the third level thing. i must have grown up very priviledged and my parents, both their families, all bar 1 went to third level,, only 1 who didnt, went to agricultural college as he took over family farm