According to a recent study, Dublin has the highest rate of gun murder in Europe. The rate is almost as high as some cities in the U.S. like Washington D.C.
So far this year, 19 gun murders, all of which were gang related, have occurred in Ireland’s capital city, which has a population of 1.2 million. The study, published by Ireland’s Sunday Tribune, reveals that the murder rate is ridiculously high compared to rates in Britain.
In Glasgow, Scotland, population 2.3 million, there have been zero gun killings in 2009. Meanwhile, just one murder has occurred in Edinburgh, where one million people reside.
Shockingly, Dublin has almost twice the amount of gun murders as London, even though the English capital’s population is almost six times higher at 7.7 million. 11 people have been shot dead in London so far this year. (IrishCentral.com)
Secondo una recente indagine, Dublino ha il più alto tasso di omicidi da arma da fuoco in Europa. Il tasso è addirittura simile a quello di alcune città americane, come Washingotn D.C.
Finora nella capitale irlandese, che ha una popolazione di 1.2 milioni di abitanti, ci sono stati diciannove omicidi per arma da fuoco, tutti legati alle gang. Lo studio, pubblicato dall’Ireland’s Sunday Tribune, mostra che questo tasso è assurdamente elevato rispetto alle città della Gran Bretagna.
A Glasgow, in Scozia, con una popolazione di 2.3 milioni di abitanti, non ci sono state nel 2009 morti da arma da fuoco. Solo una vittima invece ad Edinburgo, che ha un milione di persone che vi risiedono stabilmente.
Ancora più incredibile, Dublino ha quasi il doppio delle morti da arma da fuoco di Londra: la capitale inglese, che ha sei volte il numero degli abitanti di Dublino, 7.7 milioni di abitanti, ha visto morire a causa di armi da fuoco 11 persone finora durante quest’anno.












So it’s now out in the open, I hate to say it but Dublin is Fear city. This city and the whole of Ireland need HELP!
Particularly Dublin as it has become a melting pot of drugs and murder. I hope this official statistic wakes up politicians and Guards to do something, anything!!!
Now being a Dubliner, I have to leave with the badge of it been officially EUROPE’S MURDER CAPITAL due to scummy gang leaders who sell drugs and will KILL for it….
Get these crime gang scumbags out of our country.
SICK and FRIGHTENED
By: SeamusP on November 11, 2009
at 2:52 pm
Very very sad, I worked in Dublin at the time of the boom just outside of Clondalkin and spent many a drunken night in Dublin on my own without any fear or hassle meeting many freindly strangers on me way.Things must have changed drastically.Can’t remember the dates now but you still had Gaelic money back then and Bertie Ahern was Taoiseach.
By: Stefan Gillies on November 11, 2009
at 9:50 pm
Hi SeamusP, I sadly read your comment. I think that, in EVERY european capital there’s drugs and murders. Even in Rome, Paris, London, Amsterdam. Everywhere. You say “the whole of Ireland need HELP!”…tell me, what kind of help are you thinking?
By: Eristelle on November 11, 2009
at 10:44 pm