That’s horrific. Did the homophobic POS assailant get caught?
On Dame St near Gay Spar at 3:30 am on Saturday night.
If anyone saw anything, I’m sure the Gardaí will want to know. Please contact them.
Absolute scum. Poor lad.
Shocking. Just so wrong.
I’m disgusted about what happened to you and wish you a speedy recovery. Hope the person is caught and punished for this. Nobody is safe when there are people like that walking around looking for ways to release their aggression because they themselves are losers.
Ah ffs, thought we as a country had gotten past this kind of shit. Apparently not
It’s so funny cause years ago like 5 6 7 years back, even walking down the street passing Crumlin, alone, at 10pm or 11pm is something I just… do. Now, I don’t even dare to walk around city centre at 9pm, leave alone in a quiet neighborhood.
I wish you a speedy recovery OP.
Leo Varadkar talking nonsense about hate crime in relation to this.
More Gardaí and tougher sentencing is what we need. Dublin City Centre is a shithole right now regardless of one’s gender, sexuality etc.
Every week if you read the courts section in the newspaper there’s usually something like “the defendant who has 110 previous convictions“.
So disappointing that this kind of thing still happens here, hope you get better soon man and I hope the guy who did it gets caught and punished appropriately.
Shocking. I hope the attacker is caught and charged appropriately. Sorry they won’t let you be you
When people ask “Why do we still need Gay Pride”, this is why.
Absolute scum bag.
Hope this guy makes a speedy recovery!
First off horrific attack and definitely should not have happened but we Irish need to stop deluding ourselves that this is shocking and how could it happen in 2022.
There seems to be a bubble of civility we have pulled up around us (maybe so we feel better) but while there has been lots of positive change there are still certain sections of society that have not caught up.
Typically they are the lawless type that don’t give a shit abouy beating the shite out of someone. So while I welcome what Vardakar is saying without proper policing and sentencing it will just paste over and leave us with that false sense of security again.
That should be jail time, even if the person who did it had been a saint previously. There’s not many people who would have it in them to do this to a person, there needs to be a real consequence or it’ll happen again.
Disgusting behavior. I hope whoever did this is caught and prosecuted.
That’s just appalling.
Best of luck with your recovery.
I hope the perpetrator is caught and punished.
This is a terrible thing that happened to you. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Sorry that happened to I bud
Sure it was only in the mid 2010’s when my cousin was nearly beaten to death my a few lads in my local park for being gay. They dragged him over to the railings so they could put his head against them and kick it.
Absolutely disgusting. Poor fella.
Some of these comments suggesting it’s a rare occurrence or that we have no proof of homophobic motives are so ignorant of the gay experience in Ireland. Ireland is deeply homophobic and the danger increases exponentially depending on how effeminate a gay guy presents for instance. I have moved away because of this. Living in Ireland I was verbally assaulted pretty much daily. In school, then in university and then still through my 20s most days on the street. Seriously Attacked twice (hospitalised once) both times without any Robbery. Had full bottles thrown at me, rocks, rubbish, spit. You name it. Walked into pubs and having everyone turn around and laugh at my mere presence? Countless times. Screamed at in pubs for being a f*ggot? Too many times. I’ve lived in several countries since and never had anything Close to this level of fear and danger in my daily life. Even in small towns. When I visit Ireland (a few times a year) the same stuff still happens. Last year a man on the luas ripped my jewelry off and pushed me out before the doors closed. Seriously guys it’s not a rare occurrence. Never mind all the closeted guys etc which is a whole other barometer of the situation. If you’re an atall effeminate gay man in Ireland humiliation and fear are probably very familiar
The type of thing that could make someone fearful to ever go out and enjoy a night out again. The lad that done that should be fucking drowned in the liffey, if someone’s a fully grown adult and a homophobe in this day and age then there’s no hope for them
I have no words.
I am so so sorry this happened you… absolute scum
Take time to heal and get help to recover mentally as well…
It’s horrible that hate crimes like this still occur in 2022, but unfortunately it’s not surprising. I hope he recovers soon and the bastards who did it get caught and prosecuted.
This is horrendous. Poor dude was just out havin a fun
I always wonder what do these people think justifies this. Even if you are homophobic, they’ve done nothing to you.
Maybe a petty excuse to attack someone for a measly feeling of power.
Hope they find the cunt and teach him a lesson.
😰😰😰
Why does he need the nasal cannula/nonrebreather mask? That concerns me way more than the broken bones.
Really sad to see but can’t say I am surprised. I had something similar happen 7ish years back (slashed in the face with a Stanley knife). The gardai were absolutely useless.
Just to clarify, I the OP here on Reddit wasn’t attacked the tweeter was the man attacked.
After every major incident of violent crime, discussion seems to inevitably narrow down to the specifics (in this case, that it was a homophobic attack; in the case of Aishling Murphy, that it’s symptomatic of society-wide misogyny; in the case of that Eyre Square firework incident, that it’s an issue of fireworks being too easily available; in the case of drug related street crime, that it’s symptomatic of a problem in Ireland with addiction; in the case of your average “scrotes being scrotes” story, that it’s about deprivation and poverty, etc, etc etc.
Nobody would want to detract from any of those specific issues, of course. In this case, homophobia is absolutely repulsive and sickening, and there is absolutely no doubt that it played a role in this and many other violent crimes in Ireland over the years. That shouldn’t be ignored and discussions around that absolutely do need to happen.
However, I genuinely feel that by always honing in on the specific elements with these individual crimes, we as a society and our media are failing to grasp the bigger picture at all and are leaving a gigantic elephant in the room entirely unaddressed, where it remains unaddressed save for comments sections, forum threads, etc etc etc.
Justice and policing in this country is a *shambles*. An absolute shambles. We don’t have enough prisons, judges are too lenient and have too much leeway to let people off lightly for serious crimes, the Gardaí are under-resourced and poorly managed such that there aren’t enough of them “around the place” to discourage brazen acts of violence in crowded public places, and the justice system as a whole takes far too long to get anything done (to give a recent and horrific example, the gang rape from the Midlands which finally resulted in convictions this week took place in 2016, six full years ago – and the defendants weren’t even interviewed by the Gardaí until 2018) and all of these factors conspire to undermine public confidence in the system – both from a victim point of view when it comes to reporting and following up instances of violence with the Gardaí, courts, etc, and also from a perpetrator point of view, wherein it’s extremely clear that gigantic swathes of the population are perfectly aware of the systemic failure of the justice system and are more than happy to take advantage of it without fear of consequence in the unlikely event that they ever get caught.
This needs to be talked about more. The cynic in me says that it’s altogether convenient and in the government’s interest that public discussion of such incidents almost immediately becomes either identity-based or community-based, and that such discussion immediately drowns out discussion of the much bigger and deeper problem, namely the total breakdown of the justice system and the steps required to fix it.
Leo Varadkar today, for example, spoke of how this crime will give new urgency to hate crime legislation – as if making it illegal for somebody to shout an identity-based insult prior to beating the shit out of someone will really address the issue. To his credit, in fairness, he also addressed the issue of having more Gardaí on the street, which is a definite first step, but in every public outcry about every violent crime which makes it to the top of the news agenda, I have almost never heard any leading politician speak of prison overcrowding, the need for more spaces, the scourge of suspended sentences and lenient penalties for violent crime, and the appalling number of career criminals walking freely on our streets with previous convictions in the double or triple digits.
This has to be addressed, and at a certain point I feel that we have to make a concerted effort to ram this particular issue into the news agenda even when media and politician alike would prefer to focus on other, easier to stick a band-aid over, aspects of an individual instance of violent crime.
My friend is also in hospital after getting beaten up in Dublin on the way home from the match yesterday. And he isn’t homosexual.
As an autistic individual who definitely stands out in the eyes of bigoted street strollers I feel genuinely unsafe sometimes.
Guarantee you if he’s caught he’ll A: be great at the GAA B: have the parish priest vouching for him and his family C: have consumed 12 pints on the night and finally D: have €500 of his own money for the poor box and be very sorry. Load of bollox and it’ll continue as long as people make excuses for these scumbags
Dublin is a kip, government have done nothing for social issues in the county and law enforcement is laughable
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That’s horrific. Did the homophobic POS assailant get caught?
On Dame St near Gay Spar at 3:30 am on Saturday night.
If anyone saw anything, I’m sure the Gardaí will want to know. Please contact them.
Absolute scum. Poor lad.
Shocking. Just so wrong.
I’m disgusted about what happened to you and wish you a speedy recovery. Hope the person is caught and punished for this. Nobody is safe when there are people like that walking around looking for ways to release their aggression because they themselves are losers.
Ah ffs, thought we as a country had gotten past this kind of shit. Apparently not
It’s so funny cause years ago like 5 6 7 years back, even walking down the street passing Crumlin, alone, at 10pm or 11pm is something I just… do. Now, I don’t even dare to walk around city centre at 9pm, leave alone in a quiet neighborhood.
I wish you a speedy recovery OP.
Leo Varadkar talking nonsense about hate crime in relation to this.
More Gardaí and tougher sentencing is what we need. Dublin City Centre is a shithole right now regardless of one’s gender, sexuality etc.
Every week if you read the courts section in the newspaper there’s usually something like “the defendant who has 110 previous convictions“.
So disappointing that this kind of thing still happens here, hope you get better soon man and I hope the guy who did it gets caught and punished appropriately.
Shocking. I hope the attacker is caught and charged appropriately. Sorry they won’t let you be you
When people ask “Why do we still need Gay Pride”, this is why.
Absolute scum bag.
Hope this guy makes a speedy recovery!
First off horrific attack and definitely should not have happened but we Irish need to stop deluding ourselves that this is shocking and how could it happen in 2022.
There seems to be a bubble of civility we have pulled up around us (maybe so we feel better) but while there has been lots of positive change there are still certain sections of society that have not caught up.
Typically they are the lawless type that don’t give a shit abouy beating the shite out of someone. So while I welcome what Vardakar is saying without proper policing and sentencing it will just paste over and leave us with that false sense of security again.
That should be jail time, even if the person who did it had been a saint previously. There’s not many people who would have it in them to do this to a person, there needs to be a real consequence or it’ll happen again.
Disgusting behavior. I hope whoever did this is caught and prosecuted.
That’s just appalling.
Best of luck with your recovery.
I hope the perpetrator is caught and punished.
This is a terrible thing that happened to you. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Sorry that happened to I bud
Sure it was only in the mid 2010’s when my cousin was nearly beaten to death my a few lads in my local park for being gay. They dragged him over to the railings so they could put his head against them and kick it.
Absolutely disgusting. Poor fella.
Some of these comments suggesting it’s a rare occurrence or that we have no proof of homophobic motives are so ignorant of the gay experience in Ireland. Ireland is deeply homophobic and the danger increases exponentially depending on how effeminate a gay guy presents for instance. I have moved away because of this. Living in Ireland I was verbally assaulted pretty much daily. In school, then in university and then still through my 20s most days on the street. Seriously Attacked twice (hospitalised once) both times without any Robbery. Had full bottles thrown at me, rocks, rubbish, spit. You name it. Walked into pubs and having everyone turn around and laugh at my mere presence? Countless times. Screamed at in pubs for being a f*ggot? Too many times. I’ve lived in several countries since and never had anything Close to this level of fear and danger in my daily life. Even in small towns. When I visit Ireland (a few times a year) the same stuff still happens. Last year a man on the luas ripped my jewelry off and pushed me out before the doors closed. Seriously guys it’s not a rare occurrence. Never mind all the closeted guys etc which is a whole other barometer of the situation. If you’re an atall effeminate gay man in Ireland humiliation and fear are probably very familiar
The type of thing that could make someone fearful to ever go out and enjoy a night out again. The lad that done that should be fucking drowned in the liffey, if someone’s a fully grown adult and a homophobe in this day and age then there’s no hope for them
I have no words.
I am so so sorry this happened you… absolute scum
Take time to heal and get help to recover mentally as well…
It’s horrible that hate crimes like this still occur in 2022, but unfortunately it’s not surprising. I hope he recovers soon and the bastards who did it get caught and prosecuted.
This is horrendous. Poor dude was just out havin a fun
I always wonder what do these people think justifies this. Even if you are homophobic, they’ve done nothing to you.
Maybe a petty excuse to attack someone for a measly feeling of power.
Hope they find the cunt and teach him a lesson.
😰😰😰
Why does he need the nasal cannula/nonrebreather mask? That concerns me way more than the broken bones.
Really sad to see but can’t say I am surprised. I had something similar happen 7ish years back (slashed in the face with a Stanley knife). The gardai were absolutely useless.
Just to clarify, I the OP here on Reddit wasn’t attacked the tweeter was the man attacked.
After every major incident of violent crime, discussion seems to inevitably narrow down to the specifics (in this case, that it was a homophobic attack; in the case of Aishling Murphy, that it’s symptomatic of society-wide misogyny; in the case of that Eyre Square firework incident, that it’s an issue of fireworks being too easily available; in the case of drug related street crime, that it’s symptomatic of a problem in Ireland with addiction; in the case of your average “scrotes being scrotes” story, that it’s about deprivation and poverty, etc, etc etc.
Nobody would want to detract from any of those specific issues, of course. In this case, homophobia is absolutely repulsive and sickening, and there is absolutely no doubt that it played a role in this and many other violent crimes in Ireland over the years. That shouldn’t be ignored and discussions around that absolutely do need to happen.
However, I genuinely feel that by always honing in on the specific elements with these individual crimes, we as a society and our media are failing to grasp the bigger picture at all and are leaving a gigantic elephant in the room entirely unaddressed, where it remains unaddressed save for comments sections, forum threads, etc etc etc.
Justice and policing in this country is a *shambles*. An absolute shambles. We don’t have enough prisons, judges are too lenient and have too much leeway to let people off lightly for serious crimes, the Gardaí are under-resourced and poorly managed such that there aren’t enough of them “around the place” to discourage brazen acts of violence in crowded public places, and the justice system as a whole takes far too long to get anything done (to give a recent and horrific example, the gang rape from the Midlands which finally resulted in convictions this week took place in 2016, six full years ago – and the defendants weren’t even interviewed by the Gardaí until 2018) and all of these factors conspire to undermine public confidence in the system – both from a victim point of view when it comes to reporting and following up instances of violence with the Gardaí, courts, etc, and also from a perpetrator point of view, wherein it’s extremely clear that gigantic swathes of the population are perfectly aware of the systemic failure of the justice system and are more than happy to take advantage of it without fear of consequence in the unlikely event that they ever get caught.
This needs to be talked about more. The cynic in me says that it’s altogether convenient and in the government’s interest that public discussion of such incidents almost immediately becomes either identity-based or community-based, and that such discussion immediately drowns out discussion of the much bigger and deeper problem, namely the total breakdown of the justice system and the steps required to fix it.
Leo Varadkar today, for example, spoke of how this crime will give new urgency to hate crime legislation – as if making it illegal for somebody to shout an identity-based insult prior to beating the shit out of someone will really address the issue. To his credit, in fairness, he also addressed the issue of having more Gardaí on the street, which is a definite first step, but in every public outcry about every violent crime which makes it to the top of the news agenda, I have almost never heard any leading politician speak of prison overcrowding, the need for more spaces, the scourge of suspended sentences and lenient penalties for violent crime, and the appalling number of career criminals walking freely on our streets with previous convictions in the double or triple digits.
This has to be addressed, and at a certain point I feel that we have to make a concerted effort to ram this particular issue into the news agenda even when media and politician alike would prefer to focus on other, easier to stick a band-aid over, aspects of an individual instance of violent crime.
My friend is also in hospital after getting beaten up in Dublin on the way home from the match yesterday. And he isn’t homosexual.
As an autistic individual who definitely stands out in the eyes of bigoted street strollers I feel genuinely unsafe sometimes.
Guarantee you if he’s caught he’ll A: be great at the GAA B: have the parish priest vouching for him and his family C: have consumed 12 pints on the night and finally D: have €500 of his own money for the poor box and be very sorry. Load of bollox and it’ll continue as long as people make excuses for these scumbags
Dublin is a kip, government have done nothing for social issues in the county and law enforcement is laughable