Cork Street Murders
August 21st, 2006
It was an eventful week in beautiful Cork St., Dublin. On Monday, an elderly neighbour of mine was found murdered in his apartment. Sounds like theres more to the story - “the retired traffic warden was convicted in 1998 of stalking and terrorising the parents of a four-year-old child”. The “parents of a four-year-old child” is this bad journalism or am I supposed to read between the lines?
Minor incidents and arrests provided intermittent entertainment outside my window for the rest of the week - a drunk guy causing hassle throwing his pint glass at a passing car, he got arrested. Later, an on-street row between “Jimmy” and his sister’s scumbag boyfriend. The boyfriend had allegedly hit Jimmy’s sister, and the psychotic and wired Jimmy was not happy. The violence increased as the drama unfurled.. turns out the boyfriend had hit Jimmy’s sister in the past - in fact once he had even held a knife to her. Jimmy was going to end it now, and the death threats emerged. Thats when Jimmy’s sister arrived on the street and things got confusing. No resulting arrest on this occasion.
Friday night takes the biscuit though, because I made the stupid mistake of not having enough money for a taxi after the pub. This meant I had to run the gauntlet and traverse the Flats of Dodginess all by myself late at night. I made it through unscathed, but the same cannot be said two other guys who got shot 15 minutes later in the same place that I had just been, just off Cork Street. One of them died in hospital, but the other was only shot in the leg and survived. Taxis from now on I think… 
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August 21st, 2006 at 20:34 pm
Cork Street seems to be a homicide hotspot for Dublin alright. Seven within a stone’s throw of it since the start of 2004. They’re mapped here.
August 21st, 2006 at 20:53 pm
Eek… well at least I expect to be moving out of here in the next few weeks. Nice website Matthew.