Adriano

I've been living in Dublin for about four and a half years.

I'm originally from Sao Paulo and I moved here after seven years living in Berlin.

I love Dublin, even the corners that a lot of Irish people avoid, like Temple Bar.

So much so that last year I bought an apartment in Parliament Street.

It's still culturally richer than most people would think.

Now, I have to say for the past six months or so, public order around here has been going steadily downhill.

Let's say in the area between Christ Church and Trinity and then Cabin Street and the

leafy in that rectangle, you'd be lucky to see two guards walking around at any time today.

And then shops are struggling as well.

Shops have been attacked frequently, like Rumi Cafe in Essex Street.

They were broken into twice in only a few months.

And that's just around the corner from Dublin City Council.

That should be looking after our safety.

For instance, in the last three months, we've been seeing people smoking crack pipes in broad daylight, even in Parliament Street, because they know there's no guards around.

And don't take me wrong, there's always been drug use around that area, but these guys just hide to do it and now they know they don't need to.

Another example, just this Saturday, I witnessed a man, completely out of his faculties, push a homeless woman

And I know she's homeless because I see her around a lot.

She pushed her against the wall.

She hit her head and fell to the floor.

And then he went on to spread everything that was inside her bags onto the floor and steal her things.