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Stories of street violence: ‘They hit me and cheered like they had scored a goal’

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Stories of street violence: ‘They hit me and cheered like they had scored a goal’

Recent unprovoked attacks have shone a spotlight on the deteriorating safety of Irish streets — so what can be done to turn the tide

‘You just don’t see it like this in any other European capital’: Victims of crime feel that violence is escalating in Dublin

John Meagher and Édaein O’Connell

On a warm summer’s evening in Dublin, Ernesta Brazauskaite was making her way home after socialising with friends when she was viciously assaulted in the street.

“At first I was with my group but then suddenly we all went in different directions,” says the Lithuanian, who has lived in Dublin for 10 years. “I wanted to catch the night bus and decided to walk by the Ha’penny Bridge as I thought it would be safer.”

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