‘You become immune to it’ — Dublin antique jewellery shop’s windows smashed in robbery
The smashed front window of Rhinestone jewellers in Dublin which was broken into last night
A Dublin jewellery shop was robbed after thieves smashed through its front window in the latest such attack in the city centre since the start of the year.
The owners of Rhinestones Jewellery & Gifts, an antique jewellery store on Andrew Street opposite the Molly Malone statue, confirmed that three thieves smashed multiple holes in their front windows last night.
They added that the thieves were “methodical” about getting jewellery through the smashed glass.
“This happens probably once a year maybe and it’s just opportunistic thugs. They actually have no fear,” they said.
“There just aren’t enough guards on the street, and the city has gone to wrack and ruin because of it.”
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The shop owners said that a neighbour alerted them to their alarm going off and called gardaí who arrived at the shop shortly after.
The owners of the antique shop in the city centre say that incidents like this are something they’ve become “immune” to.
They cite regular occurrences of drug dealing, people urinating on their doorway and leaving staff to clean this up, a “dirty job” which is “absolutely disgusting”.
As the building is of Art Deco status, putting up shutters over the shop is a “difficult process” that requires planning permission.
The shop owners say they believe if more cars were around to drive past their business, which the council is planning to eradicate as part of their new transport plan, these occurrences might be less likely to happen.
Today's News in 90 seconds - 9th April 2024
An Garda Síochána said: “Gardaí received report of an incident of burglary that occurred to a retail premises on St Andrew's Street, Dublin 2 at approximately 5am this morning, Tuesday, April 9.
“A number of items were removed from the premises in the course of this incident. No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.”
This news comes as Dublin City Council Chief Executive Richard Shakespeare recently spoke out about An Garda Síochána being under-resourced when it comes to anti-social behaviour.
An Garda Síochána confirmed they are “working to address the perceptions of fear” that some people might have when coming into the city centre.
They also announced last week that over 100 new gardaí have taken up positions in Dublin.
