If we’ve learned anything from the deluge of commentary on the state of Dublin’s O’Connell Street area in recent weeks (and we really haven’t learned much), it’s that hardly any member of the commentariat had spent any time there before passing judgement. A quick reminder of the facts: An assault on Talbot Street on August 16 is under investigation after it left a man in hospital. It followed vicious assaults that targeted Ukrainian actor Oleksandr Hrekov on Eden Quay on June 24 and US tourist Stephen Termini on Store Street on July 19, leaving them with serious injuries. Gardaí investigating…

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