Dublin now one of world’s safest cities

FORGET the housing crisis, traffic gridlock, souring street crime, a creaking health service, leaking classrooms and rising prices, the quality of life for Dublin residents is among the best in the world, according to a new global survey.

Sceptics might suggest those compiling the survey only stayed in the city for happy hour on a sunny Sunday afternoon, but the results reveal that the city has clambered up the quality of life league table and is also one of the safest in the world.

The survey, by consulting firm Mercer, ranked Dublin 18th in the world for personal safety standards, along with Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Nuremberg, and ahead of many other European cities, including Amsterdam (25th), Brussels (36th) and Berlin (39th). London came in at 64th, along with New York.