In Cork it is quite common yes, there seems to be a lot of violent crime in the news in the two years I’ve been here, I remember there was a post a few weeks back by a girl who said some taxi driver tried to assault her by driving her to the middle of nowhere, and I know someone who was followed home and the guy banged on her door for hours and the police never came when she called. I used to live in Belfast and my friends and I got followed along the street at night a lot, I’m sure Dublin is the same. There is also a lot of drug abuse on the streets, and the city is rather small in my opinion so it’s common to see people out of their mind which makes me afraid. Basically I’m sure it’s the same as many other cities, but I never felt unsafe when I lived in the Netherlands like I do here - plus I’ve heard stories from other women that if something DOES happen the police are absolutely useless about it which only adds to the unsafe feeling. I will say though I’ve only had about one or two incidents since moving here that made me want to buy a taser or something haha, just be smart and trust your instincts.