Just leave your house alarm going all day. They will soon drop into you for a chat

Know your neighbour, but don’t covet their stuff!

have a beer over the garden wall.

Sorry – I’ll be too busy at the Avoid Your Crazy Neighbour week events.

Street parties are such a good idea. We have an annual BBQ where I live organised by the residents association. It was organised for the first time oddly enough during the big snow two winters ago when myself and a few others started clearing the entrance to the estate and footpaths and got chatting. More and more people began to chip in once they had seen us out of their windows.

Few of us had ever met before, but decided after working together for a common good that it was about time that we made an effort to get to know each other. Now if there’s ever suspicious activity or someone that needs to be looked in on we know about it.

It’s such a nice contrast to the place where I used to live. My welcome to the neighbourhood was a note left in lipstick on my windscreen saying parking for residents only!!!

Many people don’t know their neighbours though, especially the likes of students living in accommodation and rarely interacting with the locals etc. I went to a neighbourhood fun day in London, absolutely lovely day and got to met locals who gave me very good advice about my new area! :)

We’d like to think that going to/ holding a Know Your Neighbour event is good fun and a nice, informal way of getting to ‘know your neighbour’! Summer is a great chance to do it since we all like to get out in the lovely weather (ahem…) and everyone tends to be in a better mood. There are also excellent reasons for knowing those who live closest to you- they’re a support in times in need, they can become your friends, you avoid being isolated, they’ll take in the package the postman cant fit in your letterbox and, like Leslie Alan Rock said,- you can ‘have a beer over the garden wall’. We hope you get involved in the spirit of the Know Your Neighbour weekend and hold an event!

I like the second suggestion Susan, Phoenix park could be suitable for it provided Dublin Zoo will allow access to certain animals.

Chinese proverb “Love your neighbours, but don’t pull down the fence.”

I know what you mean- it can difficult in certain areas where there is a lot of rental properties and people havent quite made the area their ‘home’. We actually found in our survey last year that younger people (who had the least amount of interaction with neighbours) were the ones that wanted more interaction! It seems that often people are hesistant to get to know people but we’d suggest that a Know Your Neighbour event could be an ideal opportunity as it’s more relaxed and a chance to socialise. I hope you will consider persevering!

Erm … No thanks.

is there a link to macra web page with more info.
would like to get involved

Not being definitive here or anything but anecdotally, I know it’s a lot more complicated then it used to be.

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Jeez this is pathetic that it’s needed. What kind of people don’t know their own neighbours?

I have absolutely no interest in getting to know my neighbours. Like most people in Ireland I am kept busy with work and my family. Any other spare time is for my activities and close friends.
It’s simply not possible for me to be running around making friends with neighbours….and I’d say this is the case for most people.

F%<k the neighbours!