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Man threatens to set himself on fire outside Leinster House.

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  • 07-03-2013 8:54pm
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    seven_eleven
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    Dont think this has been posted yet, but jesus thats pretty serious. Can you imagine if he was successfull in doing it?
    MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN warned to expect some traffic delays in central Dublin this afternoon after a protest outside Leinster House.
    A man driving a white van stopped at the junction of Molesworth Street and Kildare Street, parking the van and climbing on top of it with a bottle of petrol
    the man poured the fuel over himself and threatened to set it alight, but was coaxed down by Gardaí at the scene.

    http://www.thejournal.ie/photos-protest-kildare-street-823153-Mar2013/#slide-slideshow2


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    sfwcork
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭sfwcork


    Why did they say white van...why not just a van


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    Boombastic
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    The price of petrol :eek:


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    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Why coax him down? Why not just turn the hose on him and tell him to cop on?


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    Micky Dolenz
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    I heard he tired making a run for it but stalled half ways down the road.

    he ran out of juice.


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    seven_eleven
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    In my opinion, you have to be in a pretty dire mental position to consider doing something like that. Here's to hoping he gets the support and treatment he needs.


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    wandatowell
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    Is it still funny to say "blast him with piss"?


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    donvito99
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    The price of petrol

    It's a burning issue


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    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    donvito99 wrote: »
    It's a burning issue

    It's a hot topic alright


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    .Henry Sellers.
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭.Henry Sellers.


    Sure tis freezing out.


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    P_1
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    Yikes I know we're in a bad spot but surely self immolation is a tad extreme?


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    Fred Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭Fred Cohen


    A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the Kildare Street. Nothing is moving.

    Suddenly a Garda knocks on the window. The driver rolls down his window and asks,
    "What's going on?"

    The Garda responded, "Some nutters have taken the Dail hostage and want €500,000 or they're going to douse them with petrol and set them on fire. So, we're going from car to car, taking up a collection.

    The driver asks, "How much have you got so far"

    The Garda responds, "About 15 gallons and a box of firelighters"


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    Dwork
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    It's times like these you need a Mick Dundee to wander up and go "G'day mate, whatcher doing? Dousing yerself in petrol? Won't that hurt? Strewth. Alright, fire ahead, I've never seen anyone do this before. Jasus, sounds pretty painful though."


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    mikom
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    seven_eleven wrote: »
    In my opinion, you have to be in a pretty dire mental position to consider doing something like that. Here's to hoping he gets the support and treatment he needs.

    Not in this country..........
    Millions of euro ring-fenced by the Government to hire hundreds of staff to boost suicide prevention and mental health services this year was used to tackle cost overruns in other parts of the health services.
    Under plans announced a year ago, €35 million was to be invested in modernising mental health services during 2012, allowing for the recruitment of about 414 staff and the expansion of services in the community. Earlier this month, however, just 17 out of the 414 mental health staff – who were to include dozens specialising in suicide prevention – had been hired.


    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/1229/1224328254932.html

    Still, as long as no one is getting politician is getting fraped on facebook.........


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    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    mikom wrote: »
    Not in this country..........



    My thoughts exactly. He'll be lucky if he gets seen to at all.


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    Dwork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Dwork


    sfwcork wrote: »
    Why did they say white van...why not just a van
    rascists are everywhere :D


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    [Deleted User]
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    He wanted to see if Fine Gael would spit on him.


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    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    mikom wrote: »
    Still, as long as no one is getting politician is getting fraped on facebook.........

    Jesus, hope no-one frapes him or she'll never shut up.

    Be just our luck if he got flamed.


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    ilovesleep
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    Weren't people in greece turning to setting themselves up in flames? Where there are similiar dire financial problems.

    Things are so dire for many people, it has come to that. Yet on the other hand, so good for many. For these people, they can't or don't want to see that things are that bad for some people. And for many more people - its middle of the road for them.


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    Hilly Bill
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    Has the van got Louth plates? Maybe its Maxi from Dundalk :)


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    Scruffles
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    perhaps he thought itd get him wide spread publicity to his plight as self immolation does exactly that in other countries; africa,japan and india for example.
    he probably woudnt have lit it though possibility shoudnt be ignored,in ireland and england dousing oneself in petrol and threatening to self immolate will get the rag media in a frenzy without having to barbecue self and thus direct attention to whatever he wants.

    itd be interesting to know exactly why he did it,assume it must be something directly or indirectly related to the effects of politics.


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    ilovesleep
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    Scruffles wrote: »
    perhaps he thought itd get him wide spread publicity to his plight as self immolation does exactly that in other countries; africa,japan and india for example.
    he probably woudnt have lit it though possibility shoudnt be ignored,in ireland and england dousing oneself in petrol and threatening to self immolate will get the rag media in a frenzy without having to barbecue self and thus direct attention to whatever he wants.

    itd be interesting to know exactly why he did it,assume it must be something directly or indirectly related to the effects of politics.

    I jumped to the conclusion that it was financial problems but I this was wrong of me. Nobody knows but him.


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    Grayson
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    I jumped to the conclusion that it was financial problems but I this was wrong of me. Nobody knows but him.

    maybe a developer who's being forced to pay back?

    Most of the large scale publicity things I've seen are people who are having their second house or their mansion repossessed.


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    Chemical Burn
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    Seachmall wrote: »
    Why coax him down? Why not just turn the hose on him and tell him to cop on?
    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    I heard he tired making a run for it but stalled half ways down the road.

    he ran out of juice.
    wandatowell wrote: »
    Is it still funny to say "blast him with piss"?
    donvito99 wrote: »
    It's a burning issue
    Boombastic wrote: »
    It's a hot topic alright

    What's wrong with all of you. It's not funny to be suicidal.
    seven_eleven wrote: »
    In my opinion, you have to be in a pretty dire mental position to consider doing something like that. Here's to hoping he gets the support and treatment he needs.

    yes.


    EDIT: No jokes about my username .... PLEASE.


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    shed head
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 196 ✭✭shed head


    whilst i appreciate the humour of after hours, this is simply not funny,people are struggling these days!!
    A similar situation occurred in Greece and the poor man went ahead with it and subsequently died!!


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    BillyMitchel
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    Dre as in Dray wrote: »
    He wanted to see if Fine Gael would spit on him.

    They already have.


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    Boombastic
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    The man, a foreign national and aged in his thirties, doused himself with petrol from a two-litre Coca Cola bottle on top of a white van on Kildare Street at about 4pm this afternoon.

    ............................

    One garda at the scene said he was unsure what he was protesting about, because he had "broken English".





    Wonder what he was protesting about?


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    BillyMitchel
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    Boombastic wrote: »
    The man, a foreign national and aged in his thirties, doused himself with petrol from a two-litre Coca Cola bottle on top of a white van on Kildare Street at about 4pm this afternoon.

    ............................

    One garda at the scene said he was unsure what he was protesting about, because he had "broken English".


    Wonder what he was protesting about?

    Obviously not the price of petrol.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    sfwcork wrote: »
    Why did they say white van...why not just a van
    If you were a driver you'd recognise the whole white van man thing


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    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Chemical Burn wrote: »
    What's wrong with all of you. It's not funny to be suicidal.

    Mine wasn't a joke.


    It's much easier to deal with depression when the person in question hasn't already set themselves alight.


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    smileyj1987
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    Could it be maxi again ?



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