19 yo falls from balcony

truedoom · 24-09-2015 10:19am #1

So a young lad fell from a balcony in gort na coiribe last night.

Supposedly rushed to the baumont.

Garda tape up around the area and a squad car presence this morning.

Any one got any further detail on this?

Das Kitty · 24-09-2015 10:22am

http://connachttribune.ie/teen-transferred-to-beaumont-hospital-following-city-balcony-fall/

Poor chap.

ben.schlomo · 24-09-2015 11:54am

truedoom wrote: »

So a young lad fell from a balcony in gort na coiribe last night.

Supposedly rushed to the baumont.

Garda tape up around the area and a squad car presence this morning.

Any one got any further detail on this?

How much more detail do you need/want?

truedoom · 24-09-2015 12:08pm

ben.schlomo wrote: »

How much more detail do you need/want?

Just curious. How did he fall, how injured, will he be okay.

You know. General details like that.

Fitz* · 24-09-2015 12:09pm

Hope he can pull through.

Is it Dun or Gort?

I have lived in both complex back when I was a student/just graduated. The Gort na Coribe ones nearest the Dunnes side have a considerably higher balcony from what I remember?

24-09-2015 12:10pm

truedoom wrote: »

Just curious. How did he fall, how injured, will he be okay.

You know. General details like that.

Surely the only people that need to know those details are the authorities and the friends and family. Why do you need to know?

biko · 24-09-2015 1:28pm

It's natural to be nosey about these things and people will talk.
As long as no names or other personal info is posted, that is not first printed in the papers, I suppose we can't stop curiosity.

Mrs OBumble · 24-09-2015 3:44pm

There are some things best not talked about in case they give other people ideas.

If there's a structural issue with the building, I'm sure it will come out in the accident reporting.

Baggy Trousers · 24-09-2015 4:07pm

truedoom wrote: »

Just curious. How did he fall, how injured, will he be okay.

You know. General details like that.

You mean 'ghoulish' details truedoom?

pleasant Co. · 24-09-2015 4:25pm

This thread will be very boring folks, no point posting your eye witness or friend of a friend's version of events as we'll just be removing them.

Whereisgalway · 24-09-2015 9:30pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

There are some things best not talked about in case they give other people ideas.

If there's a structural issue with the building, I'm sure it will come out in the accident reporting.

Best not talk about things
Would one of these be things Like structural issues? This is wild speculation and potentially damaging to any property owner looking to buy/sell in the estate

pmasterson95 · 24-09-2015 10:36pm

Heard on radio guys a 1st year from Kerry. He has been brought to Beaumont.

I presume this is ok to post as its been announced on national radio.

killilea92 · 28-09-2015 1:05pm

poor guy! i hope the other students learn from this

pmasterson95 · 28-09-2015 1:50pm

killilea92 wrote: »

poor guy! i hope the other students learn from this

What was the "this"? Or is that still censored?

Chemical Byrne · 28-09-2015 1:58pm

I posted a second hand eyewitness account (well third if you count the gf telling me) a few days ago but it was censored. surely a week on the info is in the public domain and it's OK to discuss?
<speculation snipped - mod>

Drink responsibly folks.

king_of_inismac · 28-09-2015 2:13pm

While you may have the "right" to discuss the incident, I really don't think there's a requirement to go into such graphic detail.

If you wanted to describe the incident, it's enough to say student was drunk and fell from balcony. I don't know who it serves to describe the injuries so graphically....

pmasterson95 · 28-09-2015 2:16pm

king_of_inismac wrote: »

While you may have the "right" to discuss the incident, I really don't think there's a requirement to go into such graphic detail.

If you wanted to describe the incident, it's enough to say student was drunk and fell from balcony. I don't know who it serves to describe the injuries so graphically....

aye that summary would have suficed. Graphicness didnt exactly help me eating dinner!

Redhairedguy · 28-09-2015 2:35pm

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

I posted a second hand eyewitness account (well third if you count the gf telling me) a few days ago but it was censored. surely a week on the info is in the public domain and it's OK to discuss?

Nope. That is by it's very definition speculation. This can be very damaging to an individual or situation, so thus requires some sort of official evidence to back it up. (usually a link to a news article)

Unless there is official information available, any extra information from an unverified source isn't allowed.

killilea92 · 28-09-2015 2:50pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

What was the "this"? Or is that still censored?

Im still unsure, more so i was getting at the responsible drinking side

Chemical Byrne · 28-09-2015 2:54pm

its not speculation, ie guessing. It's what I was told by my gf who heard it from a colleague from clare who was told by her mother who was at the scene.

Storm 10 · 28-09-2015 3:11pm

I don't think the injuries suffered by the young man in the fall are any of our business, the poor man and his family have a long road ahead of them and posting details like graphic injuries suffered in the accident are in my opinion heartless both to him his family and to his friends who I am sure are in Galway and could see this post, I pray he will make a recovery.

Chemical Byrne · 28-09-2015 3:19pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

I don't think the injuries suffered by the young man in the fall are any of our business, the poor man and his family have a long road ahead of them and posting details like graphic injuries suffered in the accident are in my opinion heartless both to him his family and to his friends who I am sure are in Galway and could see this post, I pray he will make a recovery.

Of course we all hope he will recover but from what I hear the chances of a full recovery are extremely slim.

Arghus · 28-09-2015 4:12pm

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

its not speculation, ie guessing. It's what I was told by my gf who heard it from a colleague from clare who was told by her mother who was at the scene.

When someone tells me something and then qualifies it with the phrase "well that's what I've heard from someone else", then I'm inclined to not take it as a hundred percent cast iron fact.

So when a stranger on an internet forum says- "I have this fact that I've heard from someone else... who has heard it from someone else... who has heard it from someone else"....

Then I say it's only speculation.

Baggy Trousers · 28-09-2015 4:22pm

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

its not speculation, ie guessing. It's what I was told by my gf who heard it from a colleague from clare who was told by her mother who was at the scene.

sorry, who is Clare's mother?

Chemical Byrne · 28-09-2015 4:27pm

No, her colleague is from Clare. The girl from Clare's mother was on the scene. The mother told her daughter, the daughter told gf, gf told me and now I'm telling ye. But somebody wouldn't let me tell ye!

Mrs OBumble · 28-09-2015 4:46pm

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

No, her colleague is from Clare. The girl from Clare's mother was on the scene. The mother told her daughter, the daughter told gf, gf told me and now I'm telling ye. But somebody wouldn't let me tell ye!

And you're 100% certain that no one embellished a one little bit anywhere along the way? Yeah, right.

Chemical Byrne · 28-09-2015 4:54pm

Well I can't guarantee that. But who can say anything 100%?

Redhairedguy · 28-09-2015 5:02pm

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

Well I can't guarantee that. But who can say anything 100%?

The media who are furnished with the ACTUAL facts, and thus are entitled to print/write about it.

Let's stop with this train of talk, and focus on the topic at hand.

dublinman1990 · 28-09-2015 5:48pm

The poor fella was from Tralee and remains critical according to this article. Gardai are saying No foul play is suspected so it may have been a nasty accident.

http://connachttribune.ie/nuig-student-remains-critical-after-fall-from-city-balcony/

Whereisgalway · 28-09-2015 6:15pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

There are some things best not talked about in case they give other people ideas.

If there's a structural issue with the building, I'm sure it will come out in the accident reporting.

Surely this is speculation aswell and should be removed? It is damaging to any home owner in the area
Is there a evidence that there is structural issues Mrs o bumble?

Mrs OBumble · 28-09-2015 7:14pm

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Is there a evidence that there is structural issues Mrs o bumble?

Not that I'm aware of.

But it's not rocket science to say that either there's a structural issue, or the guy was using the structure differently to how it was designed to be used, or the third option that I'm not even going to talk about.

Arguably, complexes that are intended for people who are prone to risk-taking behaviour (eg students) should have more design features than usual to stop people using structures differently from how they're designed.

Whereisgalway · 28-09-2015 9:58pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Not that I'm aware of.

But it's not rocket science to say that either there's a structural issue, or the guy was using the structure differently to how it was designed to be used, or the third option that I'm not even going to talk about.

Arguably, complexes that are intended for people who are prone to risk-taking behaviour (eg students) should have more design features than usual to stop people using structures differently from how they're designed.

Quote from a mod

"This can be very damaging to an individual or situation, so thus requires some sort of official evidence to back it up. (usually a lnk to a news article)

Unless there is official information available, any extra information from an unverified source isn't allowed"

Everything u've written is speculation and u've made a lot of assumption. mods have remove other posters theories, Mrs o bumble comments should be removed also

Redhairedguy · 29-09-2015 11:30am

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

But it's not rocket science to say that either there's a structural issue, or the guy was using the structure differently to how it was designed to be used, or the third option that I'm not even going to talk about.

Rocket science, it ain't. Speculation it most certainly is. Let's wait until official reports come out before you start listing what could in theory have happened.

This is seriously the last time I'm going to ask that people not speculate or add what they think might/might not have happened in this particular incident to the thread. It does no one any good.

Raging_Ninja · 29-09-2015 12:53pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Arguably, complexes that are intended for people who are prone to risk-taking behaviour (eg students) should have more design features than usual to stop people using structures differently from how they're designed.

Where does that end though? Do you remove windows in case somebody leans out of it and stumbles?

You can't legislate for idiocy.

biko · 29-09-2015 12:57pm

Let's not assume this was an accident that can be attributed to idiocy. This case is much too fresh to have that carry on.

Actually, I'll just close this for now. Might be reopened when official news are out.

Tralee student - if you or your family are reading this, hope you make a full recovery. Best of luck and hope you'll be back in college in no time

19 yo falls from balcony

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