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Bumbulance equipment stolen at Ploughing Championships *DONATION DETAILS IN OP*

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  • #52
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    EyeSight wrote: »
    I thought they took a tv, ps3 and ipad mini?
    EDIT: the article says it has those items(not sure why they'd mention it if it wasn't stolen).
    I think someone just mentioned that the ambulance had those items in it, not that they were taken.


  • #53
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    Mind boggles what some scumbags will pinch. My sister is a children's nurse in the UK and toys, buggies, electronic thermometers, games anything in fact are stolen there on a regular basis. So sad they are even blasé about it now, it happens that often.

    Hopefully some good will come from this theft and the charity get a donation surge.


  • #54
    Avada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭Avada


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    If you want to help to replace the stolen Bumbleance equipment text BUZZ to 50300

    Just to add some info to this. This donates €4, with 100% of it going to Bumbleance.


  • #55
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,618 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    Mind boggles what some scumbags will pinch. My sister is a children's nurse in the UK and toys, buggies, electronic thermometers, games anything in fact are stolen there on a regular basis. So sad they are even blasé about it now, it happens that often.

    Hopefully some good will come from this theft and the charity get a donation surge.


    Yea.. My wife had a clinic and there was a family of the mobile type in, she watched them like a hawk but they made it off with the bin from her office !! I reckon they took the bin as they had no idea what it was.. not like they knew what it was..

    Awful carry on about the bumbulance, saw it at the ploughing and showed my daughter inside it, she thought it much nicer than the one she was in.. Have to say though, it was completely unattended when we called to the stand, but to think some knacker would steal from it is unbelievable.


  • #56
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    Stealing from a custom made child's ambulance. What a pack of Spineless little ****s.

    There is no love in this world for doing a scummy deed like that to sick kids.


  • #57
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Maybe some good will come of this and it will raise both the profile and funds of the charity.


  • #58
    yellow hen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭yellow hen


    Random_Name wrote: »
    Just to add some info to this. This donates €4, with 100% of it going to Bumbleance.

    Could this be circulated via Twitter or Facebook? I'm sure there are so many people who would love up donate under the circumstances.


  • #59
    Avada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭Avada


    yellow hen wrote: »
    Could this be circulated via Twitter or Facebook? I'm sure there are so many people who would love up donate under the circumstances.

    Here's the link to their fb post about it.

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=780961355280128&substory_index=0&id=355991844443750


  • #60
    whatdoicare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭whatdoicare


    Who could steal from a children's ambulance?? Ffs, scumbags of the lowest of the low to do that!


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  • #61
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I put this story up on my Google+ page including the donation text and number a few minutes ago.

    I felt really good doing that myself.


  • #62
    yellow hen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭yellow hen


    Last Christmas my husband and I both decided not to buy each other gifts and instead donated the equivalent monies to the bumbleance. I feel personally aggrieved over this. Just donated my €4 so feeling a little better!


  • #63
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    If you want to help to replace the stolen Bumbleance equipment text BUZZ to 50300


    Let's get this info stickied. We'll have them back on track in no time!

    **** the thieves. Help the kids.


  • #64
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    I posted this yesterday evening.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92339252&postcount=31
    Little did I think we'd need to be doing this today.
    Just made a donation now.

    As Dr B said **** the thieves and help the children.


  • #65
    Funnyonion79
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Funnyonion79


    Just donated now - hopefully everyone who reads this does the same.

    The Bumbulance really strikes a chord with me. My heart goes out to Tony and his wife for all they have had to go through.


  • #66
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    I'll donate a third time if the font colour in the announcement can be a less eyeball melting colour.


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  • #67
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    I'll donate a third time if the font colour in the announcement can be a less eyeball melting colour.

    How about you just donate out of the goodness of your heart. Seriously like.


  • #68
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    Deleted User wrote: »
    How about you just donate out of the goodness of your heart. Seriously like.

    I did :(


  • #69
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Done.

    Hopefully a few hundreds boardsies donating 4 quid each can get their stuff replaced quickly.


  • #70
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,862 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    F*ck me that is the lowest of the low.

    I sat opposite the bumbulance today while eating my lunch...the amount of families looking at it was unreal. Some may need it, some might have used it.

    I'm in on this donation.


  • #71
    allym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭allym


    Donated and shared on Facebook.
    Genuinely upset that this has happened, but hopefully they can replace the equipment.


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  • #72
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    alie wrote: »
    Its awful. My daughter attends crumlin regularly and we ofter hear hospital complaining of play equipment being stolen from St Johns. (Cancer unit). People who do stuff like that have no empathy for anyone.

    Same happens in Children's Heart Centre up there.

    In fact, a tip I was given by one of the play therapists is that if you wish to donate anything to Crumlin hospital is to contact the play therapists directly and ask what they need and donate the toys rather than the funds as if you donate funds it's taxable but if you donate the actual toys, everything goes directly to the hospital then.

    Absolute scumbags robbing an ambulance that is designed for children. I'm sickened.


  • #73
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #74
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Keep it up, everyone, this is such a fantastic cause.


  • #75
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Had actually never heard of this before but just donated €4 after reading the thread. Hopefully they get the price of the stuff stolen and a bit more to help them out with what seems like a great cause


  • #76
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Had actually never heard of this before but just donated €4 after reading the thread. Hopefully they get the price of the stuff stolen and a bit more to help them out with what seems like a great cause

    Bring back naked Mod this year :D
    Kersplat up first.


  • #77
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Ah Jaysus! No one wants to see that!!!


  • #78
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Ah Jaysus! No one wants to see that!!!

    €4 more from me says they do :p


  • #79
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    I also want to see a naked Kersplat!


  • #80
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Lets focus on Bumbulance for now folks and when SSF comes around we'll sort something out :)


  • #81
    In Lonesome Dove
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 479 ✭✭In Lonesome Dove


    I never knew what the Bumbulance was until last week and a couple I know and their terminally ill child had to use it.

    What a fantastic service the Bumbulance is.

    What a scummy thing to do. To rob from an ambulance and a children's ambulance at that. I hope the gates of hell open up on the person/people who robbed from the ambulance. Probably hoping to make some money for themselves by selling on equipment. God only knows.

    I just texted BUZZ to 50300 and donated 4 euro. It's not much but I hope to text again during the weekend and here's hoping more people help and donate. Wishing all the very best.


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  • #82
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    For anyone outside the country who wants to donate (or anyone that doesn't want to text), you can do it on their website :)
    http://www.bumbleance.com/product/make-a-donation/


  • #83
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    A few bob sent there. SSF should invest in a pair of pliers and a blowtorch this year.


  • #84
    indigo twist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭indigo twist


    _Brian wrote: »
    Yea.. My wife had a clinic and there was a family of the mobile type in, she watched them like a hawk but they made it off with the bin from her office !! I reckon they took the bin as they had no idea what it was.. not like they knew what it was..

    Awful carry on about the bumbulance, saw it at the ploughing and showed my daughter inside it, she thought it much nicer than the one she was in.. Have to say though, it was completely unattended when we called to the stand, but to think some knacker would steal from it is unbelievable.

    Hate to say this, but it's a bit crap that it was left unattended at least twice that day I.e. When you were looking at it, and when the theft occurred. No one expects a child's ambulance to be robbed, but at the same time - if I had been the person responsible for it at that time - it shouldn't have happened. The person should have arranged some one else to be on call that day, if being on call meant abandoning that big asset which so many have donated money towards. Some people are ****s, its common knowledge.

    I donated before, but tbh I'm not particularly inclined to do so again. I'd question anyone who would leave valuable electronic goods lying around unsupervised.

    Of course its only the thieves who are responsible. But at the same time, if you're going to donate to a charity, you'd hope that they could be entrusted with the safekeeping of such valuable equipment ...


  • #85
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    indigo twist wrote: »
    Hate to say this, but it's a bit crap that it was left unattended at least twice that day I.e. When you were looking at it, and when the theft occurred. No one expects a child's ambulance to be robbed, but at the same time - if I had been the person responsible for it at that time - it shouldn't have happened. The person should have arranged some one else to be on call that day, if being on call meant abandoning that big asset which so many have donated money towards. Some people are ****s, its common knowledge.

    I donated before, but tbh I'm not particularly inclined to do so again. I'd question anyone who would leave valuable electronic goods lying around unsupervised.

    Of course its only the thieves who are responsible. But at the same time, if you're going to donate to a charity, you'd hope that they could be entrusted with the safekeeping of such valuable equipment ...


    From the news reports it was medical equipment that was stolen, not the toys and gizmos. And the guy who was there turned away to take a call from someone who NEEDED the thing. Don't donate if you don't want to. Just don't get high horsey about it.


  • #86
    indigo twist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭indigo twist


    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    From the news reports it was medical equipment that was stolen, not the toys and gizmos. And the guy who was there turned away to take a call from someone who NEEDED the thing. Don't donate if you don't want to. Just don't get high horsey about it.

    The implication so far on the thread was that it was the electronic equipment that was stolen. Maybe that's incorrect.

    considering all the people who support the cause, it's just amazing there was no one else available on the day to take calls.


  • #87
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Donated.


  • #88
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    MarkR wrote: »
    Special place in hell reserved for people like this.



    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/childrens-ambulance-has-equipment-stolen-at-ploughing-championships-643159.html

    TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO REPLACE THE STOLEN EQUIPMENT TEXT "BUZZ' TO 50300. TEXT COSTS €4 AND ALL MONEY GOES TO THE CHARITY.

    You can also donate on their website
    http://www.bumbleance.com/product/make-a-donation/

    Done.

    "Medical equipment including oxygen masks, bandages, and sterile equipment were taken from two cupboards in the children’s ambulance.
    The BUMBLEance transports extremely ill children and their parents from their homes to hospitals around the country.
    Tony Heffernan, founder and CEO of the Saoirse Foundation, which operates the interactive ambulance, was helping a mother and her sick child to access the service when the goods were stolen."


  • #89
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,228 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Scum of the earth, but can't say I'm surprised or shocked. There's always people like that out there. People who don't give a **** about anyone else.

    Donated just there.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #90
    Neyite
    Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    indigo twist wrote: »
    Hate to say this, but it's a bit crap that it was left unattended at least twice that day I.e. When you were looking at it, and when the theft occurred. No one expects a child's ambulance to be robbed, but at the same time - if I had been the person responsible for it at that time - it shouldn't have happened. The person should have arranged some one else to be on call that day, if being on call meant abandoning that big asset which so many have donated money towards. Some people are ****s, its common knowledge.

    I donated before, but tbh I'm not particularly inclined to do so again. I'd question anyone who would leave valuable electronic goods lying around unsupervised.

    Of course its only the thieves who are responsible. But at the same time, if you're going to donate to a charity, you'd hope that they could be entrusted with the safekeeping of such valuable equipment ...

    He correctly prioritised the call from a distressed parent. Stuff is just stuff and can be replaced.

    Of course, you've never left your posessions unattended even momentarily in an unsafe area to be stolen, have you?


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  • #91
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Done and retwitted their incident.


  • #92
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,347 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    Done.

    I have tremendous admiration for the parents who started this up, after the deaths of their own children.
    Hopefully the equipment will be replaced quickly. There are so many good and generous people, in this country.


  • #93
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    indigo twist wrote: »
    Of course its only the thieves who are responsible. But at the same time, if you're going to donate to a charity, you'd hope that they could be entrusted with the safekeeping of such valuable equipment ...

    Honestly, get a grip.

    Entrusted. Seriously. Do you expect an ambulance never to be left unattended?

    Do you think when they're running to the aid of someone in need they should have to stop to lock up everything, and then when they are trying to get the sick person into the ambulance they should have to put everything down so they can unlock the ambulance again? That's not what happens, and it shouldn't be what happens.

    This is one of the best causes I have ever seen in this country, because some people are scumbags you find fault with the charity themselves. Jesus.


  • #94
    Rory28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Rory28


    I was talking to a delivery driver this morning who was down there when it happened. Apparently it was a load of kids who saw it left unattended and went in for a grab. Not exactly a nice thing to do but kids among their peers are not known for their level headedness.

    A whole lot of good will in this thread. Makes me happy before the weekend even starts. Go Boards.ie!


  • #95
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,661 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    Fcuking scumbags is all they are.
    On a positive note LIDL donated €5k to the fund (fair play to them)

    LIDL have donated €5,000 to Bumbleance


  • #96
    Soups123
    Registered Users Posts: 8,977 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Not sure how I've never heard of this before, it looks a fantastic charity easiest donation for a long time.

    Shame on the fcukers who could rob from it


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  • #97
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Only seeing this now on Boards, can't believe with all the crap I see shared and posted on Facebook (like if you hate cancer, god and other such waffle), yet I haven't seen anything about this. I've donated and copied and posted the details to Facebook so hopefully some friends will do so too. It could be a good thing for them if lots help out now, something good out of something so sh*te.


  • #98
    Rucking_Fetard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Rucking_Fetard


    Why was it at the Ploughing?


  • #99
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Rucking_Fetard wrote: »
    Why was it at the Ploughing?

    I'd assume to raise awareness of the charity. Let people take a look in the back, see what's actually offered to the children, see the good work that's being done with money donated....


  • #100
    In Lonesome Dove
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 479 ✭✭In Lonesome Dove


    Rucking_Fetard wrote: »
    Why was it at the Ploughing?

    I don't know why. Showcasing the bumblance, at a guess. Perhaps to raise some funds. I read last night, i think on the journal.ie site (i'm not sure), that they are (as in the founders of this service), are trying to raise more funds for a new bumblance. Perhaps to have two vehicles on the go. They need 250,000 for this.


  • #101
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I donated there. I love the way boards as a community can band together and help out when possible. I am a broke student so I can donate much more but I would love to give more if I could.


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