RTE Rammed

hellboy99 · 03-12-2006 12:56am #1

Just heard on the news that a Nissan Micra drove into the front entrance of RTE :eek: .
Wonder if the driver is the same guy that gave Pat an earfull on the Late Late.

Rb · 03-12-2006 1:00am

Wouldn't surprise me if it was him tbh, hes done it before to the road authorities (iirc) in protest. Drove the car into their front doors and it got towed, all because they wouldn't listen to his ideas apparently.

Wishbone Ash · 03-12-2006 1:03am

Edited.

lostexpectation · 03-12-2006 1:07am

omigod it must be as they said he parked his car blocking the RSA a few weeks back?

he must be pissed off at being manhandled out of the studio last week and mistakenly believes he's been even more oppressed, does nonone still have a link to the ray darcy interview

I looked his name up on the web, didn't find anything about at all except that one reference to the rte webchat, I was expecting details his highly unoriginal blackbox idea

does anyone have that interview he eid with ray darcy
its harder to find radio archives or clips then tv? argh

was it him

Dave! · 03-12-2006 1:09am

A Micra? lol

MrJoeSoap · 03-12-2006 1:10am

Right, last week was funny, but this is a joke (if its him).

Lock him up.

Creamy Goodness · 03-12-2006 1:13am

great way to get his point across on road safety.

yeh let's go crash a car...

****ing moron tbh.

qwertplaywert · 03-12-2006 2:56am

yep.....i would have used bombs
*looks around,sweating*
bombs?who mentioned bombs?!?

eamon234 · 03-12-2006 3:01am

I was wondering why The Plank was driving a Monster Truck last night someone must have tipped him off! That's probably why he waited til tonight

Mossy Monk · 03-12-2006 8:45am

whoever it was, lock them up please. last thing we need on the roads is another lunatic

Tabnabs · 03-12-2006 9:29am

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1203/rte.html

The main building at the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook in Dublin was damaged last night by a man who drove his car into it.

The man rammed the car into the doors of the building as audience members from Tubridy Tonight were leaving the main reception area.

No one was injured in the incident.
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There was no disruption to programmes and viewers were not aware of the incident.

RTÉ Security has identified the driver as Paul Stokes, the same man who disrupted the transmission of The Late Late Show on 24 November.

The man crashed his car into the revolving doors leading to the reception area of the television building shortly after 11pm last night.

He had entered the complex by crashing his Nissan Micra through a security barrier at the Nutley Lane entrance before driving the car 40 metres to the television building.

The man was detained by RTÉ security staff before being handed over to the gardaí.

He is being detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Donnybrook Garda Station.

Dundalk Daily · 03-12-2006 9:32am

Off his rocker, crazy that he could get that far in.

Mossy Monk · 03-12-2006 9:33am

sad bastard. jail would be great for him

Heisenberg. · 03-12-2006 9:48am

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DublinWriter · 03-12-2006 10:46am

Maybe he was just demonstrating his 'amazing' invention to prevent car crashes?

...oopps.

Ghost Train · 03-12-2006 10:48am

Sound like he has a screw loose

Our man in Havana · 03-12-2006 11:03am

The incident happened as audience members from Tubridy Tonight were leaving the main reception area.

It was probably way more entertaining than Tubridy Tonight!

mike65 · 03-12-2006 11:47am

He's the sort of guy who people laugh at until he kills someone (bit like that mad priest Horan). He clearly needs psychiatric assesment and proberly a long course of pills!

Mike.

Guy:Incognito · 03-12-2006 12:12pm

He is crazy. He was locked when he ranted at kenny and that ray darcy interview was hilarious, the guy just kept laughing at himself.

Someone getting injured might have been the lesser of two evils as he might have got jail time.

Lunatic.Good to see he's keeping his promise to keep the roads safe.:rolleyes:

mickd · 03-12-2006 2:03pm

What a difference a week makes, last week people were "whacking off" with excitement over this man's Late Late appearance now he should be locked up. Trust Ray "How mad is that" D'arcy to give this disturbed man even more publicity.

Creamy Goodness · 03-12-2006 2:17pm

yeh because last week it was funny no one had a chance of getting physically hurt, but when you drive a car into a building no matter what size of a car it is there's a huge chance of someone getting hurt.

and the irony of it all is hilarious tbh, what must he be thinking.

Dave! · 03-12-2006 3:29pm

mickd wrote:

What a difference a week makes, last week people were "whacking off" with excitement over this man's Late Late appearance now he should be locked up.

Slagging Pat Kenny on TV is not dangerous.

Driving your car into the reception door of RTÉ IS dangerous.

Of course he should be charged over it.

Milktrolley · 03-12-2006 4:37pm

DaveMcG wrote:

Slagging Pat Kenny on TV is not dangerous.

Driving your car into the reception door of RTÉ IS dangerous.

Of course he should be charged over it.

My sentiments exactly. And to do it when so many people are waiting in the foyer? Lock him up.

Mossy Monk · 03-12-2006 4:47pm

mickd wrote:

What a difference a week makes, last week people were "whacking off" with excitement over this man's Late Late appearance now he should be locked up

what would you suggest? he could have seriously injured someone

Rb · 03-12-2006 4:52pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

what would you suggest? he could have seriously injured someone

Or killed someone, which is quite possible given the audience members and staff going in and out of RTE day in day out.

Hes a danger to himself and God knows who else he chooses to protest against, prison would definately do him some good. Or at least he'd get what he deserves.

Our man in Havana · 03-12-2006 5:26pm

He needs to be sent to the central mental hospital in Dundrum for some help.

Kojak · 03-12-2006 5:43pm

I've heard of not liking the programmes that RTÉ show, but this is ridiculous.

So much for high-quality security at RTÉ :rolleyes:

Cake Fiend · 03-12-2006 5:53pm

Fair play to the man, standing up for what he believes in.

And as we all know, the best way to get yourself taken seriously is to first break into a nationally broadcast TV show, ranting and raving on air, then later drive your car through the security barrier and into the building!

.... oh, wait...

11.3 SECONDS · 03-12-2006 9:01pm

He will appear in the District Court tomorrow.

Assuming that he is charged tomorrow it means that we become restricted in what we can say before he is tried due to the sub judice rule. So, get your observations in now !!

Does anybody actually know what the hell this guy's "campaign" is about or is he just a general purpose crank who opines on everything ?

StupidLikeAFox · 03-12-2006 9:46pm

Give him his own chat show!

mickd · 03-12-2006 9:49pm

It was just an observation that is all. Anybody who calls someone a piece of **** to their face regardless of what state they are in has a problem, all the more on national television. Then he tries to ram the door with his car the following week. Disturbing behaviour all round is what it is. The man needs help not to be made a hero of one week then a villian the next week.

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