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Riots in Portmarnock

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  • 30-05-2013 8:33pm
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    cusackd
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    Anyone here anything about the apparent riots in Portmarnock today
    As thousands flock to beaches all around the country our very own Dublin specifically Portmarnock has decided to make it in to the news.

    Gardaí are currently resolving an issue where a large group of youth are causing havoc in the area.

    Irish rail had to stop its 16.14 Drogheda to Pearse station service after a group of youth were causing ruptions on the train.

    It is believed the garda helicopter and a large number of squad cars have been dispatched to the area to bring the situation to a halt.

    This can only be the result of excessive alcohol consumption mixed with a large crowed of youths.

    Source


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    dr.bollocko
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    Hi guys,

    Following discussion we've decided to re-open this one.


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    MurdyWurdy
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    "Causing ruptions"? Never heard that one before. Causing ructions, surely?!


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    bumper234
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    Was on the bus (42) yesterday about 4ish and there were groups of kids (14/17) drinking and trying to get on the buses to Malahide. Drivers were told over radio not to stop for them.

    This is why we can't have nice things:(


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    Grayson
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    The videos on that link were horrible. If citizen journalism is supposed to be the future, we're all fecked.


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    sasta le
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    Videos may have been taken by idiots but it does show the violence


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    mikom
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    Grayson wrote: »
    The videos on that link were horrible. If citizen journalism is supposed to be the future, we're all fecked.

    Link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident please........


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    Super-Rush
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    Where are these people getting their mobile phones from?

    Footage is terrible.


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    Super-Rush
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    mikom wrote: »
    Link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident please........

    Vids are in the link in the first post.


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    DipStick McSwindler
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    mad turnip
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    Oh this is a yearly event which has been getting bigger each year. (last year it rained so no one went) The year or two before that about 1000 people showed up. It has a name which I just can't seem to remember maybe someone else will know it. Its always around this time every year.


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    mikom
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    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Vids are in the link in the first post.

    You misunderstand me.
    I was looking for a link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident.
    The one by the "real" journalists.

    The unpaid "citizen journalists" seem to be the only ones plugging that gap, as far as I can see.


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    Rayne Wooney
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    mad turnip wrote: »
    Oh this is a yearly event which has been getting bigger each year. (last year it rained so no one went) The year or two before that about 1000 people showed up. It has a name which I just can't seem to remember maybe someone else will know it. Its always around this time every year.



    Fúckin reck it ah Portmarnok day innit


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    Nodin
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    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Where are these people getting their mobile phones from?

    Footage is terrible.


    Going on the ages of them, its presumably all mammy would fork out for.


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    Viper_JB
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    Great weather lads! Lets go to the beach.....and have a fight.

    The mentality is mind boggling - starting to think that mandatory year/two in the army would be a good thing over here, so many brain dead eejits....


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    Nodin
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    Viper_JB wrote: »
    Great weather lads! Lets go to the beach.....and have a fight.
    .........

    Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.


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    Viper_JB
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    Nodin wrote: »
    Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

    Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.


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    Norfolk Enchants
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    Nodin wrote: »
    Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

    Actually, the African who instigated the riot was not drinking. He was on the Adrian Kennedy phone show last night.

    He admitted to throwing the first punches and that he was stone cold sober.


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    DipStick McSwindler
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    Richard Hillman
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    I live close enough to a beach (about 10 mins) but would never go to it on a sunny day because the riff raff from the local area and the inner city that always descend on it. The trains do be packed with the dregs of society having their consequenceless days out by the beach in a decent area.

    You also have to question the Garda presence in these public areas too. On a good day when the schools are off, you could have a couple of thousand people on a beach (a lot of them drinking and a lot of undesirables). Whereas if there was a football match on with a couple of thousand people there, there would be at least 20 or so Garda plus stewards. I know it is hard to plan for a sunny day but surely there should have been a larger presence for the day that was in it.


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    Nodin
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    Viper_JB wrote: »
    Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.


    Theres nothing new going on there, or regressive. Its actually fairly par for the course. I remember the stephens green area was scene of a fair few rows in the early 80's, by an older crew. Likewise various dublin city festivals, "larks in the parks".....the incident here was fairly harmless in the greater scheme of things.


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    Celly Smunt
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    Oxegen warm up.


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    Nodin
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    Norfolk Enchants wrote: »
    Actually, the African who instigated the riot was not drinking. He was on the Adrian Kennedy phone show last night.

    He admitted to throwing the first punches and that he was stone cold sober.


    I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.


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    Norfolk Enchants
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    Nodin wrote: »
    I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.

    Listen to the FM 104 podcast. The African lad admitted that he started it and that he was sober.

    No agenda, just cold hard facts.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    Nodin wrote: »
    I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.

    I thought that was the whole point of the thing

    white v black


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    Gorilla Rising
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    Nodin wrote: »
    Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

    But the problem with Ireland is it manifests itself as shown in the video a lot of the time.
    Nodin wrote: »
    Theres nothing new going on there, or regressive. Its actually fairly par for the course. I remember the stephens green area was scene of a fair few rows in the early 80's, by an older crew. Likewise various dublin city festivals, "larks in the parks".....the incident here was fairly harmless in the greater scheme of things.

    That may be, but it doesn't mean it's OK. If anything it shows we've regressed or remained static as a society in this respect.

    I've been to things in the UK and it's the most civilized experience. Huge crowd, all with their own bottles etc, no trouble. None whatsoever. A lot of Europe is the same.


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    syklops
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    Viper_JB wrote: »
    Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.

    Thats actually an insult to cavemen who lived in civilised tribal groups.

    Chimpanzees on crack would be more like it.


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    crockholm
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    It's kind of putting me into the "lets keep Sellafield open" camp.


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    scopper
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    Aye, it's not his agenda. The whole 'buzz' was white v black kids as happens fairly normally in the rougher estates (this may be hidden from those outside these areas). I guess it's the contemporary version of mods v rockers only with more emotive stakes. Also, it's called res I think; the yearly piss up.


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    Nodin
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    Norfolk Enchants wrote: »
    Listen to the FM 104 podcast. The African lad admitted that he started it and that he was sober.

    No agenda, just cold hard facts.


    ...because somebody phoning into a talkshow and claiming something is a 'cold hard fact'.


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    Celly Smunt
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    scopper wrote: »
    Aye, it's not his agenda. The whole 'buzz' was white v black kids as happens fairly normally in the rougher estates (this may be hidden from those outside these areas). I guess it's the contemporary version of mods v rockers only with more emotive stakes. Also, it's called res I think; the yearly piss up.

    i call bollix on that.


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