Army/Garda patrol on M50 yesterday

delly · 31-03-2006 10:36am #1

I know that they often ride in convoy when escorting cash in transit, but yesterday evening just before 4PM, there was about 4 army jeeps along with a load of Gardai escorting 2 HGV's (40ft trucks).

There was also 2 army jeeps under the N4 flyover with the soliders deployed under the bridge with there guns etc. Lastly it looked like both copper choppers were hovering above following the convoy.

Just curious as to what would require such security

ballooba · 31-03-2006 10:41am

Explosives?

Dave! · 31-03-2006 10:42am

hmmm... sounds pretty cool!

CoolGuy2006 · 31-03-2006 10:46am

A greasy take away meal for mary harney

StupidLikeAFox · 31-03-2006 10:46am

Mary Harneys lunch......?

Zulu · 31-03-2006 10:47am

That was just me knocking off work early.

digitally-yours · 31-03-2006 10:50am

Tell the truth. I Fired YOU !!!!:D

Zulu wrote:

That was just me knocking off work early.

delly · 31-03-2006 10:54am

ballooba wrote:

Explosives?

Well at least i got one serious response before it went downhill :rolleyes:

I'm just glad Monty is back

CoolGuy2006 · 31-03-2006 11:01am

ColHol wrote:

Mary Harneys lunch......?

oohh, just beat you to it :-)

Dave! · 31-03-2006 11:01am

CoolGuy2006 wrote:

A greasy take away meal for mary harney

ColHol wrote:

Mary Harneys lunch......?

Snap tbh

R0ot · 31-03-2006 11:06am

Maybe a high risk prisoner ?

APM · 31-03-2006 11:10am

if it was coming from the direction of dublin airport could possibly be a delivery of new euro notes from somewhere in Europe (I think Rome but not sure)

pyramuid man · 31-03-2006 11:16am

I could be anything. Probably new weapons AKA rifles, and guns. Or maybe ammo and the like.

ballooba · 31-03-2006 11:28am

I meant explosives for quarries. Not for our 'Army'.

Zulu · 31-03-2006 11:36am

digitally-yours wrote:

Tell the truth. I Fired YOU !!!!:D

...I quit!

Peace · 31-03-2006 11:42am

I believe it was the anual Fig Roll resupply for the Gardai.

faigs · 31-03-2006 11:50am

The explosives for quarries wouldn't require such security. A ridgid body truck full of them is usually only escorted by a Garda Patrol Car, a detective, and rarely an army escort.

gerire · 31-03-2006 1:18pm

I was actually walking in the Templeogue area and saw the 2 choppers following along the M50, and the first thing I thought was money delivery. It was coming southbound probably heading to the depot, in Sandyford iirc.

jonny68 · 31-03-2006 1:20pm

Maybe it was a tip off that Loyalists were to bomb Dublin :eek:

mikemac · 31-03-2006 1:38pm

Think I read that in yesterday's Independant that the Army was getting 1400 new pistols.

Possibly this?

Pherekydes · 31-03-2006 2:03pm

APM wrote:

if it was coming from the direction of dublin airport could possibly be a delivery of new euro notes from somewhere in Europe (I think Rome but not sure)

We print our own.

Perhaps it was the Leaving Cert exam papers?:p

L5 · 31-03-2006 2:04pm

Slow coach wrote:

We print our own.

Perhaps it was the Leaving Cert exam papers?:p

the €200 and €500 are not printed here

Dave! · 31-03-2006 2:13pm

How many people routinely carry those notes around though? 5? 6?

I doubt they'd need 2 HGV's to deliver those; a wallet would probably suffice!

gerire · 31-03-2006 2:16pm

We dont mint our own coinage though, and coing can be heave little buggers hence requiring 2 40ft lorrys and a shed load of man and fire power

Pherekydes · 31-03-2006 2:21pm

Table 8d    Production volumes in 2006
Denomination 	Quantity
(in millions of banknotes) 	Value
(&#8364; millions) 	NCBs commissioning production
&#8364;5 	1,080 	5,400 	ES, FR, IE, AT, FI
&#8364;10 	1,780 	17,800 	DE, GR, FR, NL
&#8364;20 	1,940 	38,800 	DE, ES, FR, IT, PT
&#8364;50 	1,920 	96,000 	BE, DE, ES, IT, NL
&#8364;100 	280 	28,000 	IT, LU, AT
&#8364;200 	- 	- 	-
&#8364;500 	- 	- 	-

According to this table, we are only producing fivers.

woody · 31-03-2006 2:24pm

delly wrote:

I know that they often ride in convoy when escorting cash in transit, but yesterday evening just before 4PM, there was about 4 army jeeps along with a load of Gardai escorting 2 HGV's (40ft trucks).

There was also 2 army jeeps under the N4 flyover with the soliders deployed under the bridge with there guns etc. Lastly it looked like both copper choppers were hovering above following the convoy.

Just curious as to what would require such security

There was a battalion in attack exercise no more no less in the glen of immal

Pherekydes · 31-03-2006 2:37pm

gerire wrote:

We dont mint our own coinage though, and coing can be heave little buggers hence requiring 2 40ft lorrys and a shed load of man and fire power

We do mint our own coinage.

Dougals Daddy · 31-03-2006 2:39pm

It was a consignment of 5 and 50 Euro notes which we make for the rest of Europe. Please don't ask me how I know!!!

drdre · 31-03-2006 2:42pm

Dougals Daddy wrote:

It was a consignment of 5 and 50 Euro notes which we make for the rest of Europe. Please don't ask me how I know!!!

How do you know.????:rolleyes:

woody · 31-03-2006 2:59pm

Dougals Daddy wrote:

It was a consignment of 5 and 50 Euro notes which we make for the rest of Europe. Please don't ask me how I know!!!

My Father was on it so stop talking BS :eek:

AnTaoiseach · 31-03-2006 3:03pm

I've seen this convoy thing a few times on the m50.
I always thought it was something customs found like drugs or something.

Dave! · 31-03-2006 3:47pm

woody wrote:

My Father was on it so stop talking BS :eek:

so what was it then!? :eek: I won't tell anyone ¬_¬

Wolf · 31-03-2006 3:58pm

R0ot wrote:

Maybe a high risk prisoner ?

On two 40ft trucks? Maybe its was Mary AND her lunch?

Oh and monty is back!?

Quick everyone post pointless polls

anthonymcg · 31-03-2006 4:05pm

My guess is velociraptors

drdre · 31-03-2006 6:05pm

woody wrote:

My Father was on it so stop talking BS :eek:

then woody whats the truth;)

Hagar · 31-03-2006 6:10pm

Maybe it was two truckloads of the new penalty points they're going to give out.

Random · 31-03-2006 6:12pm

Maybe it was the convoy from the new x-men trailer?

Blackjack · 31-03-2006 6:20pm

woody wrote:

My Father was on it so stop talking BS :eek:

Does your dad take up 2 40 ft trucks?:eek: :eek:

Seriously, if your Father was on it, what was it all about?.

faigs · 31-03-2006 10:36pm

Aren't the Garda Emergency Response Unit getting new sub-machine guns? Wouldn't have anything to do with this?

Lump · 31-03-2006 10:38pm

2 * 40ft containers of sub machine guns.... I don't think so!

John

Random · 31-03-2006 10:40pm

2 truckloads of machine guns? I seriously doubt we need that many.

cormie · 31-03-2006 10:49pm

Could have just been a coincidence that they were all there at the same time?

Random · 31-03-2006 10:54pm

the entire emergency response unit and irish army driving down the m50 at the same time - best explanation as any I guess ..

Sparky · 31-03-2006 11:02pm

They were two lorry loads of zentox chemical gas that Jack Bauer rescued from terrorists.
Either that or lorry loads of last measure malware links, you know the harm they do to the public when they are let out.

drdre · 31-03-2006 11:28pm

so really what was it as this has become a joke:mad:

Sparky · 31-03-2006 11:38pm

drdre wrote:

so really what was it as this has become a joke:mad:

Ok I'll give an honest answer and not joke.

Maybe they were doing a test drill, to see what it would work like. Thats the best answer I can come up with.

drdre · 31-03-2006 11:48pm

Sparky-s wrote:

Ok I'll give an honest answer and not joke.

Maybe they were doing a test drill, to see what it would work like. Thats the best answer I can come up with.

not a bad answer:D

Sizzler · 31-03-2006 11:52pm

It was probably a rouse and the real cargo was being sent 3 miles behind in a clapped out Hiace :-)

SpAcEd OuT · 01-04-2006 1:25am

they were delivering new pistols for the gardai, and new machine guns and heavy artillery for the defence forces

zuma · 01-04-2006 1:30am

So am....as we only produce €5 notes in Ireland according to the table...it may well have been millions worth of €5 notes!
Or it could be all the other notes.

Come on people it must have been money!

Brother To God · 01-04-2006 4:11am

Four UN Mogwags,Pistols and new versions of the stire Machine gun.

Army/Garda patrol on M50 yesterday

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