Woman fighting for her life after incident on 220

gazzer

Does anybody know anything more about the rock throwing incident on the 220 last night?? I was reading in the paper earlier (Irish Mail)that a gang of youths threw rocks at a 220 bus in Blanchardstown.. one woman was knocked unconcious and has not woken up yet.. The paper said she is fighting for her life. A 16 year old was arrested at the scene.... what sort of scumbags are going around this city at all??

bazzer

The sort of scumbags who need the sh*t kicked out of them without the do-gooder bleeding hearts brigade bleating about their 'rights'. :mad:

Avns1s

bazzer wrote:

The sort of scumbags who need the sh*t kicked out of them without the do-gooder bleeding hearts brigade bleating about their 'rights'. :mad:

Seconded!

bazzer

So yet again we see the meedja focusing on a bus incident in one of the city's traditionally more troublesome areas.
Not to detract from the seriousness of this case, but how come we didn't hear anything about an incident a few weeks ago when a group of rah-di-dah students trashed a number 10 bus in Belfield? As a result, no buses are now going into the campus after 10pm.

DerekP11

bazzer wrote:

So yet again we see the meedja focusing on a bus incident in one of the city's traditionally more troublesome areas.
Not to detract from the seriousness of this case, but how come we didn't hear anything about an incident a few weeks ago when a group of rah-di-dah students trashed a number 10 bus in Belfield? As a result, no buses are now going into the campus after 10pm.

Thats why the "gosh roysh" dipsticks that kicked the crap out of a guy outside club anabelle got such "soft" sentences and easy treatment in the media.

You live in a "classist" society now. Deal with it. The media dahlings only want to trot out stories that reflect the pain and suffering of those in "poor and less development areas".

Unfortunetly, west Dublin, supplies the insulated meedja with enough fodder to demonstrate their apparent superior abilities in informing the nation.

Personally, I hear better stories in the pub, than I'd ever read in an Irish Newspaper. Its a pity.

Apologies to mods for going OT.

SickCert

Belfield is becoming a Ghetto after normal hours as the alco heads come out and head for town. Plenty of Mounttown drivers just keep going once they see the crates of Dutch gold and staggering dipsos.

As for the 220 incident, i havent heard so far - Buy wether its BALLY, mun, brack, fermot OR ogan. Someone is going to be severly injured or worse.

Stark

bazzer wrote:

So yet again we see the meedja focusing on a bus incident in one of the city's traditionally more troublesome areas.
Not to detract from the seriousness of this case, but how come we didn't hear anything about an incident a few weeks ago when a group of rah-di-dah students trashed a number 10 bus in Belfield? As a result, no buses are now going into the campus after 10pm.

I hope the bus isn't still fighting for its life.

SeanW

Anyone want to take bets on whether the judge will let the accused off with suspended sentence because he had a crappy childhood or something?

Stark

That's rediculous nonsense you're spouting.

Clearly, the excuse will be boredom from lack of recreational facilities.

SeanW

lol yeah, that's the one.

drdre

these guys should really be in jail for afew years.but because they are underage nothing happens to them

Victor

Stark wrote:

I hope the bus isn't still fighting for its life.

Perhaps not, but several thousand people have an impaired bus service.

Wishbone Ash

DerekP11 wrote:

The media dahlings only want to trot out stories that reflect the pain and suffering of those in "poor and less development areas"

I don't think so! The Club Annabel trial probably received more publicity than any other trial in Irish history. At roughly the same time, a young man was kicked to death outside a pub in Tallaght(?) and it barely got a mention.

wyndham

DerekP11 wrote:

Thats why the "gosh roysh" dipsticks that kicked the crap out of a guy outside club anabelle got such "soft" sentences and easy treatment in the media.

What are you talking about? They were maligned in the media for months on end, to the extent where reference was made in court to media interference in the case. Their girlfriends and families were followed and their personal lives thrown into the public arena, because of where they went to school.

Stark

Victor wrote:

Perhaps not, but several thousand people have an impaired bus service.

Aye, but attacks on buses on both sides of the river often only get reported in the local media. I've found myself stuck in areas a few times where the bus service was cut off in both Cork and Dublin and only found out what was going on through word of mouth (fantastic customer relations I know). My opinion is that this story got more attention due to the serious injury sustained rather than "the class divide".