Finglas Petrol Bombing

Irishpimpdude

Anyone know whats going on at the moment a couple of cars have been set on fire up around the berryfield area... scum

AckwelFoley

Jaysus..

Doesnt help Finglas with the tough name parts of it have..

There are always a few little kunts that give an area a bad name :mad:

Irishpimpdude

Theres mad riots going on people getting dragged out of there cars, garda or just standing around in riot gear away from it all doing nothing

Bluetonic

Lets just hope they stay away from North County Dublin.

Irishpimpdude

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Theres mad riots going on people getting dragged out of there cars, garda or just standing around in riot gear away from it all doing nothing

I heard hookey talking about it on Newstalk.

Are you near the trouble?

Irishpimpdude

Yea 2 mins away but im not going up for a look, chances are i know alot of them and ill end up fighting

Ste.phen

Not too far from there at the moment, Garda helicopter is overhead and I haven't heard any trains in a while (though thats probably a coincidence

Chinafoot

Moved from Dublin County North.

AckwelFoley

Go outside with a big poster with "boards.ie" on it.. it will be on the 9 o clock news. Bit of d'aul publicity wouldnt do any harm

orestes

snyper wrote: »

Go outside with a big poster with "boards.ie" on it.. it will be on the 9 o clock news. Bit of d'aul publicity wouldnt do any harm

Sure, a big sign with boards on it in the background of a minor riot, why wouldn't we want ourselves associated with the car burning skanger folks. No such thing as bad publicity

Screw it, just get the skangers to sign up to boards while you're out there, AH would turn into the thunderdome within an hour!

gurramok

Pics or it didn't happen

Irishpimpdude

lol only have one phone pic of the garda standing around in riot gear its crap though

Irishpimpdude

Heres the crap pic i have rte are floating about now so i think ill run around naked with that banner i just made that says boards.ie is for cool people

Irishpimpdude

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Heres the crap pic i have rte are floating about now so i think ill run around naked with that banner i just made that says boards.ie is for cool people

Thread in a grainy way.. delivers.

You are the boards.ie reporter. Try not to get lamped like Charlie Bird

AckwelFoley

Do it son.

Make a name for yerself.

You wil be long remembered here.

Irishpimpdude

ah i just got chased by the garda into my house for indecent exposure, there banging at my door asking me to come quietly... what to do :eek:

gurramok

Where's the burnt out cars though?

Wait a min, is that tolka valley rd there in the pic?

To the boards roving reporter...is the bad stuff still going on?

orestes

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

ah i just got chased by the garda into my house for indecent exposure, there banging at my door asking me to come quietly... what to do :eek:

Go out all guns blazing, Butch & Sundance style!

Dirk Gently

seems to have finished for the most part now. looks like the gardai had everything blocked off from the roundabout on cardiffsbridge road. Dunnes car park seemed to be the place to be for spectators, I thought I was gonna get charged an admission fee when I cut through about an hour ago.:eek:

pickarooney

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

ah i just got chased by the garda into my house for indecent exposure, there banging at my door asking me to come quietly... what to do :eek:

Chew a pillow as you ejaculate through the letterbox?

Irishpimpdude

Its still going on as far as i know and yes that is tolka valley road in the pic... im going to go load all my airsoft weapons cause im gonna go out in style mwahahaha :cool:

gurramok

Ok, i ran down to the scene about 20min away, took a few pics with a shaky hand with the icy air and keepin an eye on any gards going to snatch the cam off me
Didn't see any action, just loads of gardai milling around and took aftermath pics

First pic, guy on left was only professional lookig photographer there so expect his fotos to be in some paper tomorrow!

gurramok

First 2 pics are actually the riot squad milling around 2 of their vans with their woof woofs




Was this damaged fence here ages or as a result of tonight?


Lots of what looks like bud looking beer bottle glass smashed

kleefarr

It's just another drink engorged party.

That's good, because they'll leave the tokers alone at the slightly quieter party down the road.

wyndham

Obviously they are rioting in support of a Free Tibet. They saw what is happening in China and couldn't sit around doing nothing. Who can blame them?

Dave!

wyndham wrote: »

Obviously they are rioting in support of a Free Tibet. They saw what is happening in China and couldn't sit around doing nothing. Who can blame them?

It stopped for a while and is back on now apparantly.... my mate is working down there tonight

gurramok

DaveMcG wrote: »

It stopped for a while and is back on now apparantly.... my mate is working down there tonight

Ah feck, flippn typical, i took those pics at 8:45, left the scene and its starting again?

Someone else go down and get some pics!

clown bag wrote:

seems to have finished for the most part now. looks like the gardai had everything blocked off from the roundabout on cardiffsbridge road. Dunnes car park seemed to be the place to be for spectators, I thought I was gonna get charged an admission fee when I cut through about an hour ago.

Jayzus, did you not get any pics??

Dirk Gently

so what happened anyway. overheard a few people talking about people getting pulled out of their cars. seen a few cars / vans ablaze earlier on. Gardai seemed to slowly surround the area where gurramok took his pics. was all clear again when I walked by a couple of hours ago.

gurramok wrote: »

Jayzus, did you not get any pics??

Ha, there was no getting near that area you where when I was around earlier. Thought about taking a few from the car park at dunnes but was full up of scummers calling their mates asking which of them were arrested and which got away. thought it best not to start taking snaps.


edit: It just got 5 seconds on the bog 1 news at 9.

Irishpimpdude

Is it really starting back up?

gurramok

clown bag wrote: »

so what happened anyway. overheard a few people talking about people getting pulled out of their cars. seen a few cars / vans ablaze earlier on. Gardai seemed to slowly surround the area where gurramok took his pics. was all clear again when I walked by a couple of hours ago.

Thk i arrived around 7:30, no signs of any burnt cars which might had been removed by the time i got there but plenty of debris around as evidence of ve-hicle damage.

clown bag wrote: »

Ha, there was no getting near that area you where when I was around earlier. Thought about taking a few from the car park at dunnes but was full up of scummers calling their mates asking which of them were arrested and which got away. thought it best not to start taking snaps.

I approached from tolka valley road with my cam. Understandable not taking pics though with them around, i was a bit nervous myself and careful to snap the above across the road from the ogling crowd.

Irishpimpdude wrote:

Is it really starting back up?

Dunno, aren't you near the scene anyway, take a gander around the corner

Though i'm tempted to head down again, might keep me fit

lostexpectation

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0317/finglas.html
Dublin suburb patrolled after riots

ps http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhojmhojmhmh/ belfast too

gurramok

On rte website now http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0317/finglas.html?rss

rte wrote:

Dublin suburb patrolled after riots
Monday, 17 March 2008 21:25

Gardai were called to Finglas in north Dublin this afternoon following reports of rioting amongst groups of youths in the area.

It is understood at least five cars were damaged in the incident in the Cardiffbridge Road area.

The situation is now calm, however gardaí from the Public Order Unit are maintaining a presence in the area.

There are no reports of any injuries so far.

lostexpectation

12 arrests over Dublin disturbances
Monday, 17 March 2008 22:34

12 people have been arrested by gardaí in Dublin for public order offences following disturbances in the area earlier today.

The trouble started in Finglas, north-west Dublin at around 4pm today.

Gardaí say five cars were burnt out in the Cardiffbridge Road area during the day but the situation has settled down.
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Earlier gardaí from the public order unit had patrolling parts of Finglas.

They have now been withdrawn but gardaí are maintaining a presence in the area.

There are no reports of any injuries.

Dirk Gently

gurramok wrote: »

gurramoks spot as he posted above, earlier on this afternoon

lostexpectation

jaysus how did that van get there? daylight joyriding it seems

gurramok

Jesus, thats some pic clown bag.

(only short clip on rte news you mentioned from ehre http://www.rte.ie/news/9news/ , no spectacular pics though like yours!)

I can see a tabloid have a field day tomorrow with headline 'Finglas riots out of control' which they were not at all as it was just some trouble in a tiny area of Finglas :mad:

Now boards has before and after pics of what happened...beat that tv stations and newspapers!

utick

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XiLwlTrrcFo crappy quality, short but can make out the riot cops with there shields running around a bit.

also seems when you search finglas on youtube 90% of the videos are joyriders

arybvtcw0eolkf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLwlTrrcFo

I heard Degsy got a bad pint in the Cardiffsbridge and ran amok.

Jay D

clown bag wrote: »

gurramoks spot as he posted above, earlier on this afternoon

God that looks like it was taken by an expert photographer that!!


What chaos anyway yesterday. I was walking by just after four, could hear car screaming as I walked up Helena's Rd, followed by crash after crash, then the scene wasn't very welcoming at all when I turned the corner. Two vans on fire, one on it's side and smoke coming from further in as well.

Last night around 7 there was any amount of Garda around, wearing only jackets as indicator of who they were. When I got back to Finglas village I saw a few transits on the North Road with riot police getting in.

The grumpy taxi driver ignored my calls to avoid that area when I was eventually coming home last night but at 11:45pm there was a few in a garden with a police grabbing one of them, a transit nearby but the general warzone that it was, was by this time cleared.

I really hope the little bastards get a serious sentence for this. I remember growing up and groups of scum ****ers seeing it fit to rob loads of cars around and go to the fields etc. Our severe lenience with these proper scum bag bound bastards isn't very encouraging either.

John Mason

I took a wander up at around 6.30pm last night to have a look, you couldnt get in to Dunnes Car Park for the amount of people observing. I was speaking to a friend who said it kicked off at around 12.30pm but the police didnt turn up until 6pm. THey were probably all in town watching the parade :rolleyes:

Jay D

irishbird wrote: »

I took a wander up at around 6.30pm last night to have a look, you couldnt get in to Dunnes Car Park for the amount of people observing. I was speaking to a friend who said it kicked off at around 12.30pm but the police didnt turn up until 6pm. THey were probably all in town watching the parade :rolleyes:

well when I walked by, shortly after 4, the 2 vans were well burnt out so would say they were like that for at least an hour. As I walked up past Dunnes, a Garda car was parked there with two females in it, just watching, then a recovery truck and Transit with more police came and they went down.

Dirk Gently

irishbird wrote: »

I took a wander up at around 6.30pm last night to have a look, you couldnt get in to Dunnes Car Park for the amount of people observing. I was speaking to a friend who said it kicked off at around 12.30pm but the police didnt turn up until 6pm. THey were probably all in town watching the parade :rolleyes:

You mean to say I was within feet of boards most lickable poster and I didn't even realise it.

John Mason

clown bag wrote: »

You mean to say I was within feet of boards most lickable poster and I didn't even realise it.

LOL - you sure were and you missed your chance

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irishbird wrote: »

I took a wander up at around 6.30pm last night to have a look, you couldnt get in to Dunnes Car Park for the amount of people observing. I was speaking to a friend who said it kicked off at around 12.30pm but the police didnt turn up until 6pm. THey were probably all in town watching the parade :rolleyes:

Yeah, there wasn't really anything happening at that time really, just a load of kids standing around. And loads of spectators.

clown bag wrote: »

You mean to say I was within feet of boards most lickable poster and I didn't even realise it.

John Mason

Does anyone know actually what happened to kick it off? or was it just boredom on the part of a few people

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Scumbags don't need reasons.

Slunk

Happens nearly every St Patricks day. They normally keep it to the fields down the back roads though. Guy in work was dragged from his car and beaten with a wrench. Then they burnt his car.

Twelve people arrested according to RTE. Doubt theyll do any serious time for it.

egan007

I'd blame the Kaiser Chiefs for mentioning Riot in a song.

gurramok

More from Ireland.com, think this is more accurate version. Lack of garda action probably due to lack of resources tallies with the trouble going on all afternoon till the gardai arrrived en masse late evening. http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0318/breaking20.htm

ireland.com wrote:

Gardaí arrested 17 people during a spate of rioting and joyriding in north Dublin yesterday.

One man was reportedly dragged from his car and beaten up before it was torched.

Officers were called to Finglas yesterday morning after reports that a number of cars had been stolen and were being driven dangerously around the area.

Gardaí from Finglas dealt with three incidents of dangerous driving in the Berryfield Road and Glenties Drive area.

One of the cars that had been stolen was petrol-bombed later yesterday afternoon.

A group of around 60 youths gathered as the Dublin Fire Brigade tackled the fire.

As the numbers swelled and gardaí began to come under attack from the mob, the Garda Public Order Unit, assisted by the Garda Air Support Unit, was called in to deal with the disturbances.

Seventeen people were arrested for public order offences throughout the Finglas area. When the crowd had been dispersed, Dublin City Council removed six cars from Cardiffsbridge Road and Berryfield Road.

Later yesterday evening, a car was hijacked on Cardiffsbridge Road, while another hijack attempt was unsuccessful, a Garda spokesman said. He said there were "no serious injuries" reported.

Local Sinn Féin councillor Dessie Ellis claimed many of those involved in the violence, some of whom were as young at ten, had been drinking all day.

"It culminated in this orgy of burning cars," he said. "It's totally unacceptable. The people down there are in shock."

Many local residents were effectively trapped in their homes during the rioting as they had been warned by gardaí not to venture outside, he added. At least seven cars were torched, he said.

andrewh5

Feckin eejits the lot of 'em. They need lining up against a wall & shooting.

gurramok

Now rte have it in their headlines http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0318/finglas.html?rss

Question, what would you do if they tried to drag you away from your car?

If it was me and the circumstances were right in that i could drive away before them touching me, i'd actually try to drive away with knocking some of them down if they are in the way.
It might sound brave and computer warrior doing that but if i feared for my life, anything is possible.

rte wrote:

A total of 17 people were arrested yesterday during disturbances in Finglas, Dublin.

Seven cars were burned out, in violence involving up to 200 people.

It is understood alcohol-related trouble started early and culminated with motorists being dragged from their cars by youths.

Gardaí started to receive calls about dangerous driving and attempted car thefts in Finglas at about 10am yesterday.

At noon, gardaí dealt with three incidents of dangerous driving and one hijacked car in the Berryfield Road/Glenties drive area.

A car that had been reported in relation to dangerous driving had been set alight and Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene.

A short time later a van was set alight when a petrol bomb was thrown at it.

Around 60 youths were gathered at the scene at the time.

The Public Order Unit was dispatched to the area and the crowd was dispersed.

At least six vehicles were removed from the Cardiffsbridge Road and Berryfield Road by Dublin City Council.

Yesterday evening at 5.30pm, more cars were attacked and another car was hijacked on Cardiffsbridge Road.

Local Councillor Dessie Ellis said the disturbances were drink-fueled and involved children as young as 10.

During the operation, 17 arrests were made at different times and different locations.