Man shot in hand Friday

snubbleste

Anyone know/heard what happened here, bit odd for a delivery guy to have two other people in the car?

"A pizza delivery man was recovering in hospital today after being shot in Galway. The 21-year-old was hit in the hand when a man wearing a balaclava fired into his van in the Whitestrand Road area last night. Two other males in the vehicle at the time were uninjured in the attack.
A 42-year-old man who was later arrested in connection with the incident remained in Garda custody today. The injured man was taken to the city’s University Hospital for treatment. "

Sherifu

I'm interested to know what this was about. Seems odd.

tonyhiggins

That's mad, I was driving by there after a gig last night just around midnight and saw the road cordoned off, wondered what was going on...

July

I'm interested to find out too. Very strange. These things don't tend to happen randomly.

Maybe someone was on their holidays in Salthill from Dublin or Limerick!:p

cornbb

I walked past the scene just as the ambulance arrived. Was wondering what was going on, thats mad alright. I thought I lived in a nice area, maybe I'll move back to Limerick

Sherifu

cornbb wrote: »

I walked past the scene just as the ambulance arrived. Was wondering what was going on, thats mad alright. I thought I lived in a nice area, maybe I'll move back to Limerick

Lets not get crazy now :pac:

utick

sounds like a robbery, or possibly our 'pizza delivery man' was delivering more than just pizza

Sherifu

utick wrote: »

sounds like a robbery, or possibly our 'pizza delivery man' was delivering more than just pizza

My own suspicions would be that but i'll keep an open mind.

ronnie3585

utick wrote: »

sounds like a robbery, or possibly our 'pizza delivery man' was delivering more than just pizza

Are you sure, cos it always takes three people to deliver pizza;)

DRakE

Rife With Libel

Sherifu

DRakE wrote: »

Rife With Libel

Hardly, you donkey farmer :pac:

galwayrush

Pizza war breaking out in Galway?:eek:

Which pizza company was it?

biko

Must have been Godfathers

ErnieBert

It was actually a Chinese delivery. The media got it wrong.

tinofapples

One of the Sunday broadsheets named the victim today.

Fionn MacCool

I don't know Galway very well, but is this on the way out to Barna at all? We were getting a taxi back there on Friday and saw a road cordoned off.

JohnCleary

Maybe teh gunman was hungry? Like really hungry!

Sherifu

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

I don't know Galway very well, but is this on the way out to Barna at all? We were getting a taxi back there on Friday and saw a road cordoned off.

Most likely.

leninbenjamin

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

I don't know Galway very well, but is this on the way out to Barna at all? We were getting a taxi back there on Friday and saw a road cordoned off.

Whitestrand road is lower salthill. between Fr.Griffin (fire station) and the road the aquarium is on. it's full of B&Bs, strange place for a shooting.

WooPeeA

JohnCleary wrote: »

Maybe teh gunman was hungry? Like really hungry!

LMAO

kevmy

ErnieBert wrote: »

It was actually a Chinese delivery. The media got it wrong.

Damn Triads



Anyway I think it's still refreshing that in Galway when someone gets shot non-fatally it's massive news whereas in Limerick a city of approximate size it's called Friday morning

Redhairedguy

kevmy wrote: »

Damn Triads

Hear hear... I'm still convinced they ate my dog...

JIZZLORD

no, i ate it.

it was quite ruff though












i'll get my coat

Das Kitty

tinofapples wrote: »

One of the Sunday broadsheets named the victim today.

Yes, I saw the name in the Galway First "paper" yesterday.

Not Triads.

snubbleste

When I heard the surname of the victim, I immediately knew what was going on..
Where the hell did the rumours of Triads emerge from? It's even in The Sentinel today! Does that paper get their information from internet boards?

Sherifu

snubbleste wrote: »

It's even in The Sentinel today! Does that paper get their information from internet boards?

Growing trend in Galway.

GalGaillimh

Its not a "Traveller Feud "either. One lunatic with a gun does not a feud make Whether they are Travellers or not.

majiktripp

GalGaillimh wrote: »

Its not a "Traveller Feud "either. One lunatic with a gun does not a feud make Whether they are Travellers or not.

I know, sure since when do travellers deliver chinese's.

ronnie3585

Was just looking at the from page of the Sentinel last night and thinking to myself how would one explain the term "traveller feud" to an American tourists. Where to begin?:)

majiktripp

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Was just looking at the from page of the Sentinel last night and thinking to myself how would one explain the term "traveller feud" to an American tourists. Where to begin?:)

One Family are Iraqi's, the other are Americans. It's easy once you put it in context for them.

snubbleste

GalGaillimh wrote: »

Its not a "Traveller Feud "either. One lunatic with a gun does not a feud make Whether they are Travellers or not.

Eh, there is a long-standing 'feud' going on between two traveller families in the galway area for ages now

GalGaillimh

That may well be true but what has that got to do with the victim's family?

soundbyte

Of course its a bloody Traveller feud.

No prizes for guessing the surname of the 42 year-old they questioned! A very prominent member of that family.

Where did it say in the paper about it being Triads snubbleste? I only read something about 'rumours being discounted' that it was Triads in the story about it being a knacker feud.


EDIT: Sorry, just saw GalGaillimh's last post. What's it got to do with the victim's family. Ehm, you're obviously not familiar with the various Traveller families in Galway, and the feud that goes back decades. THe victim is a member of one of these families. I'm confused by your post.

GalGaillimh

Just because he shares a surname with some people does not mean he was involved with every Ward in Galway.Some Wards are involved in feuds and some aren't. His (the victims) family wasn't. The stories that are circulating about the accused and his immediate family are quite interesting though.

Redhairedguy

Send them all back!!!

snubbleste

The only place I heard 'Triads' mentioned is on this thread, and hey presto it appears in The Sentinel on Tuesday. It seems the paper got their information here - 'rumours'. If boards.ie had said it was french-canadian separatists in pursuit of pizzas-it may well have appeared in the paper as 'rumours' as well!


Do you know somthing we don't GalGaillimh? explanation of three men in a pizza delivery van perhaps?

It's just odd.

Redhairedguy

snubbleste wrote: »

Do you know somthing we don't GalGaillimh? explanation of three men in a pizza delivery van perhaps?

SHE WAS THEREEEEEEEEEE..... HIDING IN THE SHADOWS!!!! We've got a proper Grassy Knoll conspiracy here..... EVERYONE'S IN ON IT!!!!

tristanc

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Was just looking at the from page of the Sentinel last night and thinking to myself how would one explain the term "traveller feud" to an American tourists. Where to begin?:)

Hatfield and McCoy?

Or just tell 'em to imagine the Jerry Springer show with the guests armed.

soundbyte

snubbleste wrote: »

The only place I heard 'Triads' mentioned is on this thread. QUOTE]

Ah, right, get ya now. I heard "matter of factly" in town on Friday night that it was Triads over a gambling debt ... the people down the smoking lane beside Buskers must all have been boardsies.

I also would be VEEEERY interested to know why it takes three people to deliver a pizza

DRakE

one to deliver it and 2 to drive the car

obviously

ronnie3585

DRakE wrote: »

one to deliver it and 2 to drive the car

obviously

:D

GalGaillimh

One bored delivery guy and two friends along for the spin - boring but true,
and yeah it was a Chinese Takeaway.

Sherifu

Man in court over Galway shooting

Thursday, 24 April 2008 16:32

A man has appeared in court in Galway on charges arising from what gardaí described as a serious shooting incident in the city last Friday night.
Anthony McDonagh, 37, of Tullachard on the Circular Road in Galway, was charged with possessing a sawn-off shotgun and cartridges with intent to endanger life.
The court was told that a 21-year-old man, who was sitting in the passenger seat of a van parked at Whitestrand Road, sustained very serious injuries when fired on at point-blank range. Mr McDonagh pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Detective Sergeant Willie Beirne said he believed the shooting was part of an ongoing feud between two families living in the city.
Judge John O'Brien refused an application for bail and remanded Mr McDonagh in custody to appear before the district court again on Monday.

ronnie3585

Jaysus, is that the weightlifter guy?

xdeletiax

yes it is.

Redhairedguy

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Jaysus, is that the weightlifter guy?

Superman?

Pub07

Coulda been worse, he coulda been having a hand shandy when he was shot.

fish fingers

Yea the big lad was pictured in the paper. Mad enough, i always thought he was a nice kinda fella.

The court was told that a 21-year-old man, who was sitting in the passenger seat of a van parked at Whitestrand Road, sustained very serious injuries when fired on at point-blank range.

So he shot at them with a shotgun at point blank range but missed 2 and only got 1 partially in the hand.

Jaysus, talk about bad aim.

fish fingers

Deleted User wrote: »

So he shot at them with a shotgun at point blank range but missed 2 and only got 1 partially in the hand.

Jaysus, talk about bad aim.

his arms are too big to fit around the shotgun