Irish plasterer urinated on French loaves in protest at Henry handball

gent9662

A drunken unemployed plasterer who was found urinating on the French
loaves section of a large supermarket in protest at the infamous
handball incident in the France vs Ireland World Cup qualifier, was
this week given a suspended sentence, fined and bound over to keep the
peace.

Frances "Smokie" Larkin, The Meadows, Killareagh, Co Roscommon pleaded
guilty to the incident at Maher's ValueStore supermarket, Killareagh,
one week after the match which Ireland controversially drew after the
French goal was deemed to have scored despite a blatant handball by
French striker Thierry Henry.

Staff found the 46-year-old urinating on the Cuisine de France section
of the bread shelves in Maher's, shouting "this will teach ye, ye
cheating French bastards," before he was taken away by local gardai.

Gardai Anthony Flanagan told the court that he had been called to the
store at 11.15 on the morning of November 25.

"When I reached the shop, I was informed that Mr Larkin was causing a
disturbance in the bread section and when I got there, he was
urinating on the French bread section and stamping on a loaf. I later
ascertained that the loaves were brioches, a sort of French bread.

"When he saw me, he tried to run away but I apprehended him and
grabbed him by the arm. He said 'that's for Thierry Henry, guard. If
you have any pride in your country, you'll let me go.

"Then he said 'that'll teach them, the cheating French bastards."

Addressing the court, Angela Roche, solicitor for the defendant said
that her client had a problem with drink and that normally he was a
placcid character.

"It is when he mixes alcohol with his passion for sport that he gets
himself into situations like this.

She said that Mr Larkin had become quite agitated with the result of
the World Cup match and had worn an "I shot Thierry Henry" t-shirt
that was made up in a local t-shirt shop," she said.

In evidence, Mr Larkin apologised to Mahers store and said that he
"had no axe to grind with them," but that they had been caught up in
what he said was "friendly fire."

He said that he wanted to make a grand gesture to show that the Irish
were not going to take the controversial incident lying down.

"The French loaf is the symbol of France and so by doing what I did, I
was standing up for Irish pride," he said.

Mr Larkin had a previous conviction for setting fire to a tennis club
shed in his teens, an incident from which he had earned the nickname
Smokie.

In his summary, Judge Fergus O'Halloran said that what Mr Larkin had
done was despicable and was also a threat to public hygiene.

"You did this without any thought to the consequences for the
unfortunate shoppers who had to buy that bread.

"If it was in my power to recommend that you seek help for your
alcohol addiction, I would do so and also suggest that you take some
responsibility for your temper and inappropriate behaviour.

"We cannot have louts like yourself with half-baked ideas about
national pride carrying out acts like this," he said, before
sentencing Larkin to six months in jail, suspended on condition he
doesn't breach the peace for one year, fining him ñ500 and ordering
him to pay ñ1,000 to Michael Maher for the clean up of the bread shelf
areas.

Source

phasers

ñ1,000

?

partyguinness

What an idiot..lets hope he is castrated for the good of all of mankind.

"standing up for Irish Pride"....boom boom.

Solvo Slep

"The French loaf is the symbol of France and so by doing what I did, I
was standing up for Irish pride."

He doesn't sound clever enough to come up with such an obvious pun. I wonder if he was contracted by the competition?

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

How would that teach em when it be Irish people eating said bread .

BeeDI

Was it Paddy the Plasterer, I wonder, and was Bertie, with him, to help him, shake off the last few drops :D

Oneironaut

dclane wrote: »

Gardai Anthony Flanagan told the court that he had been called to the
store at 11.15 on the morning of November 25.

"I later ascertained that the loaves were brioches, a sort of French bread."

That's some damn fine police work.

hidinginthebush

Any chance this article was written by the same reporter who wrote the one about the digger in Antrim?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055811288
Either way, top notch reporting! Absolute comedy gold!

Liam Byrne

If they were being delivered to Le Cheat's house, then fair enough.

But it would have been Irish people eating them.

A suspended sentence and a €1,000 cleanup charge is ridiculous.

menoscemo

Does he not know that cuisine de france is actually an irish company?

http://www.cuisinedefrance.com/intro/

bonerm

menoscemo wrote: »

Does he not know that cuisine de france is actually an irish company?

http://www.cuisinedefrance.com/intro/

Does he sound like the kinda fella who does his research? Non ou Oui(oui)?

Caveat

Liam Byrne wrote: »

A suspended sentence and a €1,000 cleanup charge is ridiculous.

In what sense ridiculous - too harsh or too lenient?

Sounds about right to me - retarded mongrel.

Plenty of punishments/sentences may be far too lenient in other more serious crimes but that's another story.

AnonoBoy

Ooooh I'd have hated to have been Thierry Henry that day!

bonerm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ooooh I'd have hated to have been Thierry Henry that day!

Yeah, I heard he took a shít in someones Guinness by way of revenge.

1-1.

connemara man

Could you imagine the damage he could of done if he went after the french fries instead somewhere else

Caveat

LOL excellent bonerm!!

Cookie_Monster

Garda Anto wrote:

. I later ascertained that the loaves were brioches, a sort of French bread.

LOL, good detective work there :pac:

ejmaztec

He should watch out that no-one pisses on him, his name being Frances and all, hypocrite.

bonzodog2

connemara man wrote: »

Could you imagine the damage he could of done if he went after the french fries instead somewhere else

If he'd gone into a chipper and pissed in the fryer, he could have set the place on fire. Now that'd show TH!

[edit] I suppose it would have had to have been McD's for french fries !

gleep

"We cannot have louts like yourself with half-baked ideas about
national pride carrying out acts like this," he said

Source[/QUOTE]

Boom Boom again! come on, he didn't really say that did he now, mr reporter?;)

Vertigo100

"bake him away toys"

/wiggum

Hazys

An irish plasterer pissing in the bread section of a Roscommon supermarket in protest of the handball...that'll learn Henry

PatB71

That supermarket better remove all their leeks in case we lose to the Welsh in the 6 Nations.:)

Chips Lovell

I doubt if this story's real.

walshb

dclane wrote: »

A drunken unemployed plasterer who was found urinating on the French
loaves section of a large supermarket in protest at the infamous
handball incident in the France vs Ireland World Cup qualifier, was
this week given a suspended sentence, fined and bound over to keep the
peace.

Frances "Smokie" Larkin, The Meadows, Killareagh, Co Roscommon pleaded
guilty to the incident at Maher's ValueStore supermarket, Killareagh,
one week after the match which Ireland controversially drew after the
French goal was deemed to have scored despite a blatant handball by
French striker Thierry Henry.

Staff found the 46-year-old urinating on the Cuisine de France section
of the bread shelves in Maher's, shouting "this will teach ye, ye
cheating French bastards," before he was taken away by local gardai.

Gardai Anthony Flanagan told the court that he had been called to the
store at 11.15 on the morning of November 25.

"When I reached the shop, I was informed that Mr Larkin was causing a
disturbance in the bread section and when I got there, he was
urinating on the French bread section and stamping on a loaf. I later
ascertained that the loaves were brioches, a sort of French bread.

"When he saw me, he tried to run away but I apprehended him and
grabbed him by the arm. He said 'that's for Thierry Henry, guard. If
you have any pride in your country, you'll let me go.

"Then he said 'that'll teach them, the cheating French bastards."

Addressing the court, Angela Roche, solicitor for the defendant said
that her client had a problem with drink and that normally he was a
placcid character.

"It is when he mixes alcohol with his passion for sport that he gets
himself into situations like this.

She said that Mr Larkin had become quite agitated with the result of
the World Cup match and had worn an "I shot Thierry Henry" t-shirt
that was made up in a local t-shirt shop," she said.

In evidence, Mr Larkin apologised to Mahers store and said that he
"had no axe to grind with them," but that they had been caught up in
what he said was "friendly fire."

He said that he wanted to make a grand gesture to show that the Irish
were not going to take the controversial incident lying down.

"The French loaf is the symbol of France and so by doing what I did, I
was standing up for Irish pride," he said.

Mr Larkin had a previous conviction for setting fire to a tennis club
shed in his teens, an incident from which he had earned the nickname
Smokie.

In his summary, Judge Fergus O'Halloran said that what Mr Larkin had
done was despicable and was also a threat to public hygiene.

"You did this without any thought to the consequences for the
unfortunate shoppers who had to buy that bread.

"If it was in my power to recommend that you seek help for your
alcohol addiction, I would do so and also suggest that you take some
responsibility for your temper and inappropriate behaviour.

"We cannot have louts like yourself with half-baked ideas about
national pride carrying out acts like this," he said, before
sentencing Larkin to six months in jail, suspended on condition he
doesn't breach the peace for one year, fining him ñ500 and ordering
him to pay ñ1,000 to Michael Maher for the clean up of the bread shelf
areas.

Source

What a dummy; you would think he could have found a French supermarket where French people visit to do this...

ejmaztec

walshb wrote: »

What a dummy; you would think he could have found a French supermarket where French people visit to do this...

They would have invited him to piss on the meat-slicer, then switched it on.

Knoblesse Oblige.

Solvo Slep

walshb wrote: »

What a dummy; you would think he could have found a French supermarket where French people visit to do this...

I think they have some French supermarkets in France.

walshb

Solvo Slep wrote: »

I think they have some French supermarkets in France.

Exactly! Ryanair do cheap flights. So, he wasn't as pissed off about the Henry incident as he is
making out.

stovelid

Seems funny to clamp down on the more virulent strain of a stupidity of which the milder forms seems to be perfectly acceptable.

df1985

myself and my mates went to vegas the morning after the game, didnt step foot in the paris casino. know it has nothing to do with france and is owned by the same company as loads of the other hotels but it was just symbolic and we were still annoyed, every sports channel over there was replaying the handball.

going to paris in may........hmmmm what to do????

looking forward to ireland-france in the six nations though!

opinion guy

df1985 wrote: »

going to paris in may........hmmmm what to do????

Piss on bread in a supermarket....obviously !!!!:rolleyes:

CrazyRabbit

"It is when he mixes alcohol with his passion for sport that he gets
himself into situations like this."

Oh well that's a great excuse. We should give the guy a medal instead. The poor passionate alcoholic!

Fozzie Bear

dclane wrote: »

Frances "Smokie" Larkin, The Meadows, Killareagh, Co Roscommon pleaded guilty to the incident at Maher's ValueStore supermarket, Killareagh, one week after the match which Ireland controversially drew after the French goal was deemed to have scored despite a blatant handball by French striker Thierry Henry.

Great another "thick Paddy" story for the world to scoff at:rolleyes:. And about that bloody handball too. Its over people, build a bridge FFS and stop moaning about it. They are going we are not.

As for the "story" it might be funny if true. Killareagh and Judge Fergus O'Halloran don't exist and it would have been plastered (boom-boom) all over the local and national media if true.

Corega

fryup

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Great another "thick Paddy" story for the world to scoff at:rolleyes:. And about that bloody handball too. Its over people, build a bridge FFS and stop moaning about it. They are going we are not.

As for the "story" it might be funny if true. Killareagh and Judge Fergus O'Halloran don't exist and it would have been plastered (boom-boom) all over the local and national media if true.

well here's a real thick paddy story

kraggy

Just heard on radio this was a hoax.

Pity, would have been funny if it were true.

Tradnuts

dclane wrote: »

"We cannot have louts like yourself with half-baked ideas about
national pride carrying out acts like this,"

Half Baked. da dum dum!

Dudess

fryup wrote: »

well here's a real thick paddy story

Yeah, I had a good chuckle when I heard that.

builttospill

Tradnuts wrote: »

Half Baked. da dum dum!

I loave it! You know urine the right place when you hear something that stupid.

HalloweenJack

gleep wrote: »

Boom Boom again! come on, he didn't really say that did he now, mr reporter?;)

That reminds of John Gormley being on the radio around the time of the "salt crisis". Whoever was on with him accused him of "rubbing salt into the people's wounds" and saying that everything Gormley said "needed to be taken with a pinch of salt".

wylo

df1985 wrote: »

looking forward to ireland-france in the six nations though!

same here, although knowing them cnuts, they'll probably handle the ball again.

Doctor Zaius

This story made the Sunday Mirror today!!!! Says a lot about how much effort the papers put in to verifying their stories!!