My New Hero.

chin_grin

By Sonya McLean

Friday April 23 2010

A BUS driver was sentenced to community service for trying to scare off neighbourhood youths with a chainsaw.

Patrick Mulligan (50), a bus driver for children with special needs, was still holding the running chainsaw in his driveway when gardai arrived on the scene.

He also waved it in the direction of Garda Colin Noonan and two of his colleagues.

Gda Noonan said that it took a short time to convince Mulligan to put the tool down. And while they were trying to do so, Mulligan's wife was standing in their doorway in a distressed state.

Gda Noonan said it was clear that the accused had been drinking. Mulligan told gardai that he had a number of problems with some of the people in his neighbourhood and was concerned for his property and the bus he drove for work.

Weapons

Mulligan, of Whitechurch Avenue, Ballyboden, Dublin, admitted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the chainsaw under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act at his home on October 4 2008. He had no previous convictions.

He told gardai that his wife could not walk down their street without "being hassled".

He said some youths had gathered outside his house that night and were interfering with his bus and he had brought out the chainsaw as tactic to scare them off.

He said he was shocked when gardai arrived and that was why it took him some time to put the tool down.

Mulligan had €500 in court to offer the gardai as a token of his remorse, which Gda Noonan said he would pass onto the Garda Benevolent Fund.

Mulligan was ordered to carry out 100 hours community service in lieu of a two year sentence. "Gda Noonan has underplayed what must have been a very terrifying experience for both him and his colleagues," the judge said.

- Sonya McLean

Link: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bus-driver-used-running-chainsaw-to-scare-youths-2149416.html

Irish Independent[

Biggins

"Gda Noonan has underplayed what must have been a very terrifying experience for both him and his colleagues," the judge said.

:eek: Seriously?
Ok A bit worried about possible outcomes but "terrifying experience" ???
Come on judge, I give our good Gardi more credit than that for fcuks sake! :mad:

Kasabian

Not my idea of hero material tbh

chin_grin

lonad wrote: »

Not my idea of hero material tbh

Well, I can relate to the poor guy. I grew up around there and have to say that it does harbour some of the pure dodgy waste of space scum that only Dublin can produce. (EDIT: Disclaimer: I'm sure it's just a few bad eggs. And not the whole area as I'm making it out to be. So if you're from the area I don't mean to offend you.)

I mean it's the whole Falling Down syndrome. Wouldn't you like to go completely postal for a day? No regrets. Sorta like Office Space.....cos that had a Hollywoodesque ending....and isn't real....neither is Falling Down....but.....<trails off>

Ooh does remind me of that scene in Christmas Vacation though.

"Bend over and I'll show you."
"How DARE you."
"I wasn't talking to you."

irelandrover

Biggins wrote: »

"Gda Noonan has underplayed what must have been a very terrifying experience for both him and his colleagues," the judge said.

:eek: Seriously?
Ok A bit worried about possible outcomes but "terrifying experience" ???
Come on judge, I give our good Gardi more credit than that for fcuks sake! :mad:

How is someone threatening you with a chainsaw not a terrifying experience? I know I'd be terrified

Biggins

irelandrover wrote: »

How is someone threatening you with a chainsaw not a terrifying experience? I know I'd be terrified

I'm sure they were damn nervous about the situation to say the least but the judges words helps to give a image that the Gardi were perhaps quaking in their boots.
While fearful for themselves and outcomes (and rightly so), I can say hand on heart through personal experience, I know Gardi are made of better, sterner stuff than the image the judge perhaps mistakenly might portray.

chin_grin

Biggins wrote: »

I'm sure they were damn nervous about the situation to say the least but the judges words helps to give a image that the Gardi were perhaps quaking in their boots.
While fearful of themselves and outcomes (and rightly so), I can say hand on heart through personal experience, I know Gardi are made of better, sterner stuff than the image the judge perhaps mistakenly might portray.

I'm sure as fear heightens your sense of bullsh*ttery the report would read that he was "brandishing it like he was the incarnation of Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)." I mean giving how heavy one is, and that he was intoxicated, I'm sure it was just running idle hanging by his side (after rereading the report....yeah that's what he was doing!).

But seriously would've loved to have witnessed it! I think I chose the title cos I admire his balls for doing it. Just being sick and tired of being bullied.

petes

I prefer Superman. Haven't even read the thread but I'm hungover to fcuk and I saw the word superhero!

Biggins

Thread reminds me of this classic
Score one for the house owner. He became famous after this incident.

(Contains bad language so if your in a public area with speakers...)

Backstory: The house owner was in fact a semi-professional boxer.
He knew that at any time he could have taken care of the twat but stayed restrained as much as possible, for as long as possible.
"Twat" never heard of the saying "never judge a book by its cover" and paid the price. He's now still apparently the local laugh.
The owner meanwhile got massive publicity and support from people and newspaper/magazines when this video went on-line.

drunkymonkey

QUOTE]"Gda Noonan has underplayed what must have been a very terrifying experience for both him and his colleagues," the judge said.[/QUOTE]

Ah he just needed to tool down!

OutlawPete

If the Guards had of been there to clear those scumbags away to begin with, it wouldn't have escalated to the degree it did.

Dunjohn

drunkymonkey wrote: »

"Gda Noonan has underplayed what must have been a very terrifying experience for both him and his colleagues," the judge said.

Ah he just needed to tool down!

Finally, an awful pun, what the hell is wrong with AH today....

opinion guy

chin_grin wrote: »

I think I chose the title cos I admire his balls for doing it

What balls ? He was drunk.

ScumLord

He said he was shocked when gardai arrived and that was why it took him some time to put the tool down.

They where probably showing up to the phone call he made last week complaining about the youths.

Sofiztikated

100 hours community service, in leiu of a 2 year sentence?

Jebus, if he had cut one of the jungfellas in half, he probably wouldn't have gotten much more, AND they wouldn't have ****ed with him/his family again.

Probably a good idea that the Gardi weren't armed, in this instance. If it took him a few minutes to put down the 'saw, an armed Gardi would probably have just, *BOOM* headshot.

Be more of a hero if he managed to decapitate some of the little scumbags. Might have saved us a few prison spaces over the next few years..

So he gets CS for what he did, where's the sentence for the little pricks who were messing with his property?

Ink Arcade

Biggins wrote: »

Thread reminds me of this classic
Score one for the house owner. He became famous after this incident.

Nothing like seeing some scumbags getting what they deserve...

stovelid

For me, his claim to hero status is badly compromised by the fact that he didn't dismember any of them?

He may as well have waved at them for all the use he put the chainsaw to?

wes

Good on him for standing up to the scum bags. It is really sad that people have to go to such lengths to defend themselves from some ass hats.

Hal1

Was this the guy?

http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bruce_campbell_army_of_darkness.jpg

Kasabian

chin_grin wrote: »

Well, I can relate to the poor guy. I grew up around there and have to say that it does harbour some of the pure dodgy waste of space scum that only Dublin can produce. (EDIT: Disclaimer: I'm sure it's just a few bad eggs. And not the whole area as I'm making it out to be. So if you're from the area I don't mean to offend you.)

I mean it's the whole Falling Down syndrome. Wouldn't you like to go completely postal for a day? No regrets. Sorta like Office Space.....cos that had a Hollywoodesque ending....and isn't real....neither is Falling Down....but.....<trails off>

Ooh does remind me of that scene in Christmas Vacation though.

"Bend over and I'll show you."
"How DARE you."
"I wasn't talking to you."

.

az2wp0sye65487

Sounds a bit like this man.

At least the chainsaw will come in useful in his community service

Mike 1972

Mulligan was ordered to carry out 100 hours community service

Cutting overgrown branches ?

Biggins

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Cutting overgrown branches ?

Aye.
First stop - the HQ of Anglo Irish branches!
Cowen did say "heads will roll!" didn't he?

He can get it done on the cheap now!