Fired for Calling His Boss A "Little Prick"

dublinguy2004

Air Force Commandant Niall Donoghue gets the sack from his job. Ouch.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0531/donoghuen.html

I'm sure they'll still give him an aul silence pension. Mind you, I don't think Ryanair can quite match the Irish Air Force's salary and benefits package.

starbelgrade

Comdt Donoghue, who is married with two young children, had pleaded not guilty and claimed his comments had been misheard.

He actually said that he was a "lovely man with a generous disposition & had great hair".

Dennis the Stone

I love the way he tried to claim that he only said 'you're a little prickly.' Nice try, Niall.

Tar.Aldarion

Hehe small penis.

Biggins

Depending on the full military court decision/degree of his sacking, he might lose any additional benefits too he had amassed.

starbelgrade

Biggins wrote: »

Depending on the full military court decision/degree of his sacking, he might lose any additional benefits too he had amassed.

And in other news...

Biggins

starbelgrade wrote: »

And in other news...

...the naked rambler was acquitted!

A Swiss court on Friday acquitted a rambler who had been fined for hiking nude, local news agency ATS reported. The 47 year old went to the court in eastern Switzerland's Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton to defend his right to hike naked, after he refused to pay a fine of 100 francs imposed following a complaint from a woman who saw him.
The woman had complained to the authorities about his "indecent behaviour."
The nudist's lawyer argued however that his client was not behaving in an indecent manner, and that the woman must have followed him to observe his actions.
In addition, the lawyer noted that the canton's penal code did not prohibit hiking naked.
The hiker said he has been rambling nude over the past two years, and that he always sticks to little used tracks.
The court waived the 100 franc-fine on the nudist and instead ordered the state to cover legal costs of 2,000 francs.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100528/od_afp/switzerlandcourtnudityoffbeat_20100528175650

:pac:

starbelgrade

When I clicked on this thread, I have to admit that I was just a little bit dissapointed to find out that it wasn't about Ryanair.

Snowie

naplian syndrome boss perhaps ?

starbelgrade

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

naplian syndrome boss perhaps ?

Is that what happens when a small man mixes up some napalm?

Snowie

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is that what happens when a small man mixes up some napalm?

Its what i call very angry chefs who are challanged bye gravitity

starbelgrade

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Its what i call very angry chefs who are challanged bye gravitity

That could make for a very interesting episode of "ready steady cook"

And on today's epdisode we have

Napolean Boneparte

Adolf Hitler

and

Mao Tse Tung

Ready, steady (with that highly vilotile chemical)... cook!

bluto63

We have an army?

IvySlayer

Good for him.

Snowie

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

naplian syndrome boss perhaps ?

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is that what happens when a small man mixes up some napalm?

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Its what i call very angry chefs who are challanged bye gravitity

starbelgrade wrote: »

That could make for a very interesting episode of "ready steady cook"

And on today's epdisode we have

Napolean Boneparte

Adolf Hitler

and

Mao Tse Tung

Ready, steady (with that highly vilotile chemical)... cook!

id like to say my above spelling was a mistake i just wanted to lead you on :pac:

But it still sounds like fun to watch maybe a death match...:cool:

arybvtcw0eolkf

Biggins wrote: »

Depending on the full military court decision/degree of his sacking, he might lose any additional benefits too he had amassed.

He was dishonourably discharged so he'll lose all benefits afforded to a retiring member, including his pension.

As well as that he can never be employed in a public/civil service job.

But thats all assuming he doesn't appeal the findings of the court martial & providing the appeal fails.

Then because he's a commissioned officer his appeal must be upheld by the dail, then signed off by the president. It'll take awhile no matter if he appeals or not.

syklops

...after he had been given a negative appraisal of his performance at Baldonnel

I think there might be more to this which we will never hear about. An incident like this would hardly ever get as far as a court marshal. I think he had done something else or a series of things which were wrong hence the negative appraisal. When he called his superior a prick it was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.

ANXIOUS

syklops wrote: »

I think there might be more to this which we will never hear about. An incident like this would hardly ever get as far as a court marshal. I think he had done something else or a series of things which were wrong hence the negative appraisal. When he called his superior a prick it was the perfect opportunity to get rid of him.

Apparently he made something like a 130 complaints before this. Something seems strange about this. Like the fact a cadet was ordered to carry away a safe because somebody wanted a letter inside, or that they couldn't find the milatary police it's not like baldonnel is huge.

Biggins

Braylon CoolS Saxophone wrote: »

He was dishonourably discharged so he'll lose all benefits afforded to a retiring member, including his pension.
As well as that he can never be employed in a public/civil service job.
But thats all assuming he doesn't appeal the findings of the court martial & providing the appeal fails.
Then because he's a commissioned officer his appeal must be upheld by the dail, then signed off by the president. It'll take awhile no matter if he appeals or not.

Thats what I felt too would happen.
There might have been some leniency show to him regarding his benefits if there was some form of justification but as a standard practise for being dishonourably discharged, he would lose the lot.

ejmaztec

bluto63 wrote: »

We have an army?

A one man army. It used to be a two man army, but sh1t happened.

pickarooney

Do we have any evidence to prove that the officer in question was not in fact a little prick?

thecornflake

it was his word against the officers , they had to prick someone.

perhaps it was a call sign like iceman or maverick ? , yeah prick inbound, prick dropping my load now . . . . . .

(gift)

bonerm

What happens if we get invaded by "Ze Germans" some day and our army are standing in foxholes calling each other 'little pricks'. We'd be massacred! :mad:

dublinguy2004

Braylon CoolS Saxophone wrote: »

He was dishonourably discharged so he'll lose all benefits afforded to a retiring member, including his pension.

As well as that he can never be employed in a public/civil service job.

But thats all assuming he doesn't appeal the findings of the court martial & providing the appeal fails.

Then because he's a commissioned officer his appeal must be upheld by the dail, then signed off by the president. It'll take awhile no matter if he appeals or not.

You speak with such authority on these matters. :pac:

Kasabian

Thank God my boss isn't such a pussy , I'd be fired daily

Minstrel27

According to news last night he could have gone to prison for saying that. That's crazy.

dublinguy2004

Commandant: €58k to €73k, plus allowances. He's probably got a pre-2004 pension too. Ouch.

dublinguy2004

Minstrel27 wrote: »

According to news last night he could have gone to prison for saying that. That's crazy.

Imagine if he went nuts up in the Cessna and told the air traffic control that he's a "little prick" and flew the thing into Liberty Hall.

orourkeda

What kind of pussy military do we have when you cant use a bit of an aul expletive?

dublinguy2004

orourkeda wrote: »

What kind of pussy military do we have when you cant use a bit of an aul expletive?

The vernacular of the Baldonnel officers' mess must be something. I'd say they sit around talking about daisies and their pets all day. Maybe a bit of soggy biscuit over Fighter Aircraft Magazine later on in the night when the soldiers have gone off to bed and nobody's looking...

Voodu Child

orourkeda wrote: »

What kind of pussy military do we have when you cant use a bit of an aul expletive?

And his superior officer runs off crying like a big girl and 'tells' on him.

Reg'stoy

I'm SORRY your honour (tic) but I ARSE forgot MY fcuking TOURETTES medication you BOLLIX (tic) that morning.

dublinguy2004

Reg'stoy wrote: »

I'm SORRY your honour (tic) but I ARSE forgot MY fcuking TOURETTES medication you BOLLIX (tic) that morning.

You don't refer to an Irish judge as "your Honour".

dublinguy2004

He was probably put flying in this for a while (yes, it's still used for "surveillence missions") before he snapped.

General Zod

dublinguy2004 wrote: »

You don't refer to an Irish judge as "your Honour".

He hasn't been in front of a judge, this was a military dismissal.

PeterIanStaker

Goes to show that the Irish media will pick up on even the most trivial incident to make the DF, who by extension are public servants, look bad. :rolleyes: That said, he had a fair few complaints this might have been the nail in the coffin.

moonpurple

in reply to OP
its not fair
his wife had told him his boss had a little prick
he just couldn't keep it to himself
indiscreet:rolleyes:

Thomas828

bluto63 wrote: »

We have an army?

I know we have an army, more often than not on UN peacekeeping, but I wasn't aware that we had an air force. What sort of planes do they have? Airfix? Meccano?

ScumLord

There must be allot more to this I'm assuming the military don't like letting go long serving soldiers that they've probably invested thousands and thousands in over the years,

There better be more to it, it's a complete waste of money dismissing a trained professional because of one offhand remark.

Local-womanizer

dublinguy2004 wrote: »

He was probably put flying in this for a while (yes, it's still used for "surveillence missions") before he snapped.

Whats wrong with a Cessna? Many of countries still use the Cessna for such missions.

OT, It looked like a the Air Corp were fed up with him,I read somewhere he is awaiting a hearing on 11 other charges.

But it will be interesting to see if he appeals it,because it has to be heard in front of a civilian judge then.

orourkeda

dublinguy2004 wrote: »

You don't refer to an Irish judge as "your Honour".

If you have tourettes its usually your bollix

SV

Thomas828 wrote: »

I know we have an army, more often than not on UN peacekeeping, but I wasn't aware that we had an air force. What sort of planes do they have? Airfix? Meccano?

Planes(of various quantities)
Casa CN235
Cessna 172
Pilatus PC-9M
PBN Defender
Beech Craft*
Gulfstream IV*
LearJet 45*


Helicopters(of various quantities)
EC135 T2
Squirrel 2
AW139
EC135 P2



*Ministerial planes.




Not bad for a neutral country I'd think

SV

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Whats wrong with a Cessna? Many of countries still use the Cessna for such missions.

Don't you get it?
If it doesn't look like some of the big jets like the RAF and USAF use then it's a piece of shít! :eek:

dublinguy2004

General Zod wrote: »

He hasn't been in front of a judge, this was a military dismissal.

He was court martialled. Look it up. :P

lynski

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

naplian syndrome boss perhaps ?

I know it was a mistype but google naplian and and you are really insulting someone!
url too long

ScumLord

SV wrote: »

Planes(of various quantities)
Casa CN235
Cessna 172
Pilatus PC-9M
PBN Defender
Beech Craft*
Gulfstream IV*
LearJet 45*


Helicopters(of various quantities)
EC135 T2
Squirrel 2
AW139
EC135 P2



*Ministerial planes.




Not bad for a neutral country I'd think

Yeah, it's grand until someone attacks us, What are we going to do send two up, one to fly the plane and another to hang out the window with a shotgun?

SV

ScumLord wrote: »

Yeah, it's grand until someone attacks us, What are we going to do send two up, one to fly the plane and another to hang out the window with a shotgun?

The PC-9Ms are equipped with rocket pods and machine gun pods.

besides, it'd be only temporary until another country comes in to help us.

Rothmans

ScumLord wrote: »

Yeah, it's grand until someone attacks us, What are we going to do send two up, one to fly the plane and another to hang out the window with a shotgun?

I actually lol'd at that

Seriously though, I've been following this in the indo, and it seems that there was some bad blood between these two anyway.

dublinguy2004

Rothmans wrote: »

I actually lol'd at that

Seriously though, I've been following this in the indo, and it seems that there was some bad blood between these two anyway.

Nothing like airing your dirty laundry in public.

The ex-Commdt should do an interview with the Daily Mail and really spill the beans.

dublinguy2004

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Goes to show that the Irish media will pick up on even the most trivial incident to make the DF, who by extension are public servants, look bad. :rolleyes:

Don't worry. The overpaid suckling brats at UCC have been doing a good job at toy soldiers building little empires for themselves too...

davetherave

General Zod wrote: »

He hasn't been in front of a judge, this was a military dismissal.

We have a military judge