Truck incident at Leinster House

joe316

Just listening to newstalk, a cement truck has just attempted to ram into the gates of leinster house.

I dont like violence but maybe it might give impetus for more "peaceful" protests

Poly

Newstalk are reporting that our friend in the "Toxic bank" cement truck has attempted to ram the gates.

IvySlayer

I hope the Gardaí don't close it off all day due to the protest later on.

Poly

Pics:

http://www.newstalk.ie/programmes/all/breakfast/

Celtickiller

Shame it didn't hit Cowen !

Poly

Celtickiller wrote: »

Shame it didn't hit Cowen !

Way too early for cowen, he's just headin for his breakfast roll.

uberwolf

who does he think has to pay for the repairs?

Poly

uberwolf wrote: »

who does he think has to pay for the repairs?

once he's fully comp, his insurance should cover it;)

Celtickiller

Bet he's insured by Quinn Insurance, oh the irony !!!

Newstalk site is down, must be all the hits !

Saint_Mel

Free The Molesworth Street 1

cyrusdvirus

looking at the pic it doesn't look like it hit.

BaZmO*

It was a cement truck, apparently it was delivering the concrete changes that Enda Kenny was looking for.

http://yfrog.com/jtaj1rj

Biggins

Protest yes, but peacefully.
If that was America and the White House, the snipers on top of the building would have took the driver out.

Anyway, with the protest marches today, looks like the re-opening of the Dail today, is off to a good start.

Darragh

Pics here http://twitter.com/davidmaybury/status/25861261968

http://yfrog.com/4jppbkj

http://yfrog.com/2ttobqtj

http://yfrog.com/5cbgzij

Doesn't look hit at all.Or like there's any trouble about it.

The media are hungry for stories is all.

uberwolf

gatecrash wrote: »

looking at the pic it doesn't look like it hit.

4 years since you registered, waiting for this moment

cyrusdvirus

uberwolf wrote: »

4 years since you registered, waiting for this moment

What?

danniemcq

Celtickiller wrote: »

Shame it didn't hit Cowen !

Jesus I know, there woulda been carnage, truck Cowan might have spilled his pint and dropped his breakfast roll

BaZmO*

gatecrash wrote: »

What?

Seriously?

We'll all just sit back and wait for the penny to drop.......

cyrusdvirus

danniemcq wrote: »

Jesus imagine if it hit Harney, there woulda been carnage, truck destroyed driver dead people killed by shrapnel and Harneys stomach would growl

naaah....... it would've just bounced off.

Atlantic Dawn

Poly wrote: »

once he's fully comp, his insurance should cover it;)

After the TD getting away with attempting to drink drive in the dail car park perhaps normal laws dont apply, maybe they will compensate him for damage to his truck.

Btwndeyes

uberwolf wrote: »

4 years since you registered, waiting for this moment

gatecrash wrote: »

What?

Dude your name..

cyrusdvirus

oh. right.

Forgot i use that one here

Slidey

I'm wondering how poor the mechanics must be if they are struggling to move it.

An old volvo like that should be easily started wether he cut the power cables or not

flash1080

It's a disgrace that people are protesting against the government.

People should write strongly worded letters, and then hold onto them, don't send them in case you change your mind about what you've written in the heat of the moment.

Paddy Samurai

Obviously with the current economic situation ,he could'nt afford a Bomb!.......pity.:eek:

senordingdong

Probably just looking for someone top buy his cement.
It's a harsh market out there.

Or maybe Paddy Sheehan just has a new mode of transport.

Poly

It looks like he has some sort of hoarding built around the drum. Was he planning some sort of A-team operation?

Amhran Nua

Poly wrote: »

It looks like he has some sort of hoarding built around the drum. Was he planning some sort of A-team operation?

Covered it with canvas so the guards wouldn't pull him over prematurely.

Biggins

Maybe Ben Dunne was sending around more free cement, for the next kitchen he was going to build for free for a FF TD!

No strings attached of course! :rolleyes:

senordingdong

Or maybe it's for Cowens new statue of himself?

Slunk

Pic on FM104 facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=248032&fbid=145312138845754&id=101359523241016&ref=nf

fair play to whoever it was, pity he didnt run over a few of our so called leaders

Mr Magners

Slunk wrote: »

Pic on FM104 facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=248032&fbid=145312138845754&id=101359523241016&ref=nf

fair play to whoever it was, pity he didnt run over a few of our so called leaders

I'm blocked from Facebook in work, any other links?

Dyr

whoever did this is a fooking hero, shame he did'nt squash a junior minister or something

Slunk

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8648/trucku.jpg

Biggins

Mr Magners wrote: »

I'm blocked from Facebook in work, any other links?

http://yfrog.com/f3capturejfj

optogirl

Mr Magners wrote: »

I'm blocked from Facebook in work, any other links?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0929/breaking10.html

amacachi

Mr Magners wrote: »

I'm blocked from Facebook in work, any other links?

Not going to bother now that 2 other people have. :pac:


Nice to see even a cold Wednesday September morning doesn't dull the bloodlush on AH.

spyderski

Biggins wrote: »

Maybe Ben Dunne was sending around more free cement, for the next kitchen he was going to build for free for a FF TD!

No strings attached of course! :rolleyes:

Can't blame FF for this one, Lowry was in Fine Gael.

Slunk

Its concrete evidence that the government need to do someting. Pave the way for our future

Biggins

spyderski wrote: »

Can't blame FF for this one, Lowry was in Fine Gael.

True. I forgot, FF only take cash.

ClutchIt

Not great really, who'll have to pay for the repairs? The taxpayer.

Donkey Oaty

It's a response to Brian Lenihan's statement about 2010 Quarter 1 results on the Department of Finance website:

“These economic figures show that Ireland is out of recession with GDP expanding by 2.7 per cent between the final quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year, which is the fastest growth rate in the OECD.

This provides concrete evidence...(etc etc...)

Edit: beaten by Slunk. Oh the shame.

Triangla

Can I be the first to suggest that the guy who did this is an idiot.

Biggins

ClutchIt wrote: »

Not great really, who'll have to pay for the repairs? The taxpayer.

Well we are paying for everything else...

giant_midget

Slunk wrote: »

Its concrete evidence that the government need to do someting. Pave the way for our future

ba dum tish :pac:

FreudianSlippers

I realise that this truck didn't actually make it in, but anyone who condones damaging a 266 year old building is stupid as ****

Slunk

Its seems they had a canvas around it until it got to it destination. Thread in politics here . Smart

NothingMan

I think this was the only way for the driver to articulate his point!

FreudianSlippers

merge threads?

Biggins

NothingMan wrote: »

I think this was the only way for the driver to articulate his point!

O' GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Bangs head on desk again*

gizmo

Yea, about time! Pity he didn't mow down a Minister or one of the Gardai too, that'll show'em! Wouldn't it be awesome, someone getting hit with a truck, going under the wheels and getting squashed or, even better, being on the other side of the gates and being pinned to the ground if they had come down. Loads of pictures in the media too so the families could see, yea brilliant!

Seriously, what the **** is wrong with you people? Fair play to him? What kind of ****ing simpleton thinks this was a good idea and will accomplish anything constructive? :rolleyes:

EDIT: Seems like the gate wasn't rammed as per the original thread title, phew. My sentiments are the same regarding those that thought the original story was justified though.