Cherry Picker @ Leinster House

danniemcq

Anyone got any more info on the cherry picker incident at Leinster House? Can't see anything on breaking news or irish times. Just hearing it on Today FM apparently same guy as the cement mixer incident.

And it's playing Poker Face

msg11

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/crane_protest.html


I LOLed at whole thing, this bit was a classic...

'threw a number of tennis ball at the ground below.'

danniemcq

WOW, Greece and France could learn some protesting tips from us

msg11

danniemcq wrote: »

WOW, Greece and France could learn some protesting tips from us

Yeah this guy really is bringing protesting to new heights

youcancallmeal

Yawn. Who are these nutjobs and what exactly are they trying to achieve? Anti government slogans you say... well that's the first time I've heard somebody isn't happy with the current government!?

danniemcq

youcancallme>al wrote: »

Yawn. Who are these nutjobs and what exactly are they trying to achieve? Anti government slogans you say... well that's the first time I've heard somebody isn't happy with the current government!?

and if he's the same guy as the cement mixer guy he owes the banks a fortune too

bonerm

The guy would make a bigger impression if he used a something like recently bought sherman tank instead of all this on-site construction equipment.

sealgaire

RTE are engaged in a policy of censorship on this one. No surprise there

Red Hand

He likes his machinery.

I'd like to see a Massey Fergusen outside Leinster house. Does he do requests?

Yakuza

He was arrested, what could he be done for? Playing music too loudly? Wilful throwing of tennis balls? Or just plain ole breach of the peace? I say let him get whatever he needs off his chest and drive on.:D

What is the difference between his protest and a that of bunch of marchers?

GrahamThomas

sealgaire wrote: »

RTE are engaged in a policy of censorship on this one. No surprise there

Umm... This story was posted on the RTE website (with pictures) at 8:58 this morning: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/crane_protest.html

Would you like to explain how that constitutes "a policy of censorship"?

msg11

Yakuza wrote: »

He was arrested, what could he be done for? Playing music too loudly? Wilful throwing of tennis balls? Or just plain ole breach of the peace? I say let him get whatever he needs off his chest and drive on.:D

What is the difference between his protest and a that of bunch of marchers?

I would go with breach of the peace and a few vehicle sections thrown in for good measure.

Mark200

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Umm... This story was posted on the RTE website (with pictures) at 8:58 this morning: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/crane_protest.html

Would you like to explain how that constitutes "a policy of censorship"?

Keep your facts to yourself :rolleyes:

danniemcq

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Umm... This story was posted on the RTE website (with pictures) at 8:58 this morning: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/crane_protest.html

Would you like to explain how that constitutes "a policy of censorship"?

Yeah i hate to say but RTE actually had this before Breaking News and Irish Times

GrahamThomas

Mark200 wrote: »

Keep your facts to yourself :rolleyes:

Sorry Mark, won't happen again.

Rabble rabble.... Zanu FF..... Rabble rabble.... censorship..... Rabble rabble..... We're worse than North Korea..... Rabble rabble.....

Is that better?

eoghan77

people thinking they've spotted a conspiracy when theres nothing. love it

Krusader

Why did the gardaí rip down the anti-government slogans, "Nothing to see here, move along"

Wertz

Crosáidí wrote: »

Why did the gardaí rip down the anti-government slogans, "Nothing to see here, move along"

Well we couldn't have our overly sensitive politicians reading them on their way in to work could we?
Some of those backbenchers might start having a crisis of conscience on how they'll vote this afternoon.

RTÉ mightn't be doing the censorship but AGS certainly are...shame on them.
...and no, in this instance they're not just "doing their job".

dolphin city

yes I cannot understand why the slogans had to be destroyed. In a democracy aren't you allowed to protest with slogans?

bonerm

Is this Joe McNamara again? I wonder if he can charge the Gardai with needless destruction of property?

I.S.T.

From the RTE news article:

"Gardaí later removed a number of the anti-government slogans."

Why would the Gardaí remove the slogans? What has it got to do with them? They are just responsible for moving the vehicle off the road and get traffic moving again.

Mark200

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

From the RTE news article:

"Gardaí later removed a number of the anti-government slogans."

Why would the Gardaí remove the slogans? What has it got to do with them? They are just responsible for moving the vehicle off the road and get traffic moving again.

:rolleyes:

I.S.T.

Mark200 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Go on, give us your opinion

Yakuza

dolphin city wrote: »

yes I cannot understand why the slogans had to be destroyed. In a democracy aren't you allowed to protest with slogans?

I agree - the gardaí had no business removing the slogans. I've said elsewhere on these boards that I have the height of respect for them, as they are the line between us and the scumbags, but that respect gets a bit tinged when they start censoring legitimate protest / expression of opinion. I know I'm not in full possession of the facts as to what happened, but I passed the cherry picker on my way up Kildare St and it didn't endanger / block traffic.

There's a post on politics.ie showing the slogans being removed.

Poor form from AGS in this case. I can only hope it was just one of them who took matters into his own hands, rather than reacting to some policy coming from down from the top.

oppenheimer1

It appears that Crane protest guy has now been jailed!

Wertz

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

It appears that Crane protest guy has now been jailed!

Breach of bail conditions from the last incident I bet....still not good "optics" on a day like today.

orourkeda

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

It appears that Crane protest guy has now been jailed!

I've just heard that too.

Wertz

Ah it's all becoming clear now as to why the Gardai felt it their duty to remove the posters....seems one of them was a comment aimed at the Minister for Justice and his €300K pension plan. Gardaí are merely protecting the interests of their head honcho from such scurrilous accusations.

Nozebleed

will there be a riot in town tonight? i think it could happen.