Limerick family on hitlist after appearing on Prime Time gangland special

Holybejaysus

One of the families who gave an interview on the Prime Time gangland special have been told in no uncertain terms that they will be killed for talking.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gangs-continue-to-cast-cloud-over-shannonside-2454100.html

Are we going to let another Roy Collins situation develop here, or are the government going to do something about it? There has been a clear threat issued, and it is obviously going to be carried out. The state is well aware of who is making these threats, and there can be no doubt as to their intent.

We are now dealing with a genuine subversive threat to the state. Should internment be introduced for the known gang members in Limerick?

goingpostal

A terribly written article by Barry Duggan. Very little, practically non-existent, news content. Who rang the woman? Did the guards trace the call? Was it a call from a criminal with the clout to follow through on the threat? Or just some clown who knew her and wanted to mess with her head? The rest of the 'article' was just the umpteenth rehash of old stories. Lots and lots of highly suggestive painting of Limerick as being on a par with Fallujah or South Central LA. No worries though, the medium I am currently using will have utterly destroyed the newspaper industry within ten years, and Bazza will have to find some other way of being paid for his propaganda skills.

Amazotheamazing

goingpostal wrote: »

A terribly written article by Barry Duggan. Very little, practically non-existent, news content. Who rang the woman? Did the guards trace the call? Was it a call from a criminal with the clout to follow through on the threat? Or just some clown who knew her and wanted to mess with her head? The rest of the 'article' was just the umpteenth rehash of old stories. Lots and lots of highly suggestive painting of Limerick as being on a par with Fallujah or South Central LA. No worries though, the medium I am currently using will have utterly destroyed the newspaper industry within ten years, and Bazza will have to find some other way of being paid for his propaganda skills.

Barry Duggan is there with Alison O'Riordan in the Indo's stable of top notch scribes and frankly I'm outraged you'd imply he's a no talent hack. Next you'll be saying Ian O'Doherty isn't the nicest guy in Ireland.

badboyblast

Barry Duggan = rehash rehash rehash - change the F**king record. I think some people in the media should be to blame for the S**t stirring - they are the ones also messing with peoples lives...

Holybejaysus

Ok Barry Duggan might not have been the best example to produce there. But it was widely reported in the other newspapers during the week. Leaving aside Duggan's trite reporting, the Prime Time special still highlighted a lot of serious issues.
Now the original question was-Should the state intern the gang leaders if this is a serious threat, which I would imagine it is?

goingpostal

Holybejaysus wrote: »

Ok Barry Duggan might not have been the best example to produce there. But it was widely reported in the other newspapers during the week. Leaving aside Duggan's trite reporting, the Prime Time special still highlighted a lot of serious issues.
Now the original question was-Should the state intern the gang leaders if this is a serious threat, which I would imagine it is?

Allow me to rephrase your question. Should the state, which does absolutely nothing to prosecute whitecollar banking crime (lying to NAMA about the value of loans, EUR40m bonuses for nationalised bankers, etc.), be allowed to throw the entire common law, due-process, innocent until proven guilty, system of justice out the window and allow the guards to take even more shortcuts, on the basis of one threatening phonecall from an unknown source? Ah, no. The Prime Time "Investigates" programme was just the umpteenth example of D4 wnakers having a good laugh at those yokels down in Limerick and their crime ridden estates, and playing the oldest trick in the book, of condemning criminality while simultaneously glorifying and probably encouraging it.

pinkfloyd34

when watching this programme it did cross my mind that the victims being interviewed were actually making there lives worse because its giving the thugs more of a reason to target them, i know they are well within their rights to voice their opinions and to highlight the problem but the thugs would not see it this way, they are very brave to do it and we need to stand up to these thugs so hopefully some good will come out of it but cant see that happening.

flutered

weak policeing is the problem, they do not have the guts for it, a person applys for the dole, they will not be refused because of intimidation, they go to the health center get stuff many will never even think of asking, a person is up before the courts drugs charges, murder etc,free legal aid, some of these guys have a better income than that clowen cowen, john timmons the guy who cleaned up n.y. offered his services and that of 32 hand picked assistants to clean thing up, for free, he got the finger, say to him sorry please come in, bring him in fast.