More hard-hitting investigative journalism from Alison O'Riordan

amacachi

This time it's Trinity students: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/tcd-students-in-swastika-and-sex-allegations-2507466.html

By ALISON O'RIORDAN

Sunday January 23 2011

An inquiry is underway at Ireland's most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin, after a series of "outrageous" incidents at a popular French ski resort.

Among the events under investigation is a sexual incident involving a female student being woken up to find three naked male students in her room, €50 notes being burned and smoked and swastikas sprayed by Irish students on to walls of chalets.

More than 300 students from Dublin -- a majority believed to be from Trinity -- were holidaying in Les Deux Alpes, a popular French Alpine ski resort, from January 8 to 15. To keep costs down, the students travelled by bus for a trip that cost €462 per head.

Tales of daddy's credit card being used to buy massive rounds of drinks are only the minor details to have filtered back to Ireland.

According to sources from the respective colleges, students "burned and smoked €50 notes" in and outside one of the town's Alpine nightclubs to demonstrate their wealth.

"Swastikas being spray-painted by the Irish students on to walls of the accommodation ensured the gendarmes were called," said another source.

Another girl woke up to three male students masturbating in her room.

"Trinity College is currently investigating a series of alleged incidents which took place at Les Deux Alpes," the college confirmed last week.

"In the event that Trinity students perpetrated certain alleged acts, they will be duly disciplined, and sanctions will be imposed. The college is unable to comment further on the matter while its inquiry is underway."

Wasteland Ski, which organised the trip, said they were aware of trouble with "more excessive noise and complaints than usual".

They had no comment to make about the alleged incidents.

- ALISON O'RIORDAN

I assume that Alison would never do something as crass as handling money, I share her disgust.

pablomakaveli

Another girl woke up to three male students masturbating in her room.

Bukkake?

Lu Tze

Its probably the best piece she has written. Good for her. Its still shoite though. She loves her "unnamed" sources.

the purple tin

How the f*ck do you smoke a 50 euro note

Oranage2

Obviously "Daddy can't buy you cop on in Trinity College"

bonerm

amacachi wrote: »

They had no comment to make about the alleged incidents.

- ALISON O'RIORDAN

Ireland's answer to Woodward & Bernstein. :rolleyes:

KungPao

Cunts behaving like cunts.

Shocking stuff.

TerryTibbs!

Journalism?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Ireland's most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin

How much would you bet she went to Trinity?

amacachi

Jamal Proud Glasses wrote: »

How much would you bet she went to Trinity?

Nah she went to UCD...

... I still don't know who Alison O' Riordan writes for. I'm guessing the Star, judging by what she writes about.

snubbleste

Deleted User wrote: »

... I still don't know who Alison O' Riordan writes for. I'm guessing the Star, judging by what she writes about.

It actually says in the first post who publishes it.

Oranage2

Deleted User wrote: »

... I still don't know who Alison O' Riordan writes for. I'm guessing the Star, judging by what she writes about.

Well judging by your levels of "presumption" i guess you read the Star.

R0ot

Who's Alison O'Riordan?

almostnever

Jamal Proud Glasses wrote: »

How much would you bet she went to Trinity?

Nah, she went to UCD I think. She just had to get another "big word"/adjective in, I'd say.

I bet if you put the article through some plagiarism detection site, the computer would explode.

phasers

amacachi wrote: »

Nah she went to UCD...

Orts?

Tales of daddy's credit card being used to buy massive rounds of drinks are only the minor details to have filtered back to Ireland.

Didn't her Daddy buy her an apartment?

Oranage2

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well judging by your levels of "presumption" i guess you read the Star.

Well maybe you read the Star.

Queen-Mise

R0ot wrote: »

Who's Alison O'Riordan?

Snap. Should we know who she is?

El Siglo

She's only jealous that's she's in negative equity and living in an apartment that she can't afford, while some stuck up arseholes (like herself) are off partying. I don't condone what they did, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. UCD in fact, subsidise this kind of behaviour during the class rep training weekends down in Wexford, where even more damage was caused and paid for by the UCDSU registration fee.

Crappy journalism, slow news day.

amacachi

phasers wrote: »

Orts?


Didn't her Daddy buy her an apartment?

Yup, as I pointed out in the thread on the TCD forum, it's a delicious irony. Well, no-one can be sure her Daddy put money towards her apartment, like there's every chance that after travelling the world straight after her degree then landing a job at the Indo she had enough money herself to buy a car and a 575k apartment.

Oranage2

Deleted User wrote: »

Well maybe you read the Star.

I do!

Anyway, is all this negativity towards Alison just more "Irish Begrudgery". Fair play to her, she creates hysteria with her poorly written insignificant jargon!

Oranage2

Oranage2 wrote: »

I do!

Damn. Well, that backfired.

4zn76tysfajdxp

phasers wrote: »

Didn't her Daddy buy her an apartment?

She owns an apartment?

whiteonion

Is this what we have to expect from the so called educated classes?
These so called "educated" youngsters are nothing but a bunch of wasters it seems.

almostnever

Oranage2 wrote: »

I do!

Anyway, is all this negativity towards Alison just more "Irish Begrudgery". Fair play to her, she creates hysteria with her poorly written insignificant jargon!

:rolleyes:

It has more to do with this famous Irish crony-ism/nepotism, tbh. The fact that someone who write at a level that could be expected of a sixth class student is an "investigative journalist" for a "leading" Irish newspaper says it all really.

amdublin

Did she ever get a flatmate I wonder?

Imagine listening to her shoite all the time. "omg let's make cosmopolitans and pretend we're in Sex and the City. I'm Carrie, you're Miranda"

the purple tin

Quote:
By ALISON O'RIORDAN

Sunday January 23 2011

An inquiry is underway at Ireland's most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin, after a series of "outrageous" incidents at a popular French ski resort.

Among the events under investigation is a sexual incident involving a female student being woken up to find three naked male students in her room, €50 notes being burned and smoked and swastikas sprayed by Irish students on to walls of chalets.

More than 300 students from Dublin -- a majority believed to be from Trinity -- were holidaying in Les Deux Alpes, a popular French Alpine ski resort, from January 8 to 15. To keep costs down, the students travelled by bus for a trip that cost €462 per head.

Tales of daddy's credit card being used to buy massive rounds of drinks are only the minor details to have filtered back to Ireland.

According to sources from the respective colleges, students "burned and smoked €50 notes" in and outside one of the town's Alpine nightclubs to demonstrate their wealth.

"Swastikas being spray-painted by the Irish students on to walls of the accommodation ensured the gendarmes were called," said another source.

Another girl woke up to three male students masturbating in her room.

"Trinity College is currently investigating a series of alleged incidents which took place at Les Deux Alpes," the college confirmed last week.

"In the event that Trinity students perpetrated certain alleged acts, they will be duly disciplined, and sanctions will be imposed. The college is unable to comment further on the matter while its inquiry is underway."

Wasteland Ski, which organised the trip, said they were aware of trouble with "more excessive noise and complaints than usual".

They had no comment to make about the alleged incidents.

- ALISON O'RIORDAN

This makes no sense at all.

amdublin

almostnever wrote: »

:rolleyes:

It has more to do with this famous Irish crony-ism/nepotism, tbh. The fact that someone who write at a level that could be expected of a sixth class student is an "investigative journalist" for a "leading" Irish newspaper says it all really.

Did you read the sentence after your bolded sentence? I think Orange was being sarcastic!

Crunchy Friends

whiteonion wrote: »

Is this what we have to expect from the so called educated classes?
These so called "educated" youngsters are nothing but a bunch of wasters it seems.

Total generalisation. We don't all have €50 notes to burn.

Micky Dolenz

Read something else.