Dublin men sought for home invasion in Co Laois

orourkeda

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0511/1224296699543.html

I'm all for a bit of kinkiness, but this might be a step too far

Superbus

Fight barbarism with barbarism. That's the key.

chin_grin

Dunno, they might like that sort of thing. Durty.

ArtyM

They should be battered to Death with their own sh**e in a sock!

The King of Moo

They should be punished with sticks and stones, not chains and whips.
I heard somewhere that they're more effective, and can even lead to broken bones.
That'll make them think twice.

mikemac

I don't understand the thread title

TheZohanS

Article for anyone that got this far:

A FINE Gael councillor is calling for the introduction of corporal punishment following a kidnapping and armed robbery in Co Laois.

Shirley Bergin (50) was accosted by four masked men who forced their way into her home in Cullahill, near Durrow, at 11pm on Monday.

The men, who were armed with crowbars, directed her to open Bergin’s Cullahill service station which is adjacent to the house. The raiders, who had Dublin accents, stole a “significant” amount of cash and cigarettes.

They then returned to the family home where Ms Bergin was left tied up in a bathroom. She was badly traumatised but physically unharmed in the raid.

Ms Bergin managed to free herself and alert the Garda.

Gardaí are conducting inquiries and reviewing CCTV footage. They believe the four men escaped in a black Audi A4 in the direction of Abbeyleix at about 11.50pm.

The raiders are thought to have carried out surveillance on the premises prior to the raid.

Ms Bergin’s husband, Paschal, was out at the time, and the gang avoided domestic CCTV cameras by approaching from fields to the rear of the house.

The four men cut a neighbour’s wire fence before forcibly entering the property through a back patio door.

Although Ms Bergin and her husband declined to comment on the robbery yesterday, staff restocking cigarettes at the service station said “everyone is shaken” by the events.

Cllr John Bonham (FG) of Laois County Council called the culprits “thugs”.

He said “times are hard enough without this kind of terrorism being inflicted; maybe it’s time to go back to what is done in the Isle of Man, stripping and whipping”.

He described Cullahill as a “small local farming community, a great community, a close-knit community of decent people”.

Mr Bonham said he would be calling on Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to introduce emergency legislation as there “needs to be an example made of these people”.

“The community is in absolute shock because we know there’s somewhere else that’s going to be the target tonight with these thugs. We introduced emergency legislation back when the subversives threatened the State; it’s time again.”

He added: “When does it stop, enough is enough, look at the farmer in Co Mayo who was driven to his wits’ end week after week.”

chin_grin

feelingstressed wrote: »

I don't understand the thread title

See you have to herp to the derp to get a herpyderp. Derp?

mikemac

Young ones these days

They no speaky da Englese

Pace2008

Superbus wrote: »

Fight barbarism with barbarism. That's the key.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic but, in any case, if you read the article you'd see that whilst it wasn't the nicest act committed, the woman was physically unharmed.

GavRedKing

We need to go Derper?

Seloth

Maybe not physical punishment but humiliation.

Like make them stand in a public area (Or stocks etc :pac:).The sheer shame of it for most people would be enough added on with a prision sentance.

biko

Title amended from "Derp Thread" to "Dublin men sought for home invasion in Co Laois".

My name is URL

Is judicial corporal punishment allowed within the EU? Don't see the point in him asking Shatter to introduce it if not..

Dyr

biko wrote: »

Title amended from "Derp Thread" to "Dublin men sought for home invasion in Co Laois".

Misleading title tbh, I was wondering where I had to send my CV to when i saw the title :mad:

ottostreet

Paschal Bergin?

Wonder if this is him

http://www.paschalbergin.com/

mloc

My name is URL wrote: »

Is judicial corporal punishment allowed within the EU? Don't see the point in him asking Shatter to introduce it if not..

AFAIK, no, it isn't.

Just another nonsense rabble from some ridiculous Councillor with no link with reality.

He should be thrown out of FG.

jimthemental

State of them, shops all over the country are robbed on a regular basis. There was no real harm done. This lad is getting his knickers in a twist over very little. I feel sorry for the woman and would know a lot of people around there but this isn't much of an issue. Worse crime happens every day.

gamgsam

maybe it’s time to go back to what is done in the Isle of Man, stripping and whipping”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX8Dg4nW7lU

mloc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrer_v._UK

I suppose by "like in the Isle of Man" he means like "like in the Isle of Man in the 70s".

How out of touch is this guy?

Crann na Beatha

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