Wino In Eyre Square

JONJO THE MISER

Have seen this Wino bum roaring and shouting around the place for the last few weeks, really aggressive bum who needs to be taken of the street before he hurts someone.
Anyone else seen him around?

Chavways

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Have seen this Wino bum roaring and shouting around the place for the last few weeks, really aggressive bum who needs to be taken of the street before he hurts someone.
Anyone else seen him around?

Why don't you ring the Gardai?

snubbleste

Is it you, jonjo?
I do think Eyre Square would benefit from a speaker's corner type affair.

xtradel

There is one **** who is lookin for a slap.....he's less than 40 but has a very aggressive streak about him.....seems to use the imperial hotel for bathroom duties.... But in all fairness can any local honestly walk down the steet in Galway without being harassed by some moron of some sort??

ben.schlomo

xtradel wrote: »

There is one **** who is lookin for a slap.....he's less than 40 but has a very aggressive streak about him.....seems to use the imperial hotel for bathroom duties.... But in all fairness can any local honestly walk down the steet in Galway without being harassed by some moron of some sort??

Yes i can, quite easily!

Jonjo is it the fella about 5'7, short dark receding hair, from Renmore?

WesternNight

xtradel wrote: »

But in all fairness can any local honestly walk down the steet in Galway without being harassed by some moron of some sort??

Yes, quite easily in my experience. With the exception of chuggers. Those you pretty much have to physically brush aside.

Wompa1

A few months ago some drunk tried to fight me down Quay Street. With little to no Garda presence in the town, what are ya gonna do really?

inisboffin

There's one younger guy who is totally nasty. A woman called the cops on him one day near Freeneys. He's a really nasty piece of work, robs buskers and takes swings at people of either gender. The rest of the winos are harmless enough. One of them, an older man actually has tourettes, so he's not just cursing at you personally!

BhoscaCapall

Wompa1 wrote: »

A few months ago some drunk tried to fight me down Quay Street. With little to no Garda presence in the town, what are ya gonna do really?

Fight them.

ben.schlomo

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Fight them.

Classy as ever.:rolleyes:

BhoscaCapall

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Classy as ever.:rolleyes:

Painfully humourless as ever

ronnie3585

BhoscaCapall wrote: »

Painfully humourless as ever

Awwwwww, SNAP!

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

amy85

seen him yesterday evening when i was walking up shop street with sis. he was completely out of it. arguing with some man outside neactains and then shouting at everyone who was passing him. we couldnt get past him quick enough. havent seen him before but he was definitely very aggressive fella!

Mrs OBumble

Think I know the guy you mean, saw him being fairly firmly removed from the Occupy Galway drop-in centre one day last week, three guys basically moving him backwards (while he roared and brandished fists) then closing the door with him outside.

Mr justMary says he's been around for ages, though I don't recall seeing him before.

BTW, I like to call them "Fairgreen clients", has a nicer ring to it than "wino".

scholar007

JustMary wrote: »

Think I know the guy you mean, saw him being fairly firmly removed from the Occupy Galway drop-in centre one day last week,

Occupy Galway "drop-in-centre" - whats that?

I know who my favourite "Fairgreen Client" is though Im not allowed to mention his name on here because people got their keyboards in a twist the last time I referred to him.

Johnnio13

Call Joe, he'll sort it.

Placebo Effect

Know him well...interesting life story..

swiftman

after 8 hours i got through most of the last thread about galway caracters. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055082042&page=36

the most dangerous one and i seen him trying to rob out of a hand bag while walking is the crazy french guy who talks to himself and women in a scary way.

I_smell_fear

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Yes i can, quite easily!

Jonjo is it the fella about 5'7, short dark receding hair, from Renmore?

Yeah I think I know the guy you're referring to. I remember chatting to him on a night out about 3 years ago, claimed he used to study medicine. He's an angry little elf alright.

ben.schlomo

I_smell_fear wrote: »

Yeah I think I know the guy you're referring to. I remember chatting to him on a night out about 3 years ago, claimed he used to study medicine. He's an angry little elf alright.

Which is oddly true, he went on a stag to Amsterdam at some point and that is what set him off, he stayed there for a while apparently and came back a lot worse for wear.

Redhairedguy

Bring back Robocop... Our original Dark Knight.

dermiek

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Have seen this Wino bum roaring and shouting around the place for the last few weeks, really aggressive bum who needs to be taken of the street before he hurts someone.
Anyone else seen him around?

amy85 wrote: »

seen him yesterday evening when i was walking up shop street with sis. he was completely out of it. arguing with some man outside neactains and then shouting at everyone who was passing him. we couldnt get past him quick enough. havent seen him before but he was definitely very aggressive fella!

I'll try and behave from now on.

djgaillimh

I've seen him both in Eyre Square and the Arch. Always yelling but I haven't witnessed him getting aggressive.

Slightly off-topic but there's also a busker in town who absolutely does my head in. I swear he spends more time complaining than he does busking - and he's EVERYWHERE.

You go for a coffee and he's there, giving out about the world to somebody. You go for a pint on Quay St or Dominick St and he's there, bull****ting some tourist girls, or loudly expressing his opinion on the state of buskers/people/music in Galway/ireland/the world.

I wish he'd bugger off. He's far worse than a noisy wino.

Pen Rua

I think I know the one you're on about. He was at myself and my friends a few weeks back. A sizable group of us were sitting down, and one of the lads took and girl's shoe and was messing. He came over and started telling us off, then pointed to each lad saying "if ya mess wittt her, ya have me ta answer ta!" He then went off, still yelling at us. He was at the other end of the Square still yelling. A Garda even walked by and ignored him.

I f... hate Robo. Sweet Jesus. Just two weeks ago, myself and just a small group were minding our own business and talking. He waddles over with some kind of walkie-talkie and is shouting in to it. Someone is even talking back! Then he comes over all "I'm the new cop in this Town! Hahaha!" and all that craic. He then starts talking to us etc and then he grabs my shoulders and starts shaking me a little and going "Harry Potter [glasses on]... If ya don't shaty out of trouble, I'll be talking you and him down town" or something to that affect. Bloody terrified me.

How on earth are they allowed around Eyre Square, of all places, like that to be fair?

Galwayguy35

Pen Rua wrote: »

I think I know the one you're on about. He was at myself and my friends a few weeks back. A sizable group of us were sitting down, and one of the lads took and girl's shoe and was messing. He came over and started telling us off, then pointed to each lad saying "if ya mess wittt her, ya have me ta answer ta!" He then went off, still yelling at us. He was at the other end of the Square still yelling. A Garda even walked by and ignored him.

I f... hate Robo. Sweet Jesus. Just two weeks ago, myself and just a small group were minding our own business and talking. He waddles over with some kind of walkie-talkie and is shouting in to it. Someone is even talking back! Then he comes over all "I'm the new cop in this Town! Hahaha!" and all that craic. He then starts talking to us etc and then he grabs my shoulders and starts shaking me a little and going "Harry Potter [glasses on]... If ya don't shaty out of trouble, I'll be talking you and him down town" or something to that affect. Bloody terrified me.

How on earth are they allowed around Eyre Square, of all places, like that to be fair?

Why would you take that off someone?

Pen Rua

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Why would you take that off someone?

I don't care that they're there, so long as they don't interfere with me or my friends - like the two examples I have above. When they do stuff like that, that's when I have a problem. If they drink and stay to themselves, grand.

Galwayguy35

Pen Rua wrote: »

I don't care that they're there, so long as they don't interfere with me or my friends - like the two examples I have above. When they do stuff like that, that's when I have a problem. If they drink and stay to themselves, grand.

Well I'd be the same, as long as they wouldn't bother me but that guy you are on about sounds like a right tool. I'm surprised someone hasn't dropped him.

Lockstep

Is this dark haired fella permanently wandering around with a bag and with a Kildare accent?

He's a strangeone, he told my girlfriend that she looks like a rockstar and that I'm prettier than his ex wife. Then he saw the Sympathy For the Devil guy and disappeared down the street to abuse him.

Mrs OBumble

Pen Rua wrote: »

... and then he grabs my shoulders and starts shaking me a little and going "Harry Potter [glasses on]... If ya don't shaty out of trouble, I'll be talking you and him down town" or something to that affect. Bloody terrified me.

How on earth are they allowed around Eyre Square, of all places, like that to be fair?

You need to report that sort of stuff to the guards.

People are allowed to be in any public place, so long as they aren't breaking any laws. Assaulting people is breaking a law, and things can be done (eg there is a certain dwarf is I believe is (maybe was now?) trespassed from a certain department store.

But you need to report it, ideally as it's happening. The guards have cameras and can see pretty much all of Eyre Square and a lot of Shop St, Abbeygate St and Spanish Arch. (And probably more) but unless you call them, they may not be looking at that spot at that time.

I live in town, and have Mill Street's number in my phone.

Pappa Charlie

Pen Rua wrote: »

I think I know the one you're on about. He was at myself and my friends a few weeks back. A sizable group of us were sitting down, and one of the lads took and girl's shoe and was messing. He came over and started telling us off, then pointed to each lad saying "if ya mess wittt her, ya have me ta answer ta!" He then went off, still yelling at us. He was at the other end of the Square still yelling. A Garda even walked by and ignored him.

I f... hate Robo. Sweet Jesus. Just two weeks ago, myself and just a small group were minding our own business and talking. He waddles over with some kind of walkie-talkie and is shouting in to it. Someone is even talking back! Then he comes over all "I'm the new cop in this Town! Hahaha!" and all that craic. He then starts talking to us etc and then he grabs my shoulders and starts shaking me a little and going "Harry Potter [glasses on]... If ya don't shaty out of trouble, I'll be talking you and him down town" or something to that affect. Bloody terrified me.

How on earth are they allowed around Eyre Square, of all places, like that to be fair?

Are you suggesting that they all be rounded up and locked away for good? most of these people are suffering from mental illness, thats the real failure of the state and society in general. The gardai are sick and tired of arresting them for minor offences and can see the failure of the state at first hand, the judge in fairness has little options available to her, prison governors have more dangerous criminals on their books and release these guys ASAP. So starts the vicious circle again. Only for the staff in the fairgreen and many voluntary services around Galway they would be alot more in your face. There are people just as bad for society walking around in expensive suits!!!

Pen Rua

Pappa Charlie wrote: »

Are you suggesting that they all be rounded up and locked away for good? most of these people are suffering from mental illness, thats the real failure of the state and society in general. The gardai are sick and tired of arresting them for minor offences and can see the failure of the state at first hand, the judge in fairness has little options available to her, prison governors have more dangerous criminals on their books and release these guys ASAP. So starts the vicious circle again. Only for the staff in the fairgreen and many voluntary services around Galway they would be alot more in your face. There are people just as bad for society walking around in expensive suits!!!

I was merely saying I don't appreciate them interrupting my friends and I. Today, a small group (just three) were quietly drinking in a corner of the Square and they kept to themselves. I don't mind that. But when they start hassling us...

dharma200

In my opinion the the 'winos' etc in Galway are actually twice as interesting as half the twats who sit around giving out about winos. Infact Id rather a conversation with alot of the 'winos' in Galway than half of the people who come to Galway to get pissed for the night, spew supermacks all over the place then bugger off back home going on about what a great spot galway is...
Anyone has the right to go around shouting at themselves, talking to themselves, walking around in circles if they want, just because it does not fit in with the complete and utter ****e ideal of what is normal and what is not to the common person who gives out about the behaviours of other people, means they should be put away, im sure they will be for the coming extravaganzas such as the volvo etc. The jakeys and winos , beggars and buskers on the street IS Galway... has been for years,, I could list off a good few over the years who are now sorely missed..

ben.schlomo

dharma200 wrote: »

In my opinion the the 'winos' etc in Galway are actually twice as interesting and half the twats who sit around giving out about winos. Infact Id rather a conversation with alot of the 'winos' in Galway than half of the people who come to Galway to get pissed for the night, spew supermacks all over the place then bugger off back home going on about what a great spot galway is...
Anyone has the right to go around shouting at themselves, talking to themselves, walking around in circles if they want, just because it does not fit in with the complete and utter ****e ideal of what is normal and what is not to the common person who gives out about the behaviours of other people, means they should be put away, im sure they will be for the coming extravaganzas such as the volvo etc. The jakeys and winos , beggars and buskers on the street IS Galway... has been for years,, I could list off a good few over the years who are now sorely missed..

Maybe you are one of them given the numerous spelling errors, just a thought now! :rolleyes:


Also im not sure walking around in circles talking to ones self will ever get to a stage where its seen as normal so i'd get used to it if i were you, might help with the anger.

Mrs OBumble

Pappa Charlie wrote: »

... most of these people are suffering from mental illness, thats the real failure of the state and society in general. ... There are people just as bad for society walking around in expensive suits!!!

I don't even see it as a failure - just a dimension of human existence, like cancer or diabetes or a peanut allergy.

There have always been some people with mental illnesses. Some are amenable to treatments that enable them to live life in a way more in keeping with society's norms, so are pretty hidden. Some aren't. Some don't want to be - they'd rather be drinking on the streets than going to work in suit and spending the day in "hell with fluorescent lighting".

In this country, I've never heard of anyone who genuinely wanted to change but couldn't because there was no help available.

dharma200

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Maybe you are one of them given the numerous spelling errors, just a thought now! :rolleyes:


Also im not sure walking around in circles talking to ones self will ever get to a stage where its seen as normal so i'd get used to it if i were you, might help with the anger.

?? Spelling mistakes, i didnt realise this was a spelling b.... anger? nope not abit.. maybe I am one of them? Yep, Galway winos have great internet access and although their spelling and typing might be a bit dodgy, they always have a great point.. even if it means going around in circles.....

Just a thought :rolleyes:

Shakti

JustMary wrote: »

I don't even see it as a failure - just a dimension of human existence, like cancer or diabetes or a peanut allergy.

Possibly the most glib attitude/points of view regarding mental illness I've ever read.

ben.schlomo

dharma200 wrote: »

?? Spelling mistakes, i didnt realise this was a spelling b.... anger? nope not abit.. maybe I am one of them? Yep, Galway winos have great internet access and although their spelling and typing might be a bit dodgy, they always have a great point.. even if it means going around in circles.....

Just a thought :rolleyes:

Wise old heads alright!

ben.schlomo

JustMary wrote: »

I don't even see it as a failure - just a dimension of human existence, like cancer or diabetes or a peanut allergy.

There have always been some people with mental illnesses. Some are amenable to treatments that enable them to live life in a way more in keeping with society's norms, so are pretty hidden. Some aren't. Some don't want to be - they'd rather be drinking on the streets than going to work in suit and spending the day in "hell with fluorescent lighting".

In this country, I've never heard of anyone who genuinely wanted to change but couldn't because there was no help available.

Id agree with all the above but the stigma attached to mental illness in Ireland can put a stop to some looking for help.

Galwayguy35

I very much doubt all the alcos going around the streets would have mental health problems. They're just alcohalics who are annoying people.
My own uncle was a lifelong alco and he could be very annoying as well.

djgaillimh

Alcoholism is an illness too, y'know.

Galwayguy35

djgaillimh wrote: »

Alcoholism is an illness too, y'know.

No it's an addiction.

thesandeman

Seeing as everyone has gone off topic alcoholism is actually defined as a disease. Dependence on alcohol is an addiction.

Back (almost) on topic that busker lad is a mate of mine but he does my head in a lot of the time as well. He is actually a very good singer if with a great knowledge of music if he just stuck to it instead of spouting shlt all the time.

djgaillimh

thesandeman wrote: »

Seeing as everyone has gone off topic alcoholism is actually defined as a disease. Dependence on alcohol is an addiction.

Indeed it is.

Back (almost) on topic that busker lad is a mate of mine but he does my head in a lot of the time as well. He is actually a very good singer if with a great knowledge of music if he just stuck to it instead of spouting shlt all the time.

Sorry, I always forget that Galway is a small place and everybody knows everybody else. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but like you say, he should maybe focus on playing his music instead.

Mrs OBumble

Shakti wrote: »

Possibly the most glib attitude/points of view regarding mental illness I've ever read.

Try living with any of 'em, and you might revise how "glib" it is.


(I mean the serious "nuts can kill me" type of allergy, not just getting a rash, btw.)

Shakti

JustMary wrote: »

Try living with any of 'em, and you might revise how "glib" it is.

(I mean the serious "nuts can kill me" type of allergy, not just getting a rash, btw.)[/QUOTE]

Well thats okay then,
glib meter overload,

Pappa Charlie

JustMary wrote: »

I don't even see it as a failure - just a dimension of human existence, like cancer or diabetes or a peanut allergy.

There have always been some people with mental illnesses. Some are amenable to treatments that enable them to live life in a way more in keeping with society's norms, so are pretty hidden. Some aren't. Some don't want to be - they'd rather be drinking on the streets than going to work in suit and spending the day in "hell with fluorescent lighting".

In this country, I've never heard of anyone who genuinely wanted to change but couldn't because there was no help available.

You lead a sheltered life! Maybe you could offer a solution!