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Cop-killer killed

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    MagicSean wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/man-killed-in-culdesac-shooting-3239977.html

    Only did a few years in a holiday home for killing two cops. Hopefully now his victims can rest in peace.

    It's ironic to think that if he had been properly punished for killing the two gardaí he would be still alive.

    No loss to society.


  • #3
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Well played, karma.

    Well Played.


  • #4
    kub
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    Oh dear me, his defence solicitor and barrister will be crying into their G&T's tonight, they have lost a great revenue earner.

    What goes around comes around.


  • #5
    Yakuza
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    I'd feel sorry for the kids who witnessed it first hand (esp. the 11 year old who will remember it, the infant won't, hopefully) but after that, meh.


  • #6
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    If you chose to swim with sharks then don't be surprised if one day they kill you.


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  • #7
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    He wasn't the direct cause of the 2 members who died, but was in the car and did carry out the burglary.

    Also, he sounded like a right upstanding citizen. Reminds me of that Justin Timberlake song; What Goes Around:

    What goes around, goes around, goes around
    Comes all the way back around


  • #8
    Parafox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭Parafox


    He got his just rewards, but no kid deserves to see that kind of justice given out. I belive that this kid may be the next generation of criminal who now has his own agenda at the age of 11 - revenge.

    But i think i remember something at that time, like Garda Anthony Tighe may have been a bit tipsy that night and that the car the gardi were in was an old banger. Appoligies if i'm wrong but something in the back of my mind rings a bell.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    Parafox wrote: »

    But i think i remember something at that time, like Garda Anthony Tighe may have been a bit tipsy that night and that the car the gardi were in was an old banger. Appoligies if i'm wrong but something in the back of my mind rings a bell.

    I'd suggest you back up both statements with evidence or remove it.


  • #10
    Parafox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭Parafox


    foreign wrote: »
    I'd suggest you back up both statements with evidence or remove it.

    Read the third last paragraph in this article. I did offer appologies if i was wrong but there was questions at the time. If you or I were 2.5 times the legal limit would we be allowed to drive.

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/garda-dawn-death-crash-shatters-three-families-497342.html


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
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    Parafox wrote: »
    Read the last two paragraphs in this article.

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/garda-dawn-death-crash-shatters-three-families-497342.html

    Thanks.


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  • #12
    Terrontress
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    Probably best not to speak ill of the dead, whether they be convicted criminal or Garda.

    Neither of them deserved to meet their maker the way they have.


  • #13
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    Terrontress wrote: »
    Probably best not to speak ill of the dead, whether they be convicted criminal or Garda.

    Neither of them deserved to meet their maker the way they have.

    I think Eglington more than earned that way out.


  • #14
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,562 ✭✭✭kub


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Probably best not to speak ill of the dead, whether they be convicted criminal or Garda.

    Neither of them deserved to meet their maker the way they have.

    You may be religiously and indeed civily correct, but my own feeling on this is, Gardai go out night and day and put their lives on the line in protecting this society, including the criminal fraternity.

    But the criminals go out, do what they like and do not give two hoots about anyone else.

    So sorry but I cannot give both the same credit, its a black and white issue for me.


  • #15
    CharlieCroker
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    Parafox wrote: »
    that the car the gardi were in was an old banger.

    Happened in 2003, patrol car was a 2002 Mondeo.


  • #16
    pah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭pah


    Parafox wrote: »
    foreign wrote: »
    I'd suggest you back up both statements with evidence or remove it.

    Read the third last paragraph in this article. I did offer appologies if i was wrong but there was questions at the time. If you or I were 2.5 times the legal limit would we be allowed to drive.

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/garda-dawn-death-crash-shatters-three-families-497342.html


    Can't see where it says Tighe was driving though?


  • #17
    Terrontress
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    pah wrote: »
    Parafox wrote: »
    foreign wrote: »
    I'd suggest you back up both statements with evidence or remove it.

    Read the third last paragraph in this article. I did offer appologies if i was wrong but there was questions at the time. If you or I were 2.5 times the legal limit would we be allowed to drive.

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/garda-dawn-death-crash-shatters-three-families-497342.html


    Can't see where it says Tighe was driving though?

    Nor where Eglinton was, the basis upon which this thread celebrates the taking of his young life.


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
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    Terrontress wrote: »
    Nor where Eglinton was, the basis upon which this thread celebrates the taking of his young life.

    He was one of two people involved.


  • #19
    MagicSean
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    Garda Tighe was driving. He had positioned his vehicle in a way that would stop innocent motorists being put in danger. He had not tried to stop the passage of the stolen car. So your assertion that the extra alcohol in his blood made him somehow liable is not justified.

    Eglington was the passenger but he had willingly taken part in the theft of the car and gotten into it knowing it was stolen and that it was going to be used for criminal purposes. He was only slightly less responsible in the same way that a get away driver is only slightly less responsible after a murder or robbery. Without his actions on the night those gardai would be alive. He showed no remorse afterwards and obviously didn't learn any lesson as he continued his involvement in crime.

    The only people who deserve any sympathy after the shooting are the children who witnessed the it as it was likely very traumatic. But it was Eglington who put them in that position in the first place. They'll have a better chance at becoming decent people without his influence.


  • #20
    Parafox
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    MagicSean wrote: »
    Garda Tighe was driving. He had positioned his vehicle in a way that would stop innocent motorists being put in danger. He had not tried to stop the passage of the stolen car. So your assertion that the extra alcohol in his blood made him somehow liable is not justified.

    I'm not blaiming anyone. It was an unforunate event. He was 2.5 times the legal limit. He was driving. My point is would me or you be allowed to drive a car being 2.5 times the legal limit while working.
    Who knows maybe his reaction responce to danger might of been quicker if he had no alcohol in his system.


  • #21
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    Parafox wrote: »
    I'm not blaiming anyone. It was an unforunate event. He was 2.5 times the legal limit. He was driving. My point is would me or you be allowed to drive a car being 2.5 times the legal limit while working.
    Who knows maybe his reaction responce to danger might of been quicker if he had no alcohol in his system.

    Have a think about what you are saying.

    Driving along the grass verge. The stolen car would have to aim at them. And they had been travelling at speeds up to 130mph.


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  • #22
    Ash.J.Williams
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    If i remember correctly it was an mx5 and it sliced the Mondeo in two


  • #23
    Sunnyisland
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    MagicSean wrote: »
    Garda Tighe was driving. He had positioned his vehicle in a way that would stop innocent motorists being put in danger. He had not tried to stop the passage of the stolen car. So your assertion that the extra alcohol in his blood made him somehow liable is not justified.

    Eglington was the passenger but he had willingly taken part in the theft of the car and gotten into it knowing it was stolen and that it was going to be used for criminal purposes. He was only slightly less responsible in the same way that a get away driver is only slightly less responsible after a murder or robbery. Without his actions on the night those gardai would be alive. He showed no remorse afterwards and obviously didn't learn any lesson as he continued his involvement in crime.

    The only people who deserve any sympathy after the shooting are the children who witnessed the it as it was likely very traumatic. But it was Eglington who put them in that position in the first place. They'll have a better chance at becoming decent people without his influence.

    One of my concerns is that this will breed a second/third/fourth generation of criminals from these poor kids. Seeing your father gunned down in front of you will always remain with you. Considering that violence is a way of life in many of these families, how would you break that cycle ?


  • #24
    charlemont
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    realies wrote: »
    One of my concerns is that this will breed a second/third/fourth generation of criminals from these poor kids. Seeing your father gunned down in front of you will always remain with you. Considering that violence is a way of life in many of these families, how would you break that cycle ?

    Exactly, They seem to get worse with time, Coming from families with no behavioural boundaries, Lots of these families have one thing in common No respect or trust for authority or authority figures and the trigger for that was the abuse in institutions several decades ago. The hatred and anger just got passed on ...

    BTW I'v no sympathy for Eglington, These guys haven't a brain in their head, They get caught for everything and rat out their associates and get themselves killed in the end, Fools.


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