McAuliffe Trucking Co

CrowdedHouse

Jaysus they gave Lance Armstrong a job !

MrJoeSoap

Only catching up with this now...

I've been on Boards well over 10 years and this is probably the best thread I have ever seen, a classic example of what this forum is about.

McAuliffe's/Truly Irish, if you are reading this, YOU ARE A DISGRACE. To endanger peoples lives like you have and then to continue to have the bravado to maintain that it was for charity is sickening. Forcing oncoming motorists into the hard-shoulder whilst driving three trucks abreast, taking up an entire roundabout with your moronic drivers, and almost killing or seriously injuring other motorists by parking on a dual-carriageway.

I feel sorry for any honest employee's at your companies, but I hope you get everything you deserve for your brazen response to this shambles.

MadsL

Comments on boardsheet.ie are getting deleted now.

Gary ITR

Dawn Rider wrote: »

Why not get in contact with their "Satisfied customer" Kerry Ingredients?

Head Office - Contact Details
Kerry Group plc
Kerry Group plc
Prince’s Street
Tralee
Co. Kerry
Ireland
Tel: +353 66 7182000
Fax: +353 66 7182961


Corporate Affairs Department
Frank Hayes
Director of Corporate Affairs
Kerry Group plc
Prince’s Street
Tralee
Co. Kerry
Ireland
Tel: +353 66 7182304
Fax: +353 66 7182972
Email: corpaffairs@ker

Is that not a step too far? Reardless of what they did and how they are behaving, destroying their business isn't going to achieve anything

Remmy

MadsL wrote: »

Comments on boardsheet.ie are getting deleted now.

I just had a quick look. Which ones were deleted?

Yawns

What has Kerry group done other than use them as a haulage company? They would probably be considering ditching them after this fiasco but unless I'm missing something like the same CEO of Truly Irish is on the board for Kerry group, we shouldn't even be looking at them.

MadsL

Gary ITR wrote: »

Is that not a step too far? Reardless of what they did and how they are behaving, destroying their business isn't going to achieve anything

I agree that is tooo much.
But they do need to step up to the mark and stop playing the victim here.

Chuck_Norris

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Only catching up with this now...

I've been on Boards well over 10 years and this is probably the best thread I have ever seen, a classic example of what this forum is about.

McAuliffe's/Truly Irish, if you are reading this, YOU ARE A DISGRACE. To endanger peoples lives like you have and then to continue to have the bravado to maintain that it was for charity is sickening. Forcing oncoming motorists into the hard-shoulder whilst driving three trucks abreast, taking up an entire roundabout with your moronic drivers, and almost killing or seriously injuring other motorists by parking on a dual-carriageway.

I feel sorry for any honest employee's at your companies, but I hope you get everything you deserve for your brazen response to this shambles.

+1. As has already been said a few times, this thread definitely deserves legendary status.

Chuck_Norris

Remmy wrote: »

I just had a quick look. Which ones were deleted?

I don't know if they're being deleted, but the story is no longer on the app. And I posted two comments which weren't posted.

ahyeahok

What these two companies need to do is just apologise for their dangerous behavior and their woeful attempts at covering things up.
If they did that they would have a lot less people on their case.

mrsoundie

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Only catching up with this now...

I've been on Boards well over 10 years and this is probably the best thread I have ever seen, a classic example of what this forum is about.

McAuliffe's/Truly Irish, if you are reading this, YOU ARE A DISGRACE. To endanger peoples lives like you have and then to continue to have the bravado to maintain that it was for charity is sickening. Forcing oncoming motorists into the hard-shoulder whilst driving three trucks abreast, taking up an entire roundabout with your moronic drivers, and almost killing or seriously injuring other motorists by parking on a dual-carriageway.

I feel sorry for any honest employee's at your companies, but I hope you get everything you deserve for your brazen response to this shambles.

I prefer Omnishambles!

Chuck_Norris

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

I don't know if they're being deleted, but the story is no longer on the app. And I posted two comments which weren't posted.

I just posted a reply to Sean and it came up.

Dawn Rider

My last post was directed at the poster who said he won't buy products transported by this company.

Shall I remove the post?

MadsL

Remmy wrote: »

I just had a quick look. Which ones were deleted?

This comment:

That you again Shane?

Tell Mike to stop letting the staff respond to this and own up and apologise. It will go better for you. either that or call those PR professionals you decided to “pick the brains” of and not hire. Not such a smart move.

“PR Consultants wanted to know our budget and we
learnt very quickly that whatever we had, they would
gladly take, so, we picked their brains and did it
ourselves.”

http://www.nrn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Justin-Kavanagh-Truly-Irish-Country-Foods-NRDC2011.pdf

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Yawns

Dawn Rider wrote: »

My last post was directed at the poster who said he won't buy products transported by this company.

Shall I remove the post?

Sorry I think a few of us missed your sarcasm

Perhaps best to edit it and let everyone else know it was a sarcastic reply

Dartz

Keep beating, the horse isn't dead yet!


Is it just me, or is 'People like you have the country the way it is today' becoming the new Nazi comparison for Ireland. Like Godwin's corollary for the Irish.

Anyone who makes the suggestion without grounds, immediately loses the argument.

I'm sick of it.

Dawn Rider

Yawns wrote: »

Sorry I think a few of us missed your sarcasm

Perhaps best to edit it and let everyone else know it was a sarcastic reply

What I'll do is whip it down.

It can be read / misread a number of ways.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

A secret video reaction at McAuliffe Trucking Co has emerged
What a thread!

CarrickMcJoe

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

That answers the first video. But what about the one with the three trucks driving abreast on the road???

Last time I saw something that dangerous was when the travellers were harness racing with jeeps and vans taking up the whole road.

h2005

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

A secret video reaction at McAuliffe Trucking Co has emerged
What a thread!

Best post in the thread!

SnowDrifts

Also disappointed by the RTE article. The attitude of everyone associated with McAuliffe stinks. You are still trying to talk your way out of this rather than just holding your hands up. I just can't believe RTE accepted their BS excuse saying they had authorization when all of the videos highlight the recklessness of their drivers.

A road user nearly lost his life in one video- had he hit the back of the truck without braking- it could likely have been a fatality.

Lando Griffin

MadsL wrote: »

I'll just leave this here:

Road Safety Authority
Road Haulage Enforcement
Clonfert House
Bride Street
Loughrea
Co. Galway

Opening Hours

09:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 17:00

Contact Details

Telephone: 091 872600
Email: enforcement@rsa.ie
Website: www.rsa.ie



Just sayin'.

The HSA would be very interested in this also. Them boys can come down hard if work practices endanger the staff or the public.

Atlantic Dawn

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Last time I saw something that dangerous was when the travellers were harness racing with jeeps and vans taking up the whole road.

I actually see the travellers tom foolery as being less of a threat to the general public, a 40 foot truck will do far more damage. I find it shocking the lack of general outcry in the established media from the numerous Youtube videos posted on here of a fragrant lack of respect for public safety to other road users and rules of the road shown by drivers for this haulage company whether officially sanctioned from the top or not.

Yawns

Ah shure we're just a shower of begrudgers don't ya know. What would the main stream media be wanting to side with us for?

RoundyMooney

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

I don't know if they're being deleted, but the story is no longer on the app. And I posted two comments which weren't posted.

I wouldn't go by the app-the broadsheet app is only marginally worse than the site itself (with all its hipster hurr durr, anyone? hurr durr, we don't normally do this hurr durr, dublincentric and clichéd leftie tinged nonsense). If you must browse the site via mobile, best to use the browser and scroll to taste.

They may indeed be deleting comments, however, and like here-it's their prerogative. They may also be running scared from an ominously worded email, even though they have nothing to fear once the comments stick to the facts (which are incriminating enough on their own!).

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

h2005 wrote: »

Best post in the thread!

When i was reading the thread, i was saying to myself this is a real life ron burgundy escalated moment

RoundyMooney

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

When i was reading the thread, i was saying to myself this is a real life ron burgundy escalated moment

I doubt they're sitting around an office in the McAuliffe building with beers, savouring the memory though!

Going by the photos though, said office seems to have plenty of tacky awards and vanity items-just like Ron Burgundy's!

But, like most of you, I'm just a begrudger! My comments, like yours have nothing to do with reckless endangerment, blatant dishonesty, and a late leap on to the charity bandwagon (complete with token mention of a specific person suffering from debilitating illness, who for all we know may have nothing whatsoever to do with this matter).

MadsL

Well, well, well.

Our mystery CEO of Truly Irish turns out to be the only director of Truly Irish Holdings Ltd and also Company Secretary as well as 2/3rds majority shareholder.

https://www.duedil.com/company/IE496663/truly-irish-country-foods-holdings-limited/people

Quite shocking how far Mr Truly Irish wants to distance himself from Mr Trucking.

Yawns

Why is that his name is spelled differently for each 33.33% share?

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

RoundyMooney wrote: »

I doubt they're sitting around an office in the McAuliffe building with beers, savouring the memory though!

Going by the photos though, said office seems to have plenty of tacky awards and vanity items-just like Ron

With their silly statements in the thread theres a possibility they might!