if a bomb went off

cena

If a bomb went off in Ireland say like what happened in Boston. How quick would the guards be to find who did it?

It just seem very fast that the f.b.i could find these guys in Boston.

IM0

depends, what trousers would they be wearing

vitani

IM0 wrote: »

depends, what trousers would they be wearing

'Distinctive' ones, probably. Seems to be the usual description on Crimecall.

SEPT 23 1989

39 years and counting

Super-Rush

3 days, 4 hours and 33 minutes.

donmeister

A grenade in a tayto bag wouldnt have the same devastating effect.

kfallon

Sure anytime a bomb went off in Ireland before those that planted it were usually kind enough to ring in to let us know they did it. No need for the Gardaí at all, at all!

In fact they were often sound enough to let us know beforehand where the bomb even was!

What do you mean 'if'? Plenty of bombs have gone off in Ireland.

mikom

Tommy Tiernan back when he was good said it best..........

"You could be in a pub in Dublin...a pub made of christmas trees and petrol...wedged in between a fireworks factory and a juvenile delinquents home...on halloween...and if the fire alarm went off, sure, you'd look for the fire. If you didn't see it, it didn't exist! If it kept going, you'd start to make jokes about it! "ha ha is that my phone?!"

RidleyRider

The lads in their Nike air clothes don't seem smart enough to set a bomb off in Ireland..

Junco Partner

really? a bomb goes off in Boston, and After Hours manages to twist it into yet another thinly veiled "Ireland sucks" thread.
If there's one thing we do well it's an Inferiority complex. :P

13spanner

I'll be keeping clear of marathons for a while.

cena

Stevie Unsightly Showboat wrote: »

What do you mean 'if'? Plenty of bombs have gone off in Ireland.

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

Super-Rush

cena wrote: »

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

They let off big bombs as well.

cena

Junco Partner wrote: »

really? a bomb goes off in Boston, and After Hours manages to twist it into yet another thinly veiled "Ireland sucks" thread.
If there's one thing we do well it's an Inferiority complex. :P

Where has this come from?

cena

Super-Rush wrote: »

They let off big bombs as well.

I am not that old to know what the IRA has really done.

IM0

13spanner wrote: »

I'll be keeping clear of marathons for a while.

just dont try and finish them and you''ll be grand

markie29

cena wrote: »

I am not that old to know what the IRA has really done.

Other terrorist groups have let big bombs off in ireland.

cena

markie29 wrote: »

Other terrorist groups have let big bombs off in ireland.

Like who if you don't mind me asking

Junco Partner

the uda or uvf left off a bomb in dublin in the early seventies i think.

Ziphius

cena wrote: »

Like who if you don't mind me asking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_monaghan_bombings

markie29

cena wrote: »

Like who if you don't mind me asking

UVF...the bombings in 1974

Bogger77

cena wrote: »

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

you mean like Omagh(1998), Claudy (1972), Enniskillen (1987), Dublin (1974), Monaghan(1974), WarrenPoint (1979), Black Friday 1972, Newry Police Station bombing (1985), Shankhill Road Fish shop bombing (1993)

never been any big bombs in Ireland that have killed!


in context, 3 people so far have died, many have bad injuries, in Boston, all have the above had 9 or more fatalities

Seachmall

It depends on where the bomb went off. If it went off in the Dublin St. Paddy's Day Parade we'd have a better chance of finding the bomber than if it went off in an empty field in Cork.

At the same time we wouldn't have anywhere near the manpower the U.S. has to collect and go through images and footage. Nor would we have the technology they have to automate a large amount of that process.

Bogger77

cena wrote: »

I am not that old to know what the IRA has really done.

if you're old enough to be using boards, you're old enough to use Google or Wikipedia.

IM0

markie29 wrote: »

Other terrorist groups have let big bombs off in ireland.

I read that in the way they mention a brand on tv, then say there are other brands as good which do just as good a job :pac:

krudler

cena wrote: »

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

Omagh?

20260622

mikom wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan back when he was good said it best..........

When was that?

Amirani

Bogger77 wrote: »

in context, 2 people so far have died, many have bad injuries, in Boston, all have the above had 9 or more fatalities

3.

Anyone

Seems this thread is a case of "if it isn't on youtube I never heard of it".

maithanfear

If it was a political group they would find out pretty fast but if it was the lone wolf type, probably never. It took until the capture of Larry Murphy until they discovered a serial killer was operating in Ireland.

Bogger77

NiallSparky wrote: »

3.

i was thinking of the number of guys they were looking for.

ruthloss

If a bomb went off near me, I would stay exactly where I was, the poor souls in Dublin 1974 ran in panic, straight into the second bomb.

Cody Pomeray

13spanner wrote: »

I'll be keeping clear of marathons for a while.

I was really stunned when some guy on RTE Drivetime started saying "this is going to present massive security difficulties at the london marathon"

seriously?

i'm not sure what their point was, but i'm pretty sure these lads weren't making political statements about marathons like...

Corkbah

Junco Partner wrote: »

really? a bomb goes off in Boston, and After Hours manages to twist it into yet another thinly veiled "Ireland sucks" thread.
If there's one thing we do well it's an Inferiority complex. :P

shock horror.... an After Hours thread with another "thinly veiled" comment - why cant people say what they think instead of trying to claim the thread maker has an ulterior motive for making the thread.

maithanfear

ruthloss wrote: »

If a bomb went off near me, I would stay exactly where I was, the poor souls in Dublin 1974 ran in panic, straight into the second bomb.

u have the british state to thank for that

kfallon

13spanner wrote: »

I'll be keeping clear of marathons for a while.

Prob very wise, their Best Before Date must have been years ago!

Gorilla Rising

I reckon our lads would be too busy making appearances appealing for information from the public to bother with an actual investigation process.

cena

cena wrote: »

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

Oh, sorry, I must have imagined Omagh then and all the classmates of mine who were injured and/or lost relatives. In total, 29 people died and 220 people were injured. How do you not consider that a big bomb? Or does NI not count?

Mellor

cena wrote: »

I mean a big bomb. I know the IRA have let bombs off in ireland

Are you serious? The various major incidents in ireland were no lesser "big bombs" when compared to Boston.
I not trying to belittle the recent tragedy, so please nobody twist it like that. I just find the notion that any bombing is not big. Especially when some attacks killed over 30 people.

Ash.J.Williams

the boston guys more or less gave themselves up??
as in instead of keeping a low profile, they caused a scene that required cops

IM0

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

39 years and counting

amateur. if youre bomb fuse is that long youre doin it wrong

Real Life

kfallon wrote: »

Sure anytime a bomb went off in Ireland before those that planted it were usually kind enough to ring in to let us know they did it. No need for the Gardaí at all, at all!

In fact they were often sound enough to let us know beforehand where the bomb even was!

gallag

maithanfear wrote: »

u have the british state to thank for that

Could you expand on this, with links please.

Tar.Aldarion

It's easy, the terrorists generally keep on their black and white hats.

maithanfear

gallag wrote: »

Could you expand on this, with links please.

no arrests hence no link. The British Government wanted the south to clamp down on the IRA so they had the UVF explode bombs in the south.

Amirani

maithanfear wrote: »

No link hence no arrests. The British Government wanted the south to clamp down on the IRA so they had the UVF explode bombs in the south.

Are you serious?

Lapin

mikom wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan back when he was good said it best..........

"You could be in a pub in Dublin...a pub made of christmas trees and petrol...wedged in between a fireworks factory and a juvenile delinquents home...on halloween...and if the fire alarm went off, sure, you'd look for the fire. If you didn't see it, it didn't exist! If it kept going, you'd start to make jokes about it! "ha ha is that my phone?!"

Quite possibly the best thing Tommy Tiernan ever came up with !

And very true too.



Shame he went to shíte after that though.

maithanfear

NiallSparky wrote: »

Are you serious?

Ya my dad told me

Anyone

maithanfear wrote: »

Ya my dad told me

Ahh thats one of the best replies I have ever read here

orestes

maithanfear wrote: »

Ya my dad told me

Anyone wrote: »

Ahh thats one of the best replies I have ever read here

Even better because of the username.