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    #32
    Bogger77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Bogger77


    NiallSparky wrote: »
    3.
    i was thinking of the number of guys they were looking for.


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    #33
    ruthloss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭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.


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    #34
    Cody Pomeray
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    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...


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    #35
    Corkbah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭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.


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    #36
    maithanfear
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭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


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    #37
    kfallon
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    13spanner wrote: »
    I'll be keeping clear of marathons for a while.

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


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    #38
    Gorilla Rising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭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.


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    #39
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    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?


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    #40
    Mellor
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    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.


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    #41
    Ash.J.Williams
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    the boston guys more or less gave themselves up??
    as in instead of keeping a low profile, they caused a scene that required cops


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    #42
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    39 years and counting

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


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    #43
    Real Life
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    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!



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    #44
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭gallag


    maithanfear wrote: »
    u have the british state to thank for that

    Could you expand on this, with links please.


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    #45
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


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


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    #46
    maithanfear
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭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.


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    #47
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭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?


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    #48
    Lapin
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    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.


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    #49
    maithanfear
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭maithanfear


    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Are you serious?

    Ya my dad told me


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    #50
    Anyone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Anyone


    maithanfear wrote: »
    Ya my dad told me


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


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    #51
    orestes
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    maithanfear wrote: »
    Ya my dad told me
    Anyone wrote: »
    Ahh thats one of the best replies I have ever read here :D

    Even better because of the username.


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    #52
    hyperborean
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    cena wrote: »
    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.

    Doubt they would ever catch the culprits, useless shower we have keeping law and order.


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    #53
    Wicklowrider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭Wicklowrider


    hyperborean wrote: »
    Doubt they would ever catch the culprits, useless shower we have keeping law and order.

    Yeah.
    Portlaoise filled itself.


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    #54
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Wicklowrider wrote: »
    Yeah.
    Portlaoise filled itself.
    they were a bit of a laughing stock back in those days though. Shergar, sophie de plantier..etc


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    #55
    Nodin
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    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Are you serious?

    Well known.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings#Barron_Inquiry_treatment_of_evidence_of_collusion_in_bombings


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    #56
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,498 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    "Garda, garda, a bomb went off!!!"

    "Oh right so"


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    #57
    Wicklowrider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭Wicklowrider


    Nodin wrote: »
    Well known.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings#Barron_Inquiry_treatment_of_evidence_of_collusion_in_bombings

    Also some informed opinion here http://irishfreedomcommittee.com/HISTORY/DublinMonaghan/dublin_monaghan_historybackground.htm

    and if anyone really cares they could do worse than look up "Hidden Hand" an ITN Documentery that is still available online.


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    #58
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭gallag


    maithanfear wrote: »
    Ya my dad told me

    Thats good enough for me, ****ing brits!


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    #59
    .jacksparrow.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,428 ✭✭✭.jacksparrow.


    Lapin wrote: »
    Quite possibly the best thing Tommy Tiernan ever came up with !

    And very true too.



    Shame he went to shíte after that though.

    Went to see him a while ago,he is definitely back on form, after a few bad years.


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    #60
    Ash.J.Williams
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    .jacksparrow. wrote: »
    Went to see him a while ago,he is definitely back on form, after a few bad years.
    yeah i enjoyed it too, some of the fans seemed to be from his bad years though!!


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    #61
    McDermotX
    Registered Users Posts: 14,679 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Garda - 'Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.'


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