Riots in Portmarnock

cusackd

Anyone here anything about the apparent riots in Portmarnock today

As thousands flock to beaches all around the country our very own Dublin specifically Portmarnock has decided to make it in to the news.

Gardaí are currently resolving an issue where a large group of youth are causing havoc in the area.

Irish rail had to stop its 16.14 Drogheda to Pearse station service after a group of youth were causing ruptions on the train.

It is believed the garda helicopter and a large number of squad cars have been dispatched to the area to bring the situation to a halt.

This can only be the result of excessive alcohol consumption mixed with a large crowed of youths.

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dr.bollocko

Hi guys,

Following discussion we've decided to re-open this one.

MurdyWurdy

"Causing ruptions"? Never heard that one before. Causing ructions, surely?!

bumper234

Was on the bus (42) yesterday about 4ish and there were groups of kids (14/17) drinking and trying to get on the buses to Malahide. Drivers were told over radio not to stop for them.

This is why we can't have nice things:(

Grayson

The videos on that link were horrible. If citizen journalism is supposed to be the future, we're all fecked.

sasta le

Videos may have been taken by idiots but it does show the violence

mikom

Grayson wrote: »

The videos on that link were horrible. If citizen journalism is supposed to be the future, we're all fecked.

Link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident please........

Super-Rush

Where are these people getting their mobile phones from?

Footage is terrible.

Super-Rush

mikom wrote: »

Link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident please........

Vids are in the link in the first post.

DipStick McSwindler

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mad turnip

Oh this is a yearly event which has been getting bigger each year. (last year it rained so no one went) The year or two before that about 1000 people showed up. It has a name which I just can't seem to remember maybe someone else will know it. Its always around this time every year.

mikom

Super-Rush wrote: »

Vids are in the link in the first post.

You misunderstand me.
I was looking for a link to the Indo/Times/Herald video of the incident.
The one by the "real" journalists.

The unpaid "citizen journalists" seem to be the only ones plugging that gap, as far as I can see.

Rayne Wooney

mad turnip wrote: »

Oh this is a yearly event which has been getting bigger each year. (last year it rained so no one went) The year or two before that about 1000 people showed up. It has a name which I just can't seem to remember maybe someone else will know it. Its always around this time every year.

Fúckin reck it ah Portmarnok day innit

Nodin

Super-Rush wrote: »

Where are these people getting their mobile phones from?

Footage is terrible.

Going on the ages of them, its presumably all mammy would fork out for.

Viper_JB

Great weather lads! Lets go to the beach.....and have a fight.

The mentality is mind boggling - starting to think that mandatory year/two in the army would be a good thing over here, so many brain dead eejits....

Nodin

Viper_JB wrote: »

Great weather lads! Lets go to the beach.....and have a fight.
.........

Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

Viper_JB

Nodin wrote: »

Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.

Norfolk Enchants

Nodin wrote: »

Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

Actually, the African who instigated the riot was not drinking. He was on the Adrian Kennedy phone show last night.

He admitted to throwing the first punches and that he was stone cold sober.

DipStick McSwindler

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Richard Hillman

I live close enough to a beach (about 10 mins) but would never go to it on a sunny day because the riff raff from the local area and the inner city that always descend on it. The trains do be packed with the dregs of society having their consequenceless days out by the beach in a decent area.

You also have to question the Garda presence in these public areas too. On a good day when the schools are off, you could have a couple of thousand people on a beach (a lot of them drinking and a lot of undesirables). Whereas if there was a football match on with a couple of thousand people there, there would be at least 20 or so Garda plus stewards. I know it is hard to plan for a sunny day but surely there should have been a larger presence for the day that was in it.

Nodin

Viper_JB wrote: »

Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.

Theres nothing new going on there, or regressive. Its actually fairly par for the course. I remember the stephens green area was scene of a fair few rows in the early 80's, by an older crew. Likewise various dublin city festivals, "larks in the parks".....the incident here was fairly harmless in the greater scheme of things.

Celly Smunt

Oxegen warm up.

Nodin

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

Actually, the African who instigated the riot was not drinking. He was on the Adrian Kennedy phone show last night.

He admitted to throwing the first punches and that he was stone cold sober.

I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.

Norfolk Enchants

Nodin wrote: »

I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.

Listen to the FM 104 podcast. The African lad admitted that he started it and that he was sober.

No agenda, just cold hard facts.

SEPT 23 1989

Nodin wrote: »

I'm not interested in you and your racist agenda, thanks.

I thought that was the whole point of the thing

white v black

Gorilla Rising

Nodin wrote: »

Teenage testosterone + sniff of drink = eejitery.

But the problem with Ireland is it manifests itself as shown in the video a lot of the time.

Nodin wrote: »

Theres nothing new going on there, or regressive. Its actually fairly par for the course. I remember the stephens green area was scene of a fair few rows in the early 80's, by an older crew. Likewise various dublin city festivals, "larks in the parks".....the incident here was fairly harmless in the greater scheme of things.

That may be, but it doesn't mean it's OK. If anything it shows we've regressed or remained static as a society in this respect.

I've been to things in the UK and it's the most civilized experience. Huge crowd, all with their own bottles etc, no trouble. None whatsoever. A lot of Europe is the same.

syklops

Viper_JB wrote: »

Very true, but I can't help but despair for the human race seeing crap like this, it's like there's a segment of society which are slowly regressing back to caveman times.

Thats actually an insult to cavemen who lived in civilised tribal groups.

Chimpanzees on crack would be more like it.

crockholm

It's kind of putting me into the "lets keep Sellafield open" camp.

scopper

Aye, it's not his agenda. The whole 'buzz' was white v black kids as happens fairly normally in the rougher estates (this may be hidden from those outside these areas). I guess it's the contemporary version of mods v rockers only with more emotive stakes. Also, it's called res I think; the yearly piss up.

Nodin

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

Listen to the FM 104 podcast. The African lad admitted that he started it and that he was sober.

No agenda, just cold hard facts.

...because somebody phoning into a talkshow and claiming something is a 'cold hard fact'.

Celly Smunt

scopper wrote: »

Aye, it's not his agenda. The whole 'buzz' was white v black kids as happens fairly normally in the rougher estates (this may be hidden from those outside these areas). I guess it's the contemporary version of mods v rockers only with more emotive stakes. Also, it's called res I think; the yearly piss up.

i call bollix on that.

limitedIQ

mad turnip wrote: »

Oh this is a yearly event which has been getting bigger each year. (last year it rained so no one went) The year or two before that about 1000 people showed up. It has a name which I just can't seem to remember maybe someone else will know it. Its always around this time every year.

i'm calling it "Ragna-portmarnarok"

Nodin

limitedIQ wrote: »

i'm calling it "Ragna-portmarnarok"

That certainly pisses on Dutchgold-ageddon.

scopper

pmcmahon wrote: »

i call bollix on that.

Huh? That's the whole point of it. Watch the first video. Makes no bones to me either way. Just reporting what I know of it. Of course I would wager it's not so much a race thing so much as a handy way for all these headcases to stir up trouble.

scopper

You can hear the lads discussing it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFBvccdPUKY&feature=player_detailpage#t=185s

'starting a f...ing racial war' etc. Sorry to break it to you, but race relations have gone well ropey with our youth. And quite visibly toward the end white v black kids. Welcome to reality.

COYW

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I live close enough to a beach (about 10 mins) but would never go to it on a sunny day because the riff raff from the local area and the inner city that always descend on it. The trains do be packed with the dregs of society having their consequenceless days out by the beach in a decent area.

You also have to question the Garda presence in these public areas too. On a good day when the schools are off, you could have a couple of thousand people on a beach (a lot of them drinking and a lot of undesirables). Whereas if there was a football match on with a couple of thousand people there, there would be at least 20 or so Garda plus stewards. I know it is hard to plan for a sunny day but surely there should have been a larger presence for the day that was in it.

Totally agree that there should be more policing. However, if that were to happen, you would have every do-gooder in the place whinging about the guards being OTT and heavy handed. I feel so sorry for the poor residents in that area.

I live beside a train station which is a gathering point for GAA fans and anyone else who is going to Croke Park. On sunny match days, the canal benches and the green areas in our estate are used as venues for 'pre-train to the game' drinks and the bushes are used as toilets. There were fights last year on three separate occasions and not a guard in sight.

Norfolk Enchants

Nodin wrote: »

...because somebody phoning into a talkshow and claiming something is a 'cold hard fact'.

Listen to the podcast. Even uber liberal, Adrian Kennedy, admitted that it was a race riot. Reluctantly, I may add.

It baffles me as to why these black Africans continue to live here, If they hate white people so much. Last nights riot, radio show and African commentators on social media, living in Ireland, was a real eye opener. A sizeable amount of them dont seem to like us much.

martinedwards

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

"Causing ruptions"? Never heard that one before. Causing ructions, surely?!

well, DISruption isbreaking the peace....

so if these fine citizenry were causing ruptions then they were forming areas of calm.....

no?

Nodin

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

It baffles me as to why these black Africans continue to live here, If they hate white people so much. Last nights riot, radio show and African commentators on social media, living in Ireland, was a real eye opener. A sizeable amount of them dont seem to like us much.

....more guff?

Given your attitude, it may be that any antipathy they harbour is perhaps more directed at you specifically than others generally.

DipStick McSwindler

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scopper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySoDEsIApQ This should put it to bed nicely.

frank reynolds

in countries that are being increasingly ripped to shreds by teenage scrotes like these in Ireland and The UK mainly, they should lower the age of an Adult Criminal to 16. Teenagers are getting worse and worse, and i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that they KNOW they'd be tried as a juvenile and wouldnt serve any time in a real prison.

if they get away with it as a juvenile, they wont learn any lesson, and that's what turns them into criminals as adults.

spurious

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

No agenda, just cold hard facts.

Very much an agenda, as anyone can tell from looking at your posts.
Do you ever post about anything else?

drumswan

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

A sizeable amount of them dont seem to like us much.

Who is us? I dont like you either tbh, I can kinda empathise

beno619

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

Listen to the podcast. Even uber liberal, Adrian Kennedy, admitted that it was a race riot. Reluctantly, I may add.

It baffles me as to why these black Africans continue to live here, If they hate white people so much. Last nights riot, radio show and African commentators on social media, living in Ireland, was a real eye opener. A sizeable amount of them dont seem to like us much.

I love you guys

--Kaiser--

Is calling this a 'riot' not a bit hysterical?

Norfolk Enchants

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Norfolk Enchants, I hope you live a miserable existence. This post actually infuriates me.

Life is good. Why does it infuriate you? Listen to the podcast and check out social media commentators on the issue.

Nodin

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Is calling this a 'riot' not a bit hysterical?

...much like calling a bit of drizzle a tornado, yes.

gobnaitolunacy

A shower of fcukwit pimply teens with a few flagons of Linden Village somehow is a 'riot'?

Rebelkell

scopper wrote: »

You can hear the lads discussing it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFBvccdPUKY&feature=player_detailpage#t=185s

'starting a f...ing racial war' etc. Sorry to break it to you, but race relations have gone well ropey with our youth. And quite visibly toward the end white v black kids. Welcome to reality.

Looks like the outnumbered black guys are kicking serious ass too. Irish scumbags not even good at being scumbags!!:)

Norfolk Enchants

drumswan wrote: »

Who is us? I dont like you either tbh, I can kinda empathise

Indigenous Irish people. If you want to be crude, 'white' folk.