Travellers move into an ALDI car park in Dungloe!

DenMan

Travellers have moved into the ALDI car park in Dungloe, Co Donegal. They were previously moved from the SuperValu car park! This may get ugly if the Army are called in!

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/army-backup-urged-to-shift-travellers-who-refuse-to-move-from-carpark-29474573.html

Tramps Like Us

They won't move until the owners pay them to, old tactic. Culture, innit?

I Heart Internet

They're fans of the discount retailers too I suppose.

Nemeses

Bit extreme, but understandable.

The general public may feel threatened when there is probably at least 80 yuppies making home in a popular shopping centre.

I hate this sorta thing.

shruikan2553

/PC on
Yeah but they have nowhere else to go. If we want them to stop traveling we need to provide them with a house.
/PC off

If its private property throw them out, trespassing is trespassing and gets you arrested. Now Im going to make popcorn for the incoming ****storm.

Nemeses

shruikan2553 wrote: »

/PC on
Yeah but they have nowhere else to go. If we want them to stop traveling we need to provide them with a house.
/PC off

Funny thing is, they do have somewhere to go. Its a fecking house.
They can more than afford rent at this stage. Why provide them with a house??


They are getting away with so much ****e its unbelievable.

Turf them out - They know what they are doing is wrong. They aren't stupid.

AnonoBoy

Travellers is it?

Jaysus you can get anything in ALDI these days, wha?

DarkJager

Give them 2 hours notice to vacate, then send in a bulldozer to clean them out, occupied or not.

I Heart Internet

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Yeah but they have nowhere else to go. If we want them to stop traveling we need to provide them with a house.

If its private property throw them out, trespassing is trespassing and gets you arrested. Now Im going to make popcorn for the incoming ****storm.

They are just people on their holidays. No more. No less. They have come on holidays (presumably to coincide with the Mary from Dungloe festival) but not bothered to book a campsite or space for their campers.

They're holiday makers, no more, no less. And they're currently breaking the law.

MonstaMash

Unleash the hounds & be damned

Anyone

From Supervalu to Aldi....damn recession affects us all.

I Heart Internet

Anyone wrote: »

From Supervalu to Aldi....damn recession affects us all.

They only go to Aldi for the mangos actually!

MJ23

This just makes me hate them more and more. An awful breed of people.

anncoates

Let this be a cautionary reminder to other retailers about the risks of running weekday discount deals on electric pink taffeta communion dresses.

Ilik Urgee

Tarmac arrives in Dungloe shocker:eek:

floggg

Nemeses wrote: »

Funny thing is, they do have somewhere to go. Its a fecking house.
They can more than afford rent at this stage. Why provide them with a house??


They are getting away with so much ****e its unbelievable.

Turf them out - They know what they are doing is wrong. They aren't stupid.

While I don't agree that they are setting up shop on private property and threatening the occupies business, it's ludicrous to say its simply a matter of them going off and buying a house.

I imagine that those who haven't moved into a house at this stage don't want to. They are a nomadic culture and moving into a house destroys a large part of their identity.

I don't think it's right that we say to an indigenous minority that they must abandon their traditions and identity just because it isnt readibly compatabile with the modern way of life for the majority.

Especially as their relative educational and socio-economic disadvantage means they can't readily adapt to the majority's way of living.

Obviously though most people don't actually give a **** about them as human brings and as citizens so therefore calling for any sort of respect for their culture is a bit futile.

SweepTheLeg

MJ23 wrote: »

This just makes me hate them more and more. An awful breed of people.

Not all are bad, There's some settled travellers who live in my estate. They keep to themselves and never cause trouble.

Although they race horses around the street at ungodly hours.

gobnaitolunacy

Must have sulkies on special this week.

anncoates

floggg wrote: »

Obviously though most people don't actually give a **** about them as human brings.

I wonder why that is.

ScumLord

I Heart Internet wrote: »

They are just people on their holidays.

I wonder how many have stalls at the festival market day? If they have they should be banned from participating in the future and have their details sent to every town in the country so they're banned from ever small town market day.

Annasopra

anncoates wrote: »

I wonder why that is.

It seems like it is the last acceptable prejudice

jank

Its close to the border. Call the Ra to sort them out. Job done!

floggg

MJ23 wrote: »

This just makes me hate them more and more. An awful breed of people.

Comments like that make me sad.

I Heart Internet

mango salsa wrote: »

It seems like it is the last acceptable prejudice

Sadly there are a few more.

Most people make a point of noting that they're met, worked with or lived near people who are from the travelling community who are dead sound. It's all true.

However, sadly, the other type of stories tend to be equally true.

conor2469

floggg wrote: »

Especially as their relative educational and socio-economic disadvantage means they can't readily adapt to the majority's way of living.

Obviously though most people don't actually give a **** about them as human brings and as citizens so therefore calling for any sort of respect for their culture is a bit futile.

pity you weren't at cemetery Sunday in mullingar last weekend, you could have experienced their nomadic culture up close.... lovely people. I don't understand why they have such a bad rep?

jank

mango salsa wrote: »

It seems like it is the last acceptable prejudice

Ah here we go. I am sorry but if I rocked up to your house and parked by 100,000 euro camper-van in your drive for a few days you will rightly be annoyed, ring the Gardai and get me removed by force. I can't understand why we coy to such behaviour. What do they want anyway? A few free house?

BeerWolf

Fecking hate them scumbags with a passion...

conorhal

Tramps Like Us wrote: »

They won't move until the owners pay them to, old tactic. Culture, innit?

I reckon that you'd see them move pretty quick if a tow truck arrives and starts hauling away 132 D Hiaces.....

humanji

I think that's enough calls to murder a group of people for one day. See you next week folks!