Twink's Dog (Is this for real?)

Wheelnut

(Mods, please bear with me while I set out the background, there is a legal question at the end)

Those of us who like to keep up with current affairs will be aware that two weeks ago the Sunday Indo devoted about a half page to the story of how Twink's dog had gone missing and how heart-broken she was.

Some cynical people thought this was just a publicity story and the dog was really hiding in Samantha Mumba's house for the purposes of the story. However they have been proved wrong.

Last Sunday there was a three-column account of how the dog had been found. It started with a chance meeting in town, a visit to a pet shop, obtaining CCTV footage, identifying the reg number of a car, calling the Gardai who got a search warrant and searched a house, finding a dog, taking the dog to a vet to read a microchip and finally bringing the dog back to a delighted Twink in a squad car.

Some of you may need a few minutes to re-compose your emotions after all that, so when you are ready could you please tell me about search warrants. Does the application have to go before a judge? Would a judge really give a warrant to search a private house for a lost dog?

Of course there are other non-legal questions like: do the Gardai always provide a taxi service for lost dogs and who pays for the vet? However we must focus on search warrants or incur the wrath of the mods.

There's a warrant under the theft and fraud offences act.

Do you think that guards should ignore when someone steals something and they have information where the stolen property is?

goat2

i am delighted twink is reunited with her little dog, it is terrible to think there are heartless people that can steal a pet from owners porperty or anywhere, these pets love their owners as much as the owners love them, and this seperation must upset them also, i would hate to think of one of my pets going missing, and i too would pull out all the stops to find them, and hopefully bring the culprits who seperated them from me and my family to justice,

Bepolite

I realise I probably live under a rock preferring Al jazeera for my news but who is Twink? I thought that was a term for a young, good looking homosexual gentleman.

coylemj

Wheelnut wrote: »

Those of us who like to keep up with current affairs will be aware that two weeks ago the Sunday Indo devoted about a half page to the story of how Twink's dog had gone missing and how heart-broken she was.

That statement is contradictory. People 'who like to keep up with current affairs' don't read anything written by Barry Egan. Most of the 'us' you grandly refer to don't even buy the newspaper he works for.

The fact that he could write a half page article in a broadsheet newspaper about a missing dog owned by a has-been is indicative of the kind of tripe that makes it into print when you work for a rag like the Sindo.

I appreciate that you did ask a legal question but please don't categorise a story about a missing dog as 'current affairs'.

Bepolite

coylemj wrote: »

That statement is contradictory. People 'who like to keep up with current affairs' don't read anything written by Barry Egan. Most of the 'us' you grandly refer to don't even buy the newspaper he works for.

The fact that he could write a half page article in a broadsheet newspaper about a missing dog owned by a has-been is indicative of the kind of tripe that makes it into print when you work for a rag like the Sindo.

I appreciate that you did ask a legal question but please don't categorise a story about a missing dog as 'current affairs'.

You're in cracking form tonight. I'm hoping it was tongue in cheek.

washman3

Next time let's hope it's Twink that is taken and the poor dog is left behind..:P

mickdw

I find the efficiency of the Gardai quite sickening in this case.
Just because it was that nut job who owned the dog, the full force of the law was put into operation.
In normal circumstances, Gardai so little about spoken cars, break ins at people's homes, etc claiming lack of resources. Yet when they feel like it, resources are not a problem.
Also having seen twin on Saturday night show, I don't know what to say.

johnnyskeleton

Bepolite wrote: »

I realise I probably live under a rock preferring Al jazeera for my news but who is Twink? I thought that was a term for a young, good looking homosexual gentleman.

I believe it is some sort of delicious snack made out of chocolate, biscuit and caramel

coylemj

Bepolite wrote: »

You're in cracking form tonight. I'm hoping it was tongue in cheek.

And you'll be devastated if it wasn't? Have you ever heard of Barry Egan? Do you really not know of our very own Twink?

Bepolite

coylemj wrote: »

And you'll be devastated if it wasn't? Have you ever heard of Barry Egan? Do you really not know of our very own Twink?

I honestly have no idea, perhaps being a non native it has escaped me.

I am aware of two means of the word, one already indicated and another to do with online games.

deandean

i think the guards will act on a case like this if they have good strong evidence. for example there are cases of people whos iphone or ipad was stolen, and located with the built in tracking software, and gardai got a warrant to enter the premises, even though the owner is not a celebrity.

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Bepolite wrote: »

I honestly have no idea, perhaps being a non native it has escaped me.

I am aware of two means of the word, one already indicated and another to do with online games.

Enter Twink Into Google. The
She was a kids entertainer back when I was a kid.

cml387

Zariyah Old-fashioned Supertanker wrote: »

Enter Twink Into Google. The
She was a kids entertainer back when I was a kid.

Make sure safe filter is on first though.

Beano

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

I believe it is some sort of delicious snack made out of chocolate, biscuit and caramel

Just for reference that is a twinkie. That information might save you some embarrassment if you ever get peckish in the USA.

cml387

Beano wrote: »

Just for reference that is a twinkie. That information might save you some embarrassment if you ever get peckish in the USA.

A Twinkie is a cake with a soft filling sold in 'Murica.
To drag the thread even more off topic and towards its eventual closure , twinkies were implicated in the assassination of Harvey Milk.

FreudianSlippers

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