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Near riot over a Midget horse in Finglas

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  • 02-10-2014 6:13pm
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    pebbles21
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    http://youtu.be/D5PMoL57LfI

    The council taking away a pony in Finglas nearly sparks off a mini riot

    Several Garda cars and the Garda helicopter involved, I've seen less for a murder

    They love their pets in Finglas, so they do!


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    fleet_admiral
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    Same in Tallaght, Ballyfermot and Clondalkin


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    My name is URL
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    That horse looked fairly well looked after to me. Any info on why it was taken?


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    Slunk
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    It's a joke on fairness. Try getting a garda car to your house been burgaled or whatever.


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    AudreyHepburn
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    A housing estate is no place for a horse imo. They need to be fields where they have the space to run.

    The Gardai are in the right here.


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    Skylinehead
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    That horse looked fairly well looked after to me. Any info on why it was taken?
    Probably kept on council land I'd imagine.


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    pebbles21
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    That horse looked fairly well looked after to me. Any info on why it was taken?

    They have been grazing on a local grass patch for years, I suppose they didn't have any stables or private land for them


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    Gosub
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    OP, you'd be a great headline writer for one of the rags. :D


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    ColeTrain
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    Pig > Horse


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    ballsymchugh
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    what time of the day is that at?

    one lad out brushing his teeth (1.30) and a few in their pjs...


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    whupdedo
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    Let them **** off and buy land and build stables like the rest of us had to do, a housing estate is no place for a horse, why don't they keep donkeys and cows if they have such an interest and love of animals ?


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    My name is URL
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    pebbles21 wrote: »
    They have been grazing on a local grass patch for years, I suppose they didn't have any stables or private land for them

    Is that something that they're only starting to crack down on now? There's a dozen or more estates around the country that have horses and ponies grazing on public green areas.

    I mean it makes sense that it shouldn't be something that's allowed, but it's kinda sad to see a well cared for animal been taken away while hundreds of neglected ones sit in stables around the country, or go unfed for weeks in private fields.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    first pony making his escape from the trailer:D


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    Harry Palmr
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    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    what time of the day is that at?

    one lad out brushing his teeth (1.30) and a few in their pjs...

    Could be any time of the day in certain estates.


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    kingchess
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    did they put the wrong animal in the horse box??


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    My name is URL
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    ColeTrain wrote: »
    Pig > Horse

    http://i.imgur.com/ff1vHPR.jpg

    http://i.imgur.com/rDhBTV3.jpg


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    anncoates
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    Thread title meets with my approval.


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    anewme
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Thread title meets with my approval.

    Definitely one of the funniest titles in ages.


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    conorh91
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    AudreyHepburn wrote: »
    They need to be fields where they have the space to run.
    If that were the case, horses would be seized from every dressage yard in the country. Most serious dressage horses are locked up in stables for most of the day, and are exercised over sand, in enclosed arenas. The same usually applied to racehorses, during training season.

    As a rule of thumb, the most professional horse owners won't keep their animals on grass.

    It's a massive misconception that horses 'belong' in paddocks, when in reality they 'belong' in 12 x 14 ft boxes.

    If horses keep some kids out of prison, then barring serious neglect, I'm all for those kids keeping horses.


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    namloc1980
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    What that video really highlights is the frightening spread of VVS (Vertical Video Syndrome). Worse than Ebola it is.


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    anewme
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    conorh91 wrote: »
    If that were the case, horses would be seized from every dressage yard in the country. Most serious dressage horses are locked up in stables for most of the day, and are exercised over sand, in enclosed arenas. The same usually applied to racehorses, during training season.

    As a rule of thumb, the most professional horse owners won't keep their animals on grass.

    It's a massive misconception that horses 'belong' in paddocks, when in reality they 'belong' in 12 x 14 ft boxes.

    If horses keep some kids out of prison, then barring serious neglect, I'm all for those kids keeping horses.


    I work in an area where there are a lot of horses kept on the green area that we can see from our offices. My boss and another guy ended up having to leave our office and go and offer to buy back a horse where it was being beaten with a pipe and we could not bear to look at it.

    Same area on the way home one evening, horse driven to its death on one of those gig things, collapsed on the road, guys detatched the gig and got a van to tow it away before the gardai came....horse left dead on the road.

    again same area, horses left to starve to death in muddy fields over Christmas.....

    there are more horrible stories of how these horses in these estates are treated than nice ones..........

    I am totally against it. A housing estate is no place for a horse. I grew up in a council estate. There were no horses in the Estate and yet I dont think one person went to prison.


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    Gatling
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    Don't see why they can't allow a certain army unit to come in an euthanise these horses
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    conorh91
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    anewme wrote: »
    I work in an area where there are a lot of horses kept on the green area that we can see from our offices. My boss and another guy ended up having to leave our office and go and offer to buy back a horse where it was being beaten with a pipe and we could not bear to look at it.

    Same area on the way home one evening, horse driven to its death on one of those gig things, collapsed on the road, guys detatched the gig and got a van to tow it away before the gardai came....horse left dead on the road.
    Hmm not sure what this has to do with my basic point about horses 'needing' or deserving fields.

    Everybody accepts that serious negligence is bad and deserves punishment.

    But no knowledgable horse person will claim that a horse "needs" fields, or that depriving a horse of rolling countryside is neglect.

    It's townies over-reacting.


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    the_syco
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    I'm assuming these people do a lot of travelling, boss?


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    Tails142
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    So glad that really annoying woman in the white top gets arrested. Had to laugh at her shouting to someone to turn off the cooker, probably worried all her prepay electricity units would be gone when she gets home. My taxes at work, so proud.


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    Omackeral
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    Only in Ireland can it be considered extremely posh to own a horse or else extremely scummy. There's no middle ground.


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    fedor.2.
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    Tis a very thin blue line indeed. Parts of this country are a fcuking powder keg


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    Jimminy Mc Fukhead
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    conorh91 wrote: »
    Hmm not sure what this has to do with my basic point about horses 'needing' or deserving fields.

    Everybody accepts that serious negligence is bad and deserves punishment.

    But no knowledgable horse person will claim that a horse "needs" fields, or that depriving a horse of rolling countryside is neglect.

    It's townies over-reacting.

    Us townies won't tolerate stray animals wandering around the streets, thanks. Won't stand by with horses tied up with no access to water or food or otherwise mistreated.


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    anewme
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    conorh91 wrote: »
    Hmm not sure what this has to do with my basic point about horses 'needing' or deserving fields.

    Everybody accepts that serious negligence is bad and deserves punishment.

    But no knowledgable horse person will claim that a horse "needs" fields, or that depriving a horse of rolling countryside is neglect.

    It's townies over-reacting.

    My point is that I dont agree with keeping horses in these Estates at all.

    A housing Estate is not a place for a horse.

    Also, I dont see how horses in housing estates keep people out of prison. That's a major cop out.

    From what I have seen first hand the majority of these horses have a horrible life and death would be a release.

    If there is a project like there is in Cherry Orchard (or was not sure if it is still running) that has proper facilities, then by all means yes, but buying horses at the likes of Smithfield and leaving horses tethered on random council or corporation green areas is just not acceptable.

    I hate driving through these areas and seeing gangs of young guys galloping up the road with horses with ropes wrapped around them. Its just an accident waiting to happen and my heart goes out to these horses.


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    wendell borton
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    They should sent in army sniper teams to pick off the feral horses, would probably be doing them a favour.


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    Omackeral
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    That loudmouth one in the white top calling all the Gardai animals should take a long hard look at herself. Behaving like an absolute toe rag she is. If a bloke got in a cops face like that calling them F'n Cnuts and and threatening them he'd be dealt with in a second, and rightly so. Any kids around there will think that's how you are supposed to talk to police. Vicious circle.


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