€50,000 statue of Jesus for a gravestone

the_monkey

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/grave-of-murdered-gang-boss-gets-50000-marble-statue-of-jesus-31456124.html

Grave of murdered gang boss gets €50,000 marble statue of Jesus

Dublin gang boss 'Fat' Andy Connors now has a €50,000, six-foot-high marble Jesus Christ headstone on top of his grave.



The criminal, who was murdered in August last year, was buried in a gold-plated coffin.

Now an extravagant statue made out of solid marble has been placed on his grave at the Gorey cemetery, where Connors is buried.

It took a small crane and several men to hoist the statue into place.

Widow Ann Connors organised the memorial just in time for her husband's anniversary, on Thursday last week.

So will this be needing security or what ?

apparently he was wearing a €40,000 Rolex when he was buried too.

Corvo

Probably cheap enough, by traveller standards.

Boring username

I hope the Criminal Assets Bureau are taking a very close look at all this.

J. Marston

Fr Howell is believed to have initially refused the family's bid for planning permission for the €50,000 statue, but eventually he backed down on the issue.

Hmm.

artanevilla

the_monkey wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/grave-of-murdered-gang-boss-gets-50000-marble-statue-of-jesus-31456124.html




So will this be needing security or what ?

apparently he was wearing a €40,000 Rolex when he was buried too.

Not for long.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

J. Marston wrote: »

Fr Howell is believed to have initially refused the family's bid for planning permission for the €50,000 statue, but eventually he backed down on the issue.

Now he's wearing a 40k Rolex!

fedor.2.

Man, I'd imagine somebody is gonna go grave digging real soon

Satriale

Have they checked the one in Rio De Janeiro...

Corvo

fedor.2. wrote: »

Man, I'd imagine somebody is gonna go grave digging real soon

Yep. And what harm, if he was alive and knew you had that on you, he'd dig you up.

RobbingBandit

Bet the father is Goldmember from Austin Powers now.

pablo128

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Now he's wearing a 40k Rolex!

A large group of travellers gathered in the cemetery, intimidating the priest into allowing the headstone.

Duckworth_Luas

I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I have my 6 foot Jesus,
Standing on the headstone of my grave.
But I think he'll have to go,
The CAB are sure to know,
Where the money went from my last crime wave.

pablo128

I wonder how many elderly men and women were tied up and had their jaws broke and their houses ransacked to pay for this fine statue.

Nodin

For a 50k Statue, it doesn't look that impressive, from a distance at least.

the_syco

'Fat' Andy was buried in a €28,000 gold-plated coffin, wearing a €40,000 diamond Rolex watch along with a number of other expensive items of jewellery.

Can't wait for the headline about his grave getting robbed!

'Fat' Andy was buried in a €28,000 gold-plated coffin, wearing a €40,000 diamond Rolex watch along with a number of other expensive items of jewellery.
Separately, close to €10,000 was spent on a lavish floral display, which included a mobile phone and a cigarette box.

u wot m8

cson

I'd say if you tried to dig him up it wouldn't be long before you'd be in the ground beside him.

The Randy Riverbeast

Nodin wrote: »

For a 50k Statue, it doesn't look that impressive, from a distance at least.

Should have went all out like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYURxfaTdpY

Señor Fancy Pants

That's actually disgusting.

pablo128

cson wrote: »

I'd say if you tried to dig him up it wouldn't be long before you'd be in the ground beside him.

Ah you would be in and out in a mini-digger in no time!:D

eeguy

pablo128 wrote: »

Ah you would be in and out in a mini-digger in no time!:D

Too noisy.

A spade with a wooden blade is what you need.

Quiet as a graveyard....

Do it now when the soil is dry and loose.

durtybit

Not even a gold plated hiace?

looksee

I was under the impression that no jewellery is buried with a body, to avoid this very possibility (grave robbing).

Edit, that might be in the UK, it certainly seems to have happened in this case if newspaper reports are anything to go by.

Rabbo

pablo128 wrote: »

I wonder how many elderly men and women were tied up and had their jaws broke and their houses ransacked to pay for this fine statue.

I can just imagine him at the pearly gates now trying to buy his way in with his dirty money. Here's hoping that St. Peter wouldn't be easily tempted by a shiny Rolex or 6' statue

foggy_lad

pablo128 wrote: »

Ah you would be in and out in a mini-digger in no time!:D

With the lead off the church roof to finish off the job

porsche boy

Always amazed by the lengths members of the travelling community will go to to show their belief/love of God, Jesus and Mary etc and then the majority will go against the teaching of the bible and the ten commandments. There's no logic to their beliefs when assessed with their carry on.

PizzamanIRL

Surely someone will rob it and swap it on Adverts for an iPhone 4 with no battery.

foggy_lad

looksee wrote: »

I was under the impression that no jewellery is buried with a body, to avoid this very possibility (grave robbing).

Edit, that might be in the UK, it certainly seems to have happened in this case if newspaper reports are anything to go by.

The undertakers have just traded in some clapped out auld granadas for several Rolls Royce Hearses and Mourning cars:D

Wanderer78

oh id say the valuables of this grave are long gone

Stheno

That's just completely over the top

Was he a traveller? I once visited a traveller section of a graveyard it that kind of statue was pretty standard fare.

jonon9

Years of robbing finally pays off ay.

Red Kev

I was in a graveyard in Croatia. All gravestones were simple stone crosses about a metre high, all the exact same. All graves had the same edging and same covering. I thought it was a good idea as it prevents one upmanship. It's something our local graveyard suffers from and not a single traveller buried in it.

The priest has some blame to carry as well, he probably got a donation to allow it, I'd just love to know how much. It's disgusting all the same.

Wanderer78

Red Kev wrote: »

I was in a graveyard in Croatia. All gravestones were simple stone crosses about a metre high, all the exact same. All graves had the same edging and same covering. I thought it was a good idea as it prevents one upmanship. It's something our local graveyard suffers from and not a single traveller buried in it.

The priest has some blame to carry as well, he probably got a donation to allow it, I'd just love to know how much. It's disgusting all the same.

my uncle is buried in a cemetery with strict headstone and plot rules. it works

kneemos

Big statues make Jesus happy.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Hopefully the rest of his family and associates will be joining him shortly.

Satriale

Red Kev wrote: »

I was in a graveyard in Croatia. All gravestones were simple stone crosses about a metre high, all the exact same. All graves had the same edging and same covering. I thought it was a good idea as it prevents one upmanship. It's something our local graveyard suffers from and not a single traveller buried in it.

The priest has some blame to carry as well, he probably got a donation to allow it, I'd just love to know how much. It's disgusting all the same.

The Quakers graveyard in Limerick is similar. All the headstones the same, all men equal in death. Lovely spot.

SCOOP 64

What the going rate to get through the gates ?

foggy_lad

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

What the going rate to get through the gates ?

Them fancy metal gates is long gone by now boss but if the price is right they could be made reappear in a few days like Jesus himself!

Cienciano

A statue paid for by money stolen from breaking into peoples houses. I think that's what Jesus would have wanted. Fat Andy Connors family should be proud of him.

Wanderer78

i wonder does he accept ronex watches? all i can afford

endacl

Frynge

Cienciano wrote: »

A statue paid for by money stolen from breaking into peoples houses. I think that's what Jesus would have wanted. Fat Andy Connors family should be proud of him.

The disgusting thing is they are.

crockholm

The 9 Commandments,just as trabbler jesus would have wanted.That stonecutter/sculptor who does the vast majority of their work in Wexford must be minted.

diomed

Cemeteries often have limits on grave monument dimensions.
Shanganagh in south Dublin had a large monument removed and replaced with one of permitted size.

justchecked

knew he looked familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eNW7GG_Q8

Akrasia

the_monkey wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/grave-of-murdered-gang-boss-gets-50000-marble-statue-of-jesus-31456124.html




So will this be needing security or what ?

apparently he was wearing a €40,000 Rolex when he was buried too.

It would be funny if hell was a real place and this guy ended up there

"What Am I doing down here? I've got a lifesized replica of Jesus on my grave..... oh, it's cause of all that stuff I did"

fatknacker

Pure class.

I don't think it's to price their devotion to god, it's more just to really piss settled folk off.

Little CuChulainn

porsche boy wrote: »

Always amazed by the lengths members of the travelling community will go to to show their belief/love of God, Jesus and Mary etc and then the majority will go against the teaching of the bible and the ten commandments. There's no logic to their beliefs when assessed with their carry on.

I remember asking a traveller what was the purpose of a small idol he had around his neck. He asked had I no religion because the idol was a symbol of the holy Mary. He had been arrested for robbery, assault and theft but I was the godless one.

SEPT 23 1989

How many pensioners were robbed and terrorised in their homes their last few years destroyed to pay for that disgusting tacky monstrosity?

All proceeds of crime should be seized by CAB including that

bernardo mac

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

I remember asking a traveller what was the purpose of a small idol he had around his neck. He asked had I no religion because the idol was a symbol of the holy Mary. He had been arrested for robbery, assault and theft but I was the godless one.

Maybe Andy will get there: via Kitsch to the Heavens.