Refugees who escaped truck in laois not being searched for.

jacksie66

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Hitman3000

jacksie66 wrote:

What's the logic behind this? Couple of refugees were discovered in a truck in Laois. They jumped out and ran away. According to this article they're not being searched for? Am I missing something or is this utter madness..

It's Laois, they'll hand themselves in soon enough.

TheValeyard

Ha. There in for a shock. Probably hide in another truck to escape Laois.

Jim Bob Scratcher

The gardai have more important issues to be dealing with, like deciding who is going to nip down the chipper for the tae.

Atlantic Dawn

Would they not be migrants?

Sal Butamol

Illegal immigrants.

elperello

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Would they not be migrants?

Hard to know if they are not found.

jacksie66

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Yer Da sells Avon

If you really cared, you'd be out searching for them yourself.

Soon as I've had my dinner, I'll be out there, accosting anyone who looks a bit, you know, foreign. Who's with me?

ArchXStanton

Good luck to them in the post apocalyptic wasteland of Laois...

jacksie66

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Refugees from Offaly, I'd guess

corner of hells

jacksie66 wrote: »

So you're grand with these individuals roaming around? Not a bother. Good man you are.

Maybe have a quick of his post again.
I think he's being humourous.

Yer Da sells Avon

jacksie66 wrote: »

So you're grand with these individuals roaming around? Not a bother. Good man you are.

Unlike you, at least I'm prepared to do something about it.

MFPM

jacksie66 wrote: »

Don't pay your TV licence - half of the Guards down on top of you..
Enter a country illegally and run free - not a bother..

Hyperbole much?

One would imagine there are no specific searches because the people will surface quickly as they are unlikely to know anyone.

Hitman3000

jacksie66 wrote:

So you're grand with these individuals roaming around? Not a bother. Good man you are.

Are you really expecting a reasoned and thought provoking response in AH? You new here?

Odhinn

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

If you really cared, you'd be out searching for them yourself.

Soon as I've had my dinner, I'll be out there, accosting anyone who looks a bit, you know, foreign. Who's with me?

Hopefully they'll be found before the poor fools cross into Offally.

Mam of 4

All I know is that they were out looking for them last night , the helicopter was out and about also searching ..

Maybe they've crossed the border already.
Into another county

Effects

jacksie66 wrote: »

Don't pay your TV licence - half of the Guards down on top of you..
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Effects

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

Unlike you, at least I'm prepared to do something about it.

Oh, what are you going to do?

Harry Palmr

Is that what passes for news reporting now? Looks like the work of a bored intern.

Yer Da sells Avon

Effects wrote: »

Oh, what are you going to do?

I'm going to have my dinner.

And then I'm going to go out searching for them. Woe betide anyone I see who happens to look a bit foreign, that's all I can say.

Hitman3000

Hapax Legomenon wrote:

And then I'm going to go out searching for them. Woe betide anyone I see who happens to look a bit foreign, that's all I can say.

I have a pitchfork you're welcome to borrow, might have a torch aswell.

Grayson

jacksie66 wrote: »

So you're grand with these individuals roaming around? Not a bother. Good man you are.

We'll find them when they're finished.

Donald Trump

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

The gardai have more important issues to be dealing with, like deciding who is going to nip down the chipper for the tae.

You can't be doing that lads

Try_harder

jacksie66 wrote: »

Don't pay your TV licence - half of the Guards down on top of you..
Enter a country illegally and run free - not a bother..

The gardai have nothing to do with the TV licence

elperello

Unless you fail to pay the fine.
In that case they will be all over you like a rash.
All a charade though.

Try_harder

elperello wrote: »

Unless you fail to pay the fine.
In that case they will be all over you like a rash.
All a charade though.

Thats failing to pay a court fine. And the Gardai dont usually intervene. Dont any more rules changed anyway

Hitman3000

Try_harder wrote:

Thats failing to pay a court fine. And the Gardai dont usually intervene. Dont any more rules changed anyway

Yeah civil debt bill introduced by the pervious FG government dealt with this and other issues. No gaol or Garda involved.

Grab All Association

Try_harder wrote: »

The gardai have nothing to do with the TV licence

In Portlaoise they called to the address of a woman who had no TV license and took her to Mountjoy womens prison. It was the wrong person they arrested!

Try_harder

Grab All Association wrote: »

In Portlaoise they called to the address of a woman and took her to Mountjoy womens prison. It was the wrong person they arrested!

That was Offaly and it was mistaken identity afaik

Atlantic Dawn

Surely this is a case where the alert system on Facebuke should be used to find these people, who in the jaysus knows who they are or what history they have?

Hitman3000

Atlantic Dawn wrote:

Surely this is a case where the alert system on Facebuke should be used to find these people, who in the jaysus knows who they are or what history they have?

Would you not have to have a photo of them for the alert to be of any use?

enricoh

Could there be an opening for a new quango or government funded charity to help these guys settle in Ireland? Help with housing them ,with family reunification over here etc etc.
No point bothering with border control apparently!

Try_harder

Maybe you guys should sign up to patrol our borders?

Cee-Jay-Cee

jacksie66 wrote: »

What's the logic behind this? Couple of refugees were discovered in a truck in Laois. They jumped out and ran away. According to this article they're not being searched for? Am I missing something or is this utter madness..
http://www.midlands103.com/news-centre/no-searches-planned-refugees-laois/

OP seeing as there were 5 of them and I’m guessing the driver of the truck wouldn’t have been able to give a very accurate description of them so the Gardai should round up all groups of 5 foreign nationals they see and question them in case it’s them...would that satisfy you?

Or would you rather their resources are wasted on searching for 5 people of unknown identity who could be anywhere and most likely have split up to avoid detection.

And to answer your last question, yes you are missing something...common sense.

Atlantic Dawn

Try_harder wrote: »

Maybe you guys should sign up to patrol our borders?

I'm no Garda but I have watched a few episodes of The Bill and Bergarac over the years, first thing I would do is appeal for dashcam footage from any vehicle which was in The Rock area outside Mountmellick, I'd then issue an alert to all radio stations in the area to be on the look out for 5 people. I suppose being Ireland they will seek dashcam footage of the area on Septembers edition of Crimecall.

The Rock, outside Mountmellick.

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0803/982833-gardai-portlaoise/

Taytoland

No surprise. Leo Varadkar is weak on crime, weak on border controls, just weak in general. Time for him to resign.

Try_harder

Taytoland wrote: »

No surprise. Leo Varadkar is weak on crime, weak on border controls, just weak in general. Time for him to resign.

Fox News?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'm no Garda but I have watched a few episodes of The Bill and Bergarac over the years, first thing I would do is appeal for dashcam footage from any vehicle....

Bergerac was way ahead of its time if they had dash cam appeals considering it ended in the early 90’s!!!

donegal_man

Odhinn wrote: »

Hopefully they'll be found before the poor fools cross into Offally.

Silent Running

Wait until the poor bastards realise they're not in England. :eek:

SCOOP 64

They will have work in the morning for cheap labour.

jmayo

jacksie66 wrote: »

What's the logic behind this? Couple of refugees were discovered in a truck in Laois. They jumped out and ran away. According to this article they're not being searched for? Am I missing something or is this utter madness..
http://www.midlands103.com/news-centre/no-searches-planned-refugees-laois/

Sure what could go wrong. :rolleyes:

Anyone remember sometime back some of our boys in blue encountered an illegal immigrant to our shores ?

And in that case they actually stood face to face with him and just advised him to make his way to Dublin.
Sadly he didn't just fook off rather than have some poor family of a legal immigrant pay the ultimate price.

But shure nothing like that can ever happen in little special old Ireland. :rolleyes:

jacksie66

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Malayalam

Must admit the story immediately got me thinking...if I was them where would I race off to, what would I eat, where would I sleep? Did they stick together or do they have smartphones and exchanged numbers in the truck to split up and meet later? Will they be robbing clothes off lines or crocs from doorsteps if their shoes and gear gets wet as they roam the bogs? Eggs and spuds from homesteads? Sleeping in ruined cottages? Hunting sheep? I reckon if they make a week in the wilds of Laois they should be considered honorary Irish and given compassionate leave to stay. And I should be given the film rights to their story.

ninja 12

jmayo wrote: »

Sure what could go wrong. :rolleyes:

Anyone remember sometime back some of our boys in blue encountered an illegal immigrant to our shores ?

And in that case they actually stood face to face with him and just advised him to make his way to Dublin.
Sadly he didn't just fook off rather than have some poor family of a legal immigrant pay the ultimate price.

But shure nothing like that can ever happen in little special old Ireland. :rolleyes:

It seems that our Gardaí are psychic :rolleyes:

https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/news/327756/five-suspected-illegal-immigrants-have-escaped-from-a-truck-in-laois.html
From the Leinster Express in the link above -

A Laois Garda spokesperson has confirmed to the Leinster Express that the men are "no threat to anyone".

How can they say this ?

The Gardaí do not know who these people are , where they are from , if they are in good or poor health or where they are now .

Try_harder

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

They will have work in the morning for cheap labour.

Farmer will lock them in a shed and feed them brown sauce sandwiches

jacksie66

jacksie66 wrote: »

Don't pay your TV licence - half of the Guards down on top of you..

When does this happen?

Graces7

They may well find all that a great deal better than where they have come from.

Malayalam wrote: »

Must admit the story immediately got me thinking...if I was them where would I race off to, what would I eat, where would I sleep? Did they stick together or do they have smartphones and exchanged numbers in the truck to split up and meet later? Will they be robbing clothes off lines or crocs from doorsteps if their shoes and gear gets wet as they roam the bogs? Eggs and spuds from homesteads? Sleeping in ruined cottages? Hunting sheep? I reckon if they make a week in the wilds of Laois they should be considered honorary Irish and given compassionate leave to stay. And I should be given the film rights to their story.

Try_harder

jacksie66 wrote: »

Jaysus you get very defensive. Maybe it's just me but I'm not particularly happy about 5 people like that wandering the countryside. But sure leave them off, and the next truck, and the next truck.

How many has there been?