Serious Incident in Castleblayney.

Sam Quentin

What went on here!?
RiP.

https://www.thejournal.ie/man-killed-garda-injured-castleblayney-monaghan-4363771-Nov2018/?amp=1

ASOT

Sam Quentin wrote: »

What went on here!?
RiP.

https://www.thejournal.ie/man-killed-garda-injured-castleblayney-monaghan-4363771-Nov2018/?amp=1

It clearly states in the article what went on.

Sunflower 27

ASOT wrote: »

It clearly states in the article what went on.

I think the poster means what caused the incident, not what was the incident.

Kevin Finnerty

Sunflower 27 wrote: »

I think the poster means what caused the incident, not what was the incident.

A man in an Audi A6 caused it. Says so in the report.

ASOT

Sunflower 27 wrote: »

I think the poster means what caused the incident, not what was the incident.

The Garda pulled over a vehicle, the vehicle sped off. Case closed.

Sunflower 27

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

A man in an Audi A6 caused it. Says so in the report.

WHY not what. Was he intoxicated? On a rampage, trying to deliberately run someone down..

It's very clear what happened, but thanks for repeating it.

Deebles McBeebles

Guy arrived in the garda station for something unconnected and it was noticed that he was a chap from the North who is wanted for questioning. He ran out, garda chased him and somehow got caught in the car and dragged about 500 feet.

gwalk

is he of a certain protected ethnic minority culture?

jimgoose

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Guy arrived in the garda station for something unconnected and it was noticed that he was a chap from the North who is wanted for questioning. He ran out, garda chased him and somehow got caught in the car and dragged about 500 feet.

Didn't he torpedo a parked car and kill the man sitting in it? That guy is in some deep schtuck.

Sam Quentin

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Guy arrived in the garda station for something unconnected and it was noticed that he was a chap from the North who is wanted for questioning. He ran out, garda chased him and somehow got caught in the car and dragged about 500 feet.

Thank You.

Captain Obvious

jimgoose wrote: »

Didn't he torpedo a parked car and kill the man sitting in it? That guy is in some deep schtuck.

Average sentence for death by dangerous driving is 3 and a half years, partially suspended. I doubt this will be a big imposition on his life if he was already wanted in NI.

Kristopherus

That scumbag should be charged with murder,imo.

VeryTerry

gwalk wrote: »

is he of a certain protected ethnic minority culture?

A protestant perhaps?

gwalk

VeryTerry wrote: »

A protestant perhaps?

Deebles McBeebles

jimgoose wrote: »

Didn't he torpedo a parked car and kill the man sitting in it? That guy is in some deep schtuck.

Sorry yeah, I kind of buried the lead there. Innocent man in a parked car, shocking.

Zorya

Sam Quentin wrote: »

RiP.

https://www.thejournal.ie/man-killed-garda-injured-castleblayney-monaghan-4363771-Nov2018/?amp=1

Very sad. The poor man just minding his own business sitting in his car on the street. And the young guard dragged for 500 metres. That's a long way to be dragged. Head injuries. Terrible.

TheBoyConor

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

A man in an Audi A6 caused it. Says so in the report.

Ah come on. Yeah, but why did he do it? There is obviously some depth and backstory to this. Unless he decided to just do it for the craic.

Why are you taking such a simplistic aspergeristic perspective on it?

Anyhow, RIP to the innocent deceased in the Skoda.
I hope the injured Garda recovers.
May the A6 driver get whats coming to him.

ShaShaBear

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Ah come on. Yeah, but why did he do it? There is obviously some depth and backstory to this. Unless he decided to just do it for the craic.

Why are you taking such a simplistic aspergeristic perspective on it?

Anyhow, RIP to the innocent deceased in the Skoda.
I hope the injured Garda recovers.
May the A6 driver get whats coming to him.

The man entered the garda station and was recognised as a person of interest by one of the guards. Said guard approached and the man fled and got into his car. The guard attempted to wrench him from the vehicle and instead, the man drove down the street (all downhill) dragging the guard with him. He sharply turned the corner onto the main street and lost control of the car (presumably didn't realise he was driving head-first into an island roundabout) and smashed into the poor man sitting in his car.
A much-loved member of the community and a total innocent. Our entire town is in mourning.

TheBoyConor

What did the PSNI want him for?

Was he potenitally involved in or had links to terrorism and paramilitaries?

Captain Obvious

TheBoyConor wrote: »

What did the PSNI want him for?

Was he potenitally involved in or had links to terrorism and paramilitaries?

My guess would be burglaries.

lassykk

Will get a slap on the wrists and be sent on his way - broken home I'm sure, troubled background, probably a minority

should rot in jail

Squatter

lassykk wrote: »

Will get a slap on the wrists and be sent on his way - broken home I'm sure, troubled background, probably a minority

should rot in jail

And the GSOC will probably criticise the local Gardaí for putting lives at risk by trying to arrest him.

PowerToWait

gwalk wrote: »

is he of a certain protected ethnic minority culture?

Poor taste, opportunistic and absolutely without foundation.

Sympathies to the victim's family and friends.

lassykk

I truthfully don't know how guards motivate themselves to catch criminals when the justice system in this country is so twisted. Just something that really boils my blood when you see guilty, beyond any shadow of a doubt, criminals getting minimal or suspended sentences. Sorry, I know this is off topic so I'll bow out.

gwalk

PowerToWait wrote: »

Poor taste, opportunistic and absolutely without foundation.

Sympathies to the victim's family and friends.

Get off your high horse chief, its AH

TheBoyConor

lassykk wrote: »

Will get a slap on the wrists and be sent on his way - broken home I'm sure, troubled background, probably a minority

should rot in jail

learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD etc etc just to boost the sympathy

Squatter

TheBoyConor wrote: »

learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD etc etc just to boost the sympathy

.................... wrote a heartfelt letter of apology to the dead man's family and the injured Garda and has recently "found God" while in prison.

Deebles McBeebles

Squatter wrote: »

.................... wrote a heartfelt letter of apology to the dead man's family and the injured Garda and has recently "found God" while in prison.

That's where the f*cker was!

DanMurphy

TheBoyConor wrote: »

learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD etc etc just to boost the sympathy

Or a good republican...:D

realdanbreen

TheBoyConor wrote: »

learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD etc etc just to boost the sympathy

+ make sure to wear a suit and definitely a pair of glasses in court, you would do 12 months max in a min security prison.

TheBoyConor

realdanbreen wrote: »

+ make sure to wear a suit and definitely a pair of glasses in court, you would do 12 months max in a min security prison.

Maybe throw out that his mother has cancer too. And he has a special needs child with one of his exes that was left innocent from the waist down because of his gammy ADHD genes.

Might it be possible that he has no previous convictions? Ah sure that's grand so. Off you go with the probation act.

Edgware

TheBoyConor wrote: »

learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD etc etc just to boost the sympathy

Not forgetting abused as a child

TheBoyConor

Edgware wrote: »

Not forgetting abused as a child

And difficulties accepting authority is another one. And as always, issues with substance misuse

"de droooogs med me doo ih".

riemann

To avoid further incidents like this I propose all A6 drivers have their cars impounded and crushed. The scrap sold and a fleet of 2010 micras bought with the proceeds as replacements.

endacl

gwalk wrote: »

its AH

How come that shyte is only ever trotted out by numpties with accounts a few months old?

It’s like they got handed a flyer at a numpty convention, telling them of this magical land called After Hours, where you can say anything you like, because it’s ‘After Hours’.

It’s like the on,one equivalent of ‘shureya havta’, which is the idiot cousin of ‘for the craic’.

:rolleyes:

gwalk

endacl wrote: »

How come that shyte is only ever trotted out by numpties with accounts a few months old?

It’s like they got handed a flyer at a numpty convention, telling them of this magical land called After Hours, where you can say anything you like, because it’s ‘After Hours’.

It’s like the on,one equivalent of ‘shureya havta’, which is the idiot cousin of ‘for the craic’.

:rolleyes:

"Numpty" Hahahaha

Kevin Finnerty

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Ah come on. Yeah, but why did he do it? There is obviously some depth and backstory to this. Unless he decided to just do it for the craic.

Why are you taking such a simplistic aspergeristic perspective on it?

Anyhow, RIP to the innocent deceased in the Skoda.
I hope the injured Garda recovers.
May the A6 driver get whats coming to him.

I'm not, I just hate threads that start with No real evidence as to what exactly happened and then you have 'rampage' being mentioned in the first few posts. The man's body wasn't even cold and the vultures had flocked in.

Tragic all round, RIP to him hope it was painless.

Yer Da sells Avon

gwalk wrote: »

Get off your high horse chief, its AH

Exactly, it's AH - where the opportunity to make a snide irrelevant remark about whichever minority group you happen to hate most on any given day should immediately be grasped, whatever the topic.

Roger Hassenforder

ShaShaBear wrote: »

The man entered the garda station and was recognised as a person of interest by one of the guards. Said guard approached and the man fled and got into his car. The guard attempted to wrench him from the vehicle and instead, the man drove down the street (all downhill) dragging the guard with him. He sharply turned the corner onto the main street and lost control of the car (presumably didn't realise he was driving head-first into an island roundabout) and smashed into the poor man sitting in his car.
A much-loved member of the community and a total innocent. Our entire town is in mourning.

Ironically, the Garda that recognized him, was the same Garda he crashed into 8 years ago, and was on the run since.
Fair play to that Garda, could have been easily killed as well.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/suspect-in-fatal-crash-on-run-for-eight-years-following-alleged-hitandrun-on-garda-37576619.html

seamus

And he wasn't even stationed there, the Garda just happened to be dropping off a drink-driving arrest because Castleblaney was the nearest station. What are the odds.

Garda Devlin deserves a medal. This piece of sh1t nearly killed him with his car eight years ago, and yet the Garda didn't hesitate to confront him and try and stop the vehicle. That's the very definition of bravery.

This fncker needs to go away for at least a decade. A garda has been seriously, probably permanently injured and two children are now without their father because he's such a piece of scum.

Samuel Vimes

gwalk wrote: »

is he of a certain protected ethnic minority culture?

What a totally dickish comment to make, couldn't even extend sympathies to the family of the deceased or the injured Garda.

gwalk

Samuel Vimes wrote: »

What a totally dickish comment to make, couldn't even extend sympathies to the family of the deceased or the injured Garda.

because extending sympathies and typing RIP will fix all the worlds problems wont it :rolleyes:

Another high horse dweller trying to rake in the thanks from the usual suspects

TheBoyConor

gwalk wrote: »

because extending sympathies and typing RIP will fix all the worlds problems wont it :rolleyes:

Another high horse dweller trying to rake in the thanks from the usual suspects

Exactly. If the mods on some of these threads had their way there would be nothing allowed only sweetness and roses and "RIP, think of you children hun" type posts.
Sometimes peoples bull**** behaviour needs to be called out on thread. And this guy is scum whatever way you look at it.

Roger Hassenforder

seamus wrote: »

Garda Devlin deserves a medal. This piece of sh1t nearly killed him with his car eight years ago, and yet the Garda didn't hesitate to confront him and try and stop the vehicle. That's the very definition of bravery.
.

When people think of the Gardai, hopefully they will think of Garda Devlin rather than commissioners Martin Callinan and Noreen O'Sullivan. Theres a lot more Devlin types than the latter *******

The Rape of Lucretia

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

When people think of the Gardai, hopefully they will think of Garda Devlin rather than commissioners Martin Callinan and Noreen O'Sullivan. Theres a lot more Devlin types than the latter *******

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

Mrsmum

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

I would put no blame whatsoever on that guard. He tried to do his job and it went horribly wrong not because of his actions but those of the criminal guy.
Dreadful for the other man and now for his family.

Graces7

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

A swift reaction without thought? There was no time?

Fran1985

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

You have had time to think of that question, log on to boards to ask it and still ure "not so sure on that one." This Garda didnt have the luxury of time. He had to act to arrest a man who nearly killed him 8 years and 1 week ago. Maybe one day after a long hard sit down and a good think about the outcome, you can come up with the best solution and maybe advise him what he should have done instead when making his split second decision. From the comfort of your arm chair. Perhaps he shouldve put his belt on too?

dbas

Blame a Garda for doing his job??
Oh the poor criminal got caught after sticking the middle finger up to our laws for 8 years!
Well done that Garda and get well soon

Edgware

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

It won't really bother you as long as your carer changes your nappy after each filling

Roger Hassenforder

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He was brave for sure. But did he act correctly, or, recklessly put the lives of others at risk in what he did? I'm not so sure on that one.

While i presume he didnt really have time to put on his cap and complete a risk assessment, its nice to know there are Gardai who will do their utmost to catch the baddies.
The only person responsible for killing the unfortunate chap was the cnut in the Audi trying to avoid being arrested.
Your man was on the run 8 years. I reckon they had been looking for him, maybe had givin up, so maybe the cop said "this fcuker isnt getting away again" or something when he saw him.