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1,000 marchers march against Gardai in Castlerea, Roscommon

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    #62
    johnnyskeleton
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    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    You're confused about what this thread is about.


    Anyway, if people won't leave the banks house, all that's left is to drag them out.

    As for not knowing the back story, sure when is that required before having a rant?

    Is this not about Castlerea? The bank repossession is a completely different story in a completely different town in Roscommon, no?


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    #63
    [Deleted User]
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    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Another thread on this, really?

    Although the numbers have gone up to 4 figure now since the march. The lore is building.

    There's a picture in the Irish Times link if you want to have a look.


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    #64
    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    The gardai weren’t accused of brutality in the house repossession. Just not doing anything afaik.


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    #65
    Plumbthedepths
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    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:
    Scarlett for his supporters.


    An article from 2014? lol.


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    #66
    StupidLikeAFox
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    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »
    Scarlett for his supporters. :D

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/two-irish-meps-have-worst-voting-record-in-parliament-1.2037668

    Thats from 4 years ago - Ming Flanagan is currently third best of the Irish MEPs for voting (Brian Crowley still doesn't give ****):
    https://www.votewatch.eu/en/term8-voting-statistics.html#/#18/0/2014-07-01/2018-08-01//


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    #67
    Pintman Paddy Losty
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    An article from 2014? lol.


    Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.


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    #68
    Ray Bloody Purchase
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.

    'Monged' the Merciless.


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    #69
    Plumbthedepths
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote:
    Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.


    It's not, Ming's reasons were explained. At the moment he has one of the better attendance records


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    #70
    Ray Bloody Purchase
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    It's not, Ming's reasons were explained. At the moment he has one of the better attendance records

    And his reason was:

    'Ultimately for me, my family comes first. I think that’s the way society should be structured anyway'

    I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first. :rolleyes:


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    #71
    Plumbthedepths
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    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:
    I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first.

    Your article was from 4 years ago, anything current?


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    #72
    Ray Bloody Purchase
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Your article was from 4 years ago, anything current?

    Are you smoking dope too?? The point stands, hombre.


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    #73
    Plumbthedepths
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    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote:
    Are you smoking dope too?? The point stands, hombre.


    It doesn't, your point is four years out of date. Try harder lad.


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    #74
    daheff
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    pearcider wrote: »
    our unelected Taoiseach is busy tweeting on nights out with celebs.

    Pretty sure he is an elected TD by the people, and elected Taoiseach by the peoples representatives (TDs)....not that he just wandered over to the Dail one day and said hes gonna be the new guy in charge.

    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Anyway, if people won't leave the banks house, all that's left is to drag them out.
    Sure....but surely this should be carried out by law enforcement officials rather than extra-judicial 'heavies'??


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    #75
    nice_guy80
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    An article from 2014? lol.


    Its a valid point. The lad probably ends up over in europe off his tits on hash and missed more than 80% of the votes as a result.
    One of his family was ill


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    #76
    ollkiller
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    Ming's wife wasn't well in 2014 and stayed at home to mind his children. What a bad bad man. Very good voting record now. Whataboutery Level 2.

    As regards the topic seeing as it hasn't been explained properly you can't really know what went on but for the size of the crowd that turned out i'd hazard a guess the garda wasn't well liked.


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    #77
    flas
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    Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »
    And his reason was:

    'Ultimately for me, my family comes first. I think that’s the way society should be structured anyway'

    I wish i could not bother my hole going to work because i wanted to put my family first. :rolleyes:

    If your wife is seriously ill, and your job won't give you time off to mind your children then your job is sh1te and is nothing to brag about...


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    #78
    JohnnyFlash
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    Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.


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    #79
    Chiparus
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    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    I'll bet they all marched after reading about the "news" on Facebook.

    Says the guy posting on boards.ie


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    #80
    Plumbthedepths
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    JohnnyFlash wrote:
    Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.


    The pint man will be along soon to agree with you I presume?


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    #81
    Church on Tuesday
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    gctest50 wrote: »
    Great they could all get the day off at such short notice

    Trust me there aint much work in rural Roscommon.


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    #82
    Arghus
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    Thanks After Hours for teaching me absolutely nothing useful about the story.


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    #83
    monster1
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    The march was just as much about the news stories the mirror and the likes ran "garda fought for his life"


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    #84
    pearcider
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    daheff wrote: »
    Pretty sure he is an elected TD by the people, and elected Taoiseach by the peoples representatives (TDs)....not that he just wandered over to the Dail one day and said hes gonna be the new guy in

    He wasn’t elected Taoiseach by the people. He didn’t lead his party to victory and never will. The guy is a sleaze. Only cares about photo ops. I remember he was with Joan Burton to open a new school in a socially deprived area. She was so gracious compared to him while he sulked on his phone until the time came for photos whereupon he jumped up and put his fake smile on. He’s so fake. Can’t stand him.


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    #85
    nice_guy80
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Ming is a bit of a hero to malcontents and those in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with life in general. Shipping him off to Brussels with his collection of scratchy wool jumpers was one of the best things the electorate ever did.
    Was elected first in his constituency in one Oireachtas election and topped one European election vote
    Must be doing something right


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    #86
    Fann Linn
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    Ronan Raven and Shotgun Dave have it right. In a nutshell, two innocent men, one actually a relative of the burglary victim were battered by a Garda who went 'robocop'. One lad very badly injured.
    Allegedly 'robocop' has signed himself in suffering from 'mental breakdown'.

    What isn't in dispute by almost all in Castlerea is that these men are innocent.


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    #87
    rossie1977
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    As someone from the area maybe I should explain what happened from what I have been told.

    A small shop was robbed in the town last week so the gardai were on the look-out throughout the town for the culprit(s). At around 1am they stopped two local men who they suspected of being the suspects.

    One of the men was returning home from his birthday party, the other was actually the nephew of the shop owner. Obviously a scuffle or argument broke out and the two men were badly beaten up by the Gardai. The man whose birthday it was has been in and out of hospital since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

    <snip>


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    #88
    James Brown
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    gctest50 wrote: »
    Exactly, they just went for a stroll after mass.

    Didn't really give up anything now did they ?

    Make up your mind. Is it they are work shy or not as invested as you'd like?
    What would you have them do for your approval?


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    #89
    Hedgehod55
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    As someone from the area maybe I should explain what happened from what I have been told.

    A small shop was robbed in the town last week so the gardai were on the look-out throughout the town for the culprit(s). At around 1am they stopped two local men who they suspected of being the suspects.

    One of the men was returning home from his birthday party, the other was actually the nephew of the shop owner. Obviously a scuffle or argument broke out and the two men were badly beaten up by the Gardai. The man whose birthday it was has been in and out of hospital since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

    <snip>


    I registered to post the same thing. The man suffering from seizures also has two broken jaws from what I have heard. The other man (the shop owner's relative) was also badly beaten, I have seen first-hand evidence of this.

    These men are harmless and are well-liked and respected in the community. The march was also in support of these two men - it was not a march against the Gardai as has been reported. Obviously there is some overlap as people are disgusted by this Garda's actions, but there is a distinction.

    The people who marched are ordinary, decent people who wanted to show support to two members of the community. There's more information that I won't get into but I have no doubt that these two men did not deserve what happened to them. Posters taking shots at people for being from rural areas in order to validate their own superiority should take a long look at themselves.


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    #90
    Ronan|Raven
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    rossie1977 wrote: »



    since with seizures and has been told he will never drive again..he worked as a bus driver.

    🙠That is awful. A decent bus driver too. Know him for years from back home there.


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    Church on Tuesday
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    Hedgehod55 wrote: »
    I registered to post the same thing. The man suffering from seizures also has two broken jaws from what I have heard. The other man (the shop owner's relative) was also badly beaten, I have seen first-hand evidence of this.

    These men are harmless and are well-liked and respected in the community. The march was also in support of these two men - it was not a march against the Gardai as has been reported. Obviously there is some overlap as people are disgusted by this Garda's actions, but there is a distinction.

    The people who marched are ordinary, decent people who wanted to show support to two members of the community. There's more information that I won't get into but I have no doubt that these two men did not deserve what happened to them. Posters taking shots at people for being from rural areas in order to validate their own superiority should take a long look at themselves.


    That is absolutely shocking.

    Fair play to the people who marched to raise awareness of this.

    I take back my earlier blithe comment.


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