Students in Templars hall kicked around a chicken so bad it had to be put asleep

friendlyfun

Disgraceful carry-on id only they're parents knew what they're little darlings were getting up to

This was reported by Deise Animal Sanctuary

vriesmays

University status so.

Wanderer78

Drugs rock!

Wanderer2010

Templars Hall isn't known for scumbag students for no reason. What kills me is the predictable and lacklustre response from the college everytime these scrotes cause havoc in the are with their music, drug taking and thuggery. "Oh its only a very small percentage who do this". Even though some of them are caught on camera. Send on the footage to the college with their faces so they can be named and chuck them out. Simple as.

RobbingBandit

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Petyr Baelish

They were only trying to make chicken tenders.

Agreed. Now, who is going to be repeating and leaving after the Christmas exams?

knockers84

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Templars Hall isn't known for scumbag students for no reason. What kills me is the predictable and lacklustre response from the college everytime these scrotes cause havoc in the are with their music, drug taking and thuggery. "Oh its only a very small percentage who do this". Even though some of them are caught on camera. Send on the footage to the college with their faces so they can be named and chuck them out. Simple as.

Very hard for college to kick someone out for something that didn’t happen on campus.

Just won’t happen.

Wanderer2010

knockers84 wrote: »

Very hard for college to kick someone out for something that didn’t happen on campus.

Just won’t happen.

They are students of the college and their actions are bringing it into disrepute. Plus if they had criminal convictions for animal cruelty then that's another reason to throw them out. No different to an employee being fired for an inappropriate post on social media or pictured acting like a thug.

knockers84

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

They are students of the college and their actions are bringing it into disrepute. Plus if they had criminal convictions for animal cruelty then that's another reason to throw them out. No different to an employee being fired for an inappropriate post on social media or pictured acting like a thug.

Won’t happen for kicking a chicken, will get a warning at most

invara

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

They are students of the college and their actions are bringing it into disrepute. Plus if they had criminal convictions for animal cruelty then that's another reason to throw them out. No different to an employee being fired for an inappropriate post on social media or pictured acting like a thug.

I fully accept what you are saying, but (as far as I know) there is nothing WIT can do legally to the students. They are adults, subject to the law of the land and you cannot academically sanction an individual student for something unrelated to their studies. A solicitor would have WIT in knots very quickly. The proper route to complain is the Gardaí, their parents and the landlord. You could also try the RTB, or threshold to see if you can get them kicked out- these are the only routes that are likely to work in getting some action.

It is really unfortunate that templars hall become a student location- if WIT was allowed to build more student accommodation it could be returned to what it was designed as- a family housing estate. WIT managed properties have similar messy students- but they are far more professional in administering them, and they have less of an impact on our community.

Portsalon

I'm not a regular participant in the traditional WIT game of kicking the chicken, but I suspect that the game is normally over after a single kick?

As for "having to put the (unfortunate) chicken to sleep" surely the time-honoured practice of twisting its neck would have been a lot quicker and thus much more humane?

Stopitwillya

Would it not make sense for wit to buy Waterford crystal off frisby and put in a heap of student accommodation there. At present they are working with the Travelodge to house students due to a lack of supply. Student accommodation on Waterford crystal site would become a cash cow for the college and help solve the many problems residents from surrounding estates have to put up with.

knockers84

Stopitwillya wrote: »

Would it not make sense for wit to buy Waterford crystal off frisby and put in a heap of student accommodation there. At present they are working with the Travelodge to house students due to a lack of supply. Student accommodation on Waterford crystal site would become a cash cow for the college and help solve the many problems residents from surrounding estates have to put up with.

If only if it was that easy. Housing crisis but no ones building

Wanderer78

knockers84 wrote:

If only if it was that easy. Housing crisis but no ones building

Ah now, that's not exactly true, building is occurring around the country, but the rate is too slow, and the fact that building had pretty much stopped for a couple of years around the crash, even though it was known that we needed to continue building through the crash, particularly in the Dublin region, has left us in the current mess, me personally believing, it ll never be solved, or it ll take years to, creating irreversible damage

Max Powers

Whats the chances this is made up nonsense.

south

Stopitwillya wrote: »

Would it not make sense for wit to buy Waterford crystal off frisby and put in a heap of student accommodation there. At present they are working with the Travelodge to house students due to a lack of supply. Student accommodation on Waterford crystal site would become a cash cow for the college and help solve the many problems residents from surrounding estates have to put up with.

I believe that's what will end up going in there.

mooseknunkle

Max Powers wrote: »

Whats the chances this is made up nonsense.

Made up nonsense? are you actually serious?

Give Waterford Animal Welfare a ring and ask them if its made up :rolleyes:

https://www.facebook.com/Waterford-Animal-Welfare-769328056425289/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX

Max Powers

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Made up nonsense? are you actually serious?

Give Waterford Animal Welfare a ring and ask them if its made up :rolleyes:

https://www.facebook.com/Waterford-Animal-Welfare-769328056425289/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX

No you are right, youll have to forgive me because I just can't fathom what would motivate anyone to do this, i mean where do you even get a chicken from ffs. its in the Irish independent website with confirmation from, animal welfare. No mention of students, just says drunken group on independent website.

Adyx

There was a chicken wondering around Templars Hall for the last week or so..

friendlyfun

Max Powers wrote: »

No you are right, youll have to forgive me because I just can't fathom what would motivate anyone to do this, i mean where do you even get a chicken from ffs. its in the Irish independent website with confirmation from, animal welfare. No mention of students, just says drunken group on independent website.

There was a goat literally outside the college about two weeks ago! One of the councillors posted a photo up!

spankmemunkey

knockers84 wrote: »

If only if it was that easy. Housing crisis but no ones building

I've never seen the amount of building going on in Waterford in ages so theres no shortage of houses.

There's houses being built in Foxwood, also behind Musgraves then over opposite Greenfields then down by Fire Station, loads being built, too much by the looks of it and the looming recession.

PTH2009

wait til rag week/xmas day and all that ****e

Chaos around the place caused by these students, like aninmals released from the zoo. What is wrong with them tbh ?? can they just go out hace a few drinks and not wreck stuff,annoy people and mind there own business

Nothing can be done sadly

vriesmays

Max Powers wrote: »

Whats the chances this is made up nonsense.

Photo in this week's N&S.

debok

vriesmays wrote: »

Photo in this week's N&S.

Of someone kicking a chicken? Photographer got there quick. Is it like the father Ted kicking bishop Brennan up the arse picture?

JohnC.

debok wrote: »

Of someone kicking a chicken? Photographer got there quick. Is it like the father Ted kicking bishop Brennan up the arse picture?

I don't know what picture is allegedly in the N&S, but it's not the 80s anymore. Nearly everyone has a camera with them these days. It doesn't need a newspaper to send out their ace photographer any more. If the incident happened, there were probably several people taking pictures and video.

debok

JohnC. wrote: »

I don't know what picture is allegedly in the N&S, but it's not the 80s anymore. Nearly everyone has a camera with them these days. It doesn't need a newspaper to send out their ace photographer any more. If the incident happened, there were probably several people taking pictures and video.

There's a picture of a chicken on the paper.

taytobreath

Also, that animal welfare crowd posted pictures of the hens injuries on their Facebook feed. The poor thing had no feathers on its breast and probably all torn up internally.

Where are peoples empathy to do such a rotten thing?

friendlyfun

taytobreath wrote: »

Also, that animal welfare crowd posted pictures of the hens injuries on their Facebook feed. The poor thing had no feathers on its breast and probably all torn up internally.

Where are peoples empathy to do such a rotten thing?

Psychopaths

skooterblue2

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

They are students of the college and their actions are bringing it into disrepute. Plus if they had criminal convictions for animal cruelty then that's another reason to throw them out. No different to an employee being fired for an inappropriate post on social media or pictured acting like a thug.

Can you actually fire a person for an unpopular thought? That is different to doing physical harm to a person or animal or destroying private or public property?

friendlyfun

Not up the college to sanction them. It's up the Guards to do that.

B.A._Baracus

friendlyfun wrote: »

Psychopaths

The sad messed up fact is "that's people" is a better more accurate description to use.
Not everyone. Not saying everyone. But if you were to meet anyone of them randomly you'd have no idea of how much a scumbag they really were.

spankmemunkey

Moral Fibre not much of it knocking around these days!!

galwayllm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Templars Hall isn't known for scumbag students for no reason. What kills me is the predictable and lacklustre response from the college everytime these scrotes cause havoc in the are with their music, drug taking and thuggery. "Oh its only a very small percentage who do this". Even though some of them are caught on camera. Send on the footage to the college with their faces so they can be named and chuck them out. Simple as.

So by your reasoning if someone went out at the weekend and got into a little trouble like a fight for example they should lose their jobs?...
Grow up...

CardBordWindow

galwayllm wrote: »

So by your reasoning if someone went out at the weekend and got into a little trouble like a fight for example they should lose their jobs?...
Grow up...

No, then they should move to their aunt and uncle in Bel-air

galwayllm

LMAO

Cabaal

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

They are students of the college and their actions are bringing it into disrepute. Plus if they had criminal convictions for animal cruelty then that's another reason to throw them out. No different to an employee being fired for an inappropriate post on social media or pictured acting like a thug.

What they apparently did is awful and they should be charged under the full force of the shockingly weak animal cruelty laws we have (so...maybe a tiny fine?)

But they won't be kicked out of college for this, nor should they. Would you expect somebody to be sacked from work for doing such a thing even though it took place outside of work hours?

debok

Where's all the footage of the act happening? Thought twas said earlier it was filmed.

spankmemunkey

Cabaal wrote: »

What they apparently did is awful and they should be charged under the full force of the shockingly weak animal cruelty laws we have (so...maybe a tiny fine?)

But they won't be kicked out of college for this, nor should they. Would you expect somebody to be sacked from work for doing such a thing even though it took place outside of work hours?

Ye can forget about that, I had a neighbour deliberately put down Rat poison in his front garden to kill my cat, covered his front garden in it, in a garden that had no perimeter walls between us, There was a supposed to a law about putting poisons down on grounds out in open, (as appose to be covered) this was to prevent farmers putting poison down and birds of prey eating the poison, but just you try and impose that law, spoke to Councillors, EPA, Guardai, and no one could do anything, finally guards had a word but it was so stoopid the way the law is written and how it is enforced.

galwayllm

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Ye can forget about that, I had a neighbour deliberately put down Rat poison in his front garden to kill my cat, covered his front garden in it, in a garden that had no perimeter walls between us, There was a supposed to a law about putting poisons down on grounds out in open, (as appose to be covered) this was to prevent farmers putting poison down and birds of prey eating the poison, but just you try and impose that law, spoke to Councillors, EPA, Guardai, and no one could do anything, finally guards had a word but it was so stoopid the way the law is written and how it is enforced.

maybe you should have made sure your cat didn't go into his lawn, no?

If he wanted a cat in his garden maybe he'd get one, why you so entitled?

spankmemunkey

galwayllm wrote: »

maybe you should have made sure your cat didn't go into his lawn, no?

If he wanted a cat in his garden maybe he'd get one, why you so entitled?

:):):):):):):)

Make sure my cat didn't go in his garden!!!

JupiterKid

Very cruel, idiotic and incredibly immature, even for drunken college students.

At least the crazy antics we got up to in my student days back in the 90s were far more imaginative.

Cabaal

galwayllm wrote: »

maybe you should have made sure your cat didn't go into his lawn, no?

What about birds?

Leaving out rat poison is downright dangerous and can kill protected species

marlin vs

spankmemunkey wrote: »

:):):):):):):)

Make sure my cat didn't go in his garden!!!

Yes why not. I don't condone someone laying down open poison in a garden but it's your responsibility to have control on your animals, feral cats are fair game, I hope there is a collar and name tag on your cat, and it would be nice if you also had a bell on the collar. Otherwise how is a person to know if it is a pet.

Cabaal

marlin vs wrote: »

Yes why not. I don't condone someone laying down open poison in a garden but it's your responsibility to have control on your animals, feral cats are fair game, I hope there is a collar and name tag on your cat, and it would be nice if you also had a bell on the collar. Otherwise how is a person to know if it is a pet.

The fact its laid down open means the person is being irresponsible by default, blaming others for poison left in a idiotic manner is downright silly.

Open poison can easily be eaten by birds which in turn could kill protected birds of prey.
Anyone found to be causing the death of a protected species should be very heavily fined

robtri

Cabaal wrote: »

What they apparently did is awful and they should be charged under the full force of the shockingly weak animal cruelty laws we have (so...maybe a tiny fine?)

But they won't be kicked out of college for this, nor should they. Would you expect somebody to be sacked from work for doing such a thing even though it took place outside of work hours?

A lot of companies would let an employee go if they received a criminal conviction.

spankmemunkey

Cabaal wrote: »

The fact its laid down open means the person is being irresponsible by default, blaming others for poison left in a idiotic manner is downright silly.

Open poison can easily be eaten by birds which in turn could kill protected birds of prey.
Anyone found to be causing the death of a protected species should be very heavily fined

I think when the law was brought in about using poison one of the reasons they gave or examples was farmers putting it down for predators and birds of prey eating it.

Never mind birds imagine you had kids kicking a ball and it rolled into some of it kids pick up blue or red pellets thinking its sweets, this was proliferated around the garden,

The problem was no department wanted to take it up guards eventually called to say how petty it was.

As for the other poster who said control your cat?? its a domestic cat not an African Lion rolling round on someones lawn causing wide spread panic in Gotham City, Most neighbours recognise or know a cat knocking around that its from the house down the road, what damage do they do?? roll on the lawn?? dig a hole and poop in it and bury it maybe?? oh no shock horror get the lynch mob out pitch forks torches and we'll run that cat and family out of the neighbourhood