Bus hijacked at Dublin Airport?

Duke of Url

Just seen this in the Mirror.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-three-people-taken-hostage-21238206

Three people are being held hostage after a bus was hijacked at Dublin Airport in the early hours of this morning.

It is believed that the vehicle, belonging to a well-known hotel, was stolen from the roadway in front of Terminal 2 around 1am.


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Trigger Happy

This happened last night. All over now.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

Duke of Url

Trigger Happy wrote: »

This happened last night. All over now.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

Yeah. Just checked the independent

THREE people were taken hostage when a bus was hijacked at Dublin Airport in the early hours of this morning.

Independent.ie understands the shuttle bus belonging to a well-known hotel was stolen from the roadway in front of Terminal 2 around 1am.

Two hijackers locked the doors, effectively trapping the passengers already on board, and took off in the direction of the M1 motorway.

A source said the traumatised passengers were eventually allowed out near Julianstown, Co Meath, a 30-minute drive away.

The hijacker demanded money from the victims before they left the mini-bus.

They thieves then continued north through Dundalk and across the border into Northern Ireland.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were alerted to the situation – but it is believed the vehicle then diverted back into county Monaghan.

A major garda operation, involving the air support and the armed Emergency Response Unit, swung into operation.

It is understood the bus was crashed but the two men escaped on foot and stole a car.

Gardaí gave chase and two suspects were apprehended.

In a statement to Independent.ie, PSNI confirmed that they "received a report from our colleagues in An Garda Síochána that a stolen transit van had been tracked crossing the border".

"Officers observed the vehicle in Crossmaglen Square, and upon police entering the carpark the transit van collided with the police vehicle causing damage to the front of the car," a spokesperson said.

"The transit van then made off from the area and re-crossed the border.

"The PSNI officers were not injured during the incident."

Boxcar_Willie

Yeah , drove off up the M1 , took money and belongings from the three passengers and dumped them out at Drogheda South exit , bus continued north and across border then turned and re-entered ROI In Co. Monaghan where it crashed , they then stole a car and made off .

Letwin_Larry

could be one of those Shiite Poxy hijackings?

Montage of Feck

Letwin_Larry wrote: »

could be one of those Shiite Poxy hijackings?

Witnesses said they all were of a Sunny disposition.

Poochie05

Boxcar_Willie wrote: »

Yeah , drove off up the M1 , took money and belongings from the three passengers and dumped them out at Drogheda South exit , bus continued north and across border then turned and re-entered ROI In Co. Monaghan where it crashed , they then stole a car and made off .

According to this the passengers were unaware they were being hijacked, didn’t have anything stolen and they were dropped at the City North hotel

Tourists on stolen mini bus 'unaware bus was stolen'
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

fryup

just a case of high jinks?

elperello

fryup wrote: »

just a case of high jinks?

They might have been high last night but they are jinxed now.

Travellers, I'd say.



(they were on a bus, after all!)

Strumms

A seriously risky move for what would have been a fairly small amount of cash... those getting that bus won’t have been too flush for cash, either returning from holiday or going home from work.... would it have been perhaps a test of the airport police / Garda response in the area ?

Irish Guitarist

Maybe they stole it as a getaway vehicle from or to another crime and thought having some passengers might make them look less suspicious. I'm not sure if that makes any sense but I don't really understand why else they would pick up three passengers just to give them a lift.

elperello

According to news reports the 3 passengers were in the bus and the driver had gone into T2 to locate a fourth when the bus was taken.

whiskeyman

elperello wrote: »

According to news reports the 3 passengers were in the bus and the driver had gone into T2 to locate a fourth when the bus was taken.

Did he leave the keys in / engine running?
Not a good move for him unfortunately.

4068ac1elhodqr

Trigger Happy wrote: »

This happened last night. All over now.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

Took a while to be 'all over', the scallywags ran a merry chase up and down the land, crossed borders, rammed police/garda (each) cars, stole another car, before a 'copter and RSU (rammed them too) eventually located and cornered them and discovered a lenthy rap sheet.

They drove it away in the direction of the M1 after the bus driver went into the terminal building to find a fourth passenger. After the passengers were dropped off, the bus was then driven north on the M1 where it was located by gardaí near Drogheda, who followed it before it was driven across the border north of Dundalk. The bus rammed a garda car outside the town, and as the PSNI became involved, a PSNI vehicle was also rammed near Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. The bus later crossed back over the border and was located in Co Monaghan, where it crashed a short time later. The men fled the scene on foot, before stealing a parked car. The stolen car then rammed a vehicle being driven by officers from the Garda Regional Support Unit near Castleblaney, at which point the suspects were arrested. The two, aged in their 30s, are being held at Carrickmacross Garda Station. They are also being questioned in connection with other crimes in Monaghan, Meath and Louth in recent days.

circadian

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Maybe they stole it as a getaway vehicle from or to another crime and thought having some passengers might make them look less suspicious. I'm not sure if that makes any sense but I don't really understand why else they would pick up three passengers just to give them a lift.

Possibly trying to get it for an ATM theft. Cut the roof off one of those buses (assuming it's not just a Transit mini bus) and you've got something that could handle that weight no problem.

Strumms

whiskeyman wrote: »

Did he leave the keys in / engine running?
Not a good move for him unfortunately.

Yes, silly. You can think working in the airport that it’s security city but to be THAT complacent is very foolish.

fryup

the names of the two arrested have been revealed...

Paddy & Mick

septictank

fryup wrote: »

the names of the two arrested have been revealed...

Paddy & Mick

Try Stephen and John McDonagh.

https://www.herald.ie/news/tourists-hijack-ordeal-as-garda-cars-rammed-in-cross-border-pursuit-chaos-38846089.html

fryup

gombeens

SEPT 23 1989

McDonagh

The_Kew_Tour

Seem like lovely fellas:rolleyes:

washman3

Our friends that were afforded special ethnic status by our former gombeen Taoiseach by any chance..??

elperello

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0109/1105365-courts-mini-bus-airport-charge/

They have been charged.

smelly sock

It was a mistake boss. We thought it was our bus boss.

tayto lover

It was only a prank Judge.
We Travellers love pranking people.

Assetbacked

Unsurprisingly it was the perpetually persecuted child neglectors.

Birneybau

Stephen McDonagh looks like the young corpse he'll inevitably be

Sam Quentin

Up that junction there and about a half a mile down the road and you'll find your hotel. I have to go now I've another pick up at Belfast International, cheerio now and enjoy your stay in Ireland lmao

NIMAN

Drains on society.

Arghus

There's a great buddy comedy to be made from this yet.

NIMAN

Arghus wrote: »

There's a great buddy comedy to be made from this yet.

The Irish "Speed".

Margaret Cash could play the Sandra Bullock role.
John Connors is Keanu Reeves.

BeerWolf

If I was doing the evening shift at the airport this week I would have probably witnessed it while waiting for the staff shuttle.

septictank

NIMAN wrote: »

The Irish "Speed".

Margaret Cash could play the Sandra Bullock role.
John Connors is Keanu Reeves.

Haha, I'd go see that, want a fair sized hole in the floor for john to go through.

Ted_YNWA

They missed a trick.

Should both given their names as Billy Murphy.

branie2

I wonder why they'd do such a thing

Petyr Baelish

branie2 wrote: »

I wonder why they'd do such a thing

As normal human beings, you and I will never understand the inner workings of the mind of a traveller.

fryup

branie2 wrote: »

I wonder why they'd do such a thing

for the craic :pac: up ya boya

like these mad yokes

Mango Joe

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0109/1105365-courts-mini-bus-airport-charge/

Staggered by the above News story on the RTE News Website where the "Journalist" involved, Sinead Hussey, describes the bus ramming a vehicle while bizarrely never for a second thinking to mention that the 2 US kids and the Colombian were robbed and thrown off the bus beforehand.

Do Journalists not have to have some sort of standard of training/education before they just casually go for it and start releasing all these half-arsed news articles without all the care and attention of a teenager?

Only for some fella in work telling me they weren't on the bus at the time of the collision I still wouldn't be any the wiser - Good job RTE.

Edgware

branie2 wrote: »

I wonder why they'd do such a thing

Scum will do what scum will do

Birneybau

Mango Joe wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0109/1105365-courts-mini-bus-airport-charge/

Staggered by the above News story on the RTE News Website where the "Journalist" involved, Sinead Hussey, describes the bus ramming a vehicle while bizarrely never for a second thinking to mention that the 2 US kids and the Colombian were robbed and thrown off the bus beforehand.

Do Journalists not have to have some sort of standard of training/education before they just casually go for it and start releasing all these half-arsed news articles without all the care and attention of a teenager?

Only for some fella in work telling me they weren't on the bus at the time of the collision I still wouldn't be any the wiser - Good job RTE.

They weren't though, were they? They believed they had been dropped off at the right hotel and only when found they hadn't got a booking, they contacted Dublin Airport. It's a sh!te enough story without embellishment.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

The three said although they thought the driving was a bit erratic, they had no reason to think they were in any danger. They were unharmed throughout the incident and had not been robbed.

When they were let off at the City North Hotel near Julianstown in Co Meath, they thought they had arrived at their designated hotel and asked to check-in, only to be told they had no booking.

elperello

Mango Joe wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0109/1105365-courts-mini-bus-airport-charge/

Staggered by the above News story on the RTE News Website where the "Journalist" involved, Sinead Hussey, describes the bus ramming a vehicle while bizarrely never for a second thinking to mention that the 2 US kids and the Colombian were robbed and thrown off the bus beforehand.

Do Journalists not have to have some sort of standard of training/education before they just casually go for it and start releasing all these half-arsed news articles without all the care and attention of a teenager?

Only for some fella in work telling me they weren't on the bus at the time of the collision I still wouldn't be any the wiser - Good job RTE.

Sinead Hussey
BA
Diploma in Communications Radio and Television
15 years experience as a broadcast journalist

https://ie.linkedin.com/in/sin%C3%A9ad-hussey-50784084

Just saying.

branie2

fryup wrote: »

for the craic :pac: up ya boya

like these mad yokes

A pair of eejits!

Mango Joe

Birneybau wrote: »

They weren't though, were they? They believed they had been dropped off at the right hotel and only when found they hadn't got a booking, they contacted Dublin Airport. It's a sh!te enough story without embellishment.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0108/1105032-monaghan-arrests/

I read the RTE news story in full and therefore thought it was horrific that there was 2 children and a Colombian woman on board the bus while it was ramming a police car.

Basically the Journalist mentioned they were on the bus when it was hijacked but didn't bother her hoop to tell anyone that they had been dropped off before these scumbags started ramming other vehicles.

I think this is a significant detail that you'd think might get a mention somewhere along the line.

Shes doing this professionally like....for pay....

I actually got the full story in a corridor at work from a lad who knew to include the actual details of the story - He's never been to College, he's just not a fcuking eejitt.

Mad_maxx

Mango Joe wrote: »

I read the RTE news story in full and therefore thought it was horrific that there was 2 children and a Colombian woman on board the bus while it was ramming a police car.

Basically the Journalist mentioned they were on the bus when it was hijacked but didn't bother her hoop to tell anyone that they had been dropped off before these scumbags started ramming other vehicles.

I think this is a significant detail that you'd think might get a mention somewhere along the line.

Shes doing this professionally like....for pay....

I actually got the full story in a corridor at work from a lad who knew to include the actual details of the story - He's never been to College, he's just not a fcuking eejitt.

RTE Bury negative stories re_ minorities if they can at all

tayto lover

Mad_maxx wrote: »

RTE Bury negative stories re_ minorities if they can at all

Remember how they treated Casey.
Company policy.

Birneybau

Mango Joe wrote: »

I read the RTE news story in full and therefore thought it was horrific that there was 2 children and a Colombian woman on board the bus while it was ramming a police car.

Basically the Journalist mentioned they were on the bus when it was hijacked but didn't bother her hoop to tell anyone that they had been dropped off before these scumbags started ramming other vehicles.

I think this is a significant detail that you'd think might get a mention somewhere along the line.

Shes doing this professionally like....for pay....

I actually got the full story in a corridor at work from a lad who knew to include the actual details of the story - He's never been to College, he's just not a fcuking eejitt.

Fair enough, I got a warning on the Peter Casey thread in Current Affairs for saying bus hijackers were travellers, as was yer man in Cabra trying to bundle the woman into his car also during the week. The Herald didn't hold back outlining their 'ethnicity'