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News that fizzled out and ya heard F all after

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  • #32
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    The Golden Circle and all that.
    Ukrainian Civil War / Donetsk War of Independence.
    Migrants crossing Europe.


  • #33
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,021 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    the Anglo Tapes...

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #34
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    The fucck Off Shore accounts.

    Big news , all over the headlines. And then nothing, money talks, or shuts people up in this case.

    One lad got arrested in that place.
    But in reality, offshore investment accounts are perfectly legal, same as setting up shell companies.

    If I was earning what they all earned I wouldn't want thousands to be paid in tax every week.


  • #35
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    It wouldn't be surprising if terrorists tried to benefit financially from trading in options prior to causing a calamity.

    Far be it from me to give financial advice to a terrorist, but they really ought to be doing this, if they are not already.

    they are clever boys and girls. I'm sure they are aware of this.

    They wouldn't be able to anyway. They would more than likely be from countries that are high risk and any due diligence checks that get done are fairly extensive so they would be handing themselves in


  • #36
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    The guy was supposed to have been cured of AIDS/HIV a few years ago.


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  • #37
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Son Of A Vidic wrote: »
    An incestuously close relationship with America, certainly helped them in the news suppression stakes.

    Fair point, something similar happened with the protests in Bahrain.


  • #38
    JinkyJackson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 219 ✭✭JinkyJackson


    Where have you got the figure of 200k deaths from? Are you mixing it up with the tsunami? Anywhere I've checked says between 20 and 30k killed in the Iran Quake


  • #39
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Panama papers.


  • #40
    Breaston Plants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Breaston Plants


    Yer man that went to jail for the garlic import scam.


  • #41
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    That ship drifting in the North Atlantic full of rats or something.


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  • #42
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,401 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Just off the top of my head...

    The Haitian Earthquake.

    Brussels Airport Bombing.

    2004 Madrid Train Bombing.

    Liam Lawlor.

    The 24/7 nature and relentless pace of news encourages us all to be forgettful.


  • #43
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Arghus wrote: »

    Liam Lawlor.

    The 24/7 nature and relentless pace of news encourages us all to be forgettful.

    Think he died in Russia a good few years back?


  • #44
    JinkyJackson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 219 ✭✭JinkyJackson


    Arghus wrote:
    The Haitian Earthquake.

    Arghus wrote:
    Brussels Airport Bombing.

    Arghus wrote:
    2004 Madrid Train Bombing.


    Why would these still be in the news? We know everything that is to be known, there's nothing more they can report


  • #45
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Swift Left wrote: »
    2004 Iran earthquake, around two hundred thousand people died.

    The last major earthquake in iran was 2003 and around 25,000 people died maybe you saw an extra 0 before the comma


  • #46
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    JinkyJackson wrote: »
    Why would these still be in the news? We know everything that is to be known, there's nothing more they can report

    Yeh but they have a point . There mightn't be anything new to report but its weird how you never hear about them again really, like for instance you could say the same about the Paris attacks but I always seem to hear news reports referring back to the paris attacks even today.


  • #47
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,401 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    JinkyJackson wrote: »
    Why would these still be in the news? We know everything that is to be known, there's nothing more they can report

    I mentioned those stories because they were just a few examples I could think of of stories that were massive for a while and then slowly faded from consciousness, or quickly in the case of the airport bombing.Which is story that isn't finished, by the way.

    I'd imagine a lot of people on the street can't recall the Madrid bombing at all.

    Haiti was an interesting one because it was massive global news for a while and then after some fundraising and reporting the country went back to its familiar state of relative obscurity again. I'm sure, if you were to ask a person from Haiti if the effects of the quake are all over and done with, they'd probably have an interesting answer for you.

    There was endless reporting on Liam Lawler for a time in the Irish media. Then he died. And that was that. Even though I'm sure some of the same carry on is continuing.

    I understand the distinction between past stories that have run their course ,and current stories that can't catch the media's attention any more, despite how they once appeared to be of paramount importance.


  • #48
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,240 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Breaston Plants wrote: »
    Yer man that went to jail for the garlic import scam.

    What's there to know? He is either in jail or served his term.


  • #49
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,240 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    I'll add the Corrib gas line, I remember all the new about the protests but not heard anything in a number of years.


  • #50
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    Britain supposed to leaving the EU


  • #51
    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    Whatever happened with the bodies from ex-children's home in Jersey. The one that jimmy Saville used to go to.


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  • #52
    nerobert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭nerobert


    Ebola


  • #53
    jacksie66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭jacksie66


    This post has been deleted.


  • #54
    Wompa1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,360 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    The 796 kids that died in St. Mary's...once it came out they weren't found in a septic tank people seemed to stop caring that 796 children legitimately died and had no proper burial. An investigation was meant to be launched into mother and baby homes, there was meant to be a plaque for the kids...no follow up on excavating the site.

    One would think a single home with 796 kids dead would be enough to expedite an investigation...


  • #55
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    those 3 corrupt councillors RTE did a show on before Xmas

    the lad who seemed the least dodgy resigned immediately, in Sligo.

    but the Donegal and Monaghan lads are still there, still taking a salary as councillors. tells you a lot about those two counties I think.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEHt_gOcwo


  • #56
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    Unusual trading patterns before the Twin Tower attacks.

    Bare minimum reporting of the attack on The Pentagon is far more sinister.


  • #57
    petrolcan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 898 ✭✭✭petrolcan


    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/if-these-boys-are-our-future-then-god-help-us-puppy-killed-by-schoolboys-who-kicked-it-about-like-a-football-34121653.html

    which led to this thread

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057510395


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    petrolcan wrote: »
    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/if-these-boys-are-our-future-then-god-help-us-puppy-killed-by-schoolboys-who-kicked-it-about-like-a-football-34121653.html

    which led to this thread

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057510395

    In the months afterwards, one kid forgot to feed his goldfish and it starved to death, and a kitten drowned in Sallins. They grabbed the headlines.

    Seriously, perspective. A case of animal cruelty is awful...but why on earth would it be in the news 9 months later?


  • #59
    iwishiknew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭iwishiknew


    The Console story reminded me of the former sports journo who took a shine to one of his daughter's friends. Whatever happened there?


  • #60
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Steorn, the Irish company that claimed to have made a perpetual power source.

    I just Googled them, and although the original device failed its tests, they're now selling an everlasting battery and a phone that never needs charging!

    <insert 'Shut Up and Take my Money' meme here>


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  • #61
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    TTIP although that never made the news in the first place.


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