Dial Hard wrote: » I'd expect anyone up in court to be in a suit, tbh.
Monokne wrote: » I neglected to pay a parking fine in 2008 and found myself in court in Swords. Thinking like you, I wore my best suit. EVERYONE else rocked up in a trackie and runners. I felt so out of place. These folk were all up for relatively minor offences, many of them traffic related. So much as I'd have thought like you, it doesn't appear that common.
Topgear on Dave wrote: » There is SOME limit to that informality. Last weeks Liffey Champion newspaper had a story of one gentleman who was unable to enter Kilcock District court because he had shat himself in the back of the garda van outside. How unfortunate. :cool:
Are Am Eye wrote: » Calls to mind the old joke.....what do you call a crumlin man in a suit? - the defendant.
SnakePlissken wrote: » Wasn't taking the piss out of yourself, fair play to you for calling him out, not sure why someone would go to the bother of fabricating a tweet.
sabat wrote: » He is in his bollocks worth €140m; I reckon it's less than half that, probably about the 50 mark. He had about 20 prior to the Mayweather fight, for which the figure of a $100m purse was exaggerated. Let's say (generously) he got $80m for that, take away taxes, currency conversion, training and other overheads and it starts to reduce quickly. The good news is he spends it like someone worth many times what he actually has and has peaked in his earning potential already; my guess is we'll be seeing him in bankruptcy about 2025.
kona wrote: » Hope u have enough toilet roll to wipe up after that ****e.
sabat wrote: He is in his bollocks worth €140m; I reckon it's less than half that, probably about the 50 mark. He had about 20 prior to the Mayweather fight, for which the figure of a $100m purse was exaggerated. Let's say (generously) he got $80m for that, take away taxes, currency conversion, training and other overheads and it starts to reduce quickly. The good news is he spends it like someone worth many times what he actually has and has peaked in his earning potential already; my guess is we'll be seeing him in bankruptcy about 2025.
sabat wrote: » I had a quick Google and it turns out I was massively overestimating his purse:https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/mayweather-vs-mcgregor-fight-purse-the-money-each-fighter-will-bring-home/ Remember, this is a $ figure from which 40% income tax and his overheads must be deducted. He might have got a few million from sponsors but they'll be looking for a way out of those contracts (which almost certainly contain clauses on personal behaviour) following his stunts over the last few weeks. Like I said, he's on collision course for bankruptcy if he doesn't get his sh1t together fast.
Joe Musashi wrote: » McConor is a dirty ****ing rancid knacker. I hope he decides not have any more children. There are enough hooded scumbags around Dublin causing trouble.
Jerichoholic wrote: » He gets paid every time he wears someones watch, wears someones suit or drives someones car. He's got his own promotion company now unlike every other UFC fighter, he'll continue to make money long after he's retired He's smarter than 90% of people on this thread thinking he'll go bankrupt.
Boom_Bap wrote: » Jaysus, some of the stuff here is shocking. He has been talked about in the media as being associated to gangs for god knows how long. He has a run in with gang type people and blows up in the media. There are stories of him fleeing the country and bounties on his head. He appears in court and assumes the persona outside the court of the most known gangster in Ireland who has had movies made about him. I'm suprised that he wasn't wearing a mickey mouse t-shirt. He's a young man, filthy rich and taking the p*ss out of the media.
Because he's offensive... When did we cross this line? It feels like it wasn't too long ago when being a cokehead, loudmouthed, classless, sexist, chav toerag was an undesirable label... when did it become 'fashionable' within a certain section of society? Years ago, drug users and drug dealers hid in the shadows and were despised. Now, they hide in plain sight and - worst of all - people idolise them... Sad... I have nothing personally against McGregor. He is what he is. A product of his environment. In a way I admire the way he has turned absolutely nothing into millions of euro... the people who made that so easy for him, however, need to take a look at themselves... the saddest case of the Emperor Having No Clothes there has been in quite some time...
MysticMonk wrote: » Have you ever been on the M50 or the M1? I could be bowling along at that sort of speed and get overtaken by a crazed nordy (usually) going considerably faster.
BarryD2 wrote: » If you are doing a ton (in old money or mph) on the M50 or M1, then you should be taken off the road and your nordy friend!! Not that I doubt you may be capable of driving at speed but these roads are public spaces - you're sharing them with drivers of widely differing abilities. And you have a duty of care to take their safety into account if you or they do something unpredictable.
givyjoe wrote: » Do you really think his kid is going to grow up and be a hooded scumbag, hanging around Dublin causing trouble? His kid will live a lavish lifestyle until (or if) the day comes when his da has blown all his money. Private schooling I'll bet.
Well, given that he was posting his tracksuit and runners on instagram as well hashtagging the company, you know he made more money while in court than the actual fine issued. And playing up to the media has the huge logo plastered all over news, gossip sites, parody sites.