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Teenager and child shot in Dublin halting site

  • 11-12-2017 03:16PM
    #1
    Captain Obvious
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    https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2017/1211/926554-shooting/
    A teenager and a young child have been injured in a shooting at a halting site in west Dublin.

    Not the first time a child has been injured in a shooting in Dublin. It's hard to imagine the kind of person that would do this though.


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  • #2
    AnneFrank
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    without stating the obvious, i'd say it was a traveller


  • #3
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    I thought it would have been a drive-by but sure they would have heard the getaway horses galloping from way back...
    AnneFrank wrote: »
    without stating the obvious, i'd say it was a traveller


  • #4
    Berserker
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    Three posts in and we have a traveler related gag. :rolleyes:


  • #5
    frag420
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    Whats my prize?
    Berserker wrote: »
    Three posts in and we have a traveler related gag. :rolleyes:


  • #6
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Berserker wrote: »
    Three posts in and we have a traveler related gag. :rolleyes:

    It's ok sure, they're just traveller children :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,291 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Would this not be considered Friendly Fire?

    Or perhaps a "Cultural Exchange".


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    RTE modified the article after you posted it.

    It wasn't actually a halting site, but an estate with "bays" for "Traveller Accommodation", according to RTE.

    But still a pretty good bet that it's Traveller related. In which case they would probably consider a 17 year old to be an adult and so would think nothing of involving them in the fight.


  • #9
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Presumably stray shotgun spray


  • #10
    elbyrneo
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    Captain Obvious wrote: »
    It's hard to imagine the kind of person that would do this though.

    Not that hard. Location location location.


  • #11
    splinter65
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    It’ll be someone else’s fault anyway.


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  • #12
    Boom_Bap
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    frag420 wrote: »
    Whats my prize?

    A few days ban


    A child has been shot here, show some sensitivity.


  • #13
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,890 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Really worrying levels of gun crime in this country nowadays. Any child being shot regardless of what community they belong to is an indictment of our society.

    Glazers Out!



  • #14
    Birneybau
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Three posts in and we have a traveler related gag. :rolleyes:

    Who lives in a halting site?


  • #15
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    nullzero wrote: »
    Really worrying levels of gun crime in this country nowadays. Any child being shot regardless of what community they belong to is an indictment of our society.
    This was an act by an individual for which they are solely responsible.


  • #16
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    It's a cul de sac with four bungalows. All members of the travelling community. Close enough to Connolly Hospital. Hopefully no fatalities.


  • #17
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    nullzero wrote: »
    Really worrying levels of gun crime in this country nowadays. Any child being shot regardless of what community they belong to is an indictment of our society.

    Right on cue. Society is to blame. Not the person who pointed the gun in the direction of 2 children and pulled the trigger.


  • #18
    Captain Obvious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,165 ✭✭✭Captain Obvious


    nullzero wrote: »
    Really worrying levels of gun crime in this country nowadays. Any child being shot regardless of what community they belong to is an indictment of our society.

    Four victims of shootings since the Garda overtime ban a week or two ago. I wonder if it had anything to do with it. I know the ban itself only lasted five days but a lot of stuff, and people, could have been prepared and moved around in that time.


  • #19
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    seamus wrote: »
    RTE modified the article after you posted it.

    It wasn't actually a halting site, but an estate with "bays" for caravans.

    But still a pretty good bet that it's Traveller related. In which case they would probably consider a 17 year old to be an adult and so would think nothing of involving them in the fight.

    Actually it's a group of houses with no bays for caravans.


  • #20
    whisky_galore
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    nullzero wrote: »
    Really worrying levels of gun crime in this country nowadays. Any child being shot regardless of what community they belong to is an indictment of our society.

    They have their own society, they want to disengage from ours.


  • #21
    splinter65
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    Captain Obvious wrote: »
    Four victims of shootings since the Garda overtime ban a week or two ago. I wonder if it had anything to do with it. I know the ban itself only lasted five days but a lot of stuff, and people, could have been prepared and moved around in that time.
    And here we have the government to blame for an overtime ban on cops....


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  • #22
    splinter65
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    They have their own society, they want to disengage from ours.

    They are almost 100% dependent on “our” society for funding their society’s lifestyle.


  • #23
    nullzero
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    °°°°°


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Right on cue. Society is to blame. Not the person who pointed the gun in the direction of 2 children and pulled the trigger.

    Climb down a minute chief, my point is that the levels of apathy in relation to gun crime is worrying. I'm not saying that society is to blame for someone making the decision to point a gun at someone else, I'm not some wishy washy liberal sitting in an ivory tower passing judgment on the great unwashed.

    The amount of snowflakes up on arms over a referendum on abortion when children have no roofs over their heads and are being shot at by scumbags is a worrying sign for a society.

    Glazers Out!



  • #24
    Hoboo
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    Its one small road, 4 houses, few caravans in the back gardens.


  • #25
    KERSPLAT!
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    Captain Obvious wrote: »
    Four victims of shootings since the Garda overtime ban a week or two ago. I wonder if it had anything to do with it. I know the ban itself only lasted five days but a lot of stuff, and people, could have been prepared and moved around in that time.

    Pretty sure that the overtime ban isn't actually in place according to Charlie Flanagan


  • #26
    nullzero
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    °°°°°


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    They have their own society, they want to disengage from ours.

    Read the recent thread about culturally appropriate homes for Travellers and you'll see how my opinion chimes with yours.

    Glazers Out!



  • #27
    Captain Obvious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,165 ✭✭✭Captain Obvious


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Pretty sure that the overtime ban isn't actually in place according to Charlie Flanagan

    It was in place from the 28th to the 3rd. Not in place at present.

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-clarify-overtime-ban-only-remains-in-place-until-sunday-36364013.html


  • #28
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Hoboo wrote: »
    Its one small road, 4 houses, few caravans in the back gardens.

    There's no caravans. I live right beside it.


  • #29
    murpho999
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    If only the toddler had a gun he could have defended himself.


  • #30
    Oasis1974
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    Wasn't the issue about Blackie Connors and his dodgy greyhound?


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  • #31
    retro:electro
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    The thoughts of a 9 month old being shot make me sick :(
    Hopefully both make a full recovery.


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