Sweet.Science wrote: » Havent followed this thread in a while. Has she got her house yet ?
BattleCorp wrote: » I'd question that figure. Surely it's much higher.
Rex Tasteless Gutter wrote: » Actually, the fact that a population of around 40,000 people is, in the year 2019, celebrating the first PhD in its history only illustrates the complete disregard that most Travellers have for education. Only 8% of Travellers complete the Leaving Cert, and just 1% have a third-level qualification. Most Travellers have extremely high rates of illiteracy as well an unemployment rate of 80%. I'm happy for Ms Joyce that she has achieved a PhD, but l don't see hordes of Travellers following in her footsteps. A Traveller is far more likely to wind up in jail than in university.
Dante7 wrote: » I haven't read the last few pages, so not sure if this has already been mentioned. But today, Dr. Sindy Joyce became the first Traveller to get a PhD. I think this is an amazing achievement and it should be recognised and celebrated and hopefully Dr. Joyce will be an inspiration to Traveller children.
Deleted User wrote: » What is her Doctorate in? Sociology? Why not education or something practical.
Jerichoholic wrote: » Anti drugs? They are massive drug dealers. I know of them giving heroin to addicts to keep them hooked.
Gravelly wrote: » I'm surprised that he admitted that the guy was high - we're always hearing claims that travellers are anti-drugs.
hawkelady wrote: » You also hear that travellers are real holy people too. Doesn’t stop them from stripping the lead and copper from churches ! A lot of them are drug dealers cause there is money in it
The Satanist wrote: » They're definitely not a good thing to use when you're drunk or high on illegal substances.link It can't be easy for councils to find suitable sites for these families when there's a veto on them from other families.link Always somebody else to blame.
Deleted User wrote: » These also in the news in recent days.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/heavy-garda-presence-at-traveller-funeral-in-longford-town-37709403.htmlhttps://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gang-irish-travellers-forcing-bars-13813572https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/01/rowdy-tourists-group-served-deportation-notice-may-be-banned-from-new-zealand-for-5-years.html
Gravelly wrote: » Outside of the fire danger, I don't know anyone who uses chip pans anymore because of the health implications (not to mention the fact that you'd smell like a chip shop after it).
Mr Connors was in the kitchen of Thomas and Sylvia Connors’ portacabin on the night of the fire, which broke out around 4.30am. Mr Connors said in his statement: “The children went to bed at 8pm. Thomas was smoking his weed. All the adults were drinking in the kitchen. It was a good time, not a word of an argument. It was 2am when I was leaving and we were all drunk.”
The council had originally planned to relocate the Connors family from a Sandyford site to one in Rathmichael over a decade ago but a family that had been living there opposed the move.
Goldengirl wrote: » You're the mod of this thread, are you? So it's ok to allow this nasty diatribe go on for weeks on end? What do you think, it's free speech? Its hate speech , and anti traveller, and anyone who believes in spreading this muck deserves to be reported and fined. You are not doing any job here as far as I can see because this thread is totally rampant with all the usual right wing suspects and they are saying and bullying away there with impunity. What do ye want here on Boards, notoriety , like Breitbart News? You guys need to talk to whoever is setting the rules because there is no dignity or respect for anyone displayed by a good few of the posters here. A d isn't that meant to be central to this site? On a day when the inquest of those Carrickmines families has been in the news to have an ongoing thread like this! You all should be ashamed of yourselves :!
Dante7 wrote: » I haven't read the last few pages, so not sure if this has already been mentioned. But today, Dr. Sindy Joyce became the first Traveller to get a PhD. I think this is an amazing achievement and it should be recognised and celebrated and hopefully Dr. Joyce will be an inspiration to Traveller children.https://www.thejournal.ie/dr-sindy-joyce-traveller-phd-limerick-4441437-Jan2019/?amp=1
gctst50 The DLRCC didn't come around, smoke weed, get drunk and leave a chip pan on a hotplate set to maximum. Jim Connors Jr said : "Thomas was smoking his weed. All the adults were drinking in the kitchen. It was 2am when I was leaving and we were all drunk."
Jerichoholic wrote: » There were ads on television in the 80's telling everyone that chip pans were bad news. I don't know anyone who uses them. Some responsibility for yourself and your family has to be taken sometime.
Goldengirl wrote: » Jasiah Hot Talker wrote: » That’s not fair. You cannot say that people don’t care about the deceased because they’re travellers. What happened was horrific, but there is no sense at all playing the blame game. It was a horrible accident, that could have happened in any one of our homes. Chip pans are unfortunately not safe to use. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. The purpose of Fire Safety regulations as laid down by law, is to prevent such accidents, and make no mistake about it, all public housing temporary or otherwise come under that law. Your home is not the same as a fibreglass caravan . Save your crocodile tears, honey!
Jasiah Hot Talker wrote: » That’s not fair. You cannot say that people don’t care about the deceased because they’re travellers. What happened was horrific, but there is no sense at all playing the blame game. It was a horrible accident, that could have happened in any one of our homes. Chip pans are unfortunately not safe to use. But hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Goldengirl wrote: » Your home is not the same as a fibreglass caravan .
Goldengirl wrote: » So those guys ok according to you..only brought down a country. This petty criminal is ripped apart on this sxxt forum for 9 months , and today we heard about whole families with small children being burnt to death and no one in DLRCC accountable. And this crowd here just carry on about Margaret Cash. Goldengirl wrote: » no one in DLRCC accountable. Do they come around and make chips now ? It's always someone else. The coroner for South Cork, Frank O’Connell, was speaking after returning verdicts of accidental death in relation to the deaths of Noel O’Mahony, in his sixties, and Kenny Relihan, in his twenties, following a house fire at 47 St Colman’s Park, Macroom, Co Cork, in the early hours of May 2, 2016. He said it was the fourth fatal house fire case in five years in the south Cork area alone where people had died in fires caused by the pans. “These old-fashioned chip pans are beyond their sell-by date and people should dump them,” said Mr O’Connell.
Goldengirl wrote: » So those guys ok according to you..only brought down a country. This petty criminal is ripped apart on this sxxt forum for 9 months , and today we heard about whole families with small children being burnt to death and no one in DLRCC accountable. And this crowd here just carry on about Margaret Cash.
Goldengirl wrote: » no one in DLRCC accountable.
The coroner for South Cork, Frank O’Connell, was speaking after returning verdicts of accidental death in relation to the deaths of Noel O’Mahony, in his sixties, and Kenny Relihan, in his twenties, following a house fire at 47 St Colman’s Park, Macroom, Co Cork, in the early hours of May 2, 2016. He said it was the fourth fatal house fire case in five years in the south Cork area alone where people had died in fires caused by the pans. “These old-fashioned chip pans are beyond their sell-by date and people should dump them,” said Mr O’Connell.
Goldengirl wrote: » gctest50 wrote: » Do they come around and make chips now ? It's always someone else. Goldengirl wrote: » Yeah , funny. Those children are dead, axxxxle . The chip pan started the fire but the fact that the caravans were squished into a small site with inadequate fire safeguards is against regulations. But they got away with that by saying it was an emergency site . The fire hose and hydrant didn't have any water pressure. It is wrong to house families with children on sites like that at all never mind excuse it once they've all been burnt to death. If you tried to build an attic conversion without attention to fire safety regulations in DLRCC I bet they would pull the plug pretty fast. But hey it's ok because they were only travellers?
gctest50 wrote: » Do they come around and make chips now ? It's always someone else.
Goldengirl wrote: » Yeah , funny. Those children are dead, axxxxle . The chip pan started the fire but the fact that the caravans were squished into a small site with inadequate fire safeguards is against regulations. But they got away with that by saying it was an emergency site . The fire hose and hydrant didn't have any water pressure. It is wrong to house families with children on sites like that at all never mind excuse it once they've all been burnt to death. If you tried to build an attic conversion without attention to fire safety regulations in DLRCC I bet they would pull the plug pretty fast. But hey it's ok because they were only travellers?
Goldengirl wrote: » "How they " conduct themselves...?? If you said that about a person of race you would be called racist . Some travellers have issues but believe me so do settled ordinary Irish people. I would not want a lot to do with some of the people posting here , and for that reason I'm out !
Jasiah Hot Talker wrote: » It is not anti traveller to have an issue with how they conduct themselves. Stop with that nonsense. Are they anti traveller in NZ? Their behaviour outside of this country is making world headlines. And that’s only for mild anti social behaviour compared to what they get up to over here.
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