Cable theft on Dublin/Cork line

Del.Monte · 09-10-2019 8:10am #1

Yet again!

whisky_galore · 09-10-2019 8:57am

You would think they'd move on to the less attractive ( for thievery) fibre optic cabling?

L1011 · 09-10-2019 8:59am

whisky_galore wrote: »

You would think they'd move on to the less attractive ( for thievery) fibre optic cabling?

Can't carry electricity on glass.

09-10-2019 9:00am

A "cultured" action took place. We should be grateful the government has protected cultural incidences.

Zebra3 · 09-10-2019 9:21am

Deleted User wrote: »

A "cultured" action took place. We should be grateful the government has protected cultural incidences.

If you've something to say, why not coming out and say it?

09-10-2019 9:22am

Zebra3 wrote: »

If you've something to say, why not coming out and say it?

I already said it, boss.

whisky_galore · 09-10-2019 9:31am

Zebra3 wrote: »

If you've something to say, why not coming out and say it?

It's an open secret.
Love the way IE call it 'vandalism' and not theft.

Jamie2k9 · 09-10-2019 9:33am

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's an open secret.
Love the way IE call it 'vandalism' and not theft.

Couldn't be upsetting Pavee Point!

Zebra3 · 09-10-2019 10:04am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I already said it, boss.

Nope.

Atlantic Dawn · 09-10-2019 10:09am

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's an open secret.
Love the way IE call it 'vandalism' and not theft.

Ethnic cleansing of news yet again.

ALS · 09-10-2019 1:44pm

Live P.A announcer was calling it theft this morning in fairness, heard him numerous times ...

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Ethnic cleansing of news yet again.

Zebra3 · 09-10-2019 2:17pm

Have those with inside knowledge of this crime contacted AGS yet?

Del.Monte · 09-10-2019 2:44pm

Zebra3 wrote: »

Have those with inside knowledge of this crime contacted AGS yet?

You're ploughing a lonely furrow there.

coylemj · 09-10-2019 4:30pm

I don't understand the reference to the 'Dublin/Cork line' in the thread title - the stretch of track where the theft vandalism happened also serves Galway, Westport, Waterford, Limerick and Tralee.

enricoh · 09-10-2019 4:35pm

Not the howrya bosses but their ethnic cousins from Romania if i was a betting man

https://m.herald.ie/news/foreign-copper-gang-who-sparked-10m-blaze-put-lives-at-risk-during-theft-34642471.html

Stark · 09-10-2019 4:37pm

Looks like an Irish rail employee managed to stop the attempted theft vandalism. Fair play to him https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/heuston-trains-running-on-time-again-after-thieves-tried-to-steal-copper-wire-1.4044963

Zebra3 · 09-10-2019 4:40pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

You're ploughing a lonely furrow there.

Beats being in a group of bigots.

Del.Monte · 09-10-2019 5:27pm

coylemj wrote: »

I don't understand the reference to the 'Dublin/Cork line' in the thread title - the stretch of track where the theft vandalism happened also serves Galway, Westport, Waterford, Limerick and Tralee.

You're being a tad pedantic. Most people would refer to Heuston/Cork as the Dublin/Cork line - the other places are served by branches.

Del.Monte · 09-10-2019 5:30pm

Zebra3 wrote: »

Beats being in a group of bigots.

Do you not think that's a bit rich given your own tagline?

punisher5112 · 09-10-2019 5:31pm

This is quite common just like the theft of lead, eir phone line poles, cables, exhausts off vehicles, fuel drainage from vehicles but more so home heating oil tanks, dodgy roof repair, driveway cleaning or an attempt and other gunthering....

punisher5112 · 09-10-2019 5:32pm

Zebra3 wrote: »

Beats being in a group of bigots.

Is there a reason for such slander?

Very narrow minded.

whisky_galore · 09-10-2019 5:34pm

sugarman wrote: »

Whoever is found to be buying it off said thieves should be prosecuted just as hard.. if there's no market for it, they won't be stealing it.

Proposals to regulate the scrap metal industry were voted down. Government isn't that bothered.
So it will only keep on occurring.

boombang · 09-10-2019 6:16pm

I know people find the implication that this was perpetrated by travellers distasteful. I don't know if it was travellers or not. However, I think that question is relevant: this is a highly disruptive crime and I believe there's a societal unwillingness to confront this group. If that's that true, then I think the softly softly approach is contributing to the woes of commuters.

Despite that, whoever did it are scumbags, irrespective of their ethnicity.

whisky_galore · 09-10-2019 6:58pm

The UK can do it, we can't.
Unless the lead is stripped off the roof of Leinster House I can't see our lot bothering.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/metal-theft-falls-after-introduction-of-scrap-metal-dealers-act

A review into the Scrap Metal Dealers Act, which brought in tough measures to crack down on the trade in stolen metal, has revealed the number of thefts has dropped from nearly 62,000 per year in 2012/13 to around 16,000 in 2015/16, potentially saving the UK economy hundreds of millions of pounds.

Eric Cartman · 09-10-2019 7:04pm

sugarman wrote: »

Whoever is found to be buying it off said thieves should be prosecuted just as hard.. if there's no market for it, they won't be stealing it.

well the government did try set up a scrap metal register, but one particular group called it racist for some reason....

Jamie2k9 · 09-10-2019 9:55pm

enricoh wrote: »

Not the howrya bosses but their ethnic cousins from Romania if i was a betting man

https://m.herald.ie/news/foreign-copper-gang-who-sparked-10m-blaze-put-lives-at-risk-during-theft-34642471.html

TBH I would expect them to be more clever and pick a better target and get the job done.

coylemj · 09-10-2019 11:02pm

coylemj wrote: »

I don't understand the reference to the 'Dublin/Cork line' in the thread title - the stretch of track where the theft vandalism happened also serves Galway, Westport, Waterford, Limerick and Tralee.

Del.Monte wrote: »

You're being a tad pedantic.

Guilty m'Lud.

Del.Monte wrote: »

Most people would refer to Heuston/Cork as the Dublin/Cork line - the other places are served by branches.

'Most people'

Remind me..... is the Red Cow hotel on the road to Cork, or the road to Limerick? Please treat this question in the same spirit of pedantry as my earlier post (quoted above).

alias no.9 · 09-10-2019 11:11pm

coylemj wrote: »

Guilty m'Lud.

'Most people'

Remind me..... is the Red Cow hotel on the road to Cork, or the road to Limerick? Please treat this question in the same spirit of pedantry as my earlier post (quoted above).

Neither, it's on the road to Naas

boombang · 09-10-2019 11:24pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

well the government did try set up a scrap metal register, but one particular group called it racist for some reason....

Is that true? Would seem a terrible failure is responsibility if so, not that that would surprise me from Irish government.

Ubbquittious · 09-10-2019 11:29pm

The scrap metal industry doesn't need to be punished for this, only the people doing the actual thieving.

I bring the odd bit of scrap to be recycled and don't want more regulatory hoop jumping to put up with

Sharp MZ700 · 09-10-2019 11:34pm

Isn't scrap metal worth very little these days anyhow? Of course if you're getting (taking) it for free it helps.

Cable theft on Dublin/Cork line

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