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Gangland Shootings part 4 - Read OP before posting - updated 30/12/23

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    Ever since the red tops came to Ireland the standard of journalism dropped

    I agree.

    All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

    Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

    The penguin
    The wig
    Mr Big
    Mr Flashy
    Fat Freddie
    Cancer
    Bop
    Dots
    The Viper
    The General
    The Monk

    For starters


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    UDA shoot up house with shotguns and hit a grandmother in the head, she survived bt is in a bad way. Her son, the intended target got wounded. Accused of selling dodgy drugs that killed a girl who probably had loyalist relatives https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/10/07/news/uda-gun-attack-leaves-coleraine-woman-fighting-for-her-life-2090809/

    3 women stabbed and another 2 fellas battered last night in S Belfast too.

    Tinderbox up there right now


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭Im melting away


    Eyes1 wrote: »
    I agree.

    All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

    Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

    The penguin
    The wig
    Mr Big
    Mr Flashy
    Fat Freddie
    Cancer
    Bop
    Dots
    The Viper
    The General
    The Monk

    For starters

    Taliban brothers
    The walrus
    The milkman
    The Colonel
    Dapper don
    The family

    You do know that cancer was coined by the whistleblower, who said it came from people in and around Dublin.

    Dots was by his own people.

    The rest of the nicknames is because Ireland has some of the harshes defamation laws in the world, it's a way of naming them without naming them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    Taliban brothers
    The walrus
    The milkman
    The Colonel
    Dapper don
    The family

    You do know that cancer was coined by the whistleblower, who said it came from people in and around Dublin.

    Dots was by his own people.

    The rest of the nicknames is because Ireland has some of the harshes defamation laws in the world, it's a way of naming them without naming them.

    I know mate.

    Making the point of the nicknames in general and yes I know how the law works :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    The Butcher (Arakas)
    Belly (The Moroccan)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭LastODC


    Chocolate head, big
    Squeaks, jok
    The paedo, cg
    The chin, rr
    The handicap, bf
    Lanky, en
    Big papa, sl


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    Fat puss
    The ripper
    King size
    Buckets of blood -the whistle blower
    The lips


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭grayzer75


    Tinky Winky
    Lala
    Po


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭UUJ_Lad


    Not strictly gangland....he bordered it at times.

    The Border Fox was my favourite.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    Fat puss

    That one always cracks me up haha


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Wobbly Boots


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Eyes1


    Limerick lads, journos or not have a few good ones.

    Smokey Costello

    Noddy McCarthy

    'Fat' Frankie Ryan

    Pitchfork McNamara

    Kieran 'Rashers' Ryan


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭not yet


    Anyone mention

    The Phycho

    The Don

    The Panda


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭not yet


    Fat puss
    The ripper
    King size
    Buckets of blood -the whistle blower
    The lips

    This RB


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Haladmirer


    How much does a bar of green go for nowadays?out of curiosity
    Not if you know someone but going rate
    Used to be 2200
    Any nicknames to do with fat is just mean :)
    I always liked the name pitchfork and wondered which end of the pitchfork did he earn that name


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    Haladmirer wrote: »
    How much does a bar of green go for nowadays?out of curiosity
    Not if you know someone but going rate
    Used to be 2200
    Any nicknames to do with fat is just mean :)
    I always liked the name pitchfork and wondered which end of the pitchfork did he earn that name

    2500-2700.
    Wink wink


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    not yet wrote: »
    This RB

    Yes.
    You also had
    Fit Freddie - when strung out on gear


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭Shamrock21


    Niallof9 wrote: »
    why where's he from?

    Is this a rhetorical question? I've seen RL given a few addresses by the papers don't actually know for certain where he was originally from. I already know I was wrong to class it as "Coolock feud " which has been pointed out, as there is just so many different factions up there it would seem. Someone mentioned that they thought there would be reprisals fro E Boylans death , is there a reason behind this, was he heavily involved with somebody else? Either way it's all very sad , especially when a lot of these come from decent families and live a life this way. Isn't RL from a famous football family?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭Joe Don Dante


    Duckegg
    Steaknife
    The Wolf


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,754 ✭✭✭john boye


    Dinny the teaspoon


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Tosser


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,614 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    A 7 years sentence with 3 suspended for being in possession of 1.2 million euro worth of cocaine.

    This country’s judicial system is an absolute disgrace..

    No wonder these cartels can operate and flourish, when this is the type deterrent out there.

    Give your poor sob story and you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist..


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    walshb wrote: »
    A 7 years sentence with 3 suspended for being in possession of 1.2 million euro worth of cocaine.

    This country’s judicial system is an absolute disgrace..

    No wonder these cartels can operate and flourish, when this is the type deterrent out there.

    Give your poor sob story and you’ll get off with a slap on the wrist..


    probably be lucky to do 3 inside, with remission, over crowding etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,614 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    probably be lucky to do 3 inside, with remission, over crowding etc.

    Yep.. 2.5 years all going well


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    In this country if you owed the bank a thousand pound, the bank would take you to court.

    If you owed the bank 5million they would take you to dinner.

    Different laws for different people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    In this country if you owed the bank a thousand pound, the bank would take you to court.

    If you owed the bank 5million they would take you to dinner.

    Different laws for different people.

    A bank loan can take 30 years too pay off.
    If you rob a bank your released after 10 years.
    Now where is the justice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭PLATOBONG


    :
    john boye wrote: »
    Dinny the teaspoon

    :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,851 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Eyes1 wrote: »
    I agree.

    All the daft nicknames that most were given by said journos to make a story look a bit edgier.

    Thinking of gangland nicknames how many can we think of?

    The penguin
    The wig
    Mr Big
    Mr Flashy
    Fat Freddie
    Cancer
    Bop
    Dots
    The Viper
    The General
    The Monk

    For starters

    You can thank Paul "The Bollix" Williams for that trend


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭MickyPearse


    Shamrock21 wrote: »
    Is this a rhetorical question? I've seen RL given a few addresses by the papers don't actually know for certain where he was originally from. I already know I was wrong to class it as "Coolock feud " which has been pointed out, as there is just so many different factions up there it would seem. Someone mentioned that they thought there would be reprisals fro E Boylans death , is there a reason behind this, was he heavily involved with somebody else? Either way it's all very sad , especially when a lot of these come from decent families and live a life this way. Isn't RL from a famous football family?

    What football family? Hadn't heard that one before.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭Thesiger


    Wasn’t there a lad referred to by Williams as “Herman the Vermin” from Corduff?


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