Niall Gilligan cleared of assault

Its no surprise the amount of ferals prowling about when you have presumed adults and thus potential parents waving away criminality as just "children".

It was the same eejits in the Kriegel case crying over the backlash those "children" were facing. And of course the poor "child" Keane Mulready-Woods. And the poor child that killed Urantsetseg Tserendorj, poor children.

Its no wonder theres roving gurriers when they have literally no responsibility or consequences for any action because they are children.

This has been said repeatedly on this thread: nobody is condoning what the boy did. Nobody is waving away criminality. And this is the second time you’ve brought up the Kriegel case, claiming you saw “lots of evidence” of people excusing what those boys did. Except you didn’t. Nobody excused the killers of Ana Kriegel. You’re dragging her death into this under false pretences, making a baseless and dishonest comparison.

Mulready Woods met a horrific death, his mutilated body was scattered across the country. The whole nation was in shock, and it made international headlines. It was an appalling crime. If you want to cheerlead the killing of him, that’s on you. I'm sure you were lamenting his killers death. It shows exactly what kind of man you are. Tserendorj’s killer, on the other hand, was dealt with properly… by the law.

Look, it's cool. You think children should be dealt with and beaten by grown men for crimes. I don't.

relatively minor compared to grown men beating children to a pulp, yes of course it is.

there is insufficient to no evidence to show this will have any effect on others visiting that property going forward.

they are compared to grown men beating children to a pulp.
all a jury agreed is that he was not guilty of asault, anything else you claim they agreed with they ultimately didn't even if they did as what a jury think on what the child did or didn't do is irrelevant as he wasn't on trial.
the rest of your post is irrelevant as beating minors to a pulp doesn't equate to people suffering consequences as they are not proscribed consequences in irish law for the authorities to use.

No they're not. Being "beaten to a pulp" as you keep saying is a consequence, one would be stupid to think otherwise. Long may it continue, if people think they're going to get "pulped" instead of hugged, they might behave themselves. I'm unsure what you're trying to say in your middle paragraph?

So the jury decided he done nothing wrong, excellent, I agree.

Maybe, the dregs of society do tend to be pretty stupid, maybe being pulped won't send the message home, I think it will though, even stupid scum tend to get the message after a few hidings.

I was about the age of that kid when the owner caught me robbing his orchard. I couldn't get over the wall in time. I got a thumping. I learned from that.

My father didn't photograph the bruises and go to the local newspaper.

As a matter of interest for the thumping you received, what would you have regarded as going over the top by the owner for what you did?

Let's say 2 broken legs - might that have been a bit much or just adequate thumping?

“does anyone think a man should face arrest or charges for being unwilling to put up with unprovoked aggression”

Jvince and JohnRambo seem to.

Problem in this country is the likes of those who condemn these racist attacks (like that video) were defending non-racist unprovoked attacks on people for decades.

On another note, re : this video, allowing a scumbag to attack you is simply foolish.

“They’re just kids”- they usually are not, pretty irrelevant if they are attacking you, driving a stolen vehicle, have a weapon.

“Call the Gardaí” - I’m sure the scummers will stick around and suddenly stop for 8 hours for them to turn up.

“Then you could be arrested” - not if the Gardaí never turn up. This is a cop out, your safety is paramount.

I recommend always having something for self-defence, boiling water, knuckle duster, penknife.

It is the job of adults to discipline the young.

Anyone who believes Niall Gilligan is a criminal or that the above scumbags should not have been dealt with is an enabler of violent crime.

Interesting historical anecdote and I would agree with a good hiding for teenage boys being up to no good there. Context would be important though, especially if it was the one lad and he was already running away - just because you can beat him up, doesn't mean you should as an adult, especially if he is non-threatening.

Wouldn't it have been better that nobody was killed?