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Body discovered in Government Minister Office

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  • #32
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    It was "mentioned" on the review of thr papers on Morning Ireland apparently but that appears to be the extent of it.

    Mike.


  • #33
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,585 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    To be honest I'd be more impressed with the headline

    Minister Found Alive and Well in Minister's Office


  • #34
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Mary Coughlan Google News

    Mary Coughlan GoogleBlogs

    Which is the real news?

    Mike.


  • #35
    SimpleSam06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,048 ✭✭✭SimpleSam06


    Theres a blogger and a thread on it in politics.ie, besides that I can't see anything about this online. The Irish Sun apparently doesn't have its own website and a search of the UK site turns up nothing...


  • #36
    dlofnep
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    I just saw it on TV for the morning papers. It's on the sun.


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  • #37
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    lostexpectation wrote: »
    it was on the frontpage of the sun only...
    dlofnep wrote: »
    I just saw it on TV for the morning papers. It's on the sun.
    That's me convinced then :)


  • #38
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    I can't even find the irish sun on any of those online pdf newspaper readers...

    http://www.rte.ie/news/morningireland/

    its in what the papers say...

    transcript

    irish sun claims an exclusive, a body 34 year old women found inside a cupboard in the department of agriculture office

    four days after she went missing last September

    queries of to the dept of how such a tragedy could happen how in a busy government office were not replied to


  • #39
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Pat Kenny is leading with it now.

    Mike.


  • #40
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    lostexpectation wrote: »
    " It says in the papers" reports that it was that of a woman worker, found in Kildare st. office last September. /jerryp
    They probably paid her 4 days overtime while she wasn't clocked out.


  • #41
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Amazed this was hushed up for 6 months, so much for transparent government.

    Mike.


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  • #42
    cheridere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 102 ✭✭cheridere


    It could have been worse, If the body was in the Dail it could have been months before it was discovered.....


  • #43
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    well did you hear more of it, a suicide apparently, after the death of her partner too

    Apparently she" took an overdose, climbed into the cupboard, wrapped herself in paper and died."

    sad no more jokes


  • #44
    Dinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Dinter


    Heard about this months ago from someone in the Dept.

    It's a pretty sad story alright and shouldn't be spread all over the media.

    Fcuking Sun and their gutter morals.


  • #45
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    somebody from the gov was just on

    they simply decided to keep it quiet, person was reported missing on the friday, search carried out sat and sun found in unused office by police on the sun

    how about you try this, a death occurs in your national parliament so you put out a press release with the necessary facts before its tabloid fodder.


  • #46
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    lostexpectation wrote: »
    somebody from the gov was just on

    they simply decided to keep it quiet, person was reported missing on the friday, search carried out sat and sun found in unused office by police on the sun

    how about you try this, a death occurs in your national parliament so you put out a press release with the necessary facts before its tabloid fodder.

    And the tabloids agreed not to go to press with this in order to avoid hurting people? Seriously?

    Wow. There is hope.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #47
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    Ikky Poo2 wrote: »
    And the tabloids agreed not to go to press with this in order to avoid hurting people? Seriously?

    Wow. There is hope.

    you can't hide deaths


  • #48
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    lostexpectation wrote: »
    you can't hide deaths

    I know, but you can limit the pain. This is genuinely a tragic case, but I would have thought that the tabloids wouldn't have cared about that and gone ahead.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #49
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    togster wrote: »
    Mike should be made ride mary coughlin senseless for inventing this story.

    If he doesn't want to, I'll gladly step in. MILF.


  • #50
    missmatty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭missmatty


    I heard about that not long after it happened (have my sources) :D It's a very sad story, although I was surprised it took so long to break in the media.


  • #51
    Decuc500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Decuc500


    And the jokes keep on coming even after you guys find out it was a suicide. I work in the department and this is a tragic story but lets keep up the jokes, eh?

    This story shouldn't even have been reported. The body wasn't found in the ministers office but whatever sells papers...


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  • #52
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    Tha Gopher wrote: »
    Im more annoyed that it appears that despite their substantial holidays a TD didnt visit her office in 4 days during the "working" period.

    Odd stuff alright.
    They have a Dail office and a constituency office. Just because they weren't in one over the weekend means nothing.

    Since it was in Donegal, I have to ask...



    ....why did the Gardai put it there?


    EDIT: Guys, there is a tradition in Ireland of not reporting suicides (a good tradition IMO).
    I really doubt that there is any conspiracy.


  • #53
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    That's exactly what they want you to think!


  • #54
    FruitLover
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    Decuc500 wrote: »
    And the jokes keep on coming even after you guys find out it was a suicide. I work in the department and this is a tragic story but lets keep up the jokes, eh?

    Life goes on. There have been far worse jokes than the above on these here forums, and you can't expect a load of people's sense of humour to disappear because of some random person who they never even met dying. You're too sensitive.


  • #55
    briantwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭briantwin


    Decuc500 wrote: »
    And the jokes keep on coming even after you guys find out it was a suicide. I work in the department and this is a tragic story but lets keep up the jokes, eh?

    This story shouldn't even have been reported. The body wasn't found in the ministers office but whatever sells papers...

    If it was about a body being found in my managers stationary press in my office you'd be sure as junkies on a 67a that it would have been reported to the papers. But seriously when something like this takes place in a government building, a press conference should be held to clarify the situation. I understand you take this personally because you worked in the dept. but there is no point getting overly sensitive about it.


  • #56
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    Here it is...

    A very short run of the mill type of statement.


  • #57
    redfacedbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭redfacedbear


    mike65 wrote: »
    Amazed this was hushed up for 6 months, so much for transparent government.

    Mike.

    I'm sure I read about this in the Times when it happened in September - excellent "exclusive" scoop for the Sun - 6 month old news!


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sure I kniow of one definite, possible two casesof this.

    a woman had been missing and worked in the dep of agriculture kildare st. No one had seen her and after checking cameras, she went to work but didn't leave. eventually she was found hanging in a closet.

    True story, last year.


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Trojan911 wrote: »
    Here it is...

    A very short run of the mill type of statement.

    well imagine that!! am I right? This wasn't 'hushed up', it just seems the media weren't told, hurray!!


  • #60
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    well fair play to mike65 for being right.

    i cant belive this was kept so low profile. suicide or not a dead body in a government minsiters dept doenst happen everyday and its not like it doesnt look dodgy.

    nice to know we can rely on the media to report the news :)


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  • #61
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Had I been wrong I would have had my hands full.

    Mike.


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