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Bring back lugs brannigan

  • 04-08-2010 07:13PM
    #1
    D.R cowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭


    I was chatting to the old man today, some scumbag keyed his new car today outside the office. when they checked the CCTV it was a local scumbag well know by the garda , the scumbag was off his head, at one stage during the incident the guy was lying on top of the car. My father rung the garda and they came straight away , and they recognised the well know scumbag. two hours later the garda arrived with the scumbag pissing himself and spitting , they made him apologies and said they were happy to leave him with my father for a few hours , but my father said he needed a few slaps to learn the lesson and told them to arrest him even thought he will get away as he has hundreds of convictions


    I think its time we brought back the lugs brannigan school of thought;)


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  • #2
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Sounds like you've already had a few slaps to the head.


  • #3
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    It's not Lugs Brannigan we need.

    Times have changed and when Charles Dickens wrote the law is an ass he wasnt joking. The Gardai can only operate within the confines of the law and therein lies the difficulty.

    Relevant laws that actually force people to think about their actions are required.


  • #4
    Carlos_Ray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭Carlos_Ray


    D.R cowboy wrote: »


    I think its time we brought back the lugs brannigan school of thought;)

    Does anyone have any information on Lugs? He's a legend


  • #5
    uvox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 975 ✭✭✭uvox


    D.R cowboy wrote: »
    I think its time we brought back the lugs brannigan school of thought;)

    It's called a Sunday Independent opinion piece.


  • #6
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    This thread was done before...possibly by the same OP!


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  • #7
    D.R cowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭D.R cowboy


    Carlos_Ray wrote: »
    Does anyone have any information on Lugs? He's a legend

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Christopher_Branigan

    If Paul Carney said he was a legend. then he is definitely a legend, because Paulecarney is a legend

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/capitals-streets-would-be-safer-under-the-old-guard--judge-1616874.html


  • #8
    Rubik.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Rubik.


    No, leave lugs buried in the past where he belongs. Giving a police force licence to beat the crap out of anyone they take a mind to, is never a good idea.


  • #9
    Dr. No
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Dr. No


    Rubik. wrote: »
    No, leave lugs buried in the past where he belongs. Giving a police force licence to beat the crap out of anyone they take a mind to, is never a good idea.
    Why so, because?


  • #10
    Rubik.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Rubik.


    Dr. No wrote: »
    Why so, because?

    Far a start, they are paid to uphold the law - not to break it.


  • #11
    D.R cowboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭D.R cowboy


    Rubik. wrote: »
    Far a start, they are paid to uphold the law - not to break it.

    well I dont mind them breaking the law off some scumbags head:D

    You wont have to worry if you have done nothing wrong;)


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  • #12
    Dr. No
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Dr. No


    Scumbags like those mentioned by the OP deserve a mighty kick up the hole not sympathy.


  • #13
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    there would be more brassers on the street if someone like him was around again


  • #14
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    was known for using physical force against petty criminals, which he admitted to doing to avoid excessive paperwork.

    Lazy as well as a thug

    No thanks, that belongs in the past


  • #15
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    thought it was another dublin/commuting and transport thread, thought the OP said bring back 'luas balbriggan'


  • #16
    Dr. No
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Dr. No


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    Lazy as well as a thug

    No thanks, that belongs in the past
    So how do deal with petty criminals so. Hold their hands and tell them its alright.


  • #17
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Lugs Brannigan = Jebediah Springfield.
    A good kicing disembiggens the smallest scumbag.


  • #18
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Dr. No wrote: »
    So how do deal with petty criminals so. Hold their hands and tell them its alright.

    That's ridiculous and I never posted that

    Realy, the answer is somewhere in the middle and it's for the courts to punish petty criminals, not gardai cracking heads
    Blame the courts who let people clock up thirty plus convictions and not the gardai who apprehend and charge them and get them to appear in court


  • #19
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Rubik. wrote: »
    Far a start, they are paid to uphold the law - not to break it.

    The Law ain't working regarding scumbags, so time to give the Gardai more power to deal with them, it's either that or it will be Vigilantes taking the law into their own hands.


  • #20
    Pace2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭Pace2008


    Do not feed this troll, I'm sure he'll be banned again within a few days anyway.


  • #21
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Lugs Brannigan is no better than the scumbags that roam the streets today. He just got paid for beating up people.


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  • #22
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    galwayrush wrote: »
    The Law ain't working regarding scumbags, so time to give the Gardai more power to deal with them, it's either that or it will be Vigilantes taking the law into their own hands.

    You might want to clarify what the OP defines as a scumbag before hopping on his wagon


  • #23
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,675 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Get rid of the judiciary and replace them because the current crop seem to have it majorly wrong, and are distinctly out of touch with reality.


  • #24
    nube dube
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭nube dube


    maybe revenge for p***ing on him!


  • #25
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    My name is URL wrote: »
    You might want to clarify what the OP defines as a scumbag before hopping on his wagon

    Exactly, the new group of "lugs" might consider you and your 3 mates going to the pub to be a group of scumbags and teach you a lesson.
    They were talking about lugs branigan on the radio the other day, people thinking it was great they way he's stop kids playing football and "give them a bit of a clatter". This guy was huge, with massive hands, and there's idiots on the radio thinking he's great for giving kids "a clatter"!


  • #26
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    F*ck this Lugs Brannigan prick - he sounds like a half minded, f*ckwit, backwards twat.

    What we need is Robocop.


  • #27
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    Exactly, the new group of "lugs" might consider you and your 3 mates going to the pub to be a group of scumbags and teach you a lesson.

    Sounds heavenly compared to other stuff


  • #28
    twinQuins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭twinQuins


    D.R cowboy wrote: »
    well I dont mind them breaking the law off some scumbags head:D

    You wont have to worry if you have done nothing wrong;)
    Dr. No wrote: »
    So how do deal with petty criminals so. Hold their hands and tell them its alright.

    It's like I'm really reading the Daily Mail!


  • #29
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Sounds heavenly compared to other stuff

    Brilliant spot! Nicely exposed the troll!


  • #30
    Dr. No
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Dr. No


    Morkarleth wrote: »
    It's like I'm really reading the Daily Mail!
    Nah I am even more right wing than the Daily Mail:p


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  • #31
    skelliser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    The pc brigade here should take heed of these comments before passing judgement on Brannigan.
    "Nowadays, in more politically correct times, he would probably be abolished by the Garda Ombudsman Commission,and possibly also prosecuted,

    "Had his unit, known as Prevention and Detection of Street Nuisances, been continued rather than disbanded on his retirement, I suspect that the streets of Dublin would be considerably safer than they are now.
    -Justice Paul Carney
    "There is an onus on us to ensure that the guardians of law and order are protected. We have reached the point where the balance of advantage has been taken from the gardaí and given to the criminals. As a university student I recall seeing Garda “Lugs” Branigan in the Olympic Ballroom. He parted the hordes like the Dead Sea to take three people who were in front of the band stand into the back alley and rendered his own justice. Nobody protested. I am not suggesting that we return to those days but I believe that the balance has gone too far in the other direction."
    -Senator David Norris
    Detective Branigan in his day enjoyed the respect of the community, the bench and those he prosecuted
    wikipedia


    Back in his day people had respect for the law, if you stepped out of line you got a belt from this lad. By all accounts it did the trick. can anyone from the PC brigade tell me that the same can be said off todays society.
    Seems if you way things up the positives outweighed the negatives.


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