Man sentenced to go to Mayo...

mikom · 17-09-2010 10:05PM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Are the people of Mayo actually advanced enough to speak a coherent sentence?

Go there and find out........ oh.....

Bob the Builder · 18-09-2010 12:11AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Are the people of Mayo actually advanced enough to speak a coherent sentence?

Yes, we are.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 18-09-2010 01:52AM

THFC wrote: »

Ah ffs, will yeh stop being so sensitive and grow a pair. You're being just as disrespectful as the judge by saying God dosen't exist. Only difference in this case is his opinion on God matters.

Saying God doesn't exist isn't disrespectful in the slightest. Fact is, there isn't a shred of proof he does exist, so the onus is on religious folk to prove otherwise. Since they can't, he gets as much respect from me as I give to faries, unicorns, and the rumour that Elvis lives.

N.B.: That last one may be true.

tennessee time · 18-09-2010 02:16AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Are the people of Mayo actually advanced enough to speak a coherent sentence?

next time you abuse and rob some polish person in dublin to support your heroin addiction i hope the judge sends you to Auschwitz...

Killer Pigeon · 18-09-2010 03:30AM

"Please!! No. Anytime but Mayo, ANYTHING. Please your honour. I'd rather the death penalty than this!!!"

Killer Pigeon · 18-09-2010 03:32AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Are the people of Mayo actually advanced enough to speak a coherent sentence?

Not really. They can say "I like sheeeep" though.

me-skywalker · 18-09-2010 04:35AM

God does exist, he's in us all..... hang on does this make him ghey?

Gone West · 18-09-2010 07:03AM

jeez relax, did anybody read the full transcript? How do you KNOW that saying prayers is against his will?
More than likely the solicitor was trying to keep his client out of jail and keep the fine low. So the guy might have been wearing a crucifix. The solicitor might have said that his client alwyas attended mass and was a good member of the community etc. That is so normal for a solicitor to say in local court. In that case, sending him up to Mayo, with an offhand comment to say a few prayers is fine. The guy, even if he was athiest would for sure be climbing the mountain and will be glad hes not in bigger trouble. If hes religous he will say a few prayers, if not he won´t.

Its a good punishment, will teach the guy his lesson, no administrative BS or probation act, keep the non-scum out of the prisons. This is just a guy who had a bad few moments and made a mistake.

_JOE_ · 18-09-2010 08:32AM

THFC wrote: »

Ah ffs, will yeh stop being so sensitive and grow a pair. You're being just as disrespectful as the judge by saying God dosen't exist. Only difference in this case is his opinion on God matters.

Agreed.

Regardless of whether you are the most devout worshipper or an atheist, it's very noticeable that this board is being suffocated by anti religious sentiment, for better or for worse.

It appears to me that nearly every thread is derailed for the smallest of things and by a certain few...

PanchoVilla · 10-11-2010 05:42AM

McElwee had pleaded guilty to a number of public order offences which occurred outside a pub in his native village. They included failure to comply with the direction of a garda.

In the course of the exchange, a drunken McElwee, who was with two others, launched a tirade of abuse at a garda, telling him to go back to Co Mayo.

The Mayo-born judge directed McElwee to undertake to climb the holy mountain and to do the four stations of Croagh Patrick at its summit, as a mark of respect for his fellow Irish people, especially those in the line of duty.

"When you come to a pub in the beautiful village of Rathmullan and take your first breath of sea air from Lough Swilly and you see a garda standing there, you will realise they are there for your protection," he said.

"That's fair enough," replied McElwee.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/man-ordered-up-mountain-by-judge-raises-euro2900-for-hospitals-14999088.html

That has to be the most brilliant sentence for a public order offense I've seen so far. We need more judges like this fella.

cloneslad · 10-11-2010 05:47AM

very old story is very old!

PanchoVilla · 10-11-2010 05:50AM

cloneslad wrote: »

very old story is very old!

Not a very good 1000th post, is it? :rolleyes:

newmug · 10-11-2010 05:56AM

I think the relevance is yerman published pics of himself and friends at the top of Croagh Patrick yesterday after raising money for charity, aswell as carrying out his sentence.

cloneslad · 10-11-2010 07:29AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Not a very good 1000th post, is it? :rolleyes:

I don't compute, why do you have a sarcastic smile? does that mean it was a good post for my 1000th?

Sarcasm, not everyone knows how to use it.

Canis Lupus · 10-11-2010 10:00AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/man-ordered-up-mountain-by-judge-raises-euro2900-for-hospitals-14999088.html

That has to be the most brilliant sentence for a public order offense I've seen so far. We need more judges like this fella.

Yeah awesome forcing a religious punishment on someone in todays Ireland.

Dave! · 10-11-2010 10:12AM

21st century Ireland, ladies and gentlemen!

jimthemental · 10-11-2010 10:26AM

Better than that judge who released the two lads for the body in the boot case in Wexford a few months ago even after they had signed confessions.

10-11-2010 03:59PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Yeah awesome forcing a religious punishment on someone in todays Ireland.

Yeah it was actually, fair play to the judge a bit more punishments like that might knock a bit if sense into people.

chrisp2281 · 10-11-2010 04:03PM

Is this a joke? Do we really think it is acceptable to tell someone to walk to the top of a mountain!!!! what if he got sick/broke a leg/ fell or any one of a 100 things that could happen to him while carrying out his sentence. where are then. OH yes, a lawsuit againt the state for a guy telling a garda where to go. Brilliant!

Diapason · 10-11-2010 04:04PM

Also, what if he wasn't Catholic? Stations of the cross? Puh-lease.

The_Minister · 10-11-2010 04:06PM

cloneslad wrote: »

very old story is very old!

No it isn't.

This is an update on an old story - the man raised the money and climbed the mountain since the last time we had a thread on it.

The_Minister · 10-11-2010 04:07PM

chrisp2281 wrote: »

Is this a joke? Do we really think it is acceptable to tell someone to walk to the top of a mountain!!!! what if he got sick/broke a leg/ fell or any one of a 100 things that could happen to him while carrying out his sentence. where are then. OH yes, a lawsuit againt the state for a guy telling a garda where to go. Brilliant!

It's a fairly safe mountain in fairness - you will only get hurt if you are silly, careless, or in very bad weather.

biko · 10-11-2010 04:08PM

Merged with initial thread for continuity.

chrisp2281 · 10-11-2010 04:10PM

The_Minister wrote: »

It's a fairly safe mountain in fairness - you will only get hurt if you are silly, careless, or in very bad weather.

I just don't think a judge can have the power to do that. Community Service is one thing as that can be valuable*

* I do realise that in this case the guy raised money for charity

The_Minister · 10-11-2010 04:13PM

chrisp2281 wrote: »

I just don't think a judge can have the power to do that. Community Service is one thing as that can be valuable*

* I do realise that in this case the guy raised money for charity

He couldn't order yer man do so - he just said he would not punish him if he climbed Croagh Patrick instead.

10-11-2010 05:16PM

apparently there was a couple up in Croagh Patrick last year and they were a bit fond of the old S. E. X.... :pac:

Donal Og O Baelach · 10-11-2010 05:20PM

I think the Croagh Patrick Agreement should be scrapped.

Man sentenced to go to Mayo...

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