Riots At Halloween..

Balfie · 01-11-2010 06:52PM #1

As reported in tonights evening herald, riots took place all over the city, with the worst affected areas being, Dolphins Barn, Tallaght, Finglas and Sheriff Street, also a "suspicious package" was found in Rialto, what else happened around that wasnt reported?

did anyone from the AH have any trouble around their own areas? me personally had a quiet night in, and didnt think anything was happening anywhere, seen one fire truck all night, which is nothing compared to other years.

so how did your halloween night go?

biko · 01-11-2010 06:54PM

Had a great night in town without incident.

Galway.

KeithM89_old · 01-11-2010 06:54PM

All quiet, which i surprising for Dundalk

- although the house a few doors down got destroyed with eggs and bogroll and tinfoil - deservedly so, the owners a cunt

Saila · 01-11-2010 06:55PM

Balfie wrote: »

As reported in tonights evening herald, riots took place all over the city, with the worst affected areas being, Dolphins Barn, Tallaght, Finglas and Sheriff Street,

so no different to most nights then.

ascanbe · 01-11-2010 06:58PM

All quiet on the western front.

CrazyRabbit · 01-11-2010 06:59PM

Why am I not surprised when I read it was those areas?

gurramok · 01-11-2010 07:00PM

Ye read the Herald? :eek:

How do they define a riot, a single firework gone off?

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:02PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Why am I not surprised when I read it was those areas?

well I just heard also that there was a riot on my mothers road, which is quieter than a morgue, so I wasn't expecting that, I just read the end of the article in the herald and Dublin Fire Brigade, reported no attacks on personnel which was "suprising to them"

ollie1 · 01-11-2010 07:03PM

Most quietest Halloween ever not many firework or riots where I live

GLaDOS · 01-11-2010 07:04PM

No trouble really in my area from what I saw

bluefinger · 01-11-2010 07:04PM

Tomorrow's evening herald headline.

RECESSION SET TO WIPE OUT EVERYONE EXCEPT EVIL PAEDOPHILES

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:04PM

gurramok wrote: »

Ye read the Herald? :eek:

How do they define a riot, a single firework gone off?

Nope, they said a few kids had party poppers aimed at Garda patrol cars, and the Army Bomb Disposal had to go to the scene to declare them safe with a controlled explosion, :eek:

:rolleyes:

o1s1n · 01-11-2010 07:04PM

Was in a taxi going to a party down the Point direction and saw a huge bonfire in the street. Looked like a war zone. The Taxi driver did a U turn as he didn't want to go anywhere near it.

On the way back it was surrounded by flashing lights. I think it was Sheriff street?

mikom · 01-11-2010 07:06PM

Balfie wrote: »

also a "suspicious package" was found in Rialto,

An escapee from the Asian ladyboy thread.....

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:06PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Was in a taxi going to a party down the Point direction and saw a huge bonfire in the street. Looked like a war zone. The Taxi driver did a U turn as he didn't want to go anywhere near it.

On the way back it was surrounded by flashing lights. I think it was Sheriff street?

yeh thats the Sheriff Street area down there, suprised it didnt look more like Iraq :rolleyes:

Jaxxy · 01-11-2010 07:06PM

I was in the Rialto area last night and aside from some bangers and fireworks being set off there was very little going on. All of the noise stopped by 11pm too.

onedaylikethis · 01-11-2010 07:06PM

I was in the pub in Finglas were the trouble was. It was pure bedlam.
I dont envy the job of the Garda. There must have been at least 50 of them there.
They had to close the pub early but gave a few of us a stay back.
Paying for it today though.:(

gurramok · 01-11-2010 07:09PM

Balfie wrote: »

Nope, they said a few kids had party poppers aimed at Garda patrol cars, and the Army Bomb Disposal had to go to the scene to declare them safe with a controlled explosion, :eek:

:rolleyes:

Party poppers! They are indeed lethal

They say these 'riots' happened in Dolphins Barn, Tallaght, Finglas and Sheriff Street....did they really mean Herberton, Templeogue, Glasnevin and IFSC?;)

The Herald have a tendency to never bad mouth where their journo's live.

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:16PM

gurramok wrote: »

Party poppers! They are indeed lethal

They say these 'riots' happened in Dolphins Barn, Tallaght, Finglas and Sheriff Street....did they really mean Herberton, Templeogue, Glasnevin and IFSC?;)

The Herald have a tendency to never bad mouth where their journo's live.

Yes they are lethal :eek: ha, well Dolphins Barn more than likely means Dolphin House, to which no suprise, Finglas was outside a pub that I know in Finglas, and from the pictures in the paper, and what someone ^^^^ up there said, it was bedlam outside the pub, and Tallaght and Sheriff St, Meh ha.

Also, 100th post for me, yussssss, :rolleyes:

gurramok · 01-11-2010 07:21PM

Which pub was that?(if its legally allowed)

You sure it wasn't just a few drinkers gone mad as the pub went dry?

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:25PM

gurramok wrote: »

Which pub was that?(if its legally allowed)

You sure it wasn't just a few drinkers gone mad as the pub went dry?

If a MOD lets me put in the name of the pub, I will, until then, I dont want to be annoying the MODs by naming the pub if its not allowed, :eek:

haha nah sure if they closed the pub and had a lock in for the people that had been in the pub, I dont think it was a few drinkers gone mad, although ya never know, :cool:

sdanseo · 01-11-2010 07:26PM

Dead quiet here, no trouble and very few firweworks this year compared to a few years go...been getting quieter as the kids in the estate grow up a bit. Went with family to a decent fireworks display organised up in Kilbarrack though, which was very well done for a local event.

Balfie wrote: »

If a MOD lets me put in the name of the pub, I will, until then, I dont want to be annoying the MODs by naming the pub if its not allowed,

haha nah sure if they closed the pub and had a lock in for the people that had been in the pub, I dont think it was a few drinkers gone mad, although ya never know,

Of course you're allowed to name the pub, you're not libelling or slandering the owners, just the knobheads who caused trouble.

Damo 2k9 · 01-11-2010 07:28PM

Sheriff street was supposed to be the worst affected with the biggest bonfire in the city, then there was around 100 teenagers throwing glass bottles at the gardai later on in the night, the riot squad came and that was the end of it.
I live down the road from the pub in Finglas and was talking to a mate last night who lives right beside it, he said gardai were everywhere all over his road.
I was walking around during the night and when i walked past the pub it was absolutely packed so it was kinda obvious there was going to be fights but not to that extent. Wouldnt dream of fighting in there the bloody size of the bouncers :pac:

Balfie · 01-11-2010 07:28PM

sdonn wrote: »

Of course you're allowed to name the pub, you're not libelling or slandering the owners, just the knobheads who caused trouble.

ah I didnt know that, im such a noob on this site ya see, it was The Cappagh House on Barry Road,

xzanti · 01-11-2010 07:29PM

I live on the main street of a small town in Kildare.. Had a few as5holes pulling bins out of the ground and throwing them infront of cars last night at about 10PM.. The Gardai drove down the road a few minutes later and they scarpered..

A lad was bottled in the face on Friday night for apparently trying to break up a fight between 2 other guys.. I don't know if that can really be linked to Halloween though.. just knackers being knackers really :rolleyes:

Celly Smunt · 01-11-2010 07:29PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Why am I not surprised when I read it was those areas?

how often do you visit these areas?

evercloserunion · 01-11-2010 07:35PM

I used to love Halloween in Tallaght as a child, such a great atmosphere. There'd be a fireworks display on practically every corner of the estate and a huge community-organised bonfire in a field beside the church. Never had a bad incident, but of course they did happen.

Craziest Halloween scene was a couple of years ago when I lived on Railway St just off Gardiner St, a proper pitched battle between a load of scumbag kids and Gardaí, I think I read the next day that one of them had been injured.

This year I didn't really go out. Though I did see a load of knackers fighting in Temple Bar, which was great, a couple of them took off their tops for the fight and then got absolutely lashed on.

123balltv · 01-11-2010 07:37PM

was in Tallaght last night
it was pretty quiet the eveing herald have all these areas
brainwashed into their staff 'Oh quick every halloween, Paddys night etc write about these areas'

arybvtcw0eolkf · 01-11-2010 07:37PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Was in a taxi going to a party down the Point direction and saw a huge bonfire in the street. Looked like a war zone. The Taxi driver did a U turn as he didn't want to go anywhere near it.

On the way back it was surrounded by flashing lights. I think it was Sheriff street?

It was Sheriff Street, I was caught in the middle of the thing for awhile.

Nasty sh*t.

maxxie · 01-11-2010 07:40PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Why am I not surprised when I read it was those areas?

I am from Tallaght! What does that make me?

alwaysadub · 01-11-2010 07:41PM

Balfie wrote: »

ah I didnt know that, im such a noob on this site ya see, it was The Cappagh House on Barry Road,

Uh oh you're in trouble now.
:pac:

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