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State Pathologist - S Class Mercedes

  • 19-11-2010 09:37AM
    #1
    Arsne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Arsne


    Whats the story with this


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  • #2
    TerryTibbs!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 610 ✭✭✭TerryTibbs!


    The State Pathologist is a car?


  • #3
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    are they not allowed buy what they want with their salary?


  • #4
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Arsne wrote: »
    Whats the story with this

    They use the car to drive from place to place afaik.


  • #5
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    She didn't want a Humvee?


  • #6
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Arsne wrote: »
    Whats the story with this

    They use their own cars I presume. They used to have the services of a garda driver at some stage if I remember correctly but that service was removed a couple of years ago.


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  • #7
    Bosco boy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Bosco boy


    I wouldn't begrudge her anything! She does one tough job and is a total professional, imagine the week she has just worked! She's the one that should have a state car!


  • #8
    tantalum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭tantalum


    The boot capacity is 560l so they can squeeze in more bodies + lash a couple of more (up to 100kg max) on the roof if needed.


  • #9
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Bosco boy wrote: »
    I wouldn't begrudge her anything! She does one tough job and is a total professional, imagine the week she has just worked! She's the one that should have a state car!

    There are more than one though. Yes, she's the main figure as she heads the State Pathologist's office but there are two Deputy State Pathologists and two Assistant State Pathologists as well (these last two are based in two hospitals whilst the others are based in the State Pathologist Office in Dublin).


  • #10
    Arsne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Arsne


    Appears that the car and driver is now supplied by a chauffeur company


  • #11
    spyderski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭spyderski


    Don't even bother OP. I started a thread on this & all I got was people saying how hard her job was, how much she deserved an S-Class etc.

    People don't tend to read thread titles here - they started debating whether she should have a driver, who owned the car etc, when my only issue was why it was an S-Class.


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  • #12
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Maybe they (State Pathologists Office) are paying for a driver and car to be available for their employees. Or maybe it was a driver and car from one of the undertakers? Who knows?


  • #13
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    spyderski wrote: »
    People don't tend to read thread titles here

    You really think that is the source of the confusion in this thread?


  • #14
    spyderski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭spyderski


    pickarooney wrote: »
    You really think that is the source of the confusion in this thread?

    Nope, but it did seem to be on mine - despite clearly outlining my issue.


  • #15
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Arsne wrote: »
    Appears that the car and driver is now supplied by a chauffeur company

    So then why are you asking what's the story if you already knew?


  • #16
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    Who really cares what the Angel of Death rides in; that's the least of our worries.
    If things get as bad as they could, we'll have her walk from case to case.
    We'll be able to while away the hours, listening to her progress on Radio Eireann.


  • #17
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Arsne wrote: »
    Whats the story with this

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  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    She can have it, the thought of looking at dead and mutilated bodies week in week out seals it for her


  • #19
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    spyderski wrote: »
    Don't even bother OP. I started a thread on this & all I got was people saying how hard her job was, how much she deserved an S-Class etc.

    People don't tend to read thread titles here - they started debating whether she should have a driver, who owned the car etc, when my only issue was why it was an S-Class.

    Because she likes it's driveability?


  • #20
    spyderski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭spyderski


    She doesn't drive it, she has a driver.

    And "liking its driveability" is not an excuse for any state employee, however difficult and traumatising their job may be, to have a €120,000 S-Class Mercedes at their disposal.

    We should get her a Hermes bag & Prada shoes too, according to some posters on here,


  • #21
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    spyderski wrote: »
    She doesn't drive it, she has a driver.

    And "liking its driveability" is not an excuse for any state employee, however difficult and traumatising their job may be, to have a €120,000 S-Class Mercedes at their disposal.

    We should get her a Hermes bag & Prada shoes too, according to some posters on here,

    Are you saying she has a state car? If so, can you provide a link? If it's her personal car, well that's her own business.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,001 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They see me Rollin', They Hatin'


  • #23
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    spyderski wrote: »
    We should get her a Hermes bag & Prada shoes too,

    Well said. A woman should look her best when meeting corpses for the first time.


  • #24
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    who says crime doesnt pay?


  • #25
    thebigbiffo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    anybody confirm whether this is a state car or not?

    personally, if it is, i couldn't give a flying f'uck. you cant pay the state pathologist enough imo.


  • #26
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Pffft!! Anyone can do her job:

    Investigator: "So, what do you think?"
    Me: ....................

    Me: "Yep..........he's dead!"
    Investigator: "You sure?"
    Me: "Dammit, man, I'm the State Pathologist!! I know what I'm doing!!"
    Investigator: "Ok, ok!"

    Me: "Anyways, he's decapitated................*puts on sunglasses*...............sure is no way to get a-head in life!!"

    YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *Tears off in Mercedes S-Class*


  • #27
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭maxwell smart


    Afaik its her own car. She gets mileage (does a hell of a lot of it) so got a big diesel that will go on and on.
    I reckon she hires a driver when the distance is over a certain measurement so she arrives fresh (as it were) for the gruesome job ahead.

    I think the previous guy (Harbison?) got 200k in mileage one year.

    Don't see any problem with the setup.


  • #28
    Ush1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,490 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    I'd rather see the likes of doctors get the best benefits for their jobs than most of the politicians.


  • #29
    spyderski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭spyderski


    cisk wrote: »
    They see me Rollin', They Hatin'

    True dat- She should get some 24" Chrome spinners & Lambo doors on that Mo'Fo.

    Deffo Ridin' Dirty.....


  • #30
    ClutchIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭ClutchIt


    She deserves any car she wants. Seriously, with the amount of shít wrong with the country this is the best you can come up with? The fact it is an S-class and not an E-class or something?

    Sometimes she has to drive the length of the country and back in a couple of days. She has a very technically demanding job. She should travel in as much comfort as humanly possible.


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  • #31
    Don Juan DeMagoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 219 ✭✭Don Juan DeMagoo


    Bosco boy wrote: »
    I wouldn't begrudge her anything! She does one tough job and is a total professional, imagine the week she has just worked! She's the one that should have a state car!

    (1) Was she forced into her current employment? Enough with the oh but the poor dear has to work with terribly traumatic scenes. It is in the job title and I am aware there are hundreds of very qualified people in Ireland trying to get into the forensic pathology department...........
    But guess what people, the one place in Europe that with the exception of a couple of the higher people in the department, you have to be a member of the Gardai to apply??? I can only imagine the class of highly qualified person applying.

    ONLY in Ireland     would you see such blatant obtuseness and cronyism

    (2) What do her international peers earn. Enough with this "there is no one else as qualified" malarkey. Reduce her wage to the average international/european standard. If she decides to leave, so be it. Offer the position up to an international audience, watch and see it be gobbled up. Then repeat it for all the state bodies. Trust me, you may not want to believe it but there are some more intelligent people in the world than Ireland....

    Did she not have a helicopter at one stage as well....... Surely a state chopper would make more sense than an s class. There are loads of choppers laying idle at the moment, buy one for a knock off price and TAADAA..... end of silly threads that make me question my country again :(


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