TD's son gets head trapped in revolving Dáil door

ronaneire · 23-03-2011 10:32PM #1

A NEWLY-elected TD is to demand the removal of a revolving door at Leinster House after his seven-year-old son’s head became trapped in it

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/tds-son-gets-head-trapped-in-revolving-dail-door-149084.html#ixzz1HSamB600

"I think they should put in the type of doors that they have in supermarkets that operate by sensor. The door they have is simply dangerous, especially to children*," he said.

Yeah wonderful and put a Tesco sign over it too while they're at it. :rolleyes:

*At least the child was OK

u140acro3xs7dm · 23-03-2011 10:33PM

In fairness i say it was hilarious.

GLaDOS · 23-03-2011 10:35PM

Well that brightened up my day

Johnny Utah · 23-03-2011 10:36PM

He'll never be the head of State!

Gneez · 23-03-2011 10:37PM

I'm disappointed there's no photos of it because it was probably hysterical to watch

krudler · 23-03-2011 10:38PM

"I think they should put in the type of doors that they have in supermarkets that operate by sensor. The door they have is simply dangerous, especially to children*," he said.

stupid children,yeah.

twinQuins · 23-03-2011 10:39PM

Uh... what were his kids doing there in the first place?

mikom · 23-03-2011 10:39PM

A NEWLY-elected TD is to demand the removal of a revolving door at Leinster House after his seven-year-old son’s head became trapped in it
I think they should put in the type of doors that they have in supermarkets that operate by sensor. The door they have is simply dangerous, especially to children," he said.

Yeah fuck all the revolving doors in hospitals.
Get the ones in the Dail removed first.....

ascanbe · 23-03-2011 10:39PM

Trapped in the tunnel of goats.

Cat Melodeon · 23-03-2011 10:39PM

Hopefully said TD won't do a Mary Hanafin and sue the state.

Daegerty · 23-03-2011 10:39PM

I voted for this ****er

He has let me down badly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster
Another great invention that's been sentenced to death by fecking Health 'n' Safety types. Really can't stand to see a brilliant invention like a revolving door being replaced with some dumbed down idiot proof yoke

spurious · 23-03-2011 10:41PM

Presumably a claim will follow.
Hanafin's ma pocketed a nice few bob.

zuroph · 23-03-2011 10:41PM

TBF if they had the sensor sliding doors poor Michael healy rae would end up doing this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZPBEQcs6bo

Trampas · 23-03-2011 10:41PM

wtf was he bringing his kid to work.

must be a PS thing that you bring your family to work

Buceph · 23-03-2011 10:42PM

I don't know whether to be happy or sad that he hasn't dressed it up as something bigger. Obviously other places have doors like this outside of the Dail. He could address it to some head of Health and Safety in whatever civil service that deals with it and see what their opinion on it is. Then see if it was genuinely unsafe, or just a freak accident. Then go about setting things right.

One the one hand, he's too stupid to turn it into a serious issue. On the other hand he isn't so much of a politician to turn it into a serious issue.

twinQuins wrote: »

Uh... what were his kids doing there in the first place?

He's a newly elected TD, which is a fairly important job on the scale of things. He probably wants to be able to tell his kid in years to come about the grandeuer and importance of the thing. Of course the kid will probably think his old man is a moron for starting a campaign over something like this. Or else he'll catch the bug and start another political dynasty.

matrim · 23-03-2011 10:45PM

He wasn't complaining when those revolving doors were hitting FF on the ass on their way out of government

Tar.Aldarion · 23-03-2011 10:47PM

the type of doors that they have in supermarkets that operate by sensor

Good description.
And this person is in government? :pac:

Dunjohn · 23-03-2011 10:47PM

What if some mad Loyalist with a bomb tried to kill Adams again? How the **** are you supposed to trap somebody in an automatic door?

ascanbe · 23-03-2011 10:48PM

Trampas wrote: »

wtf was he bringing his kid to work.

must be a PS thing that you bring your family to work

First day in the Dail; i believe it's tradition for new TD's to bring family members along.
Having read it, seems like a genuine problem and could have been serious; he's right to do something about it.
As Mikom wrote above, though, if there are similar ones in hospitals, surely they should be dealt with.

Daegerty · 23-03-2011 10:49PM

Revolving doors are great to save on the heating bills I really hope this fecker doesn't get his way

ronaneire · 23-03-2011 10:51PM

Dawson Raspy Numerical wrote: »

In fairness i say it was hilarious.

More sore then hilarious I'd say

Rega · 23-03-2011 10:52PM

ascanbe wrote: »

Trapped in the tunnel of goats.

Hahahahahahahah

You just made a funny story even funnier.

Bravo!:D

Morlar · 23-03-2011 10:52PM

Looks like the tradition of td's sons following in the fathers footsteps seems to be over.

bradlente · 23-03-2011 10:52PM

Buceph wrote: »

"He dashed in after her and his head got trapped between the door and the frame. Other people inside were shocked and some of them were screaming, they were in the horrors," Mr Barry said.

Must of been the door to the Dail bar.

ejmaztec · 23-03-2011 11:00PM

The kid was ok thanks to the quick-thinking of a nearby FG spin-doctor.

bradlente · 23-03-2011 11:07PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

The kid was ok thanks to the quick-thinking of a nearby FG spin-doctor.

Liam Twomey does some good for a change:pac:

questionmark? · 23-03-2011 11:12PM

Thank you OP just LMFAO

Run_to_da_hills · 23-03-2011 11:14PM

If these doors passed the Mary Harney test over the last few decades they can't be that bad. LOL :pac:

CreepingDeath · 23-03-2011 11:14PM

ronaneire wrote: »

TD’s son gets head trapped in revolving Dáil door

He must get his brains from his father.

Guy:Incognito · 23-03-2011 11:19PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

What if some mad Loyalist with a bomb tried to kill Adams again? How the **** are you supposed to trap somebody in an automatic door?

Good thinking. I demand revolving doors be banned.

zuroph wrote: »

TBF if they had the sensor sliding doors poor Michael healy rae would end up doing this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZPBEQcs6bo

Thats cos they've no souls.

ascanbe wrote: »

First day in the Dail; i believe it's tradition for new TD's to bring family members along..

How many have got their kids stuck in the door over the years?

MagicMarker · 23-03-2011 11:19PM

I'm still trying to figure out how his son got his head stuck in a revolving door. Did his dad pick him up and hold him under his arm like a ladder? Because this is the only explanation I can think of.

TD's son gets head trapped in revolving Dáil door

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