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Taxi Driver fights for life after Dublin city attack [died today]

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  • #32
    Fear Uladh
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    Sit down. You must be tired from brushing too much tar.

    The Tar of truth.


  • #33
    trixie_belle12
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    Cionád wrote: »
    He died this afternoon

    Shocking stuff,

    RIP

    http://www.thejournal.ie/man-assaulted-in-dublin-on-monday-dies-287271-Nov2011/

    That's terrible :( RIP


  • #34
    steph1
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    Dreadful news. My sincere sympathies to his wife and family. :(


  • #35
    Sacred_git
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    Rip


  • #36
    clickhere
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    Thats terrible, may he rest in peace. Just trying to do a job.


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  • #37
    Super-Rush
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    Chillaxe wrote: »
    Dublin is such a ****hole.

    It could happen anywhere so don't start this sh1te.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    Cionád wrote: »
    He died this afternoon

    Shocking stuff,

    RIP

    http://www.thejournal.ie/man-assaulted-in-dublin-on-monday-dies-287271-Nov2011/

    ah no:( Thats so bloody terrible. So sad to hear that.

    R.I.P


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    ah no:( Thats so bloody terrible. So sad to hear that.

    R.I.P

    My partner drives a taxi, times like this I wish he never had to go out to work.
    Poor man, just trying to earn a living to support his family.


  • #40
    daveyboy_1ie
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    Shocking stuff, may he rest in peace.

    Hope the f*cker is caught and done for it.


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
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    daveyboy_1ie wrote: »
    Shocking stuff, may he rest in peace.

    Hope the f*cker is caught and done for it.

    They have one person at least for it daveboy as far as I know the DPP is preparing a file.

    To be honest thats one funeral Id like to attend just to show some solidarity.
    I wouldnt dream of intruding on the family though. Just sometimes Id like to stand up and say enough is enough.:(


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  • #42
    ItsAWindUp
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    I hope the c unt that did this has the book thrown at him.


  • #43
    df1985
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    crazy, and right in the city centre too.would love to know how it went fro arguing over a fare to that!


  • #44
    Sunnyisland
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    http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1123/dublin.html



    A 41-year-old taxi driver who was injured in an incident on Dublin's Pearse Street early on Monday morning has died today.
    The man was pronounced dead at St James's Hospital this afternoon.
    A man in his 20s, who was arrested in connection with the incident, has been released without charge.
    The taxi driver was attacked by a man near the junction of Erne Street.
    The man then left the scene and walked in the direction of Erne Street.


    May he rest in peace.


    No need for this at all.


  • #45
    Hangballlouie
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    I think it's important that we all wait until some facts about this case come out before we presume anything. Lots of different news floating about with this story.

    Anyway no matter what the situation was that led to his death, I hate hearing anything tragic like this, particulary coming up to christmas. Thoughts and prayers to his family!


  • #46
    celticbest
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    R.I.P


  • #47
    crosstownk
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    Terrible news.

    My old man drove a taxi in Dublin for many years and had more than his fair share of assaults. I've seen my Dad very shaken by such attacks but thankfully he emerged physically unscathed.

    My deepest sympathies to the taxi driver's family. Nobody should have their life at risk over the price of a fare. What an unnecessary waste of life.
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  • #48
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Chillaxe wrote: »
    Dublin is such a ****hole.
    same thing goes on in every city


  • #49
    Dyr
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    blahblah06 wrote: »
    Since then I've gotten a camera installed. A road hawk with a hidden compartment in the glovebox were the memory card is.

    Not bleedin hidden anymore is it? :confused:


  • #50
    vampire of kilmainham
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    terrible thing to happen may he REST IN PEACE


  • #51
    vampire of kilmainham
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    dont forget as well that there is a lot of raceism in the taxi buisness among irish and foreign drivers and it's bigger then people think


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  • #52
    Ainekav
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    RIP

    really shocking


  • #53
    Dotrel
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    Dunno why we don't copy American style cabs with a glass the partition for the driver. Is it just a cost factor that Irish drivers don't have them? I'd never even consider becoming a driver where a fella in the back could easily just put a syringe to me or worse.


  • #54
    Onesimus
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    Dotrel wrote: »
    Dunno why we don't copy American style cabs with a glass the partition for the driver. Is it just a cost factor that Irish drivers don't have them? I'd never even consider becoming a driver where a fella in the back could easily just put a syringe to me or worse.

    You hit the nail on the head there. Fantastic idea. And I'm with you I wouldnt drive a taxi without that kind of protection.

    May he rest in peace. He and his family are in my prayers.


  • #55
    carfiosaoorl
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    Thats so sad, god love his family my heart goes out to them. RIP.


  • #56
    Stinicker
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    vampire of kilmainham wrote: »
    dont forget as well that there is a lot of raceism in the taxi buisness among irish and foreign drivers and it's bigger then people think

    I would agree and I really hope that incidents like this are a one off isolated case because anger with the economy is fueling racism within Irish life as we saw with some of the vile comments on that thread yesterday about the Mayor of Naas.

    It is absolutely despicable to touch another human being and while some people have issues with foreign taxi drivers etc. I would ask why did they choose the poor chap and if they had issues like that?

    I really hope the person that done this is caught and locked away for life, and if we had the death penalty I'd gladly give him that too. Taxi drivers work long hours and to be killed while trying to earn a decent living takes some absolute scum to do this. As we on Prime Time foreign taxi drivers work hard and long even that lad pulling 24hrs, it was not right but you had to admire his determination to earn a straight honest living.

    RIP and my thoughts are with him & his loved ones only a few weeks before christmas.


  • #57
    xoxyx
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    Chillaxe wrote: »
    Dublin is such a ****hole.
    El Pistolero wrote: »
    It could happen anywhere so don't start this sh1te.

    Dublin has become a shitthole though, and just because it's true of other counties in Ireland, doesn't make Dublin any better. I say this as somebody who has grown up in Dublin and who loves the place - but there's no point in trying to censor somebody who acknowledge the fact that Dublin is going down the tubes. Something needs to be done, and there is zero point in putting on the blinkers or comparing Dublin with other dangerous cities and saying that it's ok that bad things happen here just because they happen in other places too.


  • #58
    paddyandy
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    Onesimus wrote: »
    You hit the nail on the head there. Fantastic idea. And I'm with you I wouldnt drive a taxi without that kind of protection.

    May he rest in peace. He and his family are in my prayers.

    Insurance problem with partitions in modified cars but there is a lot of in cab camera technology out there somewhere.


  • #59
    Sir Oxman
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    RIP that poor guy.


  • #60
    Super-Rush
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    xoxyx wrote: »
    Dublin has become a shitthole though, and just because it's true of other counties in Ireland, doesn't make Dublin any better. I say this as somebody who has grown up in Dublin and who loves the place - but there's no point in trying to censor somebody who acknowledge the fact that Dublin is going down the tubes. Something needs to be done, and there is zero point in putting on the blinkers or comparing Dublin with other dangerous cities and saying that it's ok that bad things happen here just because they happen in other places too.

    Simply stating that Dublin is a shi1thole adds nothing to this thread.

    Nobody is being censored in any way.

    You've gotten the entire wrong end of the stick.


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  • #61
    Stinicker
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    paddyandy wrote: »
    Insurance problem with partitions in modified cars but there is a lot of in cab camera technology out there somewhere.

    I wouldn't know the specifics of it myself but I have often seen plywood partitions added to vans as an aftermarket thing but it should be something to be looked into because if it only saved one persons life then all insurance nonsense would be negated.


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