What were you doing when you heard Veronica Guerin was shot?

whatcartoget · 21-01-2012 06:02AM #1

I was watching the Veronica Guerin and it said.
"Everyone in the Republic of Ireland remembers where they were when they heard that Veronica Guerin had been murdered on the Naas Road"
So who here remembers what they were doing when there heard it?

JONJO THE MISER · 21-01-2012 06:07AM

Well if memory serves me correct her house was shot a few weeks earlier and it was on RTE news, i dont remember where i was when i heard the news she was killed, but i do remember where i was when i heard the news the general was shot, it was in the middle of august and i was in the car with my father and it came over the news on the radio and then on the six one news after, it was around 4pm when i heard it on the radio, always remember it because it was a scorcher of a summers day in August.

celtictiger32 · 21-01-2012 06:08AM

sending a c.v. in to independant newspapers

Fago! · 21-01-2012 06:09AM

Shaking a rattle

giles lynchwood · 21-01-2012 06:22AM

Driving a motorbike on the Naas road.

kmart6 · 21-01-2012 06:28AM

In the cinema with a large coke and popcorn!

Irish Guitarist · 21-01-2012 06:32AM

I think I was getting something to eat and saw the headline on a newspaper that was left on the kitchen table. I had no idea who she was.

TeddyTedson · 21-01-2012 06:36AM

No idea

Rabies · 21-01-2012 06:41AM

watching the movie

sam34 · 21-01-2012 07:27AM

I was in the dentists chair having a filling done, heard it on the radio in the background

Misticles · 21-01-2012 07:31AM

Pretty sure I was in school

racso1975 · 21-01-2012 07:47AM

On the way home from work in a drug treatment service. Her very unfortunate death meant the prob was finally resourced somewhat adequately...........until recently and politicians began to fluc up funding big time

Run_to_da_hills · 21-01-2012 07:52AM

I was in Woodford Co Galway when it happened.

crazygeryy · 21-01-2012 08:15AM

Banging one out

steevee · 21-01-2012 08:20AM

On the Naas rd about 12 miles away cursing the traffic jam . Felt terrible when I heard on the radio that it was because somebody had been shot dead.

Jet Black · 21-01-2012 08:30AM

It happened on a Wednesday in the evening of the 25th June 1996.

At the time it happened it was the last week before the summer holidays and my last week in primary school. I was probably out playing football at the time.

10green bottles · 21-01-2012 08:40AM

I was boring people to death,kinda like this thread is doing to me

Teyla Emmagan · 21-01-2012 12:44PM

I was in San Fran on my J1, having the time of my life. One of my mates was really shocked by the whole thing, but I didn't even know who VG was, not being an avid reader of the Sindo. That Michelle one had just won all her medals in the Olympics. Trainspotting had just come out. It was actually a fantastic summer.

Freddie59 · 21-01-2012 07:18PM

whatcartoget wrote: »

I was watching the Veronica Guerin and it said.
"Everyone in the Republic of Ireland remembers where they were when they heard that Veronica Guerin had been murdered on the Naas Road"
So who here remembers what they were doing when there heard it?

On a campsite in France.

admiralofthefleet · 21-01-2012 07:19PM

doing a big steaming pony and trap

nlgbbbblth · 21-01-2012 07:20PM

Cashing a cheque for someone.

lazygal · 21-01-2012 07:20PM

I was in the sitting room with my mum who was doing the ironing. We were getting the kitchen tiled and I was watching the tv. One of the tilers came in to tell us a woman had been shot, and then the other shouted in that it was just announced it was Veronica Guerin. I'll always remember that day, the tiles in the kitchen are still there and remind me of the news.

token101 · 21-01-2012 07:20PM

Watching WWF King of the Ring 1996 on VHS.

21-01-2012 07:20PM

Feeding my 10-week old little boy - not soooo little now !!

AngryBollix · 21-01-2012 07:21PM

Partying like a motherf*cker.

Not because she was shot though.

efb · 21-01-2012 07:22PM

I remember hearing on the news that someone had been shot- I expected it to be Veronica

RobbingBandit · 21-01-2012 07:23PM

Thinking of starting a life of crime, thank fcuk I didn't do that seeing as how it would have worked out and all.

Dudess · 21-01-2012 07:25PM

Chilling after the leaving cert or working in Tesco, then Quinnsworth.

44leto · 21-01-2012 07:26PM

In work we all instantly knew it was major and were all appalled.

For a while after I really thought it was a game changing crime for the scumbags, but its now over 15 years since this crime and nothing has changed. The crims still run amok.

charlemont · 21-01-2012 07:30PM

Almost sure I was in Renmore Galway with the FCA.

sidneykidney · 21-01-2012 07:33PM

I remember it clearly cause I was in a mates house was around lunchtime if memory serves correct. We were having lunch and listening in to his dads scanner. We heard a lot of reports of a a shooting, and naas road.
We didnt know who it was then, clearly, didnt find out till I got in from school that it was such a high profile thing.

What were you doing when you heard Veronica Guerin was shot?

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