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Wicklow man James Nolan MISSING in Poland since Saturday

  • 19-06-2012 01:51PM
    #1
    skinny90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭


    I don't know if it's been mentioned but theirs a 21 year old missing in Poland at the euros since saterday, he was with a group of 14 lads and police have gone through 15 hours of footage yet can not locate the lad,I don't have a link(damn iPhone)
    Now I know when theirs a group a lads like that people tend to wonder off here and there and not turn up until a day or 2 afterwards but the police seem fairly worried about his whereabouts


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  • #2
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0619/missing-fan-poland.html


  • #3
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    hopefully he is off having the time of his life with some polish girl, his parents must be going out of their minds

    fingers crossed for a happy ending to this story


  • #4
    pcardin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭pcardin


    davet82 wrote: »
    hopefully he is off having the time of his life with some polish girl

    apologies :(


  • #5
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    pcardin wrote: »
    davet82 wrote: »
    hopefully he is off having the time of his life with some polish girl

    or some polish guy. :rolleyes:

    Jesus.....there's always one.


  • #6
    VEN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭VEN


    i saw this over on the journal, the amount of 'red thumbs down' is very strange, why would they do that? sad. i hope he's found safe and well.


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  • #7
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    Just checked The Journal there, you're right it's very odd altogether. Even innocuous posts like "hope he's ok, everyone should share this article and get it coverage" got red thumbed.

    Doesn't sound good for the chap, but really hope he does turn up safe and sound. Although he'll have hysterical parents to answer to.


  • #8
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Some little blue-eyed blonde girl has gone missing in Portugal. Her parents are two English doctors. Her name is Madeleine. I'm sure it will be in the media.


  • #9
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Some little blue-eyed blonde girl has gone missing in Portugal. Her parents are two English doctors. Her name is Madeleine. I'm sure it will be in the media.

    What?


  • #10
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    pcardin wrote: »
    or some polish guy. :rolleyes:
    snubbleste wrote: »
    Some little blue-eyed blonde girl has gone missing in Portugal. Her parents are two English doctors. Her name is Madeleine. I'm sure it will be in the media.
    Lollipops23 wrote: »
    Just checked The Journal there, you're right it's very odd altogether. Even innocuous posts like "hope he's ok, everyone should share this article and get it coverage" got red thumbed.

    not so odd, look at the above posts


  • #11
    CL7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 684 ✭✭✭CL7


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Some little blue-eyed blonde girl has gone missing in Portugal. Her parents are two English doctors. Her name is Madeleine. I'm sure it will be in the media.

    WTF is this ****?


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  • #12
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    CL7 wrote: »
    WTF is this ****?
    People go missing every day at home and abroad, yet somehow only a very select few get attention in the media.


  • #13
    RGDATA!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭RGDATA!


    snubbleste wrote: »
    People go missing every day at home and abroad, yet somehow only a very select few get attention in the media.

    talking through your hoop. most irish missing persons, if there is a concern about their welfare, get covered in the press here. your point about madeline mccann is idiotic and insensitive. it's proper order there's big coverage of this, as there were a lot of irish people in the town where he disappeared and somebody may see his picture or hear his description and realise they saw something which didn't seem important at the time.


  • #14
    beazee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭beazee


    "Irish ambassador to Poland, Eugene Hutchinson, is en route to the town where James disappeared to work with the Polish authorities and meet with the missing man's friends"
    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/19/euro-2012-search-for-miss_n_1608128.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

    "His father has made a further appeal for help in finding him. He spoke with Lunchtime here on Newstalk."
    http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured-5-slideshow-homepage/father-of-missing-soccer-fan-please-help-find-my-son/

    "A search of a nearby river is done for today. Will recommence tomorrow"
    http://bydgoszcz.gazeta.pl/bydgoszcz/51,48722,11969829.html?i=4

    He was last seen in PRL pub (PRL= Peoples Republic of Poland, communism-styled pub) drinking Mint Zolodkowa Vodka with his mates.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wódka_Żołądkowa_Gorzka


  • #15
    DoesNotCompute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭DoesNotCompute


    Hopefully he turns up ok and everything works out OK. His parents must be sick with worry


  • #16
    beazee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭beazee


    See Darren Harrison's comment there:
    We came across a disorientated young Irish guy late Sunday night on the Warsaw to Berlin train that looks quite similar to photo above. We boarded the train in Poznan at 8.31pm berlin bound. Just before crossing the German border a the guy in question came into our carriage and asked what the next station was. He smelt quite bad, as if he’d slept rough. He also asked if the train was going to Berlin. He then sat down in the seat in front of me for about 3 minutes before getting up and moving to another carriage. My friend has rang the Irish embassy in Poland with this information.
    http://www.thejournal.ie/appeal-for-irish-fan-missing-in-poland-since-saturday-491433-Jun2012/


  • #17
    CL7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 684 ✭✭✭CL7


    snubbleste wrote: »
    People go missing every day at home and abroad, yet somehow only a very select few get attention in the media.

    That's what I thought. I'm pretty sure the boy's family appreciate the coverage the story is getting. Anything that might help them find their son. Would you rather the media ignore the story just in case some fine people like yourself get their noses bent out of shape?


  • #18
    pcardin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭pcardin


    davet82 wrote: »
    not so odd, look at the above posts
    apologies :(


  • #19
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    pcardin wrote: »
    Where were you when sense of humor was walking around the houses visiting people? It missed you somehow. :mad:

    Maybe I did my sarcastic comment as I do believe that chap will turn back home safe and unharmed and that he really was partying somewhere. You seemed to put him in the grave already? :mad:

    It's a serious matter, there's every chance the guy's mates/family members will read this thread. Have a bit of cop-on and decency.


  • #20
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Some little blue-eyed blonde girl has gone missing in Portugal. Her parents are two English doctors. Her name is Madeleine. I'm sure it will be in the media.

    It's rare that something like this would happen, and by getting the word out before people head home from Poland it might get a resolution faster. It's well known that the first few days (even 24hours) in a missing person's case are the most crucial-the chances of them showing up alive and unharmed diminish after that.


  • #21
    pcardin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭pcardin


    snubbleste wrote: »
    People go missing every day at home and abroad, yet somehow only a very select few get attention in the media.

    Exactly! There was some Polish lad killed in Dun Laoghaire last week - basically had his head chopped off by idiot truck driver. was it even mentioned here?

    As I said previously, I really believe the guy will come home safely.


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  • #22
    Unavailable for Comment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭Unavailable for Comment


    pcardin wrote: »
    Exactly! There was some Polish lad killed in Dun Laoghaire last week - basically had his head chopped off by idiot truck driver. was it even mentioned here?

    Why would it be? This is about a missing person and there's just no parallels between that and a tragic accident.


  • #23
    pcardin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭pcardin


    davet82 wrote: »
    another 'funny' post, you're on fire today :rolleyes:
    apologies :(


  • #24
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Similar thread running over in the soccer forum incase anyone has seen him on their travels. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056675521


  • #25
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    These things can happen sometimes, people get drunk and end up going off with different crowds etc, he might have lost his phone and become completely disorientated.

    I hope that this is the case, the report of the guy on the train from Poznan to Berlin sounds like a promising lead.


  • #26
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,185 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    His father was talking on the radio earlier, he said it was totally out of character for his son not to get in contact and that he was a lad that was never in trouble or looked for it.


  • #27
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    The amount of coverage a missing person gets correlates with the initial reporting of it - not because some people are deemed more important than others. Media outlets/people can't be blamed for not knowing about stuff. The McCann case - again, her parents have the means to create awareness, which not everyone has. And it's hardly unreasonable of them to use it.
    I don't see anything particularly wrong with post #4 but the sneery emoticon seems misplaced, maybe that's what has annoyed people?


  • #28
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,382 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    snubbleste wrote: »
    People go missing every day at home and abroad, yet somehow only a very select few get attention in the media.
    when someone goes missing you have limited time to get the word out to as many people as possible. In this case everyone is on the ball, giving him the best chance of being found. It's not the media driving this, it's friends, family, townspeople and football fans. What an idiotic statement.


  • #29
    Brendan Flowers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Brendan Flowers


    gavredking wrote: »
    Similar thread running over in the soccer forum incase anyone has seen him on their travels. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056675521

    Thanks for the link.

    Im going slightly off topic here but I just want to say this. I've heard it mentioned plenty of times by regular users of After Hours that sports threads are generally not allowed in AH because they usually attract the wrong sort of people.

    I would urge everyone here to read the thread about this missing man over on the soccer forum. Everyone helping, offering suggestions. No stupid comments. No "thanks whoring". The folks over in that forum should be proud of themselves. Many in AH should feel pretty embarrassed.

    Anyways, hopefully the guy is found safe and well.


  • #30
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    The thread on Soccer is dead. Better to keep the after hours one going and hope nothing stupid is said. Most people can't post in soccer so don't bother reading the whole forum.


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  • #31
    shizz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭shizz


    Can this thread be stickied and put as an announcement please?


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