Savage bar attack leaves journalist terrified.

suicide_circus · 30-07-2012 07:44AM

Yikes that's a badly written article. The sindo really is trash.

el dude · 30-07-2012 07:55AM

No bear attack then? I am disappoint.

Wibbs · 30-07-2012 08:38AM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

The word "savage" suggests that the guy actually hit her, so this is hugely misleading.. And Niamh Horan would want to get some street smarts if she thinks that approaching a republican with a camera and an unkind word is a good idea...

"There was a moment where it felt like the world had stopped around us"..

Dear god... Maybe McFeely should take her to court for how badly written the article is.. I actually think I could write better than her with no journalistic background.

+1000. That paper really is a rag. What's truly scary is it sells enough issues to remain in business.

Fuinseog · 30-07-2012 08:45AM

chris de Burg was not amused with the piece she wrote about her. Enya gave her the cold shoulder when she tried to get palsy walsy with her and try to get her to talk about deeply personal things.

BTW was she in the RSA ad where the one is missing half her face?

Scioch · 30-07-2012 08:47AM

Biggins wrote: »

I didn't - I didn't know him!
Sorry to be blunt and it not aimed directly at you - but some of us are not all mind readers!

Her article was pure no detail, self glorifying trash!

Hope you brought that paper back to where ya got it and asked for a refund on those grounds.

inforfun · 30-07-2012 10:13AM

I am curious about what the Portuguese police is going to do.
Surely after being threatened\attacked so badly that you feel your life is over, you would report it to the police?

Already once said it in a Alison thread, a friend of mine was a journo during the Balkan war in the 90's He was a journalist.
Idiots who come out with **** like this article, are not.

Biggins · 30-07-2012 10:39AM

LordSmeg wrote: »

Hope you brought that paper back to where ya got it and asked for a refund on those grounds.

Found a better use for it.
As part of a litter tray. :pac:

BlueSmoker · 30-07-2012 10:43AM

Agree with most posters here, the article was written like a 13 years olds homework, entitled "What My Weekend was like" very poor journalism.

On another note about taking photos in a Public place, this wasn't actually a public place, it was a bar open to the public completely different things, and as Biggins link to photographs and the use of states, they are treated completely differently.

On a side note, does she not know what the zoom buttom is for :rolleyes: but then again she wouldn't have anything to write about for her homework.

ThisRegard · 30-07-2012 11:25AM

Check out Barry Egans twitter about the article,
https://twitter.com/RealBarryEgan?tw_i=229611942380204032&tw_e=screenname&tw_p=tweetembed

Very very brave+compelling article toady in the Sunday Independent. I hope he is behind bars very soon. Keep up the great work.

He even has a nasty nickname for her.

stevedublin · 30-07-2012 11:37AM

Pantsface wrote: »

who is it?

The "developer" who built the Thornton Hall "apartments".

thebigbiffo · 30-07-2012 11:38AM

This woman is a grade A bint. I made the mistake of buying this rag yesterday as there was only the biz post and SW in the shop i had brekkie in - and never will I buy this trash paper again.

It read like the thriller fantasy of a first year creative writing student! They pictured this guy but wouldn't name him, even though he alledgedly physically threatened her (afraid this article may have been proved innaccurate in court me thinks). She was obviously stalking this guy in a bar and taking his photograph right in front of him and expects no consequences.

I loved the bit espcially where she describes running for her life screaming through the bar - you can just imagine all the other customers looking at her thinking 'who's this airheaded annoying twat'. read between the lines at this part...a man smashes a glass and tells her he's going to ram it down her throat in a packed bar yet nobody seems to give a sh*t until she's well away from him. I call cock and bull, either that, or she deserved a strem warning for getting her stuck up little nose into someone's business.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 30-07-2012 12:35PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Check out Barry Egans twitter about the article,
https://twitter.com/RealBarryEgan?tw_i=229611942380204032&tw_e=screenname&tw_p=tweetembed

He even has a nasty nickname for her.

I think this was written out of loyalty mor than anthing else!

ThisRegard · 30-07-2012 01:42PM

Obviously, and I know the 'nasty' nickname, Toady, was a typo too before anyone corrects me on that.

BarackPyjama · 30-07-2012 01:48PM

Anyway, lesson learned. Don't buy the Sindo again. Even for entertainment value. It's a decrepit, trashy, semi-literate, often man-hating rag of a 'newspaper'. The only reason I looked up this thread was because I was reading the article, couldn't believe what I was reading and had to make sure I wasn't the only one that was completely befuddled by the sheer stupidity of the whole thing.

Niamh Horan, take a bow. You're a complete moron.

super_furry · 30-07-2012 01:51PM

Well at least we finally know who was behind all those Trent stories from last year. The writing style is identical.

BarackPyjama · 30-07-2012 01:51PM

PS - queue a reactionary piece in next weekend's Sindo about "society's casual acceptance of violence against women" in response to the reactions to Niamh Horan's "article". :rolleyes:

Note to Niamh Horan: men who assault women aren't the only abusers; self-defined victims are too.

Sleepy · 30-07-2012 02:35PM

Veronica Guerin must be turning in her grave if this airhead is her legacy...

Assuming they couldn't name him without third party verification of who he was or something could they not just have waited until the following week to publish and given themselves the time to craft a factual news story instead of such drivel?

The worst thing about this? I followed the Barry Egan tweet to her twitter page and this twerp is apparently deserving of press passes for Dark Knight Rises?! Rewards far in excess of her efforts if you ask me!

Flaker · 30-07-2012 03:13PM

Pantsface wrote: »

That Brian lad is the ultimate GIMP, even looking at his head annoys me. How he managed to marry herself is beyond me,

I know. He has a serious set of gnashers on him. They look fake.

Lollipops23 · 30-07-2012 03:16PM

Whatever about the content of the article, a 12 year old most certainly could have done better. It's awful, like she's writing some sort of Point Horror thriller.

later12 · 30-07-2012 03:51PM

Just read the entire thread & disappointed someone suspiciously calling themselves xXxXxx ATtAcKeD In pOrTuGaL xXxXxx hasn't shown up defending the article and Horan's impeccable, Pulitzer worthy journalism.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 30-07-2012 04:33PM

later12 wrote: »

Just read the entire thread & disappointed someone suspiciously calling themselves xXxXxx ATtAcKeD In pOrTuGaL xXxXxx hasn't shown up defending the article and Horan's impeccable, Pulitzer worthy journalism.

I believe she did, but got banned for trolling.

foxyboxer · 30-07-2012 04:45PM

The Sunday Independent is truly a gift.

With it's D grade-leaving cert english essay quality of writing (In that instant I fully believe I was screaming for my life...indeed!) and it's shameless agenda, it provides absolutely brilliant entertainment.

The true tabloids know their audience and use trashy language and hyperbolic stories to cater for that audience but the Sindo believes it exists on a different, more sophisticated level but is pretty much of the same level journalistically hence the entertainment.

Dude111 · 30-07-2012 05:17PM

crazygeryy wrote:

Who the hell does niamh horan think she is? she approaches a total stranger in a bar and takes his photo with her iphone and she expects him not to react.!!!!

She is an idiot!!!!!!

AnonoBoy · 30-07-2012 05:48PM

later12 wrote: »

Just read the entire thread & disappointed someone suspiciously calling themselves xXxXxx ATtAcKeD In pOrTuGaL xXxXxx hasn't shown up defending the article and Horan's impeccable, Pulitzer worthy journalism.

The sign-up process for boards can be very tricky for some people. :pac:

MagicSean · 30-07-2012 06:31PM

I don't understand. How is he a notorious developer and why was she taking his picture if she has no idea who he is?

nibtrix · 30-07-2012 06:36PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

With it's D grade-leaving cert english essay quality of writing

I think this sentence may have dropped her down to an E...
"I don't know where he wanted to slam it into".

goose2005 · 30-07-2012 07:14PM

BarackPyjama wrote: »

PS - queue a reactionary piece in next weekend's Sindo about "society's casual acceptance of violence against women" in response to the reactions to Niamh Horan's "article". :rolleyes:

Note to Niamh Horan: men who assault women aren't the only abusers; self-defined victims are too.

NIAMH HORAN: MY ONLINE TROLL NIGHTMARE

"He glared at his keyboard, his fingers wide waiting to pounce. All 26 stone of him. His eyes wide with this uncontrollable rage engulfing his red face. There was a moment where it felt like the world had stopped.
It was as if it was just him and his computer, standing there alone. His eyes locked on the screen."

BarackPyjama · 30-07-2012 07:16PM

goose2005 wrote: »

NIAMH HORAN: MY ONLINE TROLL NIGHTMARE

"He glared at his keyboard, his fingers wide waiting to pounce. All 26 stone of him. His eyes wide with this uncontrollable rage engulfing his red face. There was a moment where it felt like the world had stopped.
It was as if it was just him and his computer, standing there alone. His eyes locked on the screen."

I'm a monster

30-07-2012 08:12PM

How do people like her get work as journalists? I know dozens of people who write really well and can only get the odd bit of proofreading work.

mikom · 30-07-2012 08:16PM

Selena Witty Meteorology wrote: »

How do people like her get work as journalists? I know dozens of people who write really well and can only get the odd bit of proofreading work.

Kneepads.

Savage bar attack leaves journalist terrified.

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